A free alternative to TEC-IT's barcode generator
Here's exactly how TEC-IT's free tier compares, sourced from their own pricing page, plus a quick guide to migrating — then try the generator yourself below.
TEC-IT free tier vs BarcodeSheets
| Feature | BarcodeSheets | TEC-IT free tier |
|---|---|---|
| Unlimited barcodes | Yes — no caps | Capped at 10 barcodes per session |
| SVG export | Included, free | Requires a paid subscription (from €199/yr) |
| Free commercial use | Yes | Free tier is for non-commercial and/or private use only |
| Bulk CSV/Excel | Built in, unlimited rows | Not available on the free tier |
| Label sheets (Avery + thermal) | Avery PDFs and thermal templates, built in | Not available on the free tier |
| Data stays in browser | Always — 100% client-side | No — barcodes are generated on their servers |
Figures above reflect TEC-IT's own published free-tier terms, current as of August 2026 — see TEC-IT's online barcode generator.
Try it yourself
Generate a barcode right here — free, unlimited, and nothing leaves your browser.
Where each TEC-IT feature lives here
| TEC-IT feature | Where it lives here | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Single barcode generator | Home barcode generator | Same one-at-a-time flow, no 10-barcode session cap. |
| Sequential / list generation | Bulk generator | Upload a CSV or Excel list instead of retyping a sequence rule. |
| Printing barcodes on labels | Label sheets | Avery PDF and thermal templates — not offered by TEC-IT's generator at all. |
| Image API / hotlink embed | /api docs | GET /api/barcode — a barcode-by-URL endpoint for Google Sheets =IMAGE(), a CMS, or a README, free and unlimited. |
What TEC-IT's free tier actually includes
TEC-IT Datenverarbeitung GmbH makes respected commercial barcode software, and its free online generator is a genuinely useful quick tool: type in a value, pick a symbology, download an image. The free tier does come with real limits worth knowing before building a workflow around it, per TEC-IT's online barcode generator: unregistered use is capped at 10 barcodes per session, SVG export is locked behind a paid subscription starting at €199/yr, and the free tier's own terms restrict output to non-commercial and/or private use only — technically off-limits for a small business printing shelf labels. Barcodes are also rendered on their servers, meaning whatever you type — product names, SKUs, anything you're encoding — is sent off your device to generate each image. None of this makes TEC-IT a bad company; €199/yr for professional barcode software with support is a reasonable price for the audience it's built for. It just means the free generator isn't really free for the one-off or small-batch job most people search for it to do.
Migrating from TEC-IT in a few minutes
BarcodeSheets exists for exactly that gap: unlimited barcodes, SVG included, and free for commercial use, with the whole pipeline running in your browser — nothing you type ever reaches a server. Moving off TEC-IT usually takes a couple of minutes. For a one-off barcode, paste or type your data into the generator above. If you've been re-running the same list session after session to work around the 10-barcode cap, drop it into the bulk generator instead — CSV or Excel, unlimited rows, one pass. Need labels printed rather than just images? TEC-IT's generator doesn't produce label sheets at all; export straight to an Avery-ready PDF or a thermal-printer template with the label-sheet builder here. Want to hotlink a barcode instead of downloading one? The image API covers that too —GET /api/barcode, free and unlimited, the same feature TEC-IT's free tier doesn't offer at all.
Comparing free tiers, not whole companies
This page compares free tiers only. TEC-IT's paid plans cover a lot of ground a browser-based generator like this one isn't trying to be — batch label-printing software, ERP integrations, industrial and ISO-compliant barcode workflows — and plenty of teams are genuinely well served by paying for that. The point isn't that TEC-IT is a bad product; it's that the free generator most people land on from a search engine has real strings attached, and those strings rarely show up until you're halfway through a batch of labels — the 10-barcode cap, in particular, tends to surface mid-project rather than up front. Every figure cited on this page comes straight from TEC-IT's online barcode generator, current as of August 2026 — if TEC-IT changes its free-tier terms, this page gets updated to match. If your need is a single barcode or an occasional small batch, and you'd rather not hit a session cap, pay for SVG, or send your data to someone else's server, that's the specific gap BarcodeSheets is built to fill.
Frequently asked questions
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Keep going
CSV, Excel, or a pasted list — unlimited rows, one pass.
Print label sheetsAvery-ready PDFs and thermal templates, aligned automatically.
Embed APIImage-hotlink barcodes by URL — the one TEC-IT feature not here yet.
BarcodeSheets is not affiliated with TEC-IT Datenverarbeitung GmbH. TEC-IT is a trademark of its owner.