BarTender is a globally recognized labeling and document automation platform designed to help businesses create, manage, and automate the printing of labels, barcodes, RFID tags, documents, and more. Trusted by organizations of all sizes—from small businesses to multinational enterprises—BarTender enables companies to standardize their labeling processes, ensure regulatory compliance, and streamline operational workflows.
BarTender Cloud is a modern, web-based labeling solution that delivers the power of BarTender without the need to install or manage software locally. Designed for businesses that want to simplify deployment, reduce IT overhead, and enable secure, anywhere-access printing, BarTender Cloud provides a fully hosted environment for creating, managing, and printing labels from any browser or connected device. With its intuitive cloud designer and centralized template storage, organizations can ensure consistent, compliant labeling across all locations while eliminating versioning issues common with desktop installations. BarTender Cloud supports secure role-based access, audit trails, and cloud-managed permissions, making it ideal for distributed teams, remote facilities, or companies supporting contract manufacturers and suppliers. It also integrates seamlessly with cloud-based business systems, enabling data-driven printing and automated workflows without complex infrastructure. Because it uses BarTender’s Print Gateway and a vast library of optimized printer drivers, BarTender Cloud ensures fast, reliable printing to thousands of compatible printers. Whether your organization needs to streamline multi-site operations, enable mobile or browser-based printing, or modernize your labeling environment, BarTender Cloud offers a flexible, scalable solution with all the convenience of a cloud-hosted platform.
BarTender Starter Edition is designed for small businesses and organizations looking for a simple, affordable solution for creating and printing professional barcode and label designs. It offers a user-friendly interface that allows users to quickly build labels using basic design tools and preloaded templates, making it ideal for operations that need to print simple product labels, shipping labels, or inventory tags. Starter Edition supports data entry at print time and allows connections to Excel and CSV files, enabling users to pull basic data into their labels without complex database setup. It includes essential barcode types, simple serialization, and standard text and graphic tools, ensuring that businesses can meet their everyday labeling needs without unnecessary complexity. While it does not include advanced automation, database integrations, or centralized management features found in higher editions, BarTender Starter Edition provides a reliable and cost-effective foundation for businesses beginning to standardize their labeling workflows. It’s an excellent entry point for companies that require dependable label creation with room to grow into Professional or Automation editions as their labeling requirements expand.
BarTender Professional Edition is built for businesses that need more robust labeling capabilities and greater flexibility than what the Starter Edition offers. It provides all the essential tools for designing highly customized, data-driven labels while remaining easy to use for everyday operations. With full database connectivity, Professional Edition allows users to link label designs directly to SQL databases, Excel files, Access databases, and other common data sources, ensuring accurate and dynamic printing without manual data entry. The edition supports advanced barcode types, RFID encoding, and form-based data entry, giving organizations the ability to create sophisticated label workflows tailored to their processes. Its expanded design tools make it possible to build complex layouts with conditional formatting, layers, and intelligent objects that respond to data changes. While Professional Edition does not include automated printing or enterprise-level control, it provides a powerful, scalable solution for businesses that rely on higher-volume, variable data printing and need a reliable platform to support growing labeling requirements. It serves as an ideal step between simple desktop label printing and fully automated, system-integrated enterprise labeling environments.
BarTender Enterprise Edition is the most powerful and fully featured version of the BarTender platform, designed for organizations that require complete control, security, and scalability across their labeling operations. Enterprise Edition centralizes label management for large or multi-site businesses, allowing administrators to govern templates, workflows, security permissions, and printing operations from a single, unified system. It includes advanced workflow automation with approval processes, document versioning, electronic signatures, and audit trails to support strict regulatory environments such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, food production, and chemical labeling. With full support for high availability, load balancing, and failover, Enterprise Edition ensures maximum uptime and performance for mission-critical labeling systems. The software integrates seamlessly with ERP, WMS, MES, and business applications through REST APIs and other system connectors, enabling automated, data-driven printing at scale. Additional features such as cloud printing, browser-based printing, role-based security, encryption, and global document management make BarTender Enterprise Edition the ideal solution for businesses that demand accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency across every step of their labeling lifecycle. It delivers the reliability and oversight required for enterprise-wide standardization while offering unmatched flexibility to adapt to complex labeling requirements.
BarTender Automation Edition is designed for organizations that need to eliminate manual steps and streamline their labeling processes through powerful, event-driven automation. Building on the capabilities of the Professional Edition, Automation Edition allows businesses to integrate label printing directly with their existing systems—such as ERP, WMS, MES, and custom applications—using BarTender’s advanced automation tools and integration methods. Printing can be triggered by database updates, file drops, API calls, or other system-level events, ensuring consistent, accurate, and scalable output without operator intervention. This edition supports multiple print engines to handle high-volume or parallel printing tasks, delivering faster throughput and reducing bottlenecks in production and logistics workflows. Automation Edition also enables dynamic data processing, conditional logic, and intelligent templates that respond automatically to incoming data. While it does not include the enterprise-level governance, centralized administration, or compliance workflows found in BarTender Enterprise, it offers a powerful and cost-effective solution for organizations that need reliable automation and system integration to improve efficiency and reduce labeling errors. It’s an ideal choice for companies ready to take the next step beyond manual printing but not yet in need of full enterprise-wide control.
