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Buyer's Guide

ERP for distributors and wholesalers in India: an honest shortlist

Rebota wrote this guide, and Rebota is one of the seven products in it. Prices come from each maker's own page, read between 5 and 7 November 2026. Nothing is scored or ranked; each product is described from its own pages, and Rebota's gaps sit next to its strengths.

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5–7 Nov 2026, makers' own pages

Key Takeaways

  • A distributor's software has to do more than bill: stock across godowns, batches and expiry, prices that differ by customer, trade schemes, credit limits, dispatch against orders, returns, and collections.
  • For five users, before GST: Rebota Starter costs ₹9,832 in the first year, then ₹11,990 a year; Odoo Standard ₹34,800 in the first year and ₹43,500 after; Marg Gold ₹26,000 with unlimited users; TallyPrime Gold ₹24,300 for 12 months; Logic ERP from ₹19,656 a year with no user count printed.
  • Licences come with renewals: Marg and BUSY charge them for updates and support, and BUSY's plan card and FAQ disagree on users, so get the multi-user price in writing.
  • Salesman apps with beats and routes are a separate need. Rebota does not have one; ask every vendor to show order booking from the field before you buy if your team sells on routes.
  • Rebota handles sales orders, dispatch, price lists, trade schemes (slabs, flat off, buy X get Y free), credit limits, batches with expiry and payment reminders, priced per company with users included.
On this page
  1. How this guide was put together
  2. What a distributor or wholesaler needs from software
  3. What five users cost in a year
  4. Accounting-first: TallyPrime, BUSY and Marg ERP
  5. Inventory and ERP suites: Zoho Inventory, Odoo and Logic ERP
  6. Rebota for distributors: what it does and what it does not
  7. Which kind of software fits which distributor
  8. Sources
  9. FAQs

How this guide was put together #

Rebota is business software made in Pune, and this page is ours. Prices and plan details come from each maker's own page, read between 5 and 7 November 2026 and linked at the end; totals are our arithmetic on those prices, before GST and without setup. We used no review sites, ratings or customer counts. Where a page does not say something, we say so rather than guess.

What a distributor or wholesaler needs from software #

  • Orders to dispatch to bill: take the order, reserve stock, pick and pack, dispatch part or all of it, and bill what went.
  • Prices by customer: different rates for retailers, wholesalers and institutions, with quantity slabs.
  • Trade schemes: slab discounts, a flat amount off, buy X get Y free, with start and end dates.
  • Batches and expiry dates for FMCG, food and pharma, with the oldest stock going out first.
  • Several godowns and transfers between them.
  • Credit control: credit limits, overdue lists and reminders before the next order ships.
  • Returns and credit notes, GST returns from the books, and e-way bills for every consignment.
  • Field sales, if your salesmen book orders on beats and routes.

What five users cost in a year #

Billed yearly where offered, before GST, licence or subscription only:

  • Rebota Starter: ₹9,832 in the first year, then ₹11,990, one price per company with 5 users included.
  • Odoo Standard: ₹580 × 5 users × 12 months = ₹34,800 in the first year, then ₹43,500; implementation not included.
  • Marg ERP Gold: ₹26,000 with unlimited users, then a renewal of ₹9,550 for up to 25 users. Silver is ₹13,900 for one full and one view-only user, with each extra user ₹3,000.
  • TallyPrime Gold: ₹24,300 for 12 months or ₹67,500 lifetime, multi-user on several PCs with no user count printed.
  • BUSY 21 Standard: ₹16,500 once, plus a 360-day renewal. Its card says unlimited users in one office and its FAQ says extra users cost more, so ask for the five-user price in writing. BUSY Online is ₹10,800 per 360 days.
  • Logic ERP: Logic Business Basic from ₹1,638 a month billed yearly, ₹19,656 a year plus taxes; users not stated.
  • Zoho Inventory: Standard ₹999 a month billed yearly for 500 orders a month, Premium ₹2,299 for 3,000 orders with batch tracking; accounts in Zoho Books from ₹749 a month.

Accounting-first: TallyPrime, BUSY and Marg ERP #

Many distributors run on TallyPrime, BUSY or Marg ERP, sold as licences by edition with a yearly renewal. They are a natural fit when accounts, GST and stock are the core of the job and your accountant already works in them. Before you buy, ask the vendor to show, on your own items: an order dispatched in two parts, a buy-X-get-Y scheme, an expired batch being blocked, and a customer stopped at their credit limit. See Tally vs BUSY and Marg ERP alternatives for more on each.

