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Seagull Scientific is known worldwide for BarTender, its leading label design and barcode software. Designed for both laser and thermal printers, BarTender helps you start creating professional-quality labels within minutes. The software supports various Windows and printer fonts, mixed text styles, and database field integration. With full compliance support for global labelling standards, BarTender is the most feature-rich labelling solution available.
BarTender Cloud centralises and standardises your label printing across your organisation and external partners. Enjoy reduced IT overhead with no need for local software installations, training, or printer driver maintenance.
Software Editions and Features
BarTender offers four distinct editions tailored to different business needs:
- Starter Edition – Ideal for small businesses and departments. Quickly design and print labels and barcodes using built-in templates and basic data sources like Excel and CSV files.
- Professional Edition – Adds database connectivity, RFID encoding, and conditional printing. Perfect for medium-sized businesses needing design flexibility and data integration.
- Automation Edition – Enables automated label printing triggered by data events or systems integrations, supporting high-volume environments and complex workflows.
- Enterprise Edition – Designed for large enterprises with multiple sites. Includes advanced security, centralised management, workflow orchestration, and compliance labelling tools.
All editions are built on a unified platform, ensuring easy upgrades as your business grows.
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Starter |
Professional Most Popular |
Automation |
Enterprise |
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Overview |
Allows any networked or single workstation user to quickly and easily print labels with simple serialization from Excel, CSV files. |
Design with Intelligent Templates, print from databases, create forms for entering data faster, encode RFID and cards. |
Combine forms, actions and system integrations to build a powerful automated printing solution. |
Manage, secure and control your entire enterprise label system, whether in one location or across continents. |
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Deployment |
On-premise (Single Workstation, LAN or WAN) Cloud |
On-premise (Single Workstation, LAN or WAN) Cloud |
On-premise (Single Workstation, LAN or WAN) Cloud |
On-premise (Single Workstation, LAN or WAN) Cloud |
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Administration Console, Designer, History Explorer Apps |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Database Support: SQL, Excel Online, Google Sheets, Access, SAP, ODBC and more |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Data Builder App |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Point-and-Click Printing |
No |
Print Station App |
Print Station App |
Print Station App |
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Mobile App for Android |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Web Printing for e.g. Supplier Labelling (mobile friendly) |
No |
Print Portal App |
Print Portal App |
Print Portal App |
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Integration Builder, Process Builder, Reprint Console Apps |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Librarian, Printer Maestro Apps |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
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Data Sheet |
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Features Comparison |
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Licensing |
Printer Count |
Printer Count |
Printer Count |
Printer Count |
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Free PDF / Electronic Document Printing |
No |
5,000 printed items per printer license per 7-day period |
5,000 printed items per printer license per 7-day period |
5,000 printed items per printer license per 7-day period, unlimited for >= 100 printers |
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Unlimited Free Users |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Support Plans |
Standard |
Standard |
Standard and Premium |
Standard and Premium |
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1 Year Standard Maintenance and Support |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Included |
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Allergen PEAL: Plain English Allergen Labelling |
Limited |
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Food Nutrition and Beverage |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL) |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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GS1, GTIN, SSCC etc Global Standards 1, Global Trade Item Number, Serial Shipping Container Code |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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GHS Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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CLP Classification, Labelling and Packaging of chemical substances and mixtures according to GHS |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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EU MDR European Union, Medical Device Regulation |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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FDA UDI Food and Drug Administration, Unique Device Identification |
Limited |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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EU GMP Annex 11 - Medical Device and Life Science, European Union, Good Manufacturing Practice |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
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FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Clinical Trial Labelling - Medical Device and Life Science, Food and Drug Administration Code of Federal Regulations |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
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FDA 21 CFR Part 312 Electronic Records - Medical Device and Life Science, Food and Drug Administration Code of Federal Regulations |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
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Edition |
Starter |
Professional Most Popular |
Automation |
Enterprise |