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BUSY Accounting
Indian business accounting software with GST, inventory, and billing, popular with SMBs, traders, and distributors.
FindThatSoftware verdictEditorial ruling
A credible Tally alternative for Indian SMBs, especially traders and distributors, that want integrated accounting, inventory, and GST. Its interface, like Tally's, prioritizes function over polish, so modern-UI seekers should trial it first. Verify current editions and licensing on the official site.
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Should you use BUSY Accounting?
Use it if indian traders and distributors. Avoid it if businesses issuing more than 50,000 e-invoices a year, because that is the ceiling on POWER+, the largest published BUSY Magic plan.
Spec sheet
- Starting price
- ₹417/mo₹417/mo sticker
- Free plan
- Available
- Free trial
- Not listed
- Status
- Source checked 29 Jul 2026
- Source trail
- 7 public sources
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BUSY Accounting is a finance & money / finance & accounting for Indian buyers. It costs about ₹417/mo before GST, billed in rupees. It issues an India GST invoice, so you can claim input credit. FindThatSoftware rates it best for indian traders and distributors, and a poor fit if businesses issuing more than 50,000 e-invoices a year, because that is the ceiling on POWER+, the largest published BUSY Magic plan.
The trade-off, weighed
What you gain, and what you give up.
The case for
- Prices are published in rupees with GST stated separately, and a 360 day subscription starts at 5,000 rupees for a single user.
- E-invoice and e-way bill generation, GST reconciliation and audit trail are built in rather than sold as separate Indian compliance add-ons.
- A free Express edition exists for a single user, so a very small trader keeps real books without paying anything.
The catch
- Perpetual licences still need an annual BUSY License Subscription, and letting it lapse switches off e-invoice, e-way bill, GST reconciliation and audit trail.
- Renewal charges vary by edition and by how late you renew, so a lapsed licence costs more than an on-time renewal.
- Plans are capped by e-invoice count, 10,000 on SMART and 20,000 on POWER, so invoice volume alone pushes you up a tier.
- The START edition at 5,000 rupees only covers non-GST businesses, so any GST registered firm starts at 8,000 rupees instead.
True India price
Registered business, per month
₹417
BUSY Accounting is billed in rupees at ₹416.67/mo, so there is no forex markup. A registered business reclaims GST, so that is roughly the cost (₹5,000/yr). Without reclaim, add 18% for about ₹492 a month.
- Sticker price
- ₹416.67/mo
- GST
- 18%, reclaimable if registered
- Registered per month
- ₹417
- Registered per year
- ₹5,000
- If you can't reclaim GST
- ₹492
- Try first
- Has a free plan, so you can start without a card.
- Watch for
- Per-license (360-day), GST extra. Free 'Express' edition. Paid licenses from ₹417/mo, with higher editions adding features, billed per license per 360 days. India INR. Confirm on vendor site.
Indicative, not a bill. The exchange rate is a single mid-market reference, not a live feed, and GST-registered businesses may reclaim input credit. Confirm current pricing on the vendor site.
Full India pricing breakdownIndia readiness
How well BUSY Accounting fits an Indian business operationally, from the verified pricing and company facts we hold.
- ✓GST invoice
Issues a GST-compliant invoice, so a registered business can reclaim input tax.
- ✓Bills in INR
Priced in rupees, so there is no forex conversion or card markup on top.
- ✓India HQ
India-headquartered, so support, timezone, and context are local.
How BUSY Accounting compares
Against the 3 other accounting billing toolswe list, from what we verified on each vendor’s own pages.
Also in most alternatives
Recorded for at least half of the 3 others, and for BUSY Accounting.
- Bank reconciliation
- GST invoicing
This compares only the capabilities enough rival tools share for a comparison to mean anything — roughly a quarter of what we verified. The full list is under “What we verified” below, and anything absent from both is something we did not record rather than something the product lacks.
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Audit my stackOverview
What is BUSY Accounting?
BUSY is an Indian accounting software for SMBs covering financial accounting, GST invoicing and returns, inventory management, and basic operations. A long-standing Tally alternative, it offers on-premise and cloud options and is widely used by traders, distributors, and manufacturers.
Best for
- Indian traders and distributors
- SMBs wanting accounting plus inventory
- Businesses seeking a Tally alternative
Who should avoid it
- Businesses issuing more than 50,000 e-invoices a year, because that is the ceiling on POWER+, the largest published BUSY Magic plan.
- Buyers who want a one-time purchase, because BUSY Magic sells only 360 day subscriptions and the perpetual editions are the older product line.
What BUSY Accounting does
What we verified about BUSY Accounting
Read from BUSY Accounting’s own pages. Each line is a finding and what it was based on, so you can check any of it yourself.
