Billing Software and the 2026 e-Invoicing Rules
The e-invoicing rules moved again, and most billing comparisons haven't caught up. A new Ship-to GSTIN requirement goes live in production today. The 30-day reporting window now catches businesses at ₹10 crore. We checked the rules against the government's own portal, then graded six billing systems on whether they can actually keep up.
Four things about e-invoicing that changed while you weren't looking
Every fact in this section comes from the GST Network's own e-invoice portal and its published advisories, linked in the sources. Most articles ranking for these terms are vendor blogs quoting each other.
The threshold is PAN-wide, and once you cross it you never go back
E-invoicing is mandatory for taxpayers with annual turnover above ₹5 crore, under Notification No. 10/2023 – Central Tax dated 10 May 2023. Two details in that sentence catch people out. Turnover is aggregate across your PAN, not per GSTIN and not per outlet, so three shops each doing ₹2 crore are over the line together even though none is individually. And the obligation attaches if you crossed the threshold in any financial year since 2017–18 — a bad year afterwards does not release you from it.
That means the question is not "what did we turn over last year". It is "have we ever, on this PAN, crossed ₹5 crore". If the answer is yes, every B2B invoice you raise needs an IRN, and an invoice without one is not a valid tax invoice — which means your customer cannot claim input credit on it.
Check, don't assume: the government publishes an enablement status lookup on the e-invoice portal. Put your GSTIN in before you take anyone's word, including your accountant's.
At ₹10 crore, you now have 30 days to report an invoice or it can't be reported at all
From 1 April 2025, taxpayers with aggregate turnover of ₹10 crore or more cannot report an e-invoice older than 30 days from the document date. GSTN's advisory gives the example plainly: an invoice dated 1 April 2025 cannot be reported after 30 April 2025. The validation is built into the IRPs, so it is not a penalty you argue about later — the portal simply refuses the document.
It applies to credit notes and debit notes as well as invoices, which is where it bites hardest. A credit note raised in a hurry at year end, against an invoice from two months ago, can fall outside the window. Below ₹10 crore there is no such restriction at the moment, but GSTN lowered this threshold once already — from ₹100 crore down to ₹10 crore — so treating 30 days as your working discipline now is cheaper than rebuilding habits when it drops again.
Ship-to GSTIN becomes mandatory in production today
GSTN issued an advisory on 25 June 2026, published on its News and Updates page, confirming that "Ship-to GSTIN" must be captured in Bill-to/Ship-to transactions, with the value "URP" entered where the consignee is unregistered. The changes affect the e-Invoice API, the e-Way Bill by IRN API and the EWB Closure API, and they move from sandbox into the production environment with effect from 1 August 2026.
If you sell goods that get delivered to an address different from the billing address — drop-shipments, deliveries to a customer's site, bill-to-branch arrangements — this affects you directly. The practical question for your billing software is whether the vendor has already shipped the updated API build. Ask them by name for this advisory, not in general terms, because a vendor that has not implemented it will fail on production transactions rather than warn you in advance.
There are six IRPs, and your software probably only knows about one
Most businesses assume e-invoicing runs through a single government portal. It does not. Six Invoice Registration Portals are live: NIC-IRP 1 and 2, plus portals operated by Cygnet, Clear, EY and IRIS. GSTN's business-continuity advisory states that NIC-IRP 1 and 2 are interoperable, that a single authentication token works across the NIC portals, and that if NIC is down any of the other IRPs may be used. There are two e-way bill portals with similar redundancy.
This matters on the one day a year it matters enormously. If your billing software is hard-wired to a single IRP and that IRP has an outage on the 30th of the month, you stop being able to raise valid invoices. Ask your vendor whether their integration supports failover to an alternate IRP, and whether they have tested it. Most SMB billing tools have not, and the honest ones will say so.
Five billing systems, graded on compliance rather than features
Any of these will produce a decent-looking invoice. Three of the five will not produce an e-invoice on the plan most people compare on price, which is the difference that actually matters once you cross the threshold.
Priced per organisation with three users included at Standard. The free plan does not manage e-invoices, so compliance starts at ₹749 a month and every extra GSTIN is ₹600 more.
Built for shops and micro-enterprises, running offline and in multiple Indian languages. Most of its users sit below the threshold, and it doesn't itemise e-invoicing by plan.
Two cheaper plans that cannot generate an e-invoice at all. E-invoicing and unlimited e-way bills appear only in Enterprise, which is roughly double the Platinum price.
