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BUSY vs ERPNext

See how their public offers line up before you choose your own position. Prices stay in the currency, billing schedule, and charged unit each vendor publishes.

INR · US · source: busy.in

Plan Pricing Charged by Offer type
START — BUSY Magic Start
INR 416.67 monthly · INR 416.67 / month with annual commitment

₹5,000 /360 days

Other · /360 days Standalone · Fixed
SMART — BUSY Magic Smart Highlighted
INR 666.67 monthly · INR 666.67 / month with annual commitment

₹8,000 /360 days

Other · /360 days Standalone · Fixed

USD · US · source: frappe.io

Plan Pricing Charged by Offer type
Sites — starting at
USD 5 monthly

$5 onwards /mo

Flat · per month Standalone · Starting at
Servers — starting at
USD 20 monthly

$20 onwards /mo

Flat · per month Standalone · Starting at
Dedicated Servers — starting at
USD 125 monthly

$125 onwards /mo

Flat · per month Standalone · Starting at

What each plan includes

Feature names follow each vendor’s own pricing page, so verify the wording before treating them as exact equivalents.

BUSY

START — BUSY Magic Start

Highlights

Billing & Invoicing

Tax-inclusive and MRP billing, Multi-GST billing in a single invoice

Included

Highlights

Inventory Management

FIFO-based stock aging and valuation, Item-level stock balance control

Included

Highlights

Accounting & Finance

Ledger reconciliation and depreciation, Chart of accounts, P&L, and balance sheet

Included

Highlights

Reports & Dashboard

Stock, sales, purchase, and other reports

Included

Highlights

Security & Controls

User-definable Access Rights

Included

Highlights

Support

Email / WhatsApp / Call

Included

SMART — BUSY Magic Smart

Highlights

Includes All START Features

Included

Highlights

GST & Compliance

GSTR-1 / IFF dashboard, Create EWB + E-Invoice upto 10,000, Check Party Return Status, Download All GST Returns from Single Window, E-way bill and E-invoice reports, GST reconciliation and filing, GSTIN and HSN validation, Invoice Management System

Included

Highlights

Billing & Invoicing

AI Voucher Scan, Digital signature on invoices and reports, Compound discounts and markups, POS for fast billing, Barcode scanning and QR code

Included

Highlights

Inventory Management

MRP-wise stock management, Brand, size, colour, and parameterized item tracking, Multiple units per item categories, Warehouses, batch, serial number, and reorder level tracking

Included

Highlights

Accounting & Finance

MSME audit report, Salesman / broker reports, TDS Summary

Included

Highlights

Security & Controls

User login scheduling, Bind data and users to selected computers, Audit trail

Included

ERPNext

Sites — starting at

Highlights

Sites

Single site

Included

Highlights

Hosting

Managed upgrades & backups

Included

Highlights

Customization

Scripting & custom apps

Included

Highlights

Hosting type

Hosting on shared servers

Included

Servers — starting at

Highlights

Servers

Virtual machine to host multiple sites and benches

Included

Highlights

Hosting type

Shared or Dedicated instances

Included

Highlights

App & DB

Unified or Separate App & DB

Included

Highlights

Support

Only incident support

Included

Dedicated Servers — starting at

Highlights

Dedicated Servers

Superior Dedicated Server isolation

Included

Highlights

Advanced features

Server snapshots, autoscaling, etc.

Included

Highlights

Reliability

Stronger reliability guarantees

Included

Highlights

Locations

Global data centre locations

Included

How their prices changed

Each dated row shows the public prices observed when that vendor’s pricing page changed.

BUSY

  1. Source
    • START — BUSY Magic Start: INR 416.67 monthly · INR 416.67 / month with annual commitment
    • SMART — BUSY Magic Smart: INR 666.67 monthly · INR 666.67 / month with annual commitment

ERPNext

  1. Source
    • Sites — starting at: USD 5 monthly
    • Servers — starting at: USD 20 monthly
    • Dedicated Servers — starting at: USD 125 monthly