Features we confirmed63
- Serial number tracking
- SMART plan tracks warehouses, batch, serial number and reorder level
- Post dated cheque management
- Post-dated cheques management is a BUSY 21 banking capability
- POS billing
- A dedicated POS screen for fast billing is included
- Payroll management
- Payroll management is listed in the BUSY 21 Enterprise edition
- Multi gstin management
- POWER plan manages multiple GSTINs within one company
- Multi currency
- BUSY 21 supports multi-currency billing and invoicing
- Mobile app
- Mobile App Lite gives 100-plus reports, quotations, orders and invoices
- Invoice management system
- IMS is listed in the SMART plan's GST and compliance feature set
- Inventory management
- Stock balance control, valuation and warehouses are core modules
- GST invoicing
- Complete GST billing and invoicing is the SMART plan's headline
- E way bill generation
- Auto e-way bill generation ships with the SMART plan upward
- E invoice generation
- Auto e-invoice generation is built in, capped by plan at 10,000 to 50,000
- Batch and expiry tracking
- Batch-wise inventory with manufacturing and expiry dates is supported
- Barcode scanning
- Barcode scanning and QR code support ship on the SMART plan
- Bank reconciliation
- Magic Bank Reconciliation is listed as an upcoming SMART feature
- AI voucher scanning
- AI Voucher Scan is listed under SMART plan billing features
- Bom and production planning
- BOM, production planning and variance reports are BUSY 21 features
- Call management
- Call management is listed as an Enterprise edition feature
- Cloud hosted desktop
- BUSY On Cloud gives secure remote access to the desktop software
- Compound discounts
- Compound discounts and markups are a SMART plan feature
- Configurable invoice formats
- Fully user-configurable invoicing is a BUSY 21 BASIC feature
- Configurable payment reminders
- BASIC plan offers configurable receivable payment reminders
- Data exchange between busy users
- Data exchange among BUSY users is a BASIC edition feature
- Data import from tally and marg
- FAQ says data moves easily from Tally or Marg into BUSY Magic
- Digitally signed invoices
- Digital signature on invoices and reports is available
- Ecommerce reconciliation
- BUSY Recom syncs and reconciles marketplace seller transactions
- Fifo stock valuation
- START plan includes FIFO-based stock ageing and valuation
- Financial accounting
- Ledgers, all books of accounts and final results are core BUSY modules
- Gstin and hsn validation
- SMART plan validates GSTIN and HSN codes at entry
- Gstr 1 direct upload
- Direct upload of GSTR-1 and IFF from inside BUSY is supported
- GST returns in json
- BUSY 21 exports GST e-returns in JSON for portal filing
- Gstr reconciliation
- Auto download and reconcile GSTR-1, 3B, 2A and 2B is built in
- Head office branch data merge
- Auto data merging of HO and BO works in offline mode
- Indent management
- Indent management ships with the Enterprise edition
- Job work management
- Production and job-work are listed as upcoming POWER features
- Ledger reconciliation
- Ledger reconciliation and depreciation ship from the START plan
- Machine binding
- Data and users can be bound to selected computers or hard disks
- Mandi commission agent module
- BUSY Mandi is a purpose-built module for anaj and sabji mandi agents
- Mrp and tax inclusive billing
- START handles tax-inclusive and MRP billing
- Mrp wise stock
- MRP-wise stock management is a SMART plan inventory feature
- Msme audit report
- MSME audit report is a SMART-tier accounting feature
- Multi branch management
- Enterprise edition manages multiple branches online and offline
- Multi company accounting
- Accounting for multiple companies works even in the free Express edition
- Multi financial year
- Multiple financial years are supported from the free edition upward
- Multi godown inventory
- Multiple godown inventory is a BUSY 21 BASIC-tier feature
- Multi GST rate single invoice
- START supports multi-GST billing within a single invoice
- Multiple units per item
- Multiple units per item category are supported from SMART
- Orders and quotations
- Orders and quotations are supported in BUSY 21 billing
- Parameterised item tracking
- Brand, size, colour and parameterised item tracking on SMART
- Party return status check
- You can check a counterparty's GST return filing status from BUSY
- Payment qr code
- Dynamic payment QR code generation is a BUSY 21 feature
- Profit and loss and balance sheet
- Even the free Express edition produces P&L and balance sheet
- Receivables and payables
- Bill-by-bill outstanding reports and payment reminders are included
- Remote access
- SQL editions offer remote access for flexible working
- Reorder level alerts
- Reorder level tracking is included in the SMART inventory feature list
- Salesman and broker reports
- Salesman and broker reporting is available from the SMART plan
- Sql backend option
- SQL editions handle large data volumes with server backups
- TDS reporting
- TDS summary is a SMART-tier accounting feature
- User access rights
- User-definable access rights exist from the START and BASIC plans
