LAN multi-user billing software for teams
Let several PCs bill against one set of books over your local network — no cloud, no monthly per-seat cloud fee — on an offline client-server desktop app.
Live product UI — sample data.
One host, many billers
One PC hosts the data; others connect over the LAN and bill against the same live stock and books.
No cloud needed
Runs entirely on your network — no internet dependency and no per-seat cloud fee.
Roles & control
Per-user roles, permissions and an audit trail across the team.
What this actually means in practice
The arrangement is deliberately old-fashioned, and it works. One computer is the host: it holds the database and serves it. The other machines — the counters, the back office, the godown terminal — are clients on the same switch or router, and they read and write the same books. Counter two sees the piece counter one has just sold, because there is a single stock position rather than two copies hoping to agree with each other later.
Choosing the host is the only decision that really matters. It should be the machine switched on first and off last, on wired ethernet rather than wireless, with enough memory to serve everybody, and it is the machine whose backup schedule you actually check. While it is off, the counters cannot bill — which is why the host is usually the quiet back-office computer, and almost never the busiest till in the shop.
Several people on one set of books need control as much as connectivity. Each user carries a role and permissions, and the audit trail records who changed a rate, who granted the discount and who cancelled the bill — questions that only arise once there is more than one person. Seats are governed by your plan, with multi-seat working from Pro upwards. The boundary is the premises: this is your own network, not the internet.
| Machine | Its job | What it needs from you |
|---|---|---|
| Host PC | Holds the database and serves the counters | Wired connection, on first and off last, backups checked |
| Counter PCs | Bill against the shared books and live stock | A thermal printer each, and a scanner where used |
| Back-office PC | Purchases, masters, reports, returns | A user account with wider permissions |
| Router or switch | Carries the traffic between them | A fixed address for the host, so clients keep finding it |
| Backup destination | Holds the encrypted copies | A disk or location separate from the host itself |
What’s included
- Client-server over LAN
- Shared live stock & books
- Per-user roles & permissions
- Audit trail
- Works offline (no cloud)
- GST billing & returns
- Encrypted local backups
What it does not do
- · One machine must host. If it is switched off or asleep, the counters cannot bill until it is back up.
- · The network is the boundary. Reaching the books from another premises or from home is what the Cloud edition is for, not this.
- · Seats are governed by your plan — multi-seat billing sits on Pro upwards — although the full offline core is in every plan, from ₹249 a month.
Frequently asked
Can several PCs bill at once?
Yes — one PC hosts the books and others connect over your local network to bill against the same live data.
Does it need the internet or a cloud?
No — it runs entirely on your LAN; a connection is only needed occasionally for licence checks and updates.
Are there per-user permissions?
Yes — roles, permissions and an audit trail per user.
What happens if somebody switches off the host machine?
The counters stop, because that machine is where the books live. This is the single operational discipline a LAN installation asks of you: the host is powered first, shut down last, and belongs to nobody in particular. Shops that treat it as an appliance rarely have trouble; those that also use it as a till usually do.
Can a second shop across town connect to the same books?
Not over a LAN, which by definition covers one premises. Two options exist: run the Cloud edition, which is browser-based and reaches any location, or have your own IT link the two sites over a private network, which then becomes yours to maintain. For most two-shop businesses the Cloud edition is the simpler answer.
What exactly is included in LAN · multi-user?
client-server over LAN, shared live stock & books, per-user roles & permissions, audit trail, works offline (no cloud) and GST billing & returns, and 1 more. Every item on that list is a working screen you can open in the trial rather than a capability described in the abstract.
How is lan · multi-user handled differently here?
It rests on one host, many billers, no cloud needed and roles & control. The distinction that matters is that these are structural rather than cosmetic — the behaviour is built into how records are posted, not layered on as a report you have to remember to run.
How does LAN · multi-user affect my GST?
It feeds it directly rather than sitting alongside it. CGST/SGST and IGST are split from HSN or SAC and place of supply as each document is raised, so whatever lan · multi-user produces is already correct when GSTR-1, 3B and 2B reconciliation are drawn off the same books. The return matches the accounts because it was never a separate exercise.
Does LAN · multi-user cost extra?
No. LAN · multi-user is part of the accounting core rather than a paid add-on, so no cloud needed is there on the entry tier exactly as it is on the highest one. What the tiers change is reach and depth — devices, multi-branch and multi-warehouse reporting, and whether the conversational AI copilots are switched on.
Can I try LAN · multi-user before committing?
Yes — 14 days, no card. Test lan · multi-user against your own masters and your own transactions rather than sample data: the questions worth answering here are about your business's edge cases, and a demo dataset is built not to have any.