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GST Invoicing and Accounting software System

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Last Updated on: 13th May 2025, 01:39 pm

GST Invoicing and Accounting Software System

GST Invoicing & Accounting software

Apart from the software discussed in earlier chapters, there are few software for small users, mainly oriented on GST compliant Invoicing, GST Reports & Filing, using Smartphone and Computer.

  • Free GST Software for GST registered organisation : GSTN Organization has empaneled few GST Billing & Accounting software, both on-line & offline. GST registered organisation having turnover upto 1.5 crores may download free from the GST Portal on login with necessary particulars, and use them. The basic modules are free, but you may have to pay for advanced features.  The use policy may vary from organisation to organisation. Check the respective sites of the developer.
  • Downloading Free GST Software from GSTN website : Login to GSTN Portal entering the credentials. Navigate to Downloads > Accounting and Billing Software option. Type Yes at “Is your turnover < 1.5 Crores”. Select the Software to be downloaded from the list. Read and accept Disclaimer. At GSTN Form, enter the Particulars. OTP will be sent to registered email id. Enter OTP and proceed to download the software. A registration confirmation will be  received in the email. Now start working.

We have already covered GST Invoicing module for Saral Accounting, ZOHO Invoice, Vyapar and Marg covered in earlier chapters. See the current policy of use, in the respective website.

GST Invoicing & Accounting Software – Key Features

The tye features are grouped under each major functional categories for convenience.

GST Invoicing & Accounting Software System – General Controls

  • Multi Company, Multi User, Multi Currency
  • Bulk Upload of Data, Reports / Data Export in Excel, Master Data Import / Export from and To External App. Export Reports to Excel, PDF, CSV, XML, Data Migration to Tally, Data Mapping with external App for Data Import / Export, Customisable Templates for Masters Data Import
  • Thermal printer /  Bar Code scanner Integration
  • Role based user rights, Logo and e-sign in Documents and Reports, User Activity log, Audit Trail
  • Document Sequencing, Multiple Voucher Series & Numbering, Document attachments to Vouchers, User defined Fields in Forms and Reports
  • Reports Drill-down
  • Documents sharing on WhatsApp, e-mail
  • Integration with Tally
  • Online payment gateways
  • Workflow  and Document Conversion, Document Duplication
  • Activity Log, Audit Trail

GST Invoicing & Accounting Software System – Financial Accounts

  • Masters Data Creation, Opening Balance Entry / Carrying from Previous year Accounts, Import Masters Data from Previous year Accounts,
  • Accounts Vouchers, Payments & Receipts, Cheque Printing
  • Cash and Bank Books, Accounting Books, Statements & Reports, Income / Expense report
  • Accounts Receivables & Payables, Receivables and Payables tracking, Payment Reminders, Outstanding Bills Age Analysis, MSME Report
  • Trial Balance, Profit and Loss account, Balance Sheet
  • Track Payments/ expenses,

GST Invoicing & Accounting Software System – Invoicing 

  • Multiple Document Format Template,
  • Purchase Order, Sales Order, Quotation, Estimates, Order tracking
  • Proforma Invoice, Delivery Challan, Credit / Debit Notes, Recurring Invoice / subscription
  • Purchase / Sales invoice, Small (A5) Invoice template, Shipping Label
  • Automated Invoice Computation, Invoice Terms & Conditions
  • Multiple Price Lists
  • Print / Email / SMS Share Invoice
  • PoS

GST Invoicing & Accounting Software System – GST Compliance

  • GST UOMs, E-invoice, e-way Bills, Manual & Bulk e-Way Bill generation in JSON, GST Calculator, Multiple GSTN, Stock Item HSN mapping
  • GST Returns in Excel & JSON,
  • Excel/ JSON File for GST Portal upload
  • Upload to GST Portal through offline tool
  • GST Invoice data export to XLS / JSON format
  • Export / SEZ Invoice
  • E-Way Bill
  • E-Invoice
  • Export / SEZ Invoices

GST Invoicing & Accounting Software System – Inventory Accounting

  • Stock Item Masters, Import Inventory Master from Other applications
  • Multi Level Stock Group & Category;
  • Simple, Dual & Compound Unit of Measurement
  • Barcode Generation / Labels Printing,
  • Inventory status / Inventory Tracking, Stock Level alerts
  • Materials Transactions and Stock Reports
  • Inventory Reports & Analytics,
  • Item wise, customer wise sales reports & analysis and summary
  • Item wise Gross Profit
  • Stock Item Batch / Godown / Expiry, Product Attributes

Popular GST Invoicing & Accounting Software Overview

We now briefly discuss the key features of following GST Invoicing Software, down loadable from GST Portal.

uBooks – GST Invoicing & Accounting Software overview

(https://ubooks.in)
uBooks is Cloud based GST Compliant Invoicing Software, accessible in Mobile (Android & iOS) & Desktop (Web)

uBooks – GST Invoicing & Accounting Software Features : Multiple Companies & Users, GST UOMs, Bulk Upload of Stock Items Data, E-invoice, e-way Bills, GST Calculator, Bar Code, Multiple Invoice templates, Invoice sharing over WhatsApp/ Email, Inventory Levels, GST Return Ready Reports for filing, Reports / Data Export in Excel, Data Import in Tally,

WhatsApp integration, supports Thermal printer,

uBooks Software Pricing : Rs 1555 for 3 months, 4999 for 1 year, Dedicated Phone support

14 days FREE Trial.

