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Backbar
Bar inventory management with drink costing and purchasing tools
As of 29 August 2026, Backbar is free to use. Bar inventory management software for restaurants covering stock tracking, drink costing and purchasing. Softwr lists it under Restaurants.
Overview
What Backbar does
Bar inventory management software for restaurants covering stock tracking, drink costing and purchasing.
What people use it for
- Bar inventory management
- Liquor cost tracking
- Multi-location restaurant operations
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Backbar.
- Invoice syncing with inventory requires the top Professional plan at $129 per month billed monthly, as of August 2026
- Pricing is charged per location, so multi-location bars pay the plan fee separately for each site, as of August 2026
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Pricing
What Backbar costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Basic
Free
- Web and mobile inventory
- Multiple inventory locations
- Color-coded tracking
Essential
$79 /mo
- Drink costing and pricing
- Unlimited recipe builder
- Unlimited audit history
- Suggested pars
- Custom tagging
- 1-click purchasing
Professional
$129 /mo
- Automatic invoice entry
- Cost variance alerts
- Unlimited reporting features
- Full customer support
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Does Backbar offer a free plan?
Yes, Backbar's Basic plan is free and includes web and mobile inventory tracking, multiple inventory locations, and color-coded tracking per location.
SourceHow much does Backbar's Essential plan cost with annual billing?
Backbar's Essential plan costs $99 per month when billed annually, or $79 per month with month-to-month billing.
SourceWhat is included in Backbar's Professional plan?
Professional includes automatic invoice entry, cost variance alerts, unlimited reporting, and full customer support at $129 per month monthly or annual billing available.
SourceIs there a free trial available?
Yes, new users can access a one-month free trial of either the Essential or Professional plan.
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- Square for Restaurants
- Lightspeed Restaurant
- Clover
- Nory
- MarginEdge
- Restroworks
- Compeat
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- Restaurant365
- Apicbase
- Revel Systems
- Rezku POS
- SevenRooms
- Slice
- Sling
- Talech
- Tock
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