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What StageVO does, what it will do, and what it won't.

A plain comparison with the other ways a project business can run its billing. Where StageVO does not do something yet, or never will, we say so.

Cost

Three years of cost for a typical business.

A business billing ₹10 crore a year, with 15 people using the system. Prices exclude GST.

Option	Year one	Three years	StageVO advantage
StageVO Professional₹1,00,000 a year, paid yearly, plus onboarding of ₹20,000–25,000 once	₹1,20,000–1,25,000	₹3,20,000–3,25,000	The baseline for this comparison.
SpreadsheetsNo licence. The cost is staff time and the money that slips.	₹0plus staff time	₹0plus staff time	MoneyRecovers bills and retention that slip: about ₹6.49 lakh a year in our worked example. TimeNo chasing across sheets and emails. PeopleNobody has to keep a tracker up to date by hand.
Accounting software, multi-userNeeded anyway for the books. It does not track stages, retention or guarantees.	About ₹24,000	About ₹73,000	FitWorks alongside it and adds what it lacks: stages, retention, guarantees and follow-up. TimeAccounts knows what to bill without asking the works. MoneyBills go out the day a stage is done.
Construction site app, 15 usersPriced per user per year.	About ₹2,25,000	About ₹6,75,000	CostAbout ₹3.5 lakh less over three years. PeopleNo charge per user, so every supervisor can use it. MoneyLinks site progress to the bill it unlocks.
Mid-market ERP, 5 full and 10 light usersPriced per user per month. A partner implementation typically costs several lakh.	About ₹4,80,000plus implementation	About ₹14,40,000plus implementation	CostAbout ₹11 lakh less over three years, before the ERP's implementation. TimeLive in weeks, not months. PeopleNo partner team or in-house administrator.
Open-source ERP with a partnerFree licence. Partner implementation estimates run from about US$10,000 to US$40,000.	About ₹43,000hosting, plus implementation	About ₹1,30,000hosting, plus implementation	Onboarding₹20,000–25,000, against roughly ₹8–35 lakh for a partner implementation. ComplexityNo modules to configure and no custom code for retention, guarantees or stage billing. UpkeepNo servers to run, and no upgrades to test and fix yourself. PeopleNobody needed in-house to keep it running.

Based on published Indian price lists and partner estimates, checked in October 2026. Other products are described by type, not by name. Prices change over time.

Features

Feature by feature.

"Partly" means the feature exists in some products of that type, or needs customisation. Products vary; ask your supplier.

YesPartlyNoComingExploringNot planned

Feature	StageVO today	Accounting software	Mid-market ERP	Open-source ERP with a partner	Construction site apps	Spreadsheets

Enquiries and offers, with every revision kept	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Partly	Partly
Customer orders with payment terms set stage by stage	Yes	No	Partly	Partly	Partly	Partly
Customer terms captured: LD, inspection agency, consignee	Yes	No	Partly	Partly	No	Partly

A bill flagged the day a stage is done	Yes	No	Partly	Partly	No	No
Retention tracked to its release date	Yes	No	Partly	Partly	No	Partly
Bank guarantees with expiry alerts	Yes	No	Partly	Partly	No	Partly
LD exposure when a promised date slips	Yes	No	Partly	Partly	No	Partly
TDS and GST-TDS short payments matched to receipts	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly	No	Partly
GST tracked on its own: what each customer still owes of the GST	Yes	Partly	Partly	Partly	No	Partly
LDs deducted by customers recorded, with their status	Yes	No	Partly	Partly	No	Partly
Weekly owner summary of money to follow up	Yes	No	Partly	Partly	Partly	No

Shop-floor job board with operation updates	Yes	No	Partly	Yes	Partly	Partly
Requisitions, approvals and vendor purchase orders	Yes	Partly	Yes	Yes	Partly	Partly
Material out on challan and material received	Yes	Partly	Yes	Yes	Partly	Partly
Vendor bills and payments, GST held until GSTR-2B, 45-day flag	Yes	Partly	Yes	Yes	No	Partly
Payment runs with the bank file	Coming	Partly	Yes	Yes	No	Partly

