--- title: BarTender Reviews meta_title: 'BarTender Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 39 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how BarTender works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.2 review_count: 39 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-08-07' parent_category: name: Inventory Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/inventory-management --- # BarTender Reviews **Vendor:** Seagull Software **Category:** [Barcode Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/barcode) **Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 39 **AI Enabled:** This product embeds AI to enhance or extend its core functionality. ## About BarTender BarTender by Seagull connects your mission-critical labeling & RFID tracking, business data & systems, and printing operations to enable transparent, resilient, and cost-effective supply chains. ## BarTender Reviews ### 1. Bartender IDPRT **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) This reviewer's identity has been verified by our review moderation team. They have asked not to show their name, job title, or picture. **Validated Reviewer:** Validated through a business email account **Source: Organic:** Organic review. This review was written entirely without invitation or incentive from G2, a seller, or an affiliate. **Reviewed Date:** April 06, 2024 **What do you like best about BarTender?** Easy to use and neat printing of labels etc **What do you dislike about BarTender?** Couldn't recover password when changed to using laptop **What problems is BarTender solving and how is that benefiting you?** Sending out packages ### 2. Tackling a very steep learning curve **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Larry M. | Network Administrator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Validated Reviewer:** Validated through a business email account **Source: Thank You page:** Invitation from G2. This reviewer was not provided any incentive by G2 for completing this review. **Reviewed Date:** July 25, 2023 **What do you like best about BarTender?** Efficient design and layout of lables and printable products. **What do you dislike about BarTender?** Very difficult to understand deployment and limitations of product for end users as well as how to limit the user. **What problems is BarTender solving and how is that benefiting you?** Efficient use of printable labels with limited customization at different work stations. ### 3. Needs instructions **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) This reviewer's identity has been verified by our review moderation team. They have asked not to show their name, job title, or picture. **Current User:** The reviewer uploaded a screenshot or submitted the review in-app verifying them as current user. **Validated Reviewer:** Validated through LinkedIn **Incentivized:** This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Source: G2 invite:** Invitation from G2. This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Reviewed Date:** January 10, 2022 **What do you like best about BarTender?** I like that this app allows the user to create labels that display many different varieties of coded labels, including QR **What do you dislike about BarTender?** There is a steep learning curve to using this program. There are YouTube videos to help, but they are very general. **What problems is BarTender solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are using this as a tool to standardize our various collection and sample labeling ### 4. Good but could be better **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consumer Goods | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) This reviewer's identity has been verified by our review moderation team. They have asked not to show their name, job title, or picture. **Current User:** The reviewer uploaded a screenshot or submitted the review in-app verifying them as current user. **Validated Reviewer:** Validated through a business email account **Incentivized:** This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Source: G2 invite:** Invitation from G2. This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Reviewed Date:** August 17, 2021 **What do you like best about BarTender?** I like that it's so convenient to print labels and custom **What do you dislike about BarTender?** Two experiences that really threw me off the fan wagon entirely. One is that the limited printer connection and technical portion of it. And two is that it does require a bit of practice to get learn how to fit a label design onto the physical label. Maybe this only happens to me. **What problems is BarTender solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use it to do all my label printing and address label printing needs. ### 5. Decent for barcodes and labels **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Deirdre D. | Research Scientist, Hospital & Health Care, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Current User:** The reviewer uploaded a screenshot or submitted the review in-app verifying them as current user. **Validated Reviewer:** Validated through LinkedIn **Incentivized:** This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Source: G2 invite:** Invitation from G2. This reviewer was offered a nominal gift card as thank you for completing this review. **Reviewed Date:** April 13, 2016 **What do you like best about BarTender?** I can save a "template" and then overwrite it to use for something else. I also like that it can pull data from Excel, so I don't have to type everything in. The stickers (while expensive) last really well on tubes in -80*C. We can print thousands or just 1-2 labels, which means less waste of the label sheets. **What do you dislike about BarTender?** I dislike that it's not super user-friendly. I find myself explaining how to use it to co-workers (especially older ones) at least twice, if not more. Also - I'm not sure if it's a printer issue or a software issue, but sometimes when the preview says that the label is within the sticker restrictions, it ends up being off-center or enough off of the label that it has to be re-printed. **Recommendations to others considering BarTender:** Get it, but make sure you have someone competent with software around while the main users get acquainted. **What problems is BarTender solving and how is that benefiting you?** We print the labels for aliquots and also for (thousands) of samples that we send the labels out and receive the samples back labelled. It does work better than Freezerworks. Having printed labels benefits us by not having to read someone's terrible handwriting and not having to print via Word onto a sheet of labels is nice as it is less wasteful. We really under-use this product, as we mostly only use it for label making. It does a pretty decent job of it though. ## BarTender Discussions - [What is a BarTender file?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-a-bartender-file) - [Is BarTender basic free?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-bartender-basic-free) - [What is barcode software?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-barcode-software) - [How do bartenders create barcode labels?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-do-bartenders-create-barcode-labels) - [when will you have mobile software available for apple iOS?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/when-will-you-have-mobile-software-available-for-apple-ios) - 1 upvote - [View BarTender pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/bartender/reviews?filters%5Bnps_score%5D%5B%5D=3&open_modal_url=%2Fit%2Fproducts%2Fbartender%2Fwishlists%3Fhost_path%3D%252Fproducts%252Fbartender%252Freviews%253Ffilters%25255Bnps_score%25255D%25255B%25255D%253D3%26source%3Dsticky_header_pin§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-09-02+22%3A42%3A00+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=8a3dd1a6-5212-4ce9-a690-ef49bad97523&secure%5Btoken%5D=533e3819a20668d517e84a39c45cfdc985377743a1ea2beb82c8b8b07ce6b734&format=llm_user) ## BarTender Features **Design** - Templates - WYSIWYG - Compliance - Autofill **Barcode support** - Symbologies - Serialization - Standard formatting - Printing - Integrations - Label Printing **Inventory Management - RFID** - Stock Levels - Inventory Tracking **Printing** - Printers - Barcodes - Security **Design** - Shipping Labels - WYSIWYG editor - Color editor - Graphics import - 1D and 2D barcodes - RFID Encoding - Barcoding/RFID - Receiving Labels **Integration Capabilities - RFID** - Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) - Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) **Additional Functionality** - Barcode/Ticket Scanning - Multi-Channel Management - Supplier Management - Workflow Management - Customizable Fields - Purchasing & Receiving - Generative AI - Data Import/Export - Returns Management - Customizable Reports - Order Tracking - Historical Reporting - Shipping Management - Real-Time Data - Stock Management - Invoice Management - Order Processing - Asset Tracking - Labeling - Billing & Invoicing - API - Label Templates - Customizable Branding - Inventory Replenishment - Serial Number Tracking - Customizable Templates - Multi-Location - Inventory Optimization - Warehouse Management - Summary Reports - Sales Order Management - Mobile Access - Barcode Recognition - Reporting & Statistics - Audit Management - Cost Tracking - Inventory Management - Activity Tracking - Order Management - Status Tracking - AI Copilot - Customization - Inventory Tracking - Purchase Order Management - Location Tracking - Audit Trail **Additional Functionality** - Multiple File Format Support - QR Code Printing - Inventory Labels - Batch Printing - Shipping Labels - Generative AI - Barcode Generation - AI Copilot - Barcode/Label Management - Product Labels - Label Designer ## Top BarTender Alternatives - [Loftware Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/loftware-cloud/reviews) - 4.2/5.0 (133 reviews) - [EZO](https://www.g2.com/products/ezo/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (395 reviews) - [MarkMagic](https://www.g2.com/products/markmagic/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (19 reviews)