BakeSmart
BakeSmart is cloud software for retail and wholesale bakeries. A core platform handles orders, customers and production reports, with optional modules for a point of sale, online store, custom-cake pricing (Cake Matrix), quote requests, and wholesale accounts with a customer portal. It is sold to independent and multi-location bakeries in North America.
Last reviewed

- Best for
- Custom cake bakeries, Bakeries selling online
- Pricing
- From USD 99 per location per month
- Runs on
- Web
Who it is for
Custom cake bakeries
Cake Matrix prices multi-tier, multi-flavour cakes from rules for size, filling and decoration, and feeds decorators' production sheets.
Bakeries selling online
eCommerce module lets you set lead times by day, seasonal products and holiday exceptions.
Bakeries with wholesale customers
Manages B2B pricing, recurring orders, invoicing and a customer ordering portal.
Multi-location bakeries
Multi-location support is included in the core platform.
What it does
Order management
Central tracking of all orders with status updates.
Customer database
Contact details, order history, birthdays and notes.
Production reports
Automated daily reports showing what needs to be baked, combining retail and wholesale orders.
Payment requests
Sends secure payment links by email or text.
Real-time and scheduled reports
Sales, order and product reports on screen or emailed daily, weekly or monthly.
Multi-location support
Manages products, staff and sales across locations from one dashboard.
Date exceptions and cut-offs
Blackout dates and order cut-off times for busy seasons and holidays.
Cake Matrix pricing
Rule-based pricing for custom cakes by size, flavour, fillings and decoration.
Custom inquiries and quotes
A branded quote-request form; quotes built from your products convert into orders.
eCommerce store
Online store for ready-made and customisable products, with lead times and seasons; a Same Day module supports order-ahead pickup.
Point of sale
Rings up walk-in customers and processes payments; sold as a module.
Wholesale management
Custom pricing, standing orders, multi-location customer accounts, running balances, invoices, packing slips and statements.
Wholesale customer portal
Wholesale customers log in to order, view invoices and pay balances.
Gift cards
Physical and digital gift cards usable at the POS and online.
Time cards
Employee clock in and out with timesheets exportable for QuickBooks or payroll.
Texting
Order confirmation, image request and payment request texts; US customers only.
Pricing
- Starting price
- From USD 99 per location per month
- Pricing model
- Subscription per location
- Renewal
- Recurring charge until cancelled; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current paid term
- Free plan
- No
The core platform starts at $99 per month per location and is required. Modules (eCommerce, Same Day eCommerce, Cake Matrix, Order Inquiries, Wholesale, Wholesale Portal, Point of Sale) are added on top; their prices are not shown. Time Cards cost $3 per month per user, gift cards 3 percent of the amount loaded, texting includes 500 credits then pay-as-you-go. Professional setup and implementation starts at $499 one-off.
How it compares
Compared with the 23 products in Bakery Management Software that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.
- Names 1 integration. The median in this category is 3.
- Does not have a free plan. 1 of the 3 products in this category that say whether they have a free plan do.
- Lists Web only. Among the 22 products in this category that state their platforms, 2 list an iOS app and 5 list an Android app.
- The category's 10 most-named integration partners are Shopify, QuickBooks, Square, Xero, DATEV, DeTrack, WhatsApp, Worldline, Abacus, Addictill. Of these, this product's listing names QuickBooks.
Works with
- Accounting
- QuickBooks
The only named integration is a QuickBooks or payroll export from Time Cards. No POS, delivery or other integrations are listed on the vendor's site.
Where and how it runs
- Customers in
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Platforms
- Web
The site says 'trusted by leading bakeries across North America'; texting is US-only, support hours are US Eastern time and the customers shown are in the US. No country list is published.
The company
- Registration
- Registered in Indiana, United States (per terms)
- Headquarters
- Indianapolis, United States
- Customers named by the vendor
- Bethel Bakery, Cakes D' Sabores, Linda's Bakery
Security and support
- Support
- Phone and text support Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm Eastern, 24/7 emergency support, email (typical response within 24 hours), chat and a help centre. The vendor says every customer gets guided onboarding, with most bakeries live within about 6 weeks.
Listing details
- Built for
- Bakeries, Food manufacturing, Wholesale
- Focus
- Food-specific
- Status
- Active
- Website
- bakesmart.com
- Also listed in
- Café & Bakery POSFood & Beverage ERP
Alternatives to BakeSmart
See all 28 in Bakery Management SoftwareCybake
Cybake is cloud ERP software built for bakeries.
Names 19 integrations, against 1 for BakeSmart.
Streamline Bakery Software
This is cloud ERP software from Mountain Stream for wholesale bakeries and other order-driven food producers.
Runs on Web and Android, against Web for BakeSmart.
Zymo Bakery Software
Zymo is web-based order and production software for wholesale bakeries.
Names 7 integrations, against 1 for BakeSmart.
FoodCore
FoodCore is web software for small UK food businesses that keeps recipes, ingredient costs, allergens and labels in one place.
Names 4 integrations, against 1 for BakeSmart.
Compare BakeSmart
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What we could not confirm
These points were not confirmed when this page was written.
- Prices for individual modules
- Minimum contract term and free trial
- Founding year, funding and team size (leadership names are on the About page)
- Legal entity name and payment processor
- POS hardware requirements and any mobile apps
- Integrations beyond QuickBooks export
- Security certifications
- Countries beyond the US
Sources
Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.
- Homepagehttps://bakesmart.com/
- Pricing and moduleshttps://bakesmart.com/pricing/
- Core platformhttps://bakesmart.com/bakesmart-platform
- Cake Matrixhttps://bakesmart.com/cake-matrix
- eCommercehttps://bakesmart.com/ecommerce
- Wholesalehttps://bakesmart.com/wholesale
- Custom inquirieshttps://bakesmart.com/custom-inquiries
- Add-ons and priceshttps://bakesmart.com/add-ons
- Onboarding processhttps://bakesmart.com/onboarding
- Teamhttps://bakesmart.com/about/
- Named customershttps://bakesmart.com/customer-stories
- Support hours and channelshttps://bakesmart.com/support
- Registered office, cancellationhttps://bakesmart.com/terms-and-conditions