BRAINR
BRAINR is cloud software for food factories that covers production planning, shop-floor execution, quality, traceability and warehousing in one system. It connects to ERP systems and line machines such as scales and printers, and has Android apps for operators. It is sold to food manufacturers, with modules for poultry, meat, fish, bakery, ready meals, produce and beverages.
Last reviewed

- Best for
- Meat and poultry processors, Food factories replacing paper and spreadsheets
- Pricing
- Quote only
- Runs on
- Web, Android
Who it is for
Meat and poultry processors
Has a slaughter and animal management module, and case studies from Portuguese poultry producers Avisabor, Lusiaves Grupo and Campoaves.
Food factories replacing paper and spreadsheets
The vendor positions it for plants that run on paper records and disconnected systems, connecting people, machines and ERP.
Multi-site food manufacturers
The Enterprise plan adds multi-factory support and inter-company workflows.
Less suited to: Restaurants, cafes and other food service businesses: the product is aimed at food factories.
What it does
Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
Generates production plans from demand and factory constraints and lets planners adjust them during the day.
Master Production Schedule (MPS)
Calculates finished-product production needs for a period, aligning orders and forecasts with purchases, slaughter plans and stock.
Production order management
Connects stock, planning, receiving, shipping, equipment and quality in one workflow that turns plans into execution.
Real-time production monitoring
Captures output, consumption, waste, stoppages and yield from machines and mobile devices for each line, section and shift.
Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE)
Combines availability, performance and quality into a real-time efficiency figure per line, machine and work centre.
Physical inventory count
Creates count requests by product or location, runs counts on mobile devices and analyses variances and stock adjustments.
Raw material receiving
Links purchase orders to mobile receiving and validates quantity, lot and quality parameters as goods arrive.
Loading and shipping
Guides operators through picking to loading on mobile devices and validates products, lots and SSCC codes before a truck leaves.
Gate, dock and weighbridge management
Synchronises gatehouse, dock assignment and weighbridge control for inbound and outbound logistics.
Traceability and compliance
A module for lot traceability and food safety compliance, with use cases citing HACCP, BRC, IFS and FSMA audits.
Label and printer integration
Connects printers, label templates and weighing scales, with an unlimited number of dynamic printing templates in the plan comparison.
Open API and webhooks
A public REST API with documentation, sandbox environments and webhooks for external systems.
Pricing
- Pricing model
- Quote only
BRAINR publishes three plans, Starter, Professional and Enterprise, but no prices; each has a 'Get an estimate' button. Starter includes all core modules, mobile and tablet apps, one software integration and a printing server. Professional adds unlimited integrations, advanced lot tracking and custom document workflows. Enterprise adds multi-factory support, inter-company workflows, a test environment and customer success. The page also offers a free consultation call.
How it compares
Compared with the 13 products in Food Manufacturing Execution & Production Planning that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.
- Names 10 integrations. The median in this category is 2.
- One of 3 products in this category with an Android app. 12 products in this category state their platforms.
- The category's 10 most-named integration partners are QuickBooks, Sage, SAP, NetSuite, Sage X3, Xero, Ad Hoc Infinity, Ad Hoc Revolution Web, Allen-Bradley, Azure Active Directory. Of these, this product's listing names SAP, Sage X3.
Works with
The vendor lists ERP and operational software (SAP, PHC, SAGE X3, Primavera, MTECH, BarTender) and line machine makers (Bizerba, Marel, Zebra, Captemp, MTECH, BarTender), and adds 'other systems' without naming them. The Starter plan includes one software integration; Professional and Enterprise are unlimited.
Where and how it runs
- Customers in
- Portugal, Spain
- Platforms
- Web, Android
- Apps
- BRAINR native Android app: Shop-floor mobile and tablet apps for factory operators
- Hardware
- Connects to scales, printers, labellers, palletizers, weighing terminals, sealing machines and scanning devices; Android phones and tablets are used on the floor.
BRAINR does not list where it sells. Its contact form offers Portugal, Spain and Germany, its headquarters are in Portugal, and its case studies are Portuguese poultry producers that supply Portugal and Spain. It says it is expanding internationally.
The company
- Founded
- 2021
- Headquarters
- Leiria, Portugal
- Founders
- Paulo Gaspar, Rui Batista, Ricardo Granada
- Funding
- Seed Round, €11M
- Customers named by the vendor
- Avisabor, Lusiaves Grupo, Campoaves
Security and support
- Security and compliance
- SOC2 and ISO27001 ready (the vendor's wording; no certification stated), Encryption in transit and at rest, independent database per customer, daily backups, 99.9 percent uptime on AWS
- Support
- The Enterprise plan includes customer success. A Partners & Services page describes implementation partners; no support hours are stated.
Listing details
- Built for
- Food manufacturing
- Focus
- General-purpose, used in food businesses
- Status
- Active
- Website
- brainr.com
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What we could not confirm
These points were not confirmed when this page was written.
- Any price (quote only)
- Contract term and renewal
- Date and investors of the 11 million euro seed round
- Legal entity name and company registration
- Team size
- Which product languages are supported (the pricing page mentions multilanguage support without a list)
- iOS support (only native Android apps are described)
- Certifications: the vendor says SOC2 and ISO27001 'ready', not certified
1 more not listed here.
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.
- Homepage: positioning, industries, customershttps://www.brainr.com
- Feature listhttps://www.brainr.com/features
- Plans and quote-only pricinghttps://www.brainr.com/pricing
- Integrationshttps://www.brainr.com/platform/iot-equipment-integrations
- Security and hostinghttps://www.brainr.com/platform/cloud-native-infrastructure
- Traceability modulehttps://www.brainr.com/module/traceability-compliance
- Foundershttps://www.brainr.com/about-us
- Founding year, partner programhttps://www.brainr.com/partners-services
- Seed roundhttps://www.brainr.com/careers
- Headquarters and contact form countrieshttps://www.brainr.com/contact
- Customer case studyhttps://www.brainr.com/case-studies/how-avisabor-scaled-poultry-processing-with-brainr
- Page discoveryhttps://www.brainr.com/sitemap.xml