Choose TallyPrime if
Your CA already works in it, you keep inventory in the same books, a Windows desktop suits you, and you need it today.
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A Tally alternative for books kept in the browser.
TallyPrime is the accounting tool many Indian businesses and their CAs know best, with GST, inventory and decades of use behind it, and it ships today. Ledger is designed for a small business that wants its books in the browser, built from Bill, Spend and Pay, with GST returns prepared for its CA. Here is where each fits.
not shipped · wave 3as of research in 2026pricing models, not pricescorrections welcome
Product design preview · Ledger has not shipped. All features, screens and prices are proposals.
Ledger has not shipped yet.
Everything on these pages — the screens, the features, the prices — is Centilio Ledger as designed. Ledger has not shipped: it sits in the third wave of Centilio tools, and there is no app, no beta and no launch date yet. We would rather set out the whole design and say so plainly than publish a thin page and let you guess. Join the waitlist and you will hear first; if you need an invoice today, the free invoice generator works now, with no sign-up.
Side by side
Centilio Ledger and TallyPrime, side by side.
Checked against the vendors’ public pages during research in 2026. We compare how each tool charges, not what it charges, because list prices move; if something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
| Centilio Ledger | TallyPrime | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Bookkeeping inside a business suite, built from invoices, expenses and bank lines | Accounting, inventory and GST compliance from Tally Solutions |
| Built for | Owners who want the books kept, and the advisers who sign them off | Indian businesses and the CAs who work with them |
| Where it runs | In the browser (designed) | Windows desktop, with add-ons for remote access |
| Where entries come from | Bill, Spend, Pay and bank feeds, reviewed in one queue | Vouchers entered or imported, plus its own invoicing |
| GST | GST by the line; GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B prepared (designed) | GST returns, e-invoicing and e-way bills, long established |
| Inventory | Not in Ledger; Stock is a later Centilio tool | Built in |
| Pricing model | Per business, proposed: Free, then $19 a month | A licence bought once per edition, single-user or multi-user, plus a yearly renewal for updates |
| Availability | Not shipped — wave 3, in design | Shipped and long established |
Choose
Which one to choose.
Choose Ledger if
You want the books in the browser, built from Bill, Spend and Pay and reviewed in one queue, with GST returns prepared for your accountant, one price for everyone, and you can wait for wave 3.
Where the books live
A desktop data file, or books in the browser.
TallyPrime keeps the books in a data file on a Windows computer, with add-ons for working remotely. Ledger is designed to keep them in the browser from the start.
On a desktop, the books are where the computer is: the CA visits, a backup travels by email, or a remote-access add-on is set up. That works, and many businesses are well served by it.
In Ledger the owner, the office and your accountant are designed to open the same books from anywhere, each with a role of their own, and the trail shows who changed what. The trade-off is plain: Ledger needs a connection, keeps no inventory, and has not shipped.
If you switch, later
What moving from TallyPrime will take.
- Pick a clean start date — the first day of a month or of a financial year — rather than moving years of history.
- Bring opening balances and open invoices, not every old transaction, and keep the old tool read-only for the years before.
- Run both for one month. Close it in Ledger, compare the reports with the old tool, and stop only when they agree.
- Ask your accountant to check the first month-end before the whole team moves.
Questions
About switching.
Does Ledger replace Tally?
For many small businesses it is designed to; for others it will work alongside, with exports in the formats accountants expect. If you keep inventory in your books, TallyPrime does that today and Ledger will not.
How is TallyPrime priced?
As of research in 2026, TallyPrime is sold as a licence bought once per edition, single-user or multi-user, with a yearly renewal for updates. Check Tally Solutions’ page for today’s prices.
Will Ledger prepare GST returns as Tally does?
That is the design: GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B drafted from your invoices and purchases, with input tax credit checked against GSTR-2B, for you or your CA to file. TallyPrime has handled GST for years; Ledger has not shipped.
Can your accountant work in Ledger?
Yes, with a role of their own on every plan, and spreadsheet and CSV exports of every ledger and report. They see the books and the trail, not the rest of your Centilio account.
Is Ledger available now?
No. Ledger is in the third wave of Centilio tools and has no launch date yet. Join the waitlist and you will hear first.
Can I move from Tally to Ledger later?
That is the plan: start from opening balances on a clean date, often 1 April, keep TallyPrime for earlier years, and run both for a month before you stop. How masters and history import will be stated here when it is decided.
Hear first when Ledger opens.
Ledger is in the third wave, after Bill, with Spend and Pay beside it. Join the waitlist and you will hear before the announcement. Tell us how you keep the books today and what your year-end looks like; the awkward requirements shape the design most.