If you've been quoted a one-time price anywhere from roughly ₹9,999 to ₹36,000 by a local Maharashtra vendor, HotelBarDost's ₹17,000 sits inside that range, not above it — so the comparison here isn't about which is cheaper. It's about what's actually included at each price point.
Questions worth asking any local vendor before you decide
- Does stock deduct at the peg level, or only at the bottle level? Many general-purpose billing tools relabelled for bars only track whole bottles, missing the precision that actually catches shrinkage.
- Does it generate a named excise register format (like FLR 1/A or FLR-4), or just a generic "sales report" you'd still need to reformat by hand for an inspection?
- Is pricing published anywhere, or only available after a demo call? A vendor unwilling to publish pricing is harder to compare honestly against alternatives.
- Is the interface available in Marathi, or English-only? For staff more comfortable in Marathi, this materially affects day-to-day usability, not just a nice-to-have.
- What's the backup story — is it automatic, dual-location, with corruption recovery, or a single local file with no redundancy?
Where HotelBarDost's ₹17,000 lands
Peg billing at 30ml–2,000ml with automatic bottle-fraction deduction, named FLR 1/A and FLR-4-style excise registers with PDF/CSV export, a bilingual English/Marathi interface, dual-location automatic backup with corruption detection, and published pricing with no demo-gate — all included at the one price, with no separate per-module cost.
A cheaper local package that's really a generic retail billing tool with a bar label can be a reasonable choice if your needs are simple — but it's worth knowing the difference before committing, not after your first excise inspection.