Neighbors order from one link and pay up front. Proof adds it all up, tells you what to mix tonight, and shows what each loaf really earns.
Click around a real bakery's week. No signup, nothing to install.
You love the baking. The counting, the chasing and the guessing are what eat your evenings. Here is what changes.
Before: Orders in DMs, comments and a text thread
With Proof: One link to share. Orders come in paid.
Before: Checking Venmo screenshots at pickup
With Proof: Everyone pays when they order, straight to your own Stripe.
Before: Adding up loaves in a notebook at 10 PM
With Proof: Every loaf is added up for you, by day and pickup time.
Before: Guessing how many batches, and when to start your mix
With Proof: Batches in two clicks, and a plan that says when to start.
Before: Worrying that $10 a loaf is too little
With Proof: The real cost of each loaf, and what it earns at your price.
Before: A cafe asks for a standing order, and you panic
With Proof: Say yes. The cafe orders from its own page, with the notice you set.
What you do, and what Proof does for you. No big setup, no class to take.
Tonight
After the kids are down, add your loaves, your prices and your pickup spot. Connect Stripe so the money goes to you. Plan on one evening.
Tomorrow
Open your first drop with a pickup window and an order deadline. Post the link on Instagram or in your Facebook group, or text it to neighbors.
Saturday
Every order is paid and added up by pickup time. Make batches in two clicks, follow the plan, and hand off bread. Nobody owes you money.
Proof does the counting and the clock math. You do the baking.
Step 1
One board shows every loaf, by day and by pickup time. Orders from your drop, this week's loaf club and your cafe orders all land in the same place.
You can see where each loaf is going: a neighbor, a subscriber or a cafe.
Step 2
Press Preview, then Confirm. Proof splits your orders into batches using each recipe's yield. 54 Country Sourdough at 12 a batch is 5 batches. No math on the back of an envelope.
Drag a batch to In progress when you start, and to Done when it comes out of the oven.
Step 3
Proof works back from each pickup time. It uses your hours, your oven and how many hands you have, so the plan fits your real kitchen. Long ferments and cold proofs can run overnight.
When a day is too full, it moves work earlier. When a loaf will still be late, it tells you plainly, while there is time to fix it.
Most bakers start with a weekly drop for neighbors. Add a loaf club for your regulars, and a cafe when one asks. It all feeds the same plan.
Post your bake, share one link, and let orders come to you. Everyone pays when they order, so there is no chasing money at pickup.
Bread every week or every other week. Set pickup spots with their own days. Subscribers hold their bread for vacation from their own link, so you are not keeping track by text.
See how bread subscriptions worksSay yes without the chaos. Cafes order from a private page that follows your notice rule. Deliver with a signed receipt, then email a PDF invoice in one click. A ready-to-invoice list makes sure none slip by.
See how wholesale worksEnter a recipe once. Proof adds up flour, your time, oven wear and power. It shows what each loaf costs you, and what it earns at your price. No more wondering if $10 is too little.
Tell your regulars when the next bake opens. Proof sends the texts and emails for you. There is no Twilio account to set up and no phone number to buy.
Proof is made by the owner of Daily Manna, a small bakery in Austin. It is built for the jobs a little bread business really has: a weekly drop, a loaf club, a cafe or two, and an oven that only holds so many loaves.
The live demo is set up as Daily Manna, with its loaves and its kind of week. Click around and picture your own Saturday in it, before you pay anything.
Hotplate is good at drops. A spreadsheet is free, but it costs your evenings. Proof is for when you sell more than one way and want a plan for bake day. Payments go straight to your own Stripe, and Proof never takes a cut.
| Feature | Proof | Hotplate | Spreadsheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-order drops and a storefront | Yes | Yes | No |
| Bread subscriptions | Yes | Not built in | By hand |
| Wholesale portal and invoices | Yes | No | By hand |
| One demand board for all sales | Yes | Drops only | By hand |
| Bake plan that knows your ovens | Yes | Item totals only | No |
| Cost and margin per loaf | Yes | No | If you build it |
| Text and email announcements | Yes | Yes | No |
| Fee on your sales | None | Buyer pays 5% + $0.55 | None |
| Price | From $19 a month | Free to join | Free, but it costs your evenings |
Hotplate, at $2,000 a month in sales
about $130
a month in fees, paid by your customers (5% plus $0.55 an order)
Proof Microbakery, any amount of sales
$59
a month, flat. No fee on any order.
Starter is $19 a month, about the price of two loaves. No fee on your sales. Cancel anytime.
Pay yearly and get 2 months free.
For your kitchen
You sell to friends and neighbors from home. About the price of two loaves a month.
$19/month
Choose StarterWhat you get
When it starts to grow
A cafe asked for a standing order, or you want to know your price is right.
$59/month
Choose MicrobakeryEverything in Starter, plus
For a busy little bakery
You bake most days, maybe with a helper, and send a lot of texts.
$149/month
Choose BakeryEverything in Microbakery, plus
Every plan: no fee on your sales. Only Stripe's normal card fee goes to Stripe. No contract. Cancel anytime. Need more texts? $4 per 100 extra texts.
Something else? Email help@tryproof.io and a person will answer.
Click around a working bakery first. No signup. When you are ready, one flat price, no fee on your sales, and you can cancel anytime.
