Enterprise Automation
Our most powerful edition. Includes all of the label design, printing, software integration, and data sourcing features of the Automation edition, plus advanced server functions for centralized printing, security and administration. Includes BarTender Web Print Server to print labels from any browser.
Contains our most advanced integration features, including TCP/IP triggers, SAP AII, Oracle XML, XML transforms, and XML scripting. Includes full functionality for all of the Companion Applications, including Librarian and logging to centralized databases. Tracks printer parts inventory and in-printer media usage.

Automation
Numerous software integration tools, such as ActiveX Automation, enterprise messaging and Seagull's Commander utility for cross-platform integration. All the data sourcing of Professional, plus support for SAP IDocs. Includes all of the Companion Applications except for Librarian, but not all of the features. Logging to local databases only.
Includes all available RFID design and encoding capabilities.

Professional
Data access for network databases (using OLE DB and ODBC), as well as spreadsheets and text files. Includes some of the Companion Applications: Batch Maker, Print Station and Printer Maestro. Printer Maestro only manages local and network printers (and print jobs) for which there are drivers installed on the local PC. (All editions are fully network compatible.)

Basic
The most frequently used label design features. Includes all text, graphics, bar code, and most serializing capabilities. Useful for keyboard and scanner-supplied label data only. Print Station is the only included Companion Application.