Inventory and ERP suites: Zoho Inventory, Odoo and Logic ERP #

Zoho Inventory prices by organisation and orders a month. Its plan list includes backordering, dropshipment and a customer portal from Standard, and batch and serial tracking, barcode generation and a vendor portal from Premium; Plus covers 10 users and 6 locations. Accounts and GST returns sit in Zoho Books, sold separately.

Odoo gives one app free with unlimited users; with several apps, Standard is ₹580 a user a month for the first year and ₹725 after, so the bill grows with every user. Implementation is not included.

Logic ERP describes its cloud plan as built for small and mid-sized retail and distribution businesses, from ₹1,638 a month billed yearly, with payroll, production and mobile POS as yearly add-ons.

Rebota for distributors: what it does and what it does not #

Orders to cash: sales orders reserve stock and can start from a quotation; delivery notes dispatch from the order with pick and pack and partial deliveries, and take the stock out; invoices, credit and debit notes follow, and GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B are prepared from the books. Payment reminders go out for overdue bills, and customers can see and pay their bills in a customer portal.

Prices and schemes: price lists hold customer prices and quantity rates and fill in the rate on the line. Trade schemes cover quantity slabs (% off), a flat amount off per unit, and buy X get Y free, for an item or a customer, with minimum and maximum quantities and start and end dates; on a sales order the free goods are added as their own line.

Stock: several warehouses with locations, batches with expiry dates, and picking that takes the earliest-expiring (or oldest) batch first. Credit limits are set per customer, and purchase orders go to suppliers. Several companies can be kept and consolidated.

Not built yet: a salesman order-booking app, beat and route planning, claim tracking with brands, e-invoice and e-way bill generation inside Rebota (done on the government portals), offline use and marketplace connectors. There is no app in the Play Store yet.

Price: Starter ₹9,832 in the first year, then ₹11,990 a year for up to 5 users; Growth ₹32,546 in the first year, then ₹39,690 for up to 25 users; before GST. After the 15-day trial, keep using Rebota free: 1 user, 30 GST invoices a month, stock, suppliers and cash. Upgrade only when you need more. See Rebota for trading and distribution or the price list.

Which kind of software fits which distributor #

  • A small wholesaler with one godown and a few staff: accounting software with stock (TallyPrime, BUSY, Marg) or a per-company ERP such as Rebota; compare the five-user price above.
  • FMCG, food or pharma with batches and schemes: check batch and expiry handling, oldest-first dispatch and schemes in a demo with your own items. Rebota has all three; Zoho Inventory lists batch tracking from Premium.
  • Salesmen on beats booking orders on a phone: you need a field sales app. Rebota does not have one; ask each vendor to show it, or plan a separate app.
  • A growing team: per-user prices (Odoo) climb with each person; per-company prices (Rebota) and unlimited-user licences (Marg Gold) do not.

Selling to shops as well as other traders? Our retail billing software guide covers counter billing, and the affordable ERP guide works out costs for fifteen users too.

Sources #

Each maker's own page, read on the date shown; totals are our arithmetic on those prices.

  1. Tally Solutions, TallyPrime plans (5 Nov 2026): tallysolutions.com/buy-tally
  2. BUSY, BUSY 21 pricing and plans (5 Nov 2026): busy.in/busy-21-pricing, busy.in/pricing
  3. Marg ERP, price list (5 Nov 2026): margcompusoft.com/marg-price-list.html
  4. Zoho Inventory, pricing (India, 7 Nov 2026): zoho.com/in/inventory/pricing
  5. Zoho Books, pricing (India, 6 Nov 2026): zoho.com/in/books/pricing
  6. Odoo, pricing (5 Nov 2026): odoo.com/pricing
  7. Logic ERP, cloud pricing (5 Nov 2026): logicerp.com/solutions/logiccloud
  8. Rebota: the product's code, checked on 7 November 2026; rebota.in/pricing.
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At a Glance

Product (before GST)How it is priced5 users, first yearAfter that
Rebota Per company, users included ₹9,832 (Starter) ₹11,990 a year
Odoo Standard Per user a month, billed yearly ₹34,800 ₹43,500 a year
Marg ERP Gold Licence plus renewal; unlimited users ₹26,000 ₹9,550 renewal (up to 25 users)
TallyPrime Gold Multi-user licence, no user count printed ₹24,300 (12 months) ₹24,300 (12 months), or ₹67,500 lifetime
BUSY 21 Standard One-time licence plus 360-day renewal ₹16,500 Renewal; ask for the multi-user price
Logic ERP (Basic) Per month, billed yearly; users not stated ₹19,656 ₹19,656 a year
Zoho Inventory Per organisation and orders a month From ₹11,988 (Standard) Zoho Books extra for accounts

Which One Should You Actually Use

Who Should Use Rebota

Distributors and wholesalers with three to twenty-five people who want orders, dispatch, price lists, trade schemes, batches, credit limits, GST returns and the books in one place, priced per company rather than per user.

