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Beer30 by 5th Ingredient vs Brew Ninja: Which Brewery Management Software is the Best Fit to Streamline Your Business?

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The Brew Ninja Promise:

1. Full Featured Software

2. Dedicated Support

3. Affordable Pricing

 What's the Difference Between Beer30 and Brew Ninja?

 

What we've learnt from talking to our customers is that Beer30 is generally focused on brewing, while Brew Ninja looks at the entire business of running a brewery, holistically, in one place. We eliminate the need for tedious data entry in spreadsheets, and make gaining access to real-time data across every aspect of your brewery's operations quick and easy. 

On the Beer30 website, you can find a list upgrades that can be added to their existing ERP system, for additional fees. Conversely, Brew Ninja is a full-featured brewery management software offering every business affordable access to real time data across the entire business, as well as the all tools they need to grow, in one platform. 

Accounting Integration

Both Brew Ninja and Beer30 integrate with popular accounting softwares to sync real-time, automated entries with your accounting system.

Brew Ninja integrates with QuickBooks Online, while Beer30 works with QuickBooks Online and Xero. Additionally, both Brew Ninja and Beer30 integrate with Square point-of-sale.

Brew Ninja also offers a wholesale invoicing integration with Square to help streamline your invoicing workflow. This enables you to leverage automated credit card on file payment processing for distro sales, meaning you get paid for every transaction quickly.

 

 

Getting Away From The Computer with Mobile Access For Unlimited Users

For most breweries, mobile access, and the ability to have multiple users are essential. One piece of feedback that we've received from users time and time again is that Brew Ninja significantly improves internal communication, and as a result, productivity. 

Both Brew Ninja and Beer30 can be used both on desktop and on mobile, meaning you don't need to be sat at your computer or lugging your laptop around to use the software. But, while Beer30 offers unlimited user accounts, they offer fewer predefined user roles. Brew Ninja also offers unlimited user accounts, in addition to 6 fully customizable user roles.

Taxes, Reporting & Compliance

Both software packages offer comprehensive support for USA tax and TTB reporting. However, only Brew Ninja offers comprehensive support for Canadian tax reporting.

Lot tracking is another important compliance feature, especially for new breweries.

This feature is included in Brew Ninja's Complete and Advanced tiers, and is available as an add-on for $20 /mo in our Essentials tier. Lot tracking is included in Beer30's Premium upgrade.

Federal Governments in Canada and the USA audit compliance of every new brewery within the first two years of operation. Lot tracking goes a long way in simplifying that audit. 

Beer Logs, Production Process, and Inventory Management

As a brewery management software, Brew Ninja focuses on the entire business and keeps the production process management simple and intuitive to navigate.

Brew Ninja is partnered with Grist Analytics - a specialized software crafted for the nuanced needs of brewery production management. Through this partnership we offer breweries a comprehensive software solution to help you produce quality beer, while enjoying the cost savings of efficient operational processes.

Brew Ninja simplifies inventory management and higher-level production planning, allowing you to keep track of what you have coming and what ingredients you need. Grist offers more detailed fermentation data and can help ensure that you are producing quality beer, efficiently.  

Brew Ninja also allows you to import recipes from BeerXML files - a feature which isn't offered by Beer30.

Beer30 offers in-depth brewing process management and a hardware API, they also integrate with other brewing softwares such as Precision Fermentation, Firmly, OFS and Fermecraft. 

 

Pricing Differences Between Brew Ninja and Beer30 by 5th Ingredient

Beer30 Pricing

Beer30 provides a customizable modular solution to breweries. The Beer30 Base System gives you access to everything that you need to effectively manage your brewing process. It includes scheduling & tasks, raw materials, and yeast management. However, beyond the Base System there are fees for additional features. 5th Ingredient recommends adding upgrades like: batch costing, purchase orders, sales and distribution, and packaging material tracking. Other add ons include speciality upgrades such as keg tracking, sales traceability and barrel aging. Their pricing isn't published on their website. 

Brew Ninja Pricing

Brew Ninja is a brewery management software solution that offers all of the features and functionality a brewery needs to run a smooth operation in three tiered pricing plans View our pricing here. 

Looking to make a switch or learn more about how Brew Ninja could support your brewery's goals? Book a call with a member of our team.

 

**This review has been compiled based on publicly available information shown on each company's website, and testimonials of users of both brewery management system.  This review has last been updated on July 18, 2024. Please reach out to us via our contact form if you find inaccuracies or would like to contribute.