STRAIGHT ANSWERS
What is a good alternative to Tally for Indian businesses?
A good Tally alternative must clear two bars: it must not lose your history, and it must earn the switch with things desktop software can't do — live books on every device, a CA portal, AI data entry, bank feeds. Kailora clears both, with guided imports that validate masters, opening balances and open documents before anything posts.
What actually decides it
- Migration that argues with you. Imports should reject unbalanced openings and duplicate GSTINs before they touch the ledger.
- Day-one reconciliation. Your first Kailora trial balance should equal your last Tally one.
- Things desktop can't do. Phone apps, portals, bank feeds, AI scanning — otherwise why move?
- A parallel month if you want it. Careful teams run both briefly; pricing shouldn't punish that.
How Kailora measures up
Export masters and closing balances from Tally, bring them through Kailora's guided imports, and start from verified openings — your CA can drive the whole move from the CA portal. Then keep the things you switched for: books in your pocket, bills that scan themselves, banks that reconcile through the month.
Related questions
Will I lose my Tally history?
No — history stays archived in Tally; Kailora starts from verified opening balances so both stories agree at the switch date.
How long does migration take?
For a typical single-entity business: masters and openings in a day, with a parallel month if you want the comfort.
See it in the product
Migration
Bring opening balances, parties, items and open documents into Kailora with guided imports
Settings & Security
Multi-entity setup, user roles, two-factor authentication, biometric app lock, numbering series and 10 display languages.
CA Portal
A portal for chartered accountants: every client entity in one place, with journals, reports, GST workings and document trails your audit team can rely on.
Give your books the week off.
Start free — no card, no lock-in. Your data stays exportable, always.