399Apps-இல் importers-க்கு landed cost software இருக்கா?

Nidhi Books + Inventory alone vs adding Nidhi Import Costing

Books and Inventory record what you bought. Import Costing adds what it cost to get the goods here.

Pricing reflects publicly listed plans and is indicative; verify current pricing with each vendor.

What Nidhi Import Costing does

Raise a purchase order in USD, EUR, GBP, AED, SGD, AUD, CAD, JPY or CHF at a rate you lock. The order prints in the supplier’s currency, and the bill it becomes keeps that rate, recorded in rupees with the supplier’s own figure beside it. Rates come from your own exchange-rate register, typed by you with the date they apply from, not from a live feed, so every figure is one you can explain to your auditor.

Each container is a consignment with its vessel, container number, bill of lading, ports, dates and bill of entry number. Book ocean freight, insurance, customs duty, IGST on import, port handling, the clearing agent and inland transport against it as the bills arrive. Each charge is split across the lines by value, quantity or volume, to the last paisa, and booking, editing or removing a charge later re-costs every line. The consignment screen lists which charge types are still not booked.

IGST paid at customs is booked as its own charge: tick "Reclaimable as input credit" and it stays out of the goods’ cost, leave it unticked and it becomes part of the landed cost. The landed cost report then shows purchase price against landed cost by consignment or by item, with the uplift over the supplier’s price — the number you need before you set a selling price.

Who it is for, and who should skip it

If you import from overseas suppliers in dollars or euros, and freight and duty add a real share on top of the supplier’s price, Nidhi Import Costing fits. It suits import-distributors, trading companies, wholesalers of imported goods and manufacturers importing raw material who today work out landed cost in a spreadsheet after the fact.

If you buy only from Indian suppliers in rupees, skip it: Nidhi Books and Nidhi Inventory already cover purchasing and stock. If you want your bill of entry filed or a link to ICEGATE, that stays with your customs broker; the app only records the bill of entry number. If you already run Zoho Inventory and only need freight added to a single purchase bill, its landed cost feature allocates charges on a bill by value or quantity. If you need letters of credit, import licences, FIFO valuation or multi-company consolidation, a full ERP such as SAP Business One fits better.

What it costs

Nidhi Import Costing is ₹399/month on the 399apps cloud with unlimited users and no limit on consignments or charges. It reads the purchase orders and bills you raise in Nidhi Books, so the pair is ₹798/month. To receive the goods into stock and see landed cost in your stock valuation, add Nidhi Inventory: ₹1,197/month for all three. Self-hosted deployment is available on the same product. A 14-day free trial is available (no card required).