Synapsy
Synapsy is a French software publisher selling point-of-sale and back-office software to food retailers, mainly bakeries and pastry shops, plus butchers, caterers, chocolate makers and fast-food outlets. Iris is its till software, Alecto its cloud management and production-planning software, and it also sells scales, cash recyclers, order kiosks and click-and-collect.
Last reviewed
- Best for
- Bakeries and pastry shops in France, Butchers, charcutiers and caterers
- Pricing
- Quote only
- Runs on
- Web
Who it is for
Bakeries and pastry shops in France
Till, production planning, order taking and forecasting are offered for bakery-pâtisserie, with a sector page for each.
Butchers, charcutiers and caterers
Iris is paired with certified connected scales, label printing, order management and a click-and-collect service for butchers.
Multi-shop food retail networks
Alecto is fully hosted and the vendor says it serves store networks; orders taken at one till can be sent to another shop in the network or to the production lab.
Fast-food and snack outlets
A dedicated offer covers tills, order management, touch-screen order kiosks and click-and-collect.
Less suited to: Businesses outside France or those wanting self-serve published pricing: the site is in French, lists French offices and sells through quotes and demos.
What it does
Iris touch-screen till software
Certified till software that takes payments including vouchers and gift cards, generates receipts and tracks sales, for food retail and fast food.
Customer order taking at the till
Orders can be entered for a later date, at this shop or another shop in the network, and are passed to the Alecto back office for the production lab.
Loyalty programme
Loyalty rules, points and discounts are configured and applied at the till without an extra module, per the vendor.
Stock management
Stock tracking with alerts on products to reorder, plus real-time stock and inventory in Alecto.
Alecto commercial management
Hosted software with a dashboard, article and customer databases, quotes turned into invoices, sales documents, cash journal and integrated marketing campaigns; usable from tablets and phones.
Production planning
Automatic production plan built from sales history and recurring B2B orders, with recipe cost and margin per recipe, stock decrement and unsold tracking.
Technical sheets and allergens
Recipes hold ingredients, quantities, steps and allergens, which can be carried through to the label and point of sale.
Connected certified scales
Weighing data flows to the till and prints price labels; the scales are certified by the French metrology lab LNE.
Click and collect
Online ordering with pickup slots for bakeries and butchers, with orders showing in the management software.
Order kiosks
Touch-screen ordering kiosks for fast-food outlets, which the vendor says cut queues and raise average ticket.
Automatic cash recyclers
Automatic cash handling machines to secure cash takings.
Digital marketing services
Website, e-commerce, email and SMS campaigns and in-store promotions offered as an accompanying service.
Electronic invoicing
Compliance with the French e-invoicing reform through Docoon, an approved platform, according to the vendor's news posts.
Pricing
- Pricing model
- Quote only
No prices are published. The site offers a free quote and a demo request through a contact form.
How it compares
Compared with the 16 products in Café & Bakery POS 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 6.
- Lists Web only. Among the 16 products in this category that state their platforms, 7 list an iOS app and 7 list an Android app.
- The category's 10 most-named integration partners are WooCommerce, Shopify, Xero, QuickBooks, GoFood, GrabFood, Mailchimp, PrestaShop, QRIS, Shopee. Of these, this product's listing names WooCommerce, PrestaShop.
Works with
- Accounting
- Docoon
- Delivery
- Uber Eats
- Inventory
- Helean
- Other
- HubRiseBakeronlinePrestaShopWooCommerceProgial
The integrations page also mentions HubRise linking orders, delivery carriers, e-marketing lists and digital loyalty cards. Helean is described as already integrated into Alecto.
Where and how it runs
- Available in
- France
- Languages
- French
- Platforms
- Web
- Hardware
- Sells touch-screen tills, printers, scanners, tablets, scales, digital kiosks and cash recyclers. Named scale models include Precia Molen and Digi SM 120 and 5300X.
The site is in French, lists offices in Poitiers and Concarneau, and its regional pages cover French regions. No other country is stated.
The company
- Founded
- 2005
- Headquarters
- France
- Other offices
- Poitiers, Concarneau
Security and support
- Security and compliance
- Till software described as certified (certifying body not named), Scales certified by the LNE
- Support
- Phone support on one number, 7 days a week all year, with a team available on weekdays from 6h to 22h and at weekends and holidays. On-site training is given at installation.
Listing details
- Built for
- Food retail, Bakeries
- Focus
- Food-specific
- Status
- Active
- Website
- synapsy.fr
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What we could not confirm
These points were not confirmed when this page was written.
- Any price or contract term
- Legal entity name, registration number, headquarters and team size
- Named customers
- Which operating systems the Iris till runs on
- Security certifications beyond the certified till and scales
- Whether the tool is sold outside France
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: range, sectors, e-invoicing newshttps://synapsy.fr/
- Company history 2005 onwardshttps://synapsy.fr/qui-sommes-nous/
- Iris till softwarehttps://synapsy.fr/logiciel-de-caisse/
- Iris loyalty and stockhttps://synapsy.fr/iris-caisse-enregistreuse-commercant/
- Alecto management softwarehttps://synapsy.fr/alecto-logiciel-gestion-commerciale-adapte/
- Production planninghttps://synapsy.fr/logiciel-de-gestion-de-production/
- Order takinghttps://synapsy.fr/gestion-des-commandes/
- Butcher offerhttps://synapsy.fr/le-logiciel-de-caisse-enregistreuse-pour-votre-boucherie-charcuterie/
- Scales and hardwarehttps://synapsy.fr/balance-boucherie/
- Click and collecthttps://synapsy.fr/click-and-collect-boucherie/
- Integrationshttps://synapsy.fr/nos-integrations/
- FAQ: mobile access, product rangehttps://synapsy.fr/foire-aux-questions/
- Support hourshttps://synapsy.fr/service-client/
- Offices, quote formhttps://synapsy.fr/contactez-nous/