Updated 11 November 2026
First published 2026-11-11 · Tool Comparison
Checked 11 November 2026. Every price below was read on the vendor’s own page that day and is quoted as printed. A vendor with no printed price says so; we did not fill the gap.
| Tool | Who it suits | One figure, as printed |
|---|---|---|
| ClearTax | A business that already files GST or income tax with ClearTax and wants invoicing there. The page we read gives no price. | Price not stated on the page we read. |
| Refrens | A freelancer or small business that wants to try the paid features before paying. | Free plan and trial: “Free Plan All of our premium features are available on a free trial.” |
| Swipe | A small Indian business that wants rupee prices, a free plan with unlimited invoices and a yearly price printed. | Free plan: “Unlimited Invoices Free Forever” |
A business that already files GST or income tax with ClearTax and wants invoicing there. The page we read gives no price.
Not read. ClearTax: the invoicing page we fetched has no price figure.
A freelancer or small business that wants to try the paid features before paying.
Not read. Refrens: no paid price was in the page text we fetched.
A small Indian business that wants rupee prices, a free plan with unlimited invoices and a yearly price printed.
Our open score gives a tool up to 60 points from signals we can check: rupee pricing, GST invoice, UPI, data in India, a public price, a free plan and the number of alternatives. “Not recorded” means we have not found a vendor statement on that point, not that the answer is no. How the score is worked out.
| Tool | Open score | Prices in ₹ | GST invoice | UPI | Data in India |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ClearTax | 30 of 60 (known 3 of 8 signals) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Refrens | 40 of 60 (known 3 of 8 signals) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Swipe | 40 of 60 (known 3 of 8 signals) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
We asked three assistants the same 5 buyer questions about accounting and gst software (9–10 Nov 2026), 15 answers in all. 4 of the 5 questions name no company; question 5 names Tally. Named in how many: ClearTax in 3, Refrens in 8, Swipe in 0. The names that came up most across all answers, the answers to question 5 included: Zoho Books (13), Refrens (8), Tally Prime (5), QuickBooks India (5). How the Index is run.
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