Comparison
Tekko Bench vs paper and Excel
Paper is free, familiar, and never has a server outage. It is also why shops lose job histories, misquote GST, and settle warranty arguments from memory. The comparison, honestly.
| Tekko Bench | Paper and Excel | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Rs 999 per month after a free trial | Free, forever |
| Finding a job from last March | Search by customer, watch, serial, or status in seconds | Page through the register and hope |
| GST on an inter-state customer | IGST applied automatically from the customer's state | Whoever writes the bill must remember the rule |
| Proof of what was promised | Timestamped status trail with who did what | Handwriting and memory |
| Authentication opinion | A branded certificate anyone can verify online | A verbal assurance |
| When the shop is closed | The owner checks the day from a phone | The notebook is in the drawer |
| Failure modes | We run backups and monitoring; your data survives a fire | One notebook, one coffee spill, one flood |
If the shop is one person and ten jobs a month, paper honestly works. The register starts costing money at the first lost job, the first GST notice, or the first disputed estimate. That is usually the week people switch.
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