FindThatSoftwareIndia Software Price Index
What software really costs in India
The real rupee cost of verified business tools for a GST-registered buyer, after the card forex markup that global directories leave out. GST adds 18% if you cannot reclaim it. Ranked by category, source-checked, and recomputed live so it stays current.
58%
of priced tools bill in US dollars, not rupees
~3.5%
card forex markup a USD tool adds before GST
18%
GST on the fee, reclaimable if you are registered
₹97.15
the effective cost of $1 for an Indian card, vs ₹93.86 mid-market
Cite as “FindThatSoftware India Software Price Index (2026)”. Pricing last verified 12 Nov 2026; exchange rates refreshed weekly. Indicative, not a bill.
The cheapest verified tool in every category
Lowest India cost per month for a registered business (forex-adjusted).
Every verified tool, by real India cost
Design & CreativePrices →
- Canva₹112/mo
- Figma₹291/mo
- Adobe Express₹338/mo
- Gamma₹400/mo
- PicOnTap₹486/mo
- PhotoGenerAI₹680/mo
- StencilMaker₹729/mo
- MangaTranslate₹777/mo
- Meshy₹850/mo
- AI Photo Generator Studio₹971/mo
- Figran₹971/mo
- FLUX 3 Image₹971/mo
- Piktochart₹971/mo
- SKP Converter₹971/mo
- VistaCreate₹971/mo
- Visme₹1,190/mo
- AI Hairstyle₹1,295/mo
- Spaceora₹1,450/mo
- AIChangeHair₹1,456/mo
- Make Floor Plan₹1,456/mo
- SpriteGen₹1,554/mo
- Any3D₹1,611/mo
- CarouselDraft₹1,846/mo
- LineSheetDesk₹1,846/mo
- MomentSift₹1,933/mo
- MusicDesk₹1,942/mo
- SceneWeaver AI₹2,421/mo
Productivity & KnowledgePrices →
- Zoho Workplace₹59/mo
- Google Workspace₹99/mo
- Zoho WorkDrive₹140/mo
- Microsoft 365₹204/mo
- Neatbo₹389/mo
- PDFAnnotations₹405/mo
- Box₹486/mo
- LinkToText₹559/mo
- Yap₹559/mo
- Start This Task₹573/mo
- FileSite₹644/mo
- ClickUp₹680/mo
- NOS Workspace₹874/mo
- Dropbox₹970/mo
- Notion₹971/mo
- Novastart₹971/mo
- Superhuman Docs (formerly Coda)₹983/mo
- Lansy Desk₹1,561/mo
Video & Visual CreationPrices →
- WeBot₹135/mo
- Edimakor₹404/mo
- AllSubConverter₹405/mo
- DeepReel₹405/mo
- VEED.IO₹490/mo
- Exemplary AI₹565/mo
- MKClip₹639/mo
- PageOn AI₹729/mo
- Video Size Reducer₹873/mo
- Auto Caption₹962/mo
- ClipTrend.ai₹971/mo
- Shotyard₹971/mo
- Magic Hour₹1,134/mo
- Video Upscaler₹1,166/mo
- Hedra₹1,457/mo
- Picir AI₹1,457/mo
- Visemix₹1,477/mo
- Shaewoo₹1,538/mo
- InVideo₹1,619/mo
- EveryGen AI₹1,753/mo
- FreyaVideo₹1,846/mo
- Lumen5₹1,846/mo
- Genflick₹1,933/mo
- RapDeck₹1,984/mo
- Pictory AI₹2,429/mo
- Rask AI₹2,664/mo
- Moovly₹4,849/mo
- Animate AI₹9,714/mo
India software pricing, answered
- Why does software cost more in India than the sticker price?
- The real, unavoidable premium is the card forex markup: a dollar-billed tool is charged on an Indian card at roughly the mid-market rate plus about 3.5%, and that is not reclaimable. There is also 18% GST, but it is conditional: a GST-registered business reclaims it as input credit (foreign B2B is reverse-charged, so the vendor bills no GST), while an unregistered buyer bears it. Some Indian vendors already include GST in the sticker.
- How many business tools bill in USD instead of INR?
- Across the verified priced tools in the FindThatSoftware catalog, about 58% bill in US dollars and 37% in rupees. USD-billed tools carry the forex markup on every charge.
- What is the cheapest business software in India?
- The lowest India cost among verified tools is Zoho People at about ₹48 a month (forex-adjusted, for a registered business) in HR & Recruiting. The cheapest option per category is listed above.
- How current is this pricing data?
- Prices are source-checked on each vendor's own pricing page, last verified 12 Nov 2026. Exchange rates refresh weekly. Every figure is indicative, not a bill, and GST-registered businesses can usually reclaim the GST as input credit.