The only one of the five claiming unlimited e-invoices and e-way bills on both mobile and desktop, at the lowest monthly price here — on a pricing page that contradicts itself.
Splits billing and e-invoicing into two different plans, and meters e-way bills on credits in both. Unlimited invoices otherwise, with a lifetime option.
If you only need to raise the occasional invoice rather than run a system, our free GST invoice generator and RCM self-invoice generator will do it in the browser, and the GST calculator handles the arithmetic. For a broader feature comparison rather than a compliance one, see our roundup of the best GST billing software in India and the free billing and invoicing options.
Ten compliance capabilities, graded from vendor documentation
Verified against each vendor's own pricing and feature pages on 1 August 2026. Where a vendor doesn't state something either way, the cell says so rather than assuming absence.
| Zoho Books | Vyapar | myBillBook | Swipe | GimBooks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E-invoicing on the entry paid plan | Standard ₹749, not Free | Not itemised by plan | Enterprise tier only | Claimed unlimited, all plans | Separate E-Invoicing Plan |
| E-way bills without a meter | Not itemised on pricing page | Included | Unlimited only on Enterprise | Claimed unlimited | Credits needed on both plans |
| Cap on invoice volume | 1k / 5k / 10k / 25k by plan | Not stated | Not stated | Unlimited, per vendor | Unlimited invoices |
| Extra GSTIN without extra cost | ₹600/location/month | Not stated | 2 businesses on Enterprise | Multiple GST accounting listed | Not stated |
| GSTR-1 / 3B filing in product | GST reports and filing | Not itemised on pricing page | Not stated | GSTR-1 & 40+ reports | GSTR-1 & 3B filing |
| Works offline | Cloud; desktop app available | Documented offline mode | Desktop app from Platinum | Cloud, syncs across devices | Cloud web and mobile |
| Genuinely free tier | Free below ₹25 lakh revenue | Free tier, mobile-limited | Trial only | Mobile and web free for life | 7-day trial only |
| Desktop application | Windows app available | Desktop version | Platinum tier and above | Desktop included in base | Desktop web app |
| Multi-year or lifetime option | Annual maximum | Not stated | Up to 65% off multi-year | Not stated | 3-year and lifetime plans |
| Published, self-serve pricing | Yes, full tier table | Yes | Yes, full tier table | Two different base prices shown | Yes |
None of the five states publicly whether it has shipped the Ship-to GSTIN API changes that enter production on 1 August 2026. That is not a mark against any of them — the advisory is barely five weeks old — but it is the single most useful question to ask each vendor this month, and we would rather flag the gap than guess.
Where compliance sits behind a higher tier
The licence price is rarely the compliance price. Three of these five gate or meter the exact function the law requires of you.
| Vendor | The gate | What it costs to clear it |
|---|---|---|
| Zoho Books | E-invoice management absent from the Free plan | Standard, ₹749/month billed annually |
| Zoho Books | Each additional GSTIN is a paid location | ₹600/location/month, includes 1 GSTIN + 10,000 invoices |
| Zoho Books | Annual invoice count capped by plan | Free 1,000; Standard 5,000; Professional 10,000; Premium 25,000 |
| myBillBook | E-invoicing absent from Diamond and Platinum | Enterprise, from ₹570/month billed annually |
| myBillBook | Unlimited e-way bills absent from lower tiers | Enterprise tier only |
| myBillBook | Desktop app absent from the entry plan | Platinum, ₹3,990/year |
| GimBooks | E-invoices excluded from the Premium plan | A separate E-Invoicing Plan |
| GimBooks | E-way bills metered on both plans | Credits required, priced separately |
Zoho Books prices exclude local taxes and GimBooks adds 18% GST, as each vendor states. The point is not that these vendors are overcharging — their cheaper plans are perfectly good billing tools. It is that the plan you compare on price is frequently not the plan that can meet your statutory obligation, and the gap only becomes visible after you have crossed the threshold.
Zoho Books
Three users included at ₹749 a month, with GST filing and e-invoicing in the same product — provided you're not on the free plan.
Zoho Books prices per organisation rather than per user, which makes it unusually cheap for a small team. Standard is ₹749 per month billed annually (₹899 monthly) with three users and 5,000 invoices a year. Professional is ₹1,499 with five users, Premium ₹2,999 with ten, Elite ₹4,999 with fifteen and Ultimate ₹7,999 with twenty-five. Extra users are ₹150 each per month on annual billing. Prices exclude local taxes.
