We sat down with public landing pages, customer-shared invoices, and review aggregators and built the side-by-side our prospects keep asking for. FilingLab against Vakilsearch, IndiaFilings, ClearTax, Zoho Books, TaxBuddy and Legalwiz — pricing, named-CA, SLA, notice handling, ROC and GST. Honest where we lose. Specific where we win.
Capability matrix
Scroll horizontally on mobile. Green check means “included as a first-class feature.” A dash means the platform does not offer it. WIN tags mark the rows where FilingLab is genuinely ahead.
Add-on
Add-on
Included on all plans
Automated, in-app
Add-on
CA-reviewed + filed
Payroll add-on
Included on Standard+
Best DIY in India
Core product
₹999 CA-led
Limited
Included on Growth+
Case-by-case
Per-notice fee
Per-notice fee
Paid add-on
Per-notice fee
Included on Standard+
Top tier only
Paid add-on
Per-ITR only
PWA + roadmap
LEDGERS (free SaaS)
Full GL — best in class
Via CA on Tally / Zoho
Zoho Payroll add-on
HR module included
Zoho Inventory add-on
Sub-domain search
Core product
Available
Case-by-case
Automatic, no questions
~6 hours
~24 hours
~12 hours
Software support only
~4 hours
~12 hours
12 minutes
Sometimes
Sometimes
Sometimes
Always, line-itemised
Comparison reviewed quarterly. Last refresh: April 2026. Sourced from public landing pages, customer-shared invoices, and review aggregators.
Pricing snapshot
Sticker prices from each platform’s public landing pages as of Q1 FY 2026. Government fees pass through on every platform. — indicates the platform does not offer that service.
One honest sentence per platform. If your use-case is squarely inside one of these strengths, the comparison may not need to go any further — that platform is the right choice.
Vakilsearch — Strongest brand recognition in Indian legal-tech — 14+ years, household name, deepest tier-3 reach.
IndiaFilings — LEDGERS is the most mature free invoicing + GST-filing SaaS in the segment. Unbeatable for transaction-heavy sellers.
ClearTax — Best DIY ITR product in India and production-grade enterprise e-invoicing at scale (Swiggy, Flipkart, Titan).
Zoho Books — Best-in-class DIY accounting SaaS in India, free under ₹25L revenue, deep Zoho One ecosystem — own your data layer.
TaxBuddy — Fastest CA-assisted personal ITR — typically within 24 hours, with strong NRI and capital-gains specialisation.
Legalwiz — Deepest IP practice — trademark, copyright, patent, design — plus contract drafting and FSSAI/MSME licences.
Each detail page goes deeper — why customers switched, what to keep, and the migration plan. Five working days from signed-to-handover.