# Update the FAQ on QR scanning documentation

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/update-the-faq-on-qr-scanning-documentation/84281>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [September 9, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/update-the-faq-on-qr-scanning-documentation/84281 "2025-09-09T14:32:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andrei\_Baican](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/andrei_baican/32/29351_2.png) [@Andrei\_Baican](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrei_Baican)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/update-the-faq-on-qr-scanning-documentation/84281/1 "2025-09-09T14:32:23Z")

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If you read [Scan Barcode or QR Code | Glide Docs](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/automation/actions/scan-barcode-qr-code) , you will find this mention on the FAQ section:

> **Is there a quota on barcode scanning?** While there is no quota on barcode scanning, if the scan results in a new row addition or a row edit, it will count as an [update.](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/reference/account/updates)

I have never succed in creating a QR code scanning without 5 updates, so maybe it would be recommended to rewrite the answer to this question, because the right answer is not “an update”, but 6 updates (5 from scan action and 1 from raw addition or edit).

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/update-the-faq-on-qr-scanning-documentation/84281/2 "2025-09-10T00:36:36Z")

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So do you suggest unifying these two questions & answers?

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**Author:** ![Andrei\_Baican](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/andrei_baican/32/29351_2.png) [@Andrei\_Baican](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrei_Baican)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 9:48am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/update-the-faq-on-qr-scanning-documentation/84281/3 "2025-09-10T09:48:58Z")

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Yes, and re-wording the first answer, because “there is no quota on barcode scanning” is misleading. I have an event and I expect more than 20k scans, and based on this instruction I have made a strategy for an app, expecting 20k updates, so I have prepared the budget for this amount. When I started to implement the solution, the scanning action always return the message “Each run uses 5 updates” - so, there is a “quota”, actually. My initial 20k updates estimate is, in fact, 120k updates - and the budget is on fire! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/update-the-faq-on-qr-scanning-documentation/84281/5 "2025-09-11T01:51:25Z")

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Quota does not equal updates. They are two completely different things. The statement “there is no quota on barcode scanning” is 100% accurate.

And the second FAQ very clearly states that each scan consumes 5 updates.

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**Author:** ![Andrei\_Baican](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/andrei_baican/32/29351_2.png) [@Andrei\_Baican](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Andrei_Baican)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 6:39am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/update-the-faq-on-qr-scanning-documentation/84281/6 "2025-09-11T06:39:39Z")

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My mistake. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 6:39am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/update-the-faq-on-qr-scanning-documentation/84281/7 "2025-09-18T06:39:49Z")

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