Practical guides for software buyers

Straight answers, checklists and comparison tables, written from systems we have built and maintain.

How to choose an ERP for a marble, granite or tile business in India

A 12-question checklist for stone and tile ERP: batch and slab stock, unit conversion, reservations, GST and freight.

When a hosted store is enough, and when live metal pricing, bespoke orders and wholesale accounts justify custom.

A comparison table and seven questions to ask before you pick a freelancer, agency, in-house hire or retainer.

Tally, Busy or Zoho versus a custom build: a comparison table, seven signs you have outgrown your software and a one-week way to decide.

Five factors that move the price, three pricing models compared, and the costs people forget to ask about.

Eight questions to ask any ERP vendor, the red flags to watch for, and where a local company helps and where it does not.

The five modules a small factory needs first, how data should flow from purchase to ledger, and what can wait.

How a jewellery site calculates prices from live metal and diamond data, and the design rules that stop pricing bugs.