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SME AI Office vs Some Bakers
Some Bakers is a Singapore marketplace that puts home bakers on a neighbourhood map; SME AI Office is your own free order page, joined to a prep list and accounting.
Prices checked 20 October 2026
The short answer
Choose Some Bakers if you want nearby buyers to find you on a map without posting on social media, and you like to accept each request before you bake. It is free to join, with 0% for a Founding Baker’s first 4 months, then a small fee once your bakery passes a monthly earnings threshold.
Choose SME AI Office if you already have customers on Instagram, WhatsApp or Telegram and want one link where they order and pay. There is no monthly fee, no platform fee and no limit on orders. Your own PayNow QR is free, and cards and automatic PayNow go through your own HitPay account at HitPay’s own fee.
Side by side
| SME AI Office | Some Bakers | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free. No monthly fee and no platform feeYour own PayNow QR and cash: no fee. Cards and automatic PayNow through your own HitPay account, at HitPay’s own fee | Free to join. No subscription, no setup fee0% for a Founding Baker’s first 4 months, then a small fee above a monthly earnings threshold |
| Free plan | Yes, for good. No monthly fee, no card, no limit on orders | Yes, free to join. The fee after 4 months is not published yet |
| Built for | Your own order page and link. You bring the customers | A marketplace: your page and a pin on a neighbourhood map, where nearby buyers find you |
| How buyers pay | Your own PayNow QR, free, with the amount and order number filled in. Cards through your own HitPay account | PayNow to your own account: your QR and payee name go out when you accept |
| Taking an order | Customers order and pay in one go. A daily limit per item closes a full day | Every order is a request: you accept, suggest another time or decline |
| Pickup and delivery | Pickup points and times, delivery days, delivery priced by distance | Collection windows and a pickup place you set. Any delivery is yours to arrange |
| Joining | Free plan for everyone, no approval | Approval needed. 50 founding seats in Singapore |
| A directory of sellers | No | Yes, a neighbourhood map and search |
Which one fits
SME AI Office fits when
- You already have customers and want one link where they pick a day, order and pay.
- You want a daily limit per item and tomorrow’s prep list added up for you.
- You want every sale in your profit and loss, with no fee from us at any size.
Some Bakers fits when
- You want nearby buyers to find you on a map, without posting on social media.
- You bake now and then, and like to accept each request yourself before the customer pays.
Free, with no platform fee. Your PayNow QR is free; cards and automatic PayNow go through your own HitPay account.
Questions
Is SME AI Office cheaper than Some Bakers?
Both are free to start. Some Bakers is free to join, with 0% for a Founding Baker’s first 4 months, then a small fee once your bakery passes a monthly earnings threshold; it has not published the amount. SME AI Office has no monthly fee and no platform fee at any size. Your own PayNow QR, cash and bank transfer cost nothing, and cards and automatic PayNow go through your own HitPay account at HitPay’s own fee.
What is the difference between Some Bakers and SME AI Office?
Some Bakers is a marketplace: buyers nearby find you on its map and send you a request. SME AI Office is your own order page: it brings you no new customers, and you share your link on Instagram, WhatsApp or Telegram. In return you get a daily limit per item, pickup points and times or delivery days, tomorrow’s prep list and every sale in your accounting.
How do customers pay on Some Bakers?
By PayNow, straight to the baker. When the baker accepts a request, the baker’s PayNow QR and payee name go out to the customer. On SME AI Office the customer sees your PayNow QR with the amount and order number filled in as soon as they order, then taps I have paid.
Can I use Some Bakers and SME AI Office together?
You can keep a Some Bakers page for buyers who find you there and use SME AI Office for your own customers. Some Bakers’ terms ask you not to move customers who found you through it off the platform, so keep the two sets of customers apart.
Do I need a licence to sell home bakes in Singapore?
The rules are set by the Singapore Food Agency (SFA). Check SFA’s page for home-based food businesses to see what applies to you. Neither SME AI Office nor Some Bakers gives you a licence.
How do I start on SME AI Office?
Sign up free, with no card. We move your menu over for you, free: ask for free setup in the app after you sign up. Then put your order link on your Instagram, WhatsApp or Telegram profile.
Some Bakers facts are from somebakers.com, somebakers.com/become, Some Bakers: Terms of Service, Some Bakers: Baker Seller Terms, checked on 20 October 2026. Prices are as shown there. Some Bakers is a trademark of Some Audacity Pte. Ltd.. SME AI Office is not connected with Some Bakers.