About Refrens
What is Refrens?
Refrens is cloud accounting software for Indian businesses that combines GST compliance, invoicing, accounting, inventory and workflow management. It updates the books automatically whenever a sale or purchase is recorded, generates financial reports, automates bank reconciliation and keeps audit trails. For GST, Refrens creates e-invoices and e-way bills, generates GSTR-1 and GSTR-2B reports and automates GSTR-2B reconciliation. Businesses can create, customise and share invoices, quotations and other documents, collect and track payments, and automate recurring billing, payment reminders, journal entries and inventory updates with approval workflows. Beyond accounting, Refrens includes expense and vendor management, sales management with lead capture forms, multiple pipelines and IndiaMART and Meta integrations, and integrations with third-party platforms. Refrens says it is trusted by more than 100,000 businesses from over 170 countries and is rated 4.8 out of 5.
Who is Refrens for?
Refrens is for Indian small and growing businesses, freelancers and agencies that want accounting, GST, invoicing, inventory and sales pipelines in one cloud platform.
What type of software is Refrens?
Refrens is listed under Accounting Software.
What are Refrens's core capabilities?
Refrens' capabilities span accounting, receivables, inventory, expenses and sales. Accounting updates books automatically from sales and purchases, generates financial reports, automates bank reconciliation and provides audit trails. GST compliance covers e-invoices, e-way bills, GSTR-1 and GSTR-2B reports and automated GSTR-2B reconciliation. Receivables tools create and share invoices and quotations, collect and record payments, auto-generate receipts, send automated payment reminders, run recurring billing and produce ageing reports, with approval workflows. Inventory updates automatically on every sale or purchase, manages stock across multiple locations, tracks batches, serial numbers and expiry, and reports valuation and product-wise profitability. Expense management records purchases, expenses, salaries and reimbursements, tracks vendor payments and produces vendor, TDS, HSN and GSTR-2B reports. Sales management captures leads through forms, manages multiple pipelines, centralises communication and integrates with IndiaMART and Meta, alongside vendor onboarding workflows.
- MCA Rule 3(1) Audit Trail / Edit Log
- NIC E-Invoicing Direct API
- GSTR-2B Automated 3-Way Reconciliation
- Automated Bank Reconciliation (BRS API)
- CA Multi-Client Portal / Accountant Access
- Multi-Branch / Multi-GSTIN Accounting
Answers above are based on Refrens's website, read on 6 Oct 2026.
Who makes Refrens?
Refrens is built by Refrens Internet Private Limited, incorporated in 2019 and based in Bengaluru, founded by Naman Sarawagi and Mohit Jain. The company has raised roughly $1.2M from Collective Fund, UpSparks, and ITI Growth Opportunities.
What CAs are saying about Refrens
Refrens has no reviews on SoftwaresForCA yet.
Wider market feedback
Highly rated by Indian service exporters and agencies for payment collection speed.
Editorial summary of public sources — see Sources below.
Screenshots
Key features
- ✓MCA Rule 3(1) Audit Trail / Edit Log
- ✓NIC E-Invoicing Direct API
- ✓GSTR-2B Automated 3-Way Reconciliation
- ✓Automated Bank Reconciliation (BRS API)
- ✓CA Multi-Client Portal / Accountant Access
- ✓Multi-Branch / Multi-GSTIN Accounting
- ✓E-Way Bill Auto-Generation — Yes (GSP-based API integration)
- ✓WhatsApp Invoice & Payment Reminder Dispatch
- ✓Multi-Currency Accounting
- ✓Cloud SaaS Deployment
- ✓Mobile App (Android / iOS)
- ✓Role-Based Branch Level Permissions
- ✓256-Bit Data Encryption
- ✓Free Trial Available
- ✓Starting Commercial Pricing
- ✓Barcode Generation & Scanning
- ✓Low-Stock / Reorder Alerts — Yes (configurable thresholds per help docs)
- ✓UPI / QR Payment Collection on Invoice
- ✓Recurring Invoices / Scheduled Billing
- ✓Customer / Vendor Self-Service Portal — Yes (Vendor Center confirmed; customer-side self-service evidence is weaker — flagged for owner)
- ✓Open Developer API
- ✓Industry-Specific Vertical Modules
Show 6 more items (not supported or not yet verified)
- ?MSME 45-Day Overdue Payment Flagging (Section 43B(h))
- ?TDS Section 26Q & 194Q Automation
- ✕Schedule III Balance Sheet & P&L Auto-Generation
- ✕Direct Tally XML Sync / Migration Tool
- ✕Inventory Management (Batch / Expiry / Serial)
- ✕Payroll Module
Pricing
- Free basic tier / ₹500 – ₹1,200 / month
Premium plans include custom branding, multi-user permissions, and automated reminders.
From the vendor's published pricing as of 25 Aug 2026. Confirm current prices with the vendor.
Limitations to know
Heavy manufacturing inventory and offline desktop operations.
- Not designed for complex physical inventory or manufacturing shop floors
- Schedule III reporting requires CA export