My favorite way of automatically generating QR codes for each record is to use Make’s free barcode & QR code tools.

If you’ve never used Make before, I’ve assembled a bunch of Make training resources in this thread. For example, here is one of the ways that you could instantly trigger a Make automation from Airtable. 

I also give live demonstrations of how to use Make in many of my Airtable podcast appearances. For example, in this video, I show how to work with Airtable arrays in Make.

Hope this helps!

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If you need ongoing QR codes generated, MiniExtensions is great. If you have limited budget, and don’t mind generating the QR codes manually, you can create a formula field for the record urls and then use any QR generator.

You should also note if the people scanning the QR code will be Airtable collaborators. If they are not, you might want to take advantage of MiniExtension’s ability to generate a page per record.

You may also like this For the Record blog post about moving museum pieces with help from Airtable.

Dear Kuovonne and Scott

Thanks so much (as always!) for your reply - really helpful.

Loved that article you shared Kuovonne - that resonated with me as that is exactly what I am doing (albeit on a smaller scale, and all by myself!). I’ve done well so far - all my objects have info sheets and each museum has an Airtable form which they can use to create a condition report (converted into a PDF by on2Airs excellent Google docs integration). A little limited and hard to maintain - but it works.

I often see Mini Extensions being recommended for this and other things (forms, client portals etc) - but am put off by two things - the long list of extensions (how are you supposed to choose??!) and the price - ($79 p/month or $948 p/annum).

I will give it another try - but I am rather reluctant to be honest! Hoping for a cheaper solution - especially as their prices have sky rocketed in the last few months. Now $159 a month or $948 for the year. Wow…

Thanks again,
Andrew

Make’s barcode tools lets you generate QR codes, and it is significantly cheaper than MiniExtensions, because it’s free for up to 1,000 operations per month! :)

If you’ve never used Make before, I’ve assembled a bunch of Make training resources in this thread. For example, here is one of the ways that you could instantly trigger a Make automation from Airtable. 

- ScottWorld, Expert Airtable Consultant