FACE – GST Invoicing & Accounting Software overview

(https://www.cygnet-face.com)
Cygnet FACE is On-Premises Invoicing, Accounting & GST compliant Software, running on Windows,  under Microsoft .NET framework.

Multi Company, Multi User, Multiple GSTN (under single PAN), Multi Currency, e-way Bill, Bar Code scanner, Stock Item HSN mapping,  Excel File for Master Import, e-Invoice,  Excel/ JSON File for GST Portal upload. MSME Report, Role based user rights, Document attachments, Logo and e-sign, User Activity log, Audit Trail, Multiple Voucher Series & Numbering, Accounting Books, Accounting Statements & Reports,

FACE Software Pricing : One Time Rs.17750 (or Rs.9750 Annual).

FocusLyte- GST Invoicing & Accounting Software overview

https://www.focuslyte.in
FocusLyte is cloud based on line Invoicing and GST Compliant Accounting Software.

FocusLyte- GST Invoicing & Accounting – Key Features

  • Sales and Purchase orders, Orders tracking
  • Invoice Specific Terms & Conditions, Automated Invoice Computation, Multiple Price Lists, Invoice SMS, Print / Email / Share Invoice
  • Multi-Entity (Multi GSTIN) for single company, Manual and Bulk E-way Bill generation, GSTR-2 Reconciliation, GSTR-2A Reconciliation, GSTR-3B, GST Returns filing
  • e-Way Bill Print, JSON & SMS options, Bulk e-Way Bill generation in JSON, Import/Export XML Data for GST, GST Returns in Excel & JSON for upload.
  • Receivables and Payables tracking, Outstanding Bills Age Analysis,
  • Barcode Generation / Labels Printing, Inventory status /Inventory management
  • Document Sequencing, Compound Unit of Measurement, Barcode Scanning, User defined Fields in Forms and Reports, Reports Drill-down, Trial Balance, Profit and Loss account, Balance Sheet, Export Reports to Excel, PDF, CSV, XML, Cost Center / Salesman / Warehouse masters & transaction analysis, Post Dated Cheques, Bank Reconciliation, Report layout customisation, CA login Edit & View options for multiple companies

FocusLyte Software Pricing : Rs 3000 per annum.

CaptainBiz- GST Invoicing & Accounting Software overview

https://www.captainbiz.com
CaptainViz is Cloud based GST Compliant Invoicing Software.

CaptainBiz- GST Invoicing & Accounting Software – Key Features

  • Multi Company Multi User,
  • Import GSTIN based Customer Data from previous filed GST reports, Import/ Export Data of Masters from Previous year Accounts, with Opening Balance, Customisable Templates for Masters Data Import.
  • Purchase / Sales Orders, Order tracking, Delivery Challans,
  • Customized Invoice template, E-Way Bill, E-Invoice generation & sharing with customers, Purchase / Sales invoice, Materials Transactions and Stock Reports,
  • Payments & Receipts, Cash and Bank account tracking, Accounts Receivables & Payables,
  • Inventory Tracking, Bar Code Scanner, Data Migration to Tally with data Integrity Check, Data Mapping with Tally, Data Export, record of exported Data, Data error Handling for report generation in Tally.  It acts as support system to Tally.
  • GSTR Reports including GSTR1, GSTR 3B, and GSTR4 

14 Days Free Trial, Mobile App Android / iOS, Desktop on Windows.

CaptainBiz Software Pricing : 1555 for 3 months, 4999 for 1 year.

Apart from the above, the following are popular low cost Invoicing and Accounting Software. Brief details of these software are given here.

  • Clear One
  • SleekBill
  • Swipe
  • GoGSTBill

Clear One-GST Invoicing & Accounting Software key overview

https://www.clear.in
ClearOne isCloud based Free GST invoicing software; workable on a desktop PC, laptop, mobile, and iPad;  It tracks receivables and payables, set payment reminders, and send payment reminders via WhatsApp, SMS, and email. Some modules are available free for a limited Trial period.

Clearone App, the Stock management App, is downloadable free from Playstore.

Clear One-GST Invoicing & Accounting Software – Key Features

  • Customise your GST Bills with pre created templates
  • Create &  share Quotations, Orders, E-way Bills, Delivery challans, Tax Invoice, Bill of Supply, etc, and share digitally with customers.
  • Online payment  & collection through Netbanking, UPI, payments links via SMS, WhatsApp, email etc. Payment Reminders,
  • On-line, real time inventory management, Inventory Reports & Analytics,
  • Stock Level alerts,

Sleek Bill – GST Invoicing & Accounting Software overview

Sleek Bill is Cloud based On-line & Premises based Offline Invoicing & Inventory software.