Who Should NOT Use Rebota (Yet)

Distributors whose salesmen book orders on beats from a phone app (Rebota has no field sales app), anyone who needs e-way bills and e-invoices generated inside the software today, and businesses that need offline use or marketplace connectors.

When the Other Option Is Genuinely Better

TallyPrime, BUSY or Marg when accounts and GST are the core and your accountant already works there. Marg Gold when you want unlimited users on one licence. Zoho Inventory when you already use Zoho Books. Odoo when one free app is enough, or when you want to customise. Logic ERP when you also run retail counters and want its POS add-on.

When You Don't Need Software At All

A trader with a handful of customers, one godown and no schemes can run on GST billing software and a spreadsheet. Use the free stock register format until the counts stop matching.

Hidden Costs to Weigh In Either Direction

Renewals for licences, extra users, add-ons such as internet access or mobile apps, a field sales app if you need one, setup and data migration, and 18% GST on most prices.

The Short Version

Shortlist two products that pass a demo with your own items: an order dispatched in two parts, a scheme, an expired batch blocked and a customer held at their credit limit. Then compare three-year costs for your real headcount.

Professional Practices

Before go-live, load every customer's price list, scheme and credit limit, and your opening stock by batch and godown. Run one week of orders in parallel with your current system and match the stock, the outstanding list and the GST figures before you switch over.

Action Checklist

  • List your schemes, price lists and credit rules before any demo.
  • Ask each vendor to show partial dispatch, a scheme, batch expiry and a credit-limit stop with your own items.
  • Count users for next year and get every multi-user price in writing.
  • Decide whether salesmen need a field app; it is often a separate product.
  • Run a week in parallel before you switch.

Related Intelligence

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is the best ERP for distributors in India?▾
It depends on how you sell. Accounting-first software (TallyPrime, BUSY, Marg ERP) suits distributors whose accounts and GST are the core of the job. ERP suites (Rebota, Zoho Inventory, Odoo, Logic ERP) add orders, dispatch and schemes in one system. For five users before GST, the makers' pages (5–7 November 2026) give Rebota Starter ₹9,832 in the first year, then ₹11,990, Odoo Standard ₹34,800 in the first year, Marg Gold ₹26,000 and TallyPrime Gold ₹24,300 for 12 months. Rebota wrote this guide.
What should an FMCG or pharma distributor look for in software?▾
Batches with expiry dates and oldest-first dispatch, trade schemes (slabs, flat off, buy X get Y free), customer price lists, credit limits, several godowns, returns, GST returns and e-way bills. If salesmen book orders on routes, add a field sales app to the list.
Does Rebota handle trade schemes?▾
Yes: quantity slabs with a percentage off, a flat amount off per unit, and buy X get Y free, set for an item or a customer with minimum and maximum quantities and start and end dates. On a sales order, free goods are added as their own line.
Can Rebota track batches and expiry dates?▾
Yes. Stock is kept by batch with expiry dates across several warehouses, and picking takes the earliest-expiring (or oldest) batch first.
Does Rebota have a salesman app for order booking?▾
No. As of 7 November 2026 Rebota has no field sales app and no beat or route planning; orders are entered in Rebota in the browser.
Can I make e-way bills in Rebota?▾
Not yet. Rebota prepares the invoice and dispatch details, and the e-way bill and e-invoice are generated on the government portals.
How much does distribution software cost in India?▾
For five users, before GST, from the makers' pages (5–7 November 2026): Rebota Starter ₹9,832 in the first year, then ₹11,990; BUSY 21 Standard ₹16,500 once plus renewal; Logic ERP ₹19,656 a year; TallyPrime Gold ₹24,300 for 12 months; Marg Gold ₹26,000; Odoo Standard ₹34,800 in the first year, then ₹43,500.
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