Vyapar alternative

Thinking of moving from Vyapar?

Vyapar is a well-known billing app and plenty of shops run happily on it. If you are weighing a change, this page is about BillCountr: how it works, who it suits, and who should not switch to it.

At the counter

The Android app does the whole job

For the owner

A computer dashboard, on every plan

With no internet

Bills, stock and khata still work

To try it

A free plan

What you need to know

What moving from Vyapar would change.

5 topics

01 · Phone first

The counter lives on the phone

Everything a counter does (billing, stock lookup, taking a payment, printing) happens in the Android app, and a computer dashboard exists on every plan for the owner who wants a bigger screen for reports and staff. There is no Windows application to install: the computer bills in a browser, offline too. If your shop wants installed desktop software, a desktop product will suit you better. That is worth settling before anything else on this page.

The Android app is the whole product at the counter
The same shop on a computer, not a copy
No desktop application to install
A second counter is a second phonePro

How billing on a computer works

02 · Offline

Every bill is saved on the phone first

A bill is written to the phone before anything is sent anywhere, so nothing at the counter waits on a signal. The invoice number is decided on the phone too, from a series that belongs to the person billing, which is what keeps numbers consecutive through a day with no connection. When the network returns, queued work goes up by itself, and a bill sent twice is still one bill.

Billing, stock, khata and printing with no signal
Invoice numbers assigned on the device, in sequence
Nothing to press to make it sync
Repeated sends cannot double a bill or a payment

03 · Udhaar

Credit that points at the bill that created it

When a regular pays part of what they owe, the money is allocated to the bills it clears rather than knocked off one running figure. Every rupee that came from a bill can be traced to that dated bill, with its items, which is what settles a disagreement at the counter. Each customer can carry a date you expect to be paid by, and nothing is said about them before it.

One payment split across several bills
Part-paid bills keep showing what is left
A payment-by date per customer
A receipt for the money they just gave you

04 · Price

What BillCountr would cost you

The free plan covers one person and 200 items, with no card and no time limit. Pro is ₹149 a month, or ₹1,199 a year, for two people and unlimited items. Business is ₹399 a month, or ₹2,999 a year, for five people. The price covers the whole shop, not each person, and the first paid plan starts with a free trial.

Free for as long as you like, no card
30 days free on your first paid plan
Stop or move down whenever you like
Your data stays if you go back to Free

See every plan and what it costs

05 · Honestly

What you would give up

BillCountr is billing, stock, udhaar and reports, not accounting. It has no ledgers or balance sheet, does not generate e-way bills or e-invoices, does not track batches or expiry dates, and does not connect to a weighing scale or a cash drawer. If your shop uses any of these today, check before you move: this is exactly where a switch goes wrong, and it is better found on this page than a month in.

No accounting ledgers or balance sheet
No e-way bill or e-invoice generation
No batch or expiry tracking
No weighing scale or cash drawer support

Common questions

Questions about switching from Vyapar.

Can I bring my items and customers across from Vyapar?

On the Business plan, if your current software can export your item and customer lists to a spreadsheet, BillCountr imports them in one go. Those two lists are what take longest to retype. On any plan, you can add items as they come up rather than all at once, and what customers already owe you goes in as an opening balance when you set them up.

What happens to the bills I have already made?

They stay in the software that issued them, which is where they belong: a GST invoice is part of the numbered series it was issued in. BillCountr starts its own series from the day you begin, so neither series has a gap.

Do I have to stop using Vyapar before I start?

No, and it is safer not to. Run a week or two of billing in parallel, or start with one counter. Your stock figure can only be right in one place while you do, so decide which one that is and stick to it until you have made up your mind.

Is BillCountr connected to Vyapar?

No. BillCountr is an independent product with no relationship to Vyapar. We name it here only because people looking for an alternative search for it by name.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. It covers one person and 200 items, with no time limit and no card. The computer is on it too, billing included. Paid plans add more people, so the counter and the computer bill at the same time, more items, and the full set of reports — and you can go back to the free plan whenever you like.

Vyapar is a trademark of its owner. BillCountr is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Vyapar. This page is about BillCountr, not about their product; judge that from their own site.

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