Bill patients and insurers correctly, keep consumables and medicines in stock, pay your staff on time, and see the financial health of your clinic — from one platform.
Software for a clinic or lab is what you use to bill patients and insurers correctly, keep consumables in stock, and pay your staff — in one place.
Billing is fast but the books lag weeks behind; insurer dues sit uncollected; and consumables run out mid-day. Meanwhile pay, stock and accounts live in three systems. PeppyBooks puts them together so the financial picture is one picture.
See collections, dues and costs without waiting.
Bill correctly for any payer, in seconds.
Payroll, stock and accounts in one platform.
Services and consumables, at the right rate for the payer.
Consumables drop, and the bill posts to your accounts.
Collections, dues, costs and margin — in one place.
Different rates for cash patients, insurers and corporates. Getting it wrong costs you either money or trust.
Rate lists per payer — cash, insurer, corporate
Services and consumables on one bill
Correct tax on every line, automatically
Patient history and repeat visits
Every bill posted to your accounts
Running out mid-procedure is not an inventory problem. It's a care problem.
Live stock of consumables and medicines
Batch and expiry tracked; expired stock blocked
Low-stock alerts before you run out
Supplier orders raised from the shortage list
Stock value that matches your books
Payroll is one of your biggest costs. It belongs in the same place as everything else.
Salaries, deductions and payslips
Leave and attendance records
Payroll posted straight to your accounts
Income and cost per department or branch
Reports your accountant can rely on
Right rate, right payer, right tax — automatically.
Alerts before the shelf is empty, not after.
Billing, stock and payroll in the same books.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A different rate list per payer (cash, insurer, company) | Yes | Depends on your setup | Depends on plan | Depends on plan | Remembered, or on a chart |
| 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 healthcare 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 healthcare businesses we talk to are on a billing package and a separate accountant. 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. Set a rate list per payer, and the correct rate applies automatically when the bill is raised.
Yes. Batch and expiry are tracked on every item, expired stock is blocked from billing, and near-expiry items are flagged in time.
Yes. Salaries, deductions, payslips, leave and attendance are part of the same platform, and every payroll run posts to your accounts automatically.
Yes. Healthcare 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.