There is a genuinely free plan, and it is more capable than most free tiers — GST reports and filing, bank reconciliation, inventory, 1,000 invoices a year, one user plus an accountant. It stays free as long as your revenue for the financial year is under ₹25 lakh. But e-invoice management is listed under Standard, not Free, so the moment e-invoicing is a legal obligation for you, the free plan is not the answer.
The detail to model before buying is multi-GSTIN. Each additional location is a ₹600 per month add-on that includes one GSTIN and 10,000 invoices. A business with three state registrations is therefore paying ₹749 plus ₹1,200 a month before anything else, which changes the comparison with a desktop licence considerably. If you want the lighter, invoicing-only product rather than full accounting, Zoho Invoice is free and worth looking at first.
What you get
Per-organisation pricing with three users at ₹749, which undercuts per-user products at small scale. GST reports and filing, e-invoicing, bank reconciliation and inventory in one product. A real free tier below ₹25 lakh revenue. Mobile and Windows desktop apps. A 14-day trial and no lock-in contract.
What it's not
E-invoicing is not on the free plan, so compliance costs ₹749 a month minimum. Every extra GSTIN is ₹600 a month. Annual invoice counts are capped by tier — 5,000 on Standard — which a busy trading business will hit. And being cloud-first, a connectivity outage stops billing in a way a desktop product doesn't.
Best for: single-GSTIN service businesses and small traders who want cloud access, accounting and e-invoicing in one subscription, and whose invoice volume sits well inside the plan cap.
Vyapar
GST billing for shops and micro-enterprises, working offline and in multiple Indian languages, at a fraction of the others.
Vyapar is priced for the smallest end of the market, but its pricing is harder to quote than the others because it varies by device bundle. You choose desktop only, mobile only, or desktop plus mobile, and each combination carries a different price, on top of a discount that runs almost permanently. The desktop Silver plan is ₹3,799 a year at the current discount. Gold costs more and adds multi-user and extra reporting; the exact figure moves with the running offer, so read it off the pricing page for the device combination you actually want rather than trusting any number quoted in an article, including this one. Vyapar has also been shuffling its tier names, and its own promotional pages do not always agree with its pricing page, so confirm the plan name as well as the price before you pay. There is a free tier, mainly mobile.
What it does well is meet a shopkeeper where they are. It works without an internet connection, which matters in a great deal of India. It runs on both phone and desktop. It supports multiple Indian languages. And it produces GST invoices with HSN codes, e-way bills, quotations, proforma invoices and delivery challans without demanding accounting knowledge from the person using it.
On the compliance question this page is built around, be realistic about where Vyapar sits. Most of its users are below the ₹5 crore aggregate turnover threshold and therefore outside the e-invoicing mandate entirely. If you are above it, Vyapar's pricing page does not itemise e-invoicing by plan the way Zoho Books and GimBooks do, so establish exactly what is included before relying on it for IRN generation.
What you get
The lowest verified price on this page. Genuine offline operation. Mobile and desktop apps. Multiple Indian languages. GST invoices with HSN codes, e-way bills, quotations, proforma invoices and delivery challans. Inventory, payment tracking and expense recording. And a free tier to test the workflow before paying.
What it's not
The advertised price is a discount off a list price nearly twice as high, so budget for the renewal rather than the joining offer. E-invoicing isn't itemised plan by plan, which is the one thing this page cares most about. And it is built for micro-enterprises — if you are approaching ₹5 crore, you are approaching the point where you outgrow it.
Best for: shops, small traders and micro-enterprises below the e-invoicing threshold who need proper GST invoices, offline operation and a price under ₹5,000 a year.
myBillBook
Competitively priced billing with a clean mobile app — and e-invoicing reserved entirely for the top tier.
myBillBook prices three plans, all billed annually with monthly options and a seven-day money-back guarantee. Diamond is ₹3,490 a year, discounted from ₹4,833, covering one business and one user plus a CA, with custom invoice themes, an online store and barcode printing. Platinum is ₹3,990, discounted from ₹7,982, adding the desktop app, unlimited godowns, label printing, bulk invoice handling and 500 marketing messages a year. Enterprise starts at ₹570 a month billed annually, discounted from ₹1,026, covering two businesses and three users.
Here is the part that matters for this page. E-invoice generation and unlimited e-way bills appear only in the Enterprise tier. Diamond and Platinum, the two plans most small businesses will compare and most review articles will quote, cannot produce an e-invoice at all. If you are above ₹5 crore aggregate turnover, the ₹3,490 headline price is not available to you, and your real entry point is roughly ₹6,840 a year before tax.