- User activity audit log
- Audit trail and user activity log are listed data security features
- User login scheduling
- SMART plan restricts when specific users can log in
- Vat billing
- VAT-ready invoicing with country-defined rates supports non-India markets
- Voucher approval workflow
- Voucher and master approval or rejection is an Enterprise control
What people use it for6
- Track stock across godowns
- Multi-godown and warehouse tracking serve multi-location stock
- Run a distribution business
- Traders and distributors are the stated core user base
- Issue GST invoices
- Auto e-way bill generation is built into the compliance module
- File GST returns
- GSTR-1 direct upload and single-window return download serve filing
- Keep books and share with CA
- BUSY Recom exists for ecommerce sellers reconciling marketplace payouts
- Bill at a retail counter
- POS screen with barcode scanning targets shop counters
Works with5
- Tally
- FAQ confirms data can be moved from Tally into BUSY
- GST portal
- Direct GSTR-1 and IFF upload plus return download hit the GST portal
- E invoice irp
- Auto e-invoice generation connects to the invoice registration portal
- E way bill portal
- Auto e-way bill generation connects to the government e-way bill system
- Marg
- Marg is named alongside Tally as a supported data migration source
Terms, compliance and how you buy32
- WhatsApp support channel
- START plan support is listed as email, WhatsApp or call
- No card required
- Start Free Trial is explicitly labelled No Credit Card Required
- GST extra
- Pricing footnote states GST is to be added to the listed price
- 24 7 phone support
- Footer lists live support 24/7 on two Indian phone numbers
- 360 day subscription term
- BUSY Magic plans are sold as 360-day subscriptions, not calendar years
- Annual licence subscription required
- Perpetual licences still need an annual BUSY License Subscription to stay compliant
- CA community network
- Site maintains a CAs in India directory around the product
- Compliance features die on lapse
- Letting the licence lapse switches off e-invoice, e-way bill and GST reconciliation
- Demo led purchase
- Every paid plan's call to action is Get Free Demo rather than buy now
- E invoice volume caps
- Plans cap e-invoices at 10,000 SMART, 20,000 POWER and 50,000 POWER+
- Features still on roadmap
- GSTR-9 dashboard, custom reports and multi-branch are marked upcoming
- Fifteen day free trial
- Header offers a 15-day free trial with no credit card required
- Free edition
- Express edition is 100 percent free for billing and accounting
- Free edition has no mobile app
- Express row explicitly states No Mobile App
- Function over polish UI
- Our verdict notes the interface prioritises function over modern polish
- India built
- BUSY Infotech Pvt Ltd, footer states Crafted in India
- Industry specific editions
- Over 20 sector-specific configurations from pharmacy to jewellery
- INR billed
- All plan prices are published in rupees on the pricing page
- International editions
- BUSY International plus VAT and multi-currency support non-India markets
- Large india install base
- Vendor claims over 6,00,000 businesses use BUSY
- Late renewal costs more
- Renewal charges vary by edition and by how late you renew
- Legacy and new product lines coexist
- BUSY 21 and BUSY Magic are sold side by side with a migration policy
- Non GST entry plan
- START at ₹5,000 covers non-GST businesses only, GST firms start at ₹8,000
- No perpetual licence on new line
- FAQ confirms BUSY Magic has no perpetual plans, only four subscriptions
- On premise desktop software
- Core product is desktop software, with cloud access sold as an add-on
- Partner reseller network
- A Find a Partner directory and partner network page exist
- Perpetual licence on legacy line
- BUSY 21 perpetual editions still exist alongside the subscription line
- Premium voice support on higher tiers
- Premium voice support starts on the POWER plan
- Regional pricing tiers
- Location toggle offers India, South Asia and Global pricing
- Single and multi user licensing
- Pricing page toggles between single user and multi-user licensing
- Transparent pricing
- Every edition price is published openly rather than hidden behind a demo
- User count limits
- POWER+ is scoped at 10 users and 150 companies
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Per-license (360-day), GST extra. Free 'Express' edition. Paid licenses from ₹417/mo, with higher editions adding features, billed per license per 360 days. India INR. Confirm on vendor site.
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Does BUSY Accounting give a GST invoice in India?
BUSY Accounting issues an India GST invoice, so a GST-registered business can claim input tax credit on it directly.
Is BUSY Accounting good for Indian small businesses?
BUSY Accounting is worth evaluating for Indian buyers, but the final fit depends on pricing limits, support, integrations, and setup effort.
Does BUSY Accounting have a free plan?
BUSY Accounting lists a free plan, but check the official pricing page for current usage limits before choosing it.
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