Where Tally is strong
Let's be fair — Tally earns its place. Its real strengths:
- Best-in-class, trusted accounting & statutory compliance
- Widely known — most accountants and CAs in India already use it
- Affordable and stable for core bookkeeping
- Useful inventory basics: alternate units with a conversion factor, godowns (locations), and delivery notes linked to sales orders
SteelERP vs Tally — side by side
| Dimension | SteelERP | TallyPrime |
|---|---|---|
| Core strength | Steel operations (inquiry → dispatch) | Accounting & statutory books |
| Dual UOM (piece ↔ weight) | Lines in kg, metre or piece; per-piece weight converts pieces to tonnage | Alternate units with a conversion factor per stock item |
| Ordered vs actual weight | Ordered weight and actual loaded weight on every line; the challan and bill use the actual figure, and weight entries made during loading are recorded in the audit log | Optional separate actual and billed quantity columns on invoices |
| Multi-yard inventory | Stock by warehouse, with each user scoped to their own yards; coil ledger with coil allocation to orders | Godowns / locations with inter-godown transfers |
| Dispatch & delivery challans | One order split across lorries, each with its own loading, challan and delivery status; challan PDF on WhatsApp | Delivery notes raised against sales orders by order number, and tracked to sales invoices by tracking number |
| Customer credit & outstanding | Upcoming. Today SteelERP stores a credit period (days) per customer and shows it as payment terms on quotations | Outstanding and ledger reports (keep using them) |
| Steel-trade reports | 50+ reports, e.g. supervisor loading workload and challans raised but not printed the same day; optional AI Planning Advisor on your own Anthropic API key | Accounting, inventory and order-outstanding reports |
| Accounting depth | Operational; printed challans flow to Tally | Full accounting (keep using it) |
| Works together? | Two-way: Tally pulls every printed delivery and purchase challan through an authenticated API, in the shape of the printed document; SteelERP pushes to a webhook endpoint you provide | — |
| Pricing | Starter Rs 10,000/month (up to 10 users, 1 stockyard); Growth and Enterprise quoted | Separate TallyPrime licence |
Comparison compiled in good faith from public information and product capabilities as of 2026. TallyPrime is a trademark of Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd.; SteelERP is not affiliated with or endorsed by Tally Solutions. TallyPrime capabilities are taken from Tally Solutions' public help pages as of September 2026 (actual and billed quantities, godowns, sales orders and delivery notes) — check them against your own Tally release.
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SteelERP vs Tally — FAQs
Can Tally handle steel billing by weight?
TallyPrime supports alternate units of measure with a conversion factor per stock item, and optional separate actual and billed quantity columns on invoices. SteelERP adds a loading workflow around the weight: every order line carries an ordered weight and an actual loaded weight, and the challan and bill use the actual figure.
Do I have to stop using Tally if I use SteelERP?
No. SteelERP handles inquiries, orders, loading, delivery challans and stock; Tally stays your accounting system. Keep using Tally for ledgers, outstanding and statutory books.
How does SteelERP connect to Tally?
The link is two-way. Tally pulls every printed delivery and purchase challan from SteelERP through an authenticated API, in the shape of the printed document, and SteelERP pushes to a webhook endpoint you provide.
What does SteelERP add on top of Tally?
Yard and dispatch work: splitting one order across lorries by unit type (kg, metre or piece), each with its own loading, challan and delivery status; purchase orders received in parts against multiple purchase advices; a coil ledger with coil allocation to orders; per-user warehouse scoping; and steel-trade reports such as supervisor loading workload and challans raised but not printed the same day.
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