That is not a criticism of the product so much as a warning about how it gets compared. Enterprise is a capable tier — it adds POS billing, recurring billing, loyalty and rewards, a user activity tracker and Tally export on request. But the price you will see quoted almost everywhere is a plan that leaves you non-compliant.
What you get
Clear, fully published tier pricing with the discounts shown against list. Auto-sync across unlimited devices on every plan, with Android, iOS and web access. A seven-day money-back guarantee. Multi-year plans discounted up to 65%. And on Enterprise, e-invoicing, unlimited e-way bills, POS billing, recurring billing and Tally export.
What it's not
Two of its three plans cannot generate an e-invoice, which makes the advertised entry price irrelevant to any business subject to the mandate. The desktop app requires Platinum. Enterprise covers two businesses and three users, with more charged as upgrades. And Enterprise is quoted as "starts at", so your actual number comes from a sales conversation rather than the page.
Best for: small retailers and traders below the e-invoicing threshold who want a polished mobile-first billing app — and, on Enterprise, businesses wanting POS and recurring billing alongside compliance.
Swipe
Unlimited e-invoices and e-way bills on mobile and desktop at ₹250 a month — on a pricing page that quotes two different base prices.
Swipe positions itself as a billing app rather than accounting software, and prices accordingly. Its comparison page lists a base plan at ₹250 a month inclusive of tax, covering desktop, tablet and mobile. Its mobile app and web version are described as free for life with unlimited invoices, purchases, quotations, customers, stock and payments — a genuinely generous free tier by the standards of this page.
On compliance it makes the strongest claims of the five: unlimited e-way bills and unlimited e-invoicing across both mobile and desktop, plus GSTR-1 with more than forty reports, credit and debit notes, export and SEZ invoices, multi-currency, batch and expiry, digital signature with a PFX file, multiple branches and Tally integration. If those hold, it is the best compliance value here by a wide margin.
Two things temper that. First, the same page quotes the base plan at ₹250 in one place and ₹233 in another, and carries an untouched template block advertising dollar plans for a product called "Untitled" — the sort of detail that makes you want a written quote before committing. Second, the compliance claims sit on a competitor-comparison page rather than a specification, and comparison pages are marketing. Ask for the current price and the e-invoicing terms in writing.
What you get
The lowest monthly price on this page, quoted inclusive of tax. A free-for-life mobile and web tier with unlimited invoices. Claimed unlimited e-invoicing and e-way bills on mobile and desktop, which no one else here offers at this price. GSTR-1 and 40+ reports, export and SEZ invoices, multi-currency, batch and expiry, and Tally integration. Regional-language support across ten-plus Indian languages.
What it's not
The pricing page contradicts itself, showing ₹250 and ₹233 for the same base plan, and still carries placeholder template content with dollar prices for an unnamed product. The compliance claims appear on a marketing comparison page rather than a specification. And as a billing app rather than an accounting system, it will not replace your books the way Zoho Books can.
Best for: price-sensitive small businesses that need e-invoicing without a large licence — provided you get the price and the e-invoicing inclusion confirmed in writing before you subscribe.
GimBooks
Unlimited invoices, parties and storage from ₹278 a month — with e-invoices in a separate plan and e-way bills on credits.
GimBooks prices its Premium plan at ₹277.75 a month on a 36-month commitment, plus 18% GST, with one-year, three-year and lifetime options and a seven-day free trial. What you get is genuinely unlimited: invoices, quotations, all voucher types, parties, inventory items and cloud storage, with GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B filing, payment reminders, purchase management, 30-plus reports and voucher sync to Tally, across web, Android and iOS.
The structure to understand before buying is that GimBooks sells two plans, and e-invoicing is the thing that separates them. Its own usage comparison marks E-Invoices as not included on Premium and unlimited on the E-Invoicing Plan. E-way bills are marked "credits needed" on both plans, so that function is metered regardless of which you choose.
Worth flagging honestly: the same pricing page contradicts itself. The usage table excludes e-invoices from Premium, while the features table immediately below lists "1-Click E-Invoice Generation" as included on both plans. We could not resolve which is authoritative from the page alone. If GimBooks is on your shortlist, that is the first question to put to them, because the answer decides whether you are buying one plan or two.
What you get
Genuinely unlimited invoices, vouchers, parties, inventory items and cloud storage, which none of the capped competitors here match. GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B filing included. Voucher sync to Tally. Lifetime feature updates and priority support on call and WhatsApp. A lifetime pricing option. And backing from Y Combinator, Upekkha and DPIIT recognition.
