Track stock by size and colour, not just by style. Sell the season while it's still the season, and see which lines actually earned you money.
Software for a garment business is what you use to track stock by size and colour — not just by style — and sell the season while it is still the season.
A shirt is not one item; it is a grid of sizes and colours. Software that ignores that will always tell you the wrong thing: you reorder what you already have too much of, and the odd sizes become dead money next season.
Know your size curve and your dead stock.
Bulk orders at the right price per customer.
Material, job work and finished pieces in one system.
Enter sizes and colours as a grid, with barcodes.
Every sale drops the exact size and colour, and posts to your books.
Reorder what's moving; clear what isn't, early.
A shirt isn't one item — it's a grid of sizes and colours. Software that ignores that will always tell you the wrong thing.
Size and colour grid per style
Enter stock as a grid, not one line at a time
Barcode per size and colour
Live stock per size, per shop
Reorder the sizes that are actually selling
In garments, time is the enemy. What doesn't sell this season sells at half price next season — if at all.
Ageing stock by style and season
Fast and slow movers, early
Discounts and offers with margin visible
Move stock to the shop where it's selling
Season-wise sales and margin
Whether you make, wholesale or retail — the fabric, the piece and the bill belong in the same system as the books.
Recipe and material for what you make
Job work and outsourced stitching tracked
Wholesale price lists per customer
Retail counter billing
Every sale posted to your accounts
The size curve tells you what to buy, not your memory.
Clear ageing lines while they're still worth something.
Know which styles earned and which just filled the rack.
An honest look. Each of these is good at what it was built for — the question is whether your billing, your stock and your accounts end up as one thing or several.
| What matters | PeppyBooks | Tally | Zoho Books | QuickBooks | Your current setup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock tracked by size and colour grid | Yes | Depends on your setup | Depends on plan | Depends on plan | Counted by hand |
| Accounts update from the bill | Yes — the bill is the entry | Yes — accounting is its core | Yes — accounting is its core | Yes — accounting is its core | No — added up separately |
| Stock goes down as you sell | Yes | Yes — stock is included | Depends on plan; may require Zoho Inventory | Depends on plan | A separate register |
| Works with no internet | Yes — sends everything later | Yes — a genuine strength, runs on your computer | Best suited for working online | Best suited for working online | Depends what you use |
| Reach it from anywhere, on a phone | Yes — built for the web | Best suited for a computer in the office; remote access is available | Yes | Yes | Usually not |
| More than one location on one login | Yes, on every plan | Depends on how your companies are set up | Depends on plan | Often a subscription per company | Each place on its own |
| Customers, purchases & staff pay together | Included by plan | Stock included; CRM and payroll may require another application | May require other Zoho applications | May require another application | Separate people and files |
| Country e-invoicing (India, Kenya, Zambia, Ghana, UAE & more) | 9 countries built in | Strong in India (GST & e-invoicing) | Depends on the country edition | Not available in India since 2023 | Handled by hand |
| How it is priced | From $17 per user per month | Mainly a one-time licence, plus yearly support | Monthly subscription, by plan | Monthly subscription, by plan | Free, until something is missed |
Where each is strong: Tally is a genuine strength if you want your books on your own computer and your accountant already knows it. Zoho Books and QuickBooks are strong cloud accounting products, particularly for service businesses. A dedicated package for your trade may fit that trade's specific needs very well. PeppyBooks is best suited for garments businesses that want the bill, the stock and the accounts to be one record, across more than one location. Compiled from each vendor's published information — last verified 17 July 2026. Features and pricing change and vary by country and plan; please check the vendor's current terms before deciding.
Most garments businesses we talk to are on a stock register and Tally. You do not have to stop working to change.
Nothing switches off. Set PeppyBooks up alongside what you use today.
Your items, customers and opening stock in a spreadsheet — we load them for you.
Run one real day, or one real cycle, and compare it with your own numbers.
Only then. Guided migration is free on annual plans.
Your items, customers and opening stock come across, and we check your opening balances against your existing books before you go live. Old records stay where they are for your reference.
The day-to-day screens are simple enough for staff who use a phone. Train on a quiet day, not your busiest one.
Usually not. It runs on an ordinary tablet or computer, and works with most printers and barcode scanners you already own.
The trial is 14 days and takes no card. Whatever you put in stays yours, and you can export it at any time.
Native to the PeppyBooks platform, open where it counts.
Yes. Each style is a grid of sizes and colours, each with its own barcode and live stock — so you always know exactly what you have.
Yes. Move stock to the shop where a size is actually selling, and both sides update automatically.
Yes. Track fabric and material, job work and outsourced stitching, and then sell wholesale or over the counter — in one platform.
Yes. Garments businesses use PeppyBooks for billing, stock, accounts, tax and customers in one platform — instead of separate tools that never agree with each other. Start with a free 14-day trial and see it with your own data.
No. Accounting, stock, billing, POS and customer management are all in the same platform, on one subscription. When you make a sale, your stock and your accounts both update — automatically.
Most businesses are billing on day one. If you're moving from another system, we bring across your customers, suppliers, products and opening balances — guided migration is free on annual plans.