Tally connector	Coming	Yes	Partly	Partly	Partly	No
WhatsApp and email collection reminders	Coming	Partly	Partly	Partly	No	No
Reads a PO or contract and proposes the stages	Exploring	No	No	No	No	No
Customer portal for progress and approvals	Exploring	Partly	Partly	Yes	Partly	No
Microsoft sign-in, roles that hide money	Yes	Partly	Yes	Yes	Partly	No
Google sign-in	Yes	Partly	Partly	Yes	Partly	No

GST tax invoices, e-invoices and e-way bills	Not planned	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly	No
Books of account and GST returns	Not planned	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Payroll	Not planned	Yes	Partly	Yes	No	No
Full stock ledger and stores	Not planned	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly	Partly

Plans

What each plan includes.

Feature	Essentials	Professional	Business	Dedicated
Enquiries and offers, with every revision kept	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Customer orders with payment terms set stage by stage	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Projects and stage tracking	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bills flagged the day a stage is done	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Receivables and ageing, in lakh and crore	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Retention and bank guarantee register with expiry alerts	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Excel export of everything, at any time	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Shop-floor job board with operation updates	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Material out on challan, and material received	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Requisitions, approvals and vendor purchase orders	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
TDS and GST-TDS on receipts	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
LD exposure when a promised date slips	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tally connector and collection reminders, when released	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Several group companies and GSTINs	No	No	Yes	Yes
Payables, with vendor GST held until it shows in GSTR-2B; payment runs when released	No	No	Yes	Yes
People, assignments and daily works scoring	No	No	Yes	Yes
Performance and cycle-time reports	No	No	Yes	Yes
Monthly owner pack, when released	No	No	Yes	Yes
Priority support	No	No	Yes	Yes
Own server and database in Mumbai	No	No	No	Yes
Your own web address and branding	No	No	No	Yes
Single sign-on (SSO) with your company accounts	No	No	No	Yes
Updates on your schedule	No	No	No	Yes
A named contact	No	No	No	Yes
Customisation hours	No	No	No	Yes
Full database copy if you leave	No	No	No	Yes

Features marked "when released" in the plans appear here once they are available. See prices.

Honest limits

Coming, being explored, and not planned.

Coming next

Tally connector. Bills go to TallyPrime as invoices; receipts and TDS come back without re-typing.
Collection reminders. Polite WhatsApp and email reminders to your customers before and after the due date.
Payment runs. Payment runs with the bank file, built on the vendor bills and payments StageVO already tracks.
Monthly owner pack. A one-page monthly report for the owner or board, made for you.

Exploring

Purchase order reader. Upload a PO or contract; StageVO proposes the stages, terms, guarantees and LD clauses for you to confirm.
Customer portal. Your customers see progress and documents, and approve stages, so bills move faster.
Quality and inspection. Quality plans, third-party inspection and non-conformance reports, linked to stages.
After-sales and AMC. Warranties, service visits and AMC billing.
Job costing and margin. Cost against each order and stage, as the work happens.
Measurement-based bills. Running bills by measured quantity, for fabricators and construction contractors.
MSME 45-day check on what customers owe you. For registered micro and small suppliers: the date your buyer must pay by, and the interest due after it.
VAT and other currencies. For customers in the Gulf and Africa.

Not planned

GST tax invoices, e-invoices and e-way bills. Your accounting software does these, and StageVO tells it what to bill.
Books of account and GST returns. These stay with your accountant and your accounting software.
Payroll and HR. StageVO records who works on what, not salaries.
A full stock ledger and stores. StageVO records material sent out and received against orders; stock valuation stays in your ERP or accounting software.
Paying vendors from your bank account. StageVO prepares the payment run and the bank file; the payment itself is made from your bank.

See the roadmap and ask to be told when something is ready