What it's not
E-invoicing sits in a separate plan from Premium, so the ₹278 headline is not a compliance price. E-way bills need purchased credits on both plans, and the credit cost is not published. The advertised rate depends on a 36-month commitment. And the pricing page contradicts itself on whether Premium includes e-invoice generation, which is not a small ambiguity on a statutory function.
Best for: high-volume small businesses that value unlimited documents and a lifetime option, and are willing to buy the e-invoicing plan explicitly rather than assume it is bundled.
How we help you get compliant and stay there
We don't sell or resell any of these licences. We check where you actually stand against the rules, then set the software up so compliance is a by-product of billing rather than a monthly scramble.
- Applicability check (free). Aggregate turnover across your PAN for every year since 2017–18, not just the last one, plus a look-up of your enablement status on the government portal. This alone settles whether e-invoicing applies to you, and we've seen it go both ways against what the business assumed.
- Document volume count. Invoices, credit notes, debit notes and e-way bills per year. This is what decides your myBillBook tier or Zoho plan, and it is the number nobody has to hand when they start shopping.
- GSTIN and branch mapping. How many registrations, in which states, and whether they need to sit in one company file or several. Multi-GSTIN is where quoted prices and real prices diverge most sharply.
- Vendor questioning on the current advisories. We ask your shortlisted vendors, by advisory date, whether they have shipped the Ship-to GSTIN changes and whether their IRP integration supports failover. Vague answers are themselves informative.
- Master data and configuration. HSN and SAC codes, GSTINs validated, item and party masters deduplicated, invoice series set up correctly. Bad masters produce invalid IRNs, and the IRP rejects them at the worst possible moment.
- Parallel run and month-end review. One full cycle billed in both systems and reconciled, then a review after the first GSTR-1 filing on the new setup. Errors found in month one are free; errors found in month nine are a reconciliation project.
What's verified — and what we won't claim
This page makes statutory claims, so it matters a great deal where they came from.
- Every rule in the first section came from the government's own e-invoice portal at einvoice.gst.gov.in — the notification reference, the 30-day advisory of 5 November 2024, the Ship-to GSTIN advisory of 25 June 2026, the case-insensitivity advisory and the business-continuity advisory listing six IRPs. We did not take any of it from a vendor blog, and most pages ranking for these terms did.
- Prices came from each vendor's own pricing page on 1 August 2026, and are linked below. GimBooks adds 18% GST and Zoho's prices exclude local taxes, as each vendor states. Vyapar's pricing page renders its figures in the browser and prices differently per device bundle, so its number is the desktop Silver price confirmed on 1 August 2026 rather than a full tier table.
- Two vendors contradict themselves on their own pricing pages, and we've said so rather than picking the flattering reading. GimBooks marks e-invoices as excluded from Premium in its usage table while listing 1-click e-invoice generation as included in its feature table directly below. Swipe shows its base plan at ₹250 in one place and ₹233 in another, alongside untouched template content advertising dollar plans for an unnamed product. Both are demo questions, not disqualifications.
- No vendor publicly confirms Ship-to GSTIN readiness. We checked and none states it either way. Rather than infer from silence, we've made it the question to ask on your demo.
- This is not tax advice. We are not chartered accountants or GST practitioners. Thresholds, exemptions and deadlines change, and your specific position depends on facts we don't have. Confirm your obligations with your CA or the GST portal before acting on anything here.
- Some links are affiliate links. Where we link to Zoho and Vyapar we may earn a commission, and those links carry a sponsored attribute as Google requires. It hasn't softened the grading: both are marked down on this page where the evidence says so.
- We are not a reseller. We earn nothing on which billing software you choose. Our fee covers the applicability check, volume and GSTIN mapping, configuration and parallel run.
Frequently asked questions
Who has to issue e-invoices in India in 2026?
Businesses with aggregate annual turnover above ₹5 crore, under Notification No. 10/2023 – Central Tax dated 10 May 2023. Two qualifications matter. Turnover is aggregated across your PAN rather than per GSTIN, so multiple outlets or registrations count together. And the obligation applies if you crossed ₹5 crore in any financial year from 2017–18 onwards, so a subsequent drop in turnover does not remove it. Certain categories remain exempt regardless of turnover, including SEZ units, banking and insurance companies, goods transport agencies and passenger transport services. Check your enablement status on the government e-invoice portal rather than assuming.
What is the 30-day e-invoice reporting rule?
