BakeOnyx vs GoodTill: Which Is Right for Your Bakery?
You're comparing BakeOnyx vs GoodTill because you need to know which one actually costs your recipes, tracks your inventory, and doesn't make you re-enter the same order three times. GoodTill is a full POS system with online ordering, in-store payments, and staff management — it's built for bakeries that sell over the counter and need a register that talks to their website. BakeOnyx is built for custom cake artists, wholesale bread bakers, and anyone who spends more time costing recipes and managing production than ringing up walk-in customers. This comparison shows you what each system does in specific scenarios — not feature lists, but what you'll actually see on your screen when you cost a wedding cake or check Thursday's prep list. We'll tell you when GoodTill does something better. You'll know which one fits your bakery in 10 minutes.
At a Glance
| Feature | BakeOnyx | GoodTill |
|---|---|---|
| Cost a 3-tier wedding cake with fondant, ganache, and fresh flowers | Enter your recipe once at 4,500g total. BakeOnyx calculates cost per gram. Every tier, every portion, every ingredient tracked. Change butter price, all linked recipes update instantly. | GoodTill tracks inventory by item but doesn't break recipes into gram-level costing. You'll know you used fondant, but not that tier 2 cost $18.40 in ingredients. |
| Take a phone order while your hands are covered in buttercream | Open the iPad. Tap the customer name. Add the order. Quote generates automatically with your markup. Customer gets an email. You're back to piping in 45 seconds. | GoodTill's online ordering lets customers place orders themselves, which means you're not taking phone calls at all. If you do take a phone order, you enter it as a sale or custom item — no quote stage. |
| See which of your 40 recipes actually makes money | Profit margin report shows every recipe with ingredient cost, labor, markup, and net profit per unit. Sort by margin. See that your lemon bars cost $1.82 and you're selling them for $3.50 — 48% margin. | GoodTill shows sales totals and inventory usage but doesn't calculate recipe-level profit margins. You'll see revenue per product, not cost vs. price. |
| Know what to prep for Thursday without opening 12 emails | Production dashboard shows every order due Thursday. Consolidated ingredient list: 2,400g flour, 800g butter, 6 eggs. Print one sheet. Start baking. | GoodTill shows orders by customer and product but doesn't consolidate ingredients across orders. You'll see '3x chocolate cake, 2x vanilla cupcakes' — you calculate the flour yourself. |
| Ring up walk-in customers and process credit cards in-store | BakeOnyx doesn't have a POS terminal. You'll use Square, Stripe, or your existing register for in-store sales. | GoodTill is a full POS. Card reader, cash drawer, receipt printer. Customer taps their card, sale records instantly. This is what GoodTill is built for. |
| Stop running out of vanilla extract on Saturday morning | Inventory alert: 'You have 120ml vanilla left. Monday's orders need 200ml. Reorder now.' Set reorder points per ingredient. Get alerts 3 days before you run out. | GoodTill tracks stock levels and sends low-stock alerts. You set the threshold per product. It doesn't predict usage based on upcoming orders — it alerts when you hit the minimum. |
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Detailed Comparison
Recipe Costing and Scaling
BakeOnyx winsBakeOnyx
You enter a recipe once: 500g flour, 250g butter, 4 eggs, each with its cost per unit. BakeOnyx calculates cost per gram and cost per portion automatically. Scale the recipe from 12 cupcakes to 150 cupcakes — ingredient quantities and costs recalculate instantly, and you print a job sheet with the scaled amounts.
GoodTill
GoodTill doesn't do recipe costing at the ingredient level. You can create products and track inventory usage, but if you want to know that your 9-inch cake costs $12.40 in ingredients while your 12-inch costs $22.10, you'll calculate that in a spreadsheet.
Order Management and Quotes
BakeOnyx winsBakeOnyx
Every order moves through stages: Inquiry → Quote → Confirmed → Production → Delivered → Invoiced → Paid. You see 30 June wedding cake inquiries in one pipeline, color-coded by stage. Customer gets automated emails at each stage. You never lose a thread.
GoodTill
GoodTill handles orders as sales transactions — either in-store or online. There's no quote stage or production tracking. If a customer emails asking for a custom cake quote, you'll reply manually and enter the sale when they confirm.
Point of Sale and In-Store Payments
GoodTill winsBakeOnyx
BakeOnyx doesn't have a POS terminal or card reader. If you sell over the counter, you'll use Square, Stripe, or another register. BakeOnyx tracks the sale and inventory, but you process payment elsewhere.
GoodTill
GoodTill is a full POS system with card readers, receipt printers, and cash drawer integration. Customer walks in, you ring them up, they tap their card, receipt prints. Sale records in real-time. This is GoodTill's core strength.
Inventory and Supplier Management
BakeOnyx winsBakeOnyx
Track every ingredient by supplier, unit cost, and reorder point. BakeOnyx predicts usage based on confirmed orders and alerts you 3 days before you run out. Supplier price changes? Update once, every linked recipe recalculates automatically.
GoodTill
GoodTill tracks inventory by product and sends low-stock alerts when you hit your set minimum. It doesn't predict future usage based on upcoming orders or link ingredient costs to recipe margins. You'll know you're low on flour, but not that Thursday's orders will consume it.
The Verdict
Choose GoodTill if you run a retail bakery with walk-in customers, you need a register that processes cards and prints receipts, and most of your sales happen in-store or through your website's online ordering. GoodTill handles that beautifully — it's a POS first, and it integrates with your storefront. If you're selling croissants and cookies over the counter every morning, GoodTill makes sense. Choose BakeOnyx if you're a custom cake artist, a wholesale baker, or anyone who needs to cost recipes down to the gram, manage 20 wedding cake orders in different stages, and see exactly which products are profitable. BakeOnyx is built for production bakeries where you're quoting custom orders, scaling recipes, and managing prep lists — not ringing up walk-ins. Start with the 14-day free trial. Cost three of your recipes. You'll know in an hour if it fits.
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