Marg ERP 9+ is a long-established billing, inventory and accounting package, especially well known among medicine distributors, chemists and FMCG distribution. DukanData is built for the retail counter and runs in a browser, with a counter app for Windows. Both do GST billing and stock. They are built around different days.
In one line
- Marg ERP is an on-premise ERP with deep modules for distribution — pharma above all — installed on the shop's own computers.
- DukanData is counter-first: bill fast, keep the stock true, chase the dues, and let the owner see it all from a phone.
Side by side
| DukanData | Marg ERP 9+ | |
|---|---|---|
| Built first for | Retail shops that bill at a counter | Distribution and retail, with pharma and FMCG as its home ground |
| Where it runs | Any web browser, plus a counter app for Windows | Installed on Windows computers in the shop; companion mobile apps |
| Without internet | The counter app bills offline and syncs when the internet is back | Runs on the shop's own computers |
| How it is sold | A monthly or yearly plan, paid by UPI | A licence, by edition and number of users |
| Owner away from the shop | Opens a browser anywhere; the day-end report arrives on WhatsApp | Through its mobile apps and remote access |
| Batches and expiry | Batch and expiry on items, and the till never sells an expired batch (a plan part) | A long-standing strength, built for the medicine trade |
| Staff at the counter | A login per person, limits, and approval by PIN, phone code or WhatsApp | User rights by role |
Where Marg is strong
A medicine distributor's day — schemes, substitutes, salt-wise search, expiry returns to companies, orders from the field — is where Marg has spent years. If that is your business, look at it closely.
Where DukanData is different
- Nothing to look after in the shop. No server PC, no backups to take by hand: the shop lives on DukanData's servers and the counter keeps its own copy for the times the internet is down.
- The owner sees the shop from anywhere. Today's sales, the dues, the stock that is running low — in a browser, with no remote-desktop setup.
- Bills go out by themselves. From the shop's own WhatsApp number, the moment each bill is saved.
- Limits and approvals at the till. A discount past the cashier's limit needs a manager's yes, and the yes is on record.
- Plain words on the screen. Bill, dues, day end, order list.
What DukanData does not do
DukanData has batches and expiry, but it is not a specialist pharma-distribution system: it has no salt or substitute search and no company-scheme engine. A retail chemist's counter it handles well; a large distributor should compare carefully.
Which should you choose
- A retail shop — kirana, general store, garments, hardware, a chemist's counter — that wants speed at the till and the owner in control: DukanData.
- A distributor whose work is schemes, routes and company claims: Marg is built for that.
Moving from Marg
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