# Refrens review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> GST invoicing, accounting and lead tracking for Indian firms

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Refrens is a web-based accounting and invoicing platform for businesses in India. It covers invoices, quotations, e-invoices and e-way bills, GSTR reports, inventory and bookkeeping, with a sales lead tracker on the side. A free plan allows 15 documents, and paid plans are sold by the year in rupees.

- **Category:** Accounting & Invoicing
- **Made by:** Refrens
- **Website:** https://www.refrens.com
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you use Free: 15 documents, then a paid plan.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, Refrens has a free plan, and paid plans start at ₹8,900 per year, excl. GST (₹742 a month effective).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** 15 documents free, then a paid plan is needed to keep creating new ones.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | ₹0 | Create up to 15 documents, such as invoices and quotations, before a paid plan is needed. |
| Lite | ₹8,900 per year, excl. GST (crossed out ₹10,680) | Unlimited documents, inventory, recurring invoices, WhatsApp sharing and OCR scanning; 2 users. |
| Plus | ₹16,900 per year, excl. GST (crossed out ₹20,280) | Adds e-invoices, e-way bills, GSTR-1 and GSTR-2B reports and lead management; 3 users. |
| Pro | ₹30,900 per year, excl. GST (crossed out ₹37,080) | Adds automated bookkeeping, journals, bank reconciliation, balance sheet and batch tracking; 5 users. |
| Enterprise | ₹44,900 per year, excl. GST (crossed out ₹53,880) | Adds document and vendor approval workflows, RFQ and RFI links and vendor verification; 5 users. |

Read from https://www.refrens.com/refrens-premium on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Refrens before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 16% on 1 year and 25% on 3 years** (Annual discount): The Premium page marks its 1-year term as 16% cheaper and its 3-year term as 25% cheaper than the shorter terms. Source: https://www.refrens.com/refrens-premium

## Key features

- **Invoices and quotations:** Create, customize and share invoices, quotations and purchase orders, with recurring invoices and payment reminders.
- **GST compliance:** E-invoices, e-way bills, GSTR-1 and GSTR-2B reports with reconciliation, from the Plus plan.
- **Accounting:** Automated bookkeeping, charts of accounts, bank reconciliation and financial statements, from the Pro plan.
- **Inventory:** Stock tracking across locations, with batch and serial tracking and expiry reports on higher plans.
- **AI bill capture:** OCR scanning and a WhatsApp and email assistant turn vendor bills into draft entries; 100 to 500 scans a year by plan.
- **Leads and vendors:** Track sales leads across pipelines, and run vendor approval and onboarding workflows on Enterprise.

## Good for

- Indian businesses that need GST e-invoices and e-way bills
- Freelancers and small firms that invoice a few clients
- Goods sellers that need billing and stock in one place

## Worth knowing

- Prices are in rupees and exclude GST; the page lists 3-month, 1-year and 3-year terms.
- The Free plan stops at 15 documents, and extras such as custom templates and digital signatures are charged on top.
- Built for Indian tax rules, with GSTR reports and e-way bills at its core.
- The pricing page FAQ says there is no downloadable app, while the footer links Android and iOS apps.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Refrens is GST invoicing, accounting and lead tracking for Indian firms, with a free plan that stops after 15 documents. Paid plans start at ₹8,900 a year excluding GST, bookkeeping and bank reconciliation only arrive at Pro, ₹30,900, and the site contradicts itself on whether there's an app.

- **Value for money: C.** ₹8,900 a year for Lite, ₹16,900 for Plus and ₹30,900 for Pro, excluding GST. Lite is about ₹742 a month, but bookkeeping sits on Pro, around the middle.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** A free plan of 15 documents, then you need a paid plan to keep creating them.
- **Features: C.** GST invoices and quotations, e-invoices, GSTR reports, inventory and AI bill capture. Bookkeeping starts at Pro, and custom templates and digital signatures cost extra.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You set up inventory, GST details and clients before it saves time.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with IndiaMART, Google Calendar and WhatsApp sharing. The footer links Android and iOS apps but the FAQ says there's none, so we don't count them.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Refrens's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among accounting and invoicing tools

- Refrens's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 22 of the 65 other accounting and invoicing tools we grade, and level with 15.
- It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 13 of 65) and worst on ease of use (C, above 1).
- Its paid plans start at about $7.81 a month, against a middle price of $18.09 for the category: 9 of the 54 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/accounting

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Refrens you would be making live feeds from your bank, which take an agreement with each bank or a service that has them. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $93.73 a year.

- You could make: Invoicing, inventory, quotes and estimates, expense tracking and sales pipeline: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: Live feeds from your bank, which take an agreement with each bank or a service that has them.
- You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, IndiaMART, Google Calendar and WhatsApp among them, and has an API.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

IndiaMART, Google Calendar, WhatsApp

**Tags:** Invoicing, Bookkeeping, Inventory, Quotes and estimates, Expense tracking, Sales pipeline, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Vyapar](https://toolgpa.com/tools/vyapar): GST billing and inventory software for Indian small businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/refrens-vs-vyapar)
- [Zoho Books](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zoho-books): Online accounting from Zoho, with a free plan and six paid tiers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/refrens-vs-zoho-books)
- [Zoho Invoice](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zoho-invoice): Free invoicing app from Zoho for freelancers and small businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/refrens-vs-zoho-invoice)
- [Odoo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/odoo): Business app suite whose Accounting app is free when used on its own. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/odoo-vs-refrens)
- [Invoice Ninja](https://toolgpa.com/tools/invoice-ninja): Invoicing, expenses and time tracking with a free plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/invoice-ninja-vs-refrens)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://www.refrens.com/refrens-premium
- https://www.refrens.com/pricing
- https://www.refrens.com

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