Sleek Bill -GST Invoicing & Accounting Software Key Features

  • Invoicing : Proforma Invoice, Delivery Challan, Credit / Debit Notes, Small (A5) Invoice template, Itemwise, customerwise sales reports & analysis and summary, Itemwise Gross Profit,
  • Inventory : Multi Level Stock Group & Category, Alternate & Compound UoM, Inventory In / Out & Stock in Hand, Invnetory levls alerts,
  • Workflow: Convert Orders to Delivery / Receipt Notes to Invoice without data entry,
  • GST Compliance : Tax Invoice, E-way bills with GSTIN, HSN / SAC details,  GSTR 1, 3B & 4 Reports in compliant excel format, Upload to GST Portal through offline tool, Invoice data export to XLS / JSON format.

Sleek Bill Software Pricing

  • Offline FREE: 10 documents /month, One design template, Basic Invoicing features, Basic GST features, No dedicated support.
  • Offline Invoicing : 2360 / annum: GST template & Invoice customisation, Small A5 Invoice format,  Quotation, Proforma Invoice, Delivery Notes, Tax Invoice, Bill of Supply, Unlimited documents, Product level discount, Payment link in Invoice, SEZ options, GST Inclusive / exclusive Billing, Multi Currency Export Invoice,e-mail support,
  • Offline Invoicing + Inventory : 3775 / annum. All Offline Invoicing features + Multi copy Invoice (Original, Duplicate…etc), Transport Document / e-Way Bill, Master Data Import / Export, XLS / JSON file export for GST upload,
  • Online Invoicing + Inventory : 3539 / annum. On-line access to any device, Secured Auto Data Back Up, e-Invoice, data migration from Offline to On-line system,

15 days FREE Trial

Swipe – GST Invoicing & Accounting Software Overview

https://getswipe.in
Swipe is GST compliant on-premises Invoicing & Inventory software for billing, payments, and online stores. It is available in Windows & MacOS on Desktop, and in Android & IOS on Mobile.

Swipe – GST Invoicing & Accounting Software – Key Features

Multiple Users, Role Based user rights, Integration with Tally, Thermal Printer connectivity,

Quotation / Estimates, Invoice, purchase orders in Multiple formats, share documents on WhatsApp/ Email, Customized Invoices, online payment gateways, Manage Inventory, Track Payments/ expenses, PoS, Stock Item Batch / Expiry in Invoice, Product Attributes, Accounts Receivables, Payment Reminders,

E-Way bills. Tax Invoice, Bill of Supply, E-Invoice, Export / SEZ Invoice, recurring Invoice / subscription, GST Reports . Online store with product details, images/ banners /offers/ categories/ banners, SMS campaign,  etc

Swipe Software Pricing

  • FREE: 1 User, 1 Business, Quotation, Invoicing, Inventory, 1 Invoice Format,  SWIPE Branding in Documents,
  • PRO : Rs 2799 / annum, 1 User, 1 Business, Everything in FREE  Plan+ No Swipe logo on Bills. Multiple Invoice templates, Online Payment Gateways, GSTR Reports, Product Variants, Custom fields/ columns & charges, Bulk uploads of customers, vendors & products, Custom header/ footer/ watermark, Workflow to Convert documents, Priority Support, iOS App access
  • JET : Rs 3699/ annum, 2 Users, 1 Business, Everything in PRO  Plan + E-way bills, Bulk downloads, 1GB Swipe Drive, Multiple Price List, User Activity Log, Bulk Edit.
  • RISE: Rs 4999/ annum, Everything in JET Plan + POS Billing, Batch & Expiry, Subscription/ Recurring Billing, Bank Reconciliation.

Advanced BIZ plan available for additional customised features.

GoGSTBill – GST Invoicing & Accounting Software Overview

https://gogstbill.com
Cloud based on-line GST billing software, works on Desktop & Mobile.

GoGSTBill Software Features & Pricing

  • FREE : Max 25 Items in Invoice, Max 3000 docs / annum,
    Sales & Purchase Invoice, Customer & Product Masters, Stock Item Masters, Payments, Inventory. Documents sharing on WhatsApp.
  • PREMIUM : 1499 / annum, Max 250 Items In Doc, Max 15000 Doc. /Year
    Customer & Product, Import Customer / Product, 
    Quotation, Proforma Invoice, Delivery Challan, Purchase Order, Sale Order, Sales & Purchase Invoice, Payment Receipt,
    Documents Share on WhatsApp / e-mail, E-Way Bill, E-Invoice, Credit / Debit Note,
    Export / SEZ Invoices, Daily Income / Expense report,
    Invoice Header Design, Multiple Invoice Template, Thermal Printer Integration, Shipping Label, Workflow Document Conversion, Document Duplication, Barcode Scanning, Cheque Printing, Custom Column & Field in Documents, GST Reports, Inventory Reports, Activity Log,

Phone & Email Support, 30 days FREE Trial.