How to Buy a Billing Software?

Preface of a billing software

The companies and business have seen the problem with the slow billing and the customers getting impatient sometimes even living the stores due to being in a hurry. So a billing software is a system that makes it easier for you to do your billings and saves time with its faster billing system. It is mainly a POS software, just one click and you have the bill of the item without any  delay. A billing software also keeps all your accounts in it without you having to manage your accounts separately. Which makes the work of any business much less hectic with all the billings done easily and all the accounts saved and arranged.

When to buy?

A billing software has become a necessary part of a business so there are many reasons when you will be needing a billing software some of them are mentioned below:

  1. Faster billing

When you know that your employees are having difficult time in billing too much at time so you need something that is faster than something manual or entry in excel sheets. A billing software helps in faster billing and saves time and satisfies your customers and clients.

  1. Size of the business

The size of business can also be one of the main reasons as it is difficult to manage the billing with too many customers or clients. So a software business comes very handy when it comes to a big business and you can have an easier way of keeping every item in your account and faster billing for the customers which leads to faster and better business.

  1. Multi location business

In case you have chains of your business or branches it gets tough for you to keep travelling and checking on your business and also to wait till the end of the day for accounts to arrive. But with a billing software it is a simple trick. You get all the accounts of the billings done in a day as updates as soon as the billing is done so you can have control over all your branches from one throne.

4.Management required

Any business that has a strong management finds an easier way to make it towards the growth of the company. So to have a stronger management all the billings and accounts must be managed very carefully but to avoid mistakes you need a software that keeps everything stored in detail. Therefore you get a strong backbone for your business to rely on.

Things to consider

While getting a software for the company you have certains things to consider that will help you choose a software that will be beneficial for your business. Some of them are:

  1. Offline or an online billing software

An offline billing software will do your billing normally and save your accounts in the system in your workplace in order and make your work simple but an online billing software can do it with a little extra. It will allow you to access to your accounts from anywhere and store your accounts in the cloud making it restorable if anything goes wrong and a simple way to get your updates from anywhere anytime.

  1. Expense management

The expense management in any type of business effortlessly will help it run better. But it takes a lot of effort to spend wisely and to keep account of what is happening within a business and tiny expenditures can easily be missed out. With an accounting software you have a guide that takes care of how much expenses are happening and how much you are spending along with updates of every expenditure in real time. Thus you stay in your borders and spend wisely plus keep an eye on others who are involved in managing the expenses.

  1. Package

To gain benefit from a billing software you must make sure that it does not just prints your bills and saves your items in the system, but helps in various ways that has a connection with your accounts. A billing software that only does billing for you is similar to having a just decorative manual way of keeping things in account. Hence it must come in a complete set of billing and keeping your account”™s which also benefits your company so you find a way towards your goals. It must be able to handle your entire company”™s accounts so you can have a grip on it from all sides. Like; managing your accounts, inventory, expense management, automatic response for bills and account updates etc.

 

List of accounting software in India

With the increase in companies and business the need for billing software also have come to notice and the business and companies have been using some for quite awhile.Some of the accounting software that have come to be more popular and most used are Tally, Marg, Ouickbooks, Reach Accountant etc. Here is a list of some of the accounting software of India so you have an idea what to choose for your business.

1. Initial Investment Tally Busy Reach
Product Name Tally Pirated Tally Silver Busy Basic Edition Busy Standard Edition Busy Enterprise Edition Reach Books V.2 Reach Bronze(Consultant)
Price for one computer 0 18000 6300 12600 18000 18000 18000
Anti-Virus Protection (Single Computer ) 600 600 600 600 600 Free Free
TOTAL COST 600 18600 6900 13200 18600 18000 18000
2. Annual Cost Tally Busy Reach
Product Name Tally Pirated Tally Silver Busy Basic Edition Busy Standard Edition Busy Enterprise Edition Reach Books V.2 Reach Bronze(Consultant)
AMC, Renewals 0 3600 1260 2520 3600 3600 3600
Version Upgrades 0 18000 6300 12600 18000 Free Free
Anti-Virus Renewal 600 600 600 600 600 Free Free
Internet Cost ( Unless its already available ) Not needed Not needed Not needed Not needed Not needed 6000 6000
TOTAL COST 600 22200 8160 15720 22200 9600 9600
3. Accessability Tally Busy Reach
Product Name Tally Pirated Tally Silver Busy Basic Edition Busy Standard Edition Busy Enterprise Edition Reach Books V.2 Reach Bronze(Consultant)
No. of Locations you can access from Only the installed computer Only the installed computer Only the installed computer Only the installed computer Only the installed computer Any computer with Internet Any computer with Internet
No. of users who can access at the same time 1 1 1 1 1 Unlimited 1
No. of Companies you can create Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 1
Userbased restriction on which companies they can work on Not possible Not possible Not possible Not possible Not possible possible possible
Devices you can use to access Computer only Computer only Computer only Computer only Computer only Computer, Tab, Smart Phone Computer, Tab, Smart Phone
4. Feature Comparison Tally Busy Reach
Product Name Tally Pirated Tally Silver Busy Basic Edition Busy Standard Edition Busy Enterprise Edition Reach Books V.2 Reach Bronze(Consultant)
CRM Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Available Available
Sales Team Management (Like Salesforce with Mobile App for executives) Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Available
Freeze Entries by Owner Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Available Available
Payroll Not Available Not Available Not Available Not Available Available Available Not Available

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