What to compare, in order
Feature grids flatter whoever writes them. These are the questions that actually decide whether a steel trader keeps using a system a year later, roughly in the order they bite.
Does it bill on the weight actually loaded?
Not the ordered weight. If a system cannot hold both figures on a line and bill the second, every part-load becomes a manual correction.
Can one order go out on several lorries?
Part-dispatch is normal in steel, not an exception. Each lorry needs its own loading, challan and delivery status against the same order.
Is stock held per yard?
One pooled stock figure is useless the day you open a second yard, and retrofitting per-warehouse stock later is painful.
What does the accounting hand-off actually do?
"Tally integration" covers everything from a CSV export to a live link. Ask precisely which documents cross, in which direction, and in what shape.
Is the price published?
An unpublished price usually means it is set by how much they think you can pay.
Can you get your data out?
Ask what happens on the day you cancel. If the answer is vague, that is the answer.
Where SteelERP is not the right answer
Worth saying plainly, because finding out after you have paid helps nobody. If your priority is e-invoicing, e-way bills or full accounting, SteelERP does not generate IRNs or e-way bills today — both are in active development — and is not your ledger, so a general GST billing product will serve you better right now. If you manufacture rather than trade, you need production planning we do not have. If you are a single trader with a few challans a week and a register that is working, the honest answer is that you will not get Rs 10,000 a month of value from this yet. We would rather tell you that now.
Common questions
Is SteelERP a replacement for Tally?
No, and we would not sell it as one. Tally is your accounting system and stays that way. SteelERP runs the trading operation in front of it — inquiry, order, loading, challan and yard stock — and passes printed challans across through a two-way integration.
Why is your pricing published when most competitors' is not?
Because the first question every trader asks is what it costs, and making people sit through a sales call to find out wastes their time and ours. Starter is Rs 10,000 a month; Growth and Enterprise are quoted on users and yards.
Do you handle e-invoicing and e-way bills?
Not today. SteelERP does not generate IRNs or e-way bills, and we will not claim otherwise. If those are your main requirement, a general GST-billing product is a better fit and our comparison pages say so.
Can I judge it without a sales call?
Yes. The sandbox runs the full application on sample data and you can open it yourself from the home page.
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