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Bakery Software Free Features: What You Actually Get
You will know exactly what a free bakery plan covers, where the limits sit, and what a free plan really costs you per order.
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If you take orders from your kitchen, free is the right place to start. Below is what each free plan actually covers, where the ceilings sit, and how to test one before your busy season depends on it.
What to remember
- BakeProfit free plan: 10 recipes, 15 orders per month, 15 customers, 30 inventory items, 10 products, 15 invoices per month. - BakeProfit says its free plan includes access to all features, including the storefront. - Batch Boss is free for bakeries, with no monthly fees and no setup costs. - Batch Boss charges 2.9% plus $0.30 on all completed orders. - BakeryFlow Inventory is free and covers inventory management, recipe costing, and product pricing.
The three free plans in this roundup
BakeProfit
BakeProfit’s free plan is free forever. It includes 10 recipes, 15 orders per month, 15 customers, 30 inventory items, 10 products, and 15 invoices per month. The company also states that the free plan includes access to all features, including the storefront, so the paid step there is about volume rather than unlocking tools.
Batch Boss
Batch Boss is free for bakeries, with no monthly fees and no setup costs. Orders carry a fee of 2.9% plus $0.30 on all completed orders. Online fees are taken out automatically, and cash fees are billed monthly. That is a free plan with a per order cost, which is worth adding up before you decide.
BakeryFlow Inventory
BakeryFlow Inventory is free bakery inventory management, recipe costing, and product pricing software. It tracks your ingredients and calculates recipe costs with labor and overhead included. If your worry is knowing what a batch costs you, this is the piece to look at first, and it pairs well with how to price your bakes.
What free plans leave out or cap
The pattern across these plans is simple. Free covers a set amount, and the amount has a number on it. Fifteen orders a month is plenty in a quiet month and easy to pass in a busy one. Fifteen invoices a month works the same way. When you hit the cap, you either pay for more room or you start writing things down again.
The second thing to watch is fees. Batch Boss is free to join and still charges 2.9% plus $0.30 on every completed order. Nothing here is hidden, but free and no cost are not the same sentence.
How to test a free plan before you trust it with orders
Read the limit list first
Write down every cap on the plan, including recipes, orders, customers, inventory items, products, and invoices. Compare those numbers to your busiest week last year, not your average week.
Add up the per order fees
If the plan charges on completed orders, multiply that fee by the number of orders you expect in a month and look at the total.
Run one real order through it
Take a real order from a real customer, start to finish, and see what the customer sees and what you see on your side.
Try it on your phone
Most orders come in while you are out or mid bake. Check that you can read and answer an order on the phone you actually carry.
Where Brevl fits
Brevl is the alternative home bakers choose when they want a flat price and a shop that is theirs. It is one flat $20 a month with no cut of your sales, and a 14 day free trial. It works on a computer and on a phone, as a full desktop workspace rather than a phone only app. Card payments run through your own Stripe or Square account, and you can also take Venmo, Cash App, Zelle, and cash. Your shop is yours to customize with your photos, your colors, and your own web address. We set it up with you and move your old shop over, products, photos, reviews, and dates, and a real person answers, usually within minutes. You can see the side by side at Brevl vs Bakesy and read how a move works at Switch.
Before you pick a free plan
Two more reads will save you time. Bakery software free comparison walks through what free really costs once limits and fees are added up, and bakery software free demo covers what to click through before you pay anyone. If card payments are the part you care about most, payment software for small bakeries goes deeper on that.
Common questions
Is there bakery software that is free forever?
Yes. BakeProfit's free plan is free forever, and Batch Boss is free for bakeries with no monthly fees and no setup costs. Both still come with limits or per order fees somewhere, so read the details before you commit.
What does a free bakery plan usually include?
BakeProfit's free plan includes 10 recipes, 15 orders per month, 15 customers, 30 inventory items, 10 products, and 15 invoices per month, and the company says the free plan includes access to all features, including the storefront. BakeryFlow Inventory is free and covers inventory management, recipe costing, and product pricing.
Does free bakery software take a cut of my sales?
Batch Boss is free to join and charges 2.9% plus $0.30 on all completed orders. Online fees are taken out automatically, and cash fees are billed monthly. That is a real cost per order even though the plan itself is free.
Is a free plan enough to run a home baking business?
It can be at the start. Free plans come with caps on orders, invoices, and customers, and some charge a fee on each completed order. Whether that works for you depends on how many orders you take in a month.
Sources
Plan details and prices change. Check each company's own pricing page before you decide, and treat this guide as a starting point for your own questions.