From 1 April 2025, taxpayers with aggregate annual turnover of ₹10 crore or more cannot report an e-invoice to the IRP more than 30 days after the document date. GSTN's advisory gives the example that an invoice dated 1 April 2025 cannot be reported after 30 April 2025, and the validation is enforced by the portals themselves rather than penalised afterwards. It applies to credit notes and debit notes as well as invoices. There is currently no such restriction below ₹10 crore, but this threshold was previously ₹100 crore before being lowered, so smaller businesses should not assume it will stay that way.
What changes on 1 August 2026?
GSTN advised on 25 June 2026 that "Ship-to GSTIN" must be captured in Bill-to/Ship-to transactions, with "URP" used where the consignee is unregistered. The corresponding changes to the e-Invoice API, the e-Way Bill by IRN API and the EWB Closure API were made available in sandbox for testing and move into the production environment with effect from 1 August 2026. The same advisory covers a voluntary closure facility for e-way bills. If you dispatch goods to an address different from the billing address, ask your billing vendor directly whether they have shipped this update.
Can I use free billing software and still be e-invoice compliant?
Usually not, and this catches people out. Zoho Books has a capable free plan but lists e-invoice management under the paid Standard tier, so compliance starts at ₹749 a month. myBillBook reserves e-invoicing for its Enterprise tier, so neither cheaper plan will do it. GimBooks excludes e-invoices from its Premium plan, selling them in a separate one. Swipe is the exception, offering a free-for-life mobile and web tier and claiming unlimited e-invoicing on paid plans. In practice, if e-invoicing is a legal obligation for you, budget for a paid plan. Free tiers are genuinely useful below the threshold, and our roundup of free billing and invoicing software covers those properly.
Is there a limit on how many e-invoices I can generate?
There is no limit in the law, but there may be one in your licence. GimBooks meters e-way bills on purchased credits across both its plans, so that function is capped by whatever you have bought. Zoho Books caps total annual invoices by plan — 1,000 on Free, 5,000 on Standard, 10,000 on Professional, 25,000 on Premium. Swipe and GimBooks state unlimited invoices, and Vyapar does not publish a cap. Count your annual documents before choosing a tier, because running out mid-year is a compliance problem rather than an inconvenience.
What happens if the IRP portal is down?
You have options, though your software may not know about them. GSTN operates six Invoice Registration Portals — NIC-IRP 1 and 2 plus portals run by Cygnet, Clear, EY and IRIS — and its business-continuity advisory states that NIC-IRP 1 and 2 are interoperable, that a single authentication token works across NIC portals, and that other IRPs can be used if NIC is unavailable. There are two e-way bill portals with similar redundancy. Whether you can actually use this depends on whether your billing software supports failover to an alternate IRP, so ask your vendor specifically.
Do I need separate software for billing and accounting?
Rarely, and separating them creates reconciliation work. Zoho Books is a full accounting system that bills, so the invoice you raise updates the ledger without an export step. Vyapar, myBillBook, Swipe and GimBooks are billing-first tools with accounting features layered on, which suits most small traders perfectly well. Standalone invoicing tools suit freelancers and very small service businesses, but once you are e-invoice liable the integration matters, because IRN data has to reconcile against what you file in GSTR-1. Our comparison of small business accounting software covers that side in more depth.
How long does it take to move billing software?
The install is quick; the master data is not. HSN and SAC codes, party GSTINs validated against the portal, item masters deduplicated and invoice series configured correctly are what take the time, and they are also what determine whether your IRNs generate cleanly. For a business with a tidy item list, two to four weeks to a confident go-live is realistic. We recommend running one full month in parallel and reviewing after the first GSTR-1 filing on the new system, because that is when mismatches surface while they are still cheap to fix.
Do you sell or resell these billing licences?
No. We're independent — we check whether e-invoicing actually applies to you, count your document volume, map your GSTINs, then handle configuration, master data and the parallel run once you've bought directly from the vendor. Some links on this page earn us a commission and are marked as sponsored, but we earn nothing on which product you choose, which is why this page marks those same products down where the evidence warrants it.
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- GST e-Invoice Portal — Government of India
- e-Invoice News and Updates (GSTN advisories) — einvoice.gst.gov.in
- NIC e-Invoice System (IRP-1) — einvoice1.gst.gov.in
- myBillBook Pricing Plans — mybillbook.in
- Zoho Books Plans and Pricing in India — Zoho
- Compare Pricing Plans — Swipe
- GimBooks Pricing — gimbooks.com
- Vyapar Plans and Pricing — vyaparapp.in