Arka Inventory vs NetSuite: Replace Stock, Keep Books

If your team uses NetSuite mainly for stock, purchasing and costing, you are paying for a full ERP (enterprise resource planning, one system that runs finance, stock, sales and more) to do three jobs.

That changes the search. Instead of asking which ERP to move to, ask which parts of NetSuite you actually use. For a team that already works in Salesforce, the stock part can live inside Salesforce itself, while your accounting tool keeps the books.

The cost sheet and four checks below turn that into a decision. Whether you need an ERP at all is a separate decision, covered in When Do You Need an ERP for Inventory Management?

• Arka Inventory suits a Salesforce team whose NetSuite use is mainly stock, warehouses, purchasing, production and costing. Lot and serial tracking, landed cost, sales orders and bin tracking need our Enterprise plan.
• As of November 2026, Basic is $199 a month and Advance is $499 a month, both paid yearly. Bills of materials start on Advance, and Enterprise is priced to your needs. For 20 users the Basic and Advance subscriptions work out at $11,964 and $17,220 a year (our arithmetic below), before Salesforce seats and your accounting tool.
• Arka Inventory keeps stock inside Salesforce while Tally or QuickBooks Online keeps the books.
• You can test our software first: the 15-day free trial gives full access with no credit card.

Arka Inventory is the one we recommend for a Salesforce-based manufacturer or distributor that uses NetSuite mainly for stock, purchasing, warehouse work and costing. It is built natively on Salesforce, so stock, orders and your sales team share one platform. Your accounting tool, such as Tally, keeps the books.

As of November 2026, we have more than 30 paying B2B customers, including Meta Power Solutions (transformer manufacturing) and HCPL Hexmoto (manufacturing). We have offices in Bengaluru and Hyderabad. You can reach support at support@arkainventory.com or +91 93902 73833.

You replace the stock layer: warehouses, bins, purchase orders, bills of materials, lots, serial numbers, landed cost and available-to-promise. You keep the books: the general ledger and tax filings stay in your accounting tool. Splitting NetSuite this way shows what you are really buying.

If your books are in Tally, run the stock health check for Tally users first.

Run four checks before you decide.

Does anyone outside finance need NetSuite's finance screens?

Ask each team lead to list the NetSuite screens they open every week. Pass: nobody outside finance uses anything beyond stock, purchasing, production or costing. Fail: operations leads rely on finance-close or tax screens, so price a full ERP.

Do your reps already work in Salesforce?

Count how many reps create quotes or orders in Salesforce today. Pass: at least 80% do. Fail: sales works elsewhere and will not move.

Can your accountant keep the ledger in Tally?

Confirm your accountant can keep the ledger in Tally. Pass: yes. Fail: the ledger must sit with the stock records.

Can a rep promise stock from one screen?

The test: a rep answers "can we ship 200 units by Friday?" from warehouse stock, committed stock and incoming purchase orders. Pass: one screen, no export. Fail: the rep has to ask operations.

Does Arka Inventory replace NetSuite's general ledger and India tax filing?

No. Arka Inventory handles stock, purchasing, production and costing inside Salesforce, and your accounting tool such as Tally keeps the ledger and GST (Goods and Services Tax) filings. If you are weighing other ERPs, see our comparisons with Odoo and SAP Business One.

Compare them line by line, over three years, using a written NetSuite quote against our plan prices. As of November 2026, NetSuite prices through a written quote, and its pricing page carries no list prices. Our subscription is the plan price plus extra users, times twelve. NetSuite's side is whatever your quote says, so fill it in rather than relying on estimates.

Our model for three years: implementation + year one fees + year two fees + year three fees. Ask for the renewal cap in writing, because year-two and year-three fees depend on it.

Our subscription, worked out (as of November 2026, in US dollars from our pricing page). Monthly cost = plan price + (users − included users) × per-user price. Basic includes 1 user at $42 per extra user; Advance includes 2 users at $52 per extra user.

For Arka Inventory, our model for three years is year-one price × 3, assuming no price change; confirm the renewal terms in writing. For 20 users that is $35,892 on Basic and $51,660 on Advance.

Enterprise is priced to your needs. Choose it if you need sales orders, lot and serial tracking, landed cost or bin tracking.

For Salesforce seats, Salesforce's India pricing page shows Sales Cloud (its CRM product) from ₹3,000 per user per month (Starter Suite) to ₹66,000 (Max), with most editions billed annually, as of November 2026. Enter the seats you hold or need at your own contract price.

Buyers decide on three points: how reliably sales can promise stock, how much production and costing detail they get, and how fast they can start. For a team that already works in Salesforce, Arka Inventory keeps stock, commitments and orders on the same platform.

How reliably can sales promise stock?

We show visibility across warehouses, committed and reserved inventory, incoming stock, lead times and material availability, all inside Salesforce. Multi-warehouse allocation works through warehouse-level visibility, commitment, allocation and reallocation, not one total across every warehouse. Commit Inventory lets you commit, allocate and reallocate stock against orders, so you avoid overselling. Sales orders are part of our Enterprise plan. The test for any system: can a rep answer "can we ship 200 units by Friday?" from warehouse, committed and incoming stock on one screen?

What production and costing detail do you get?

Our Advance plan covers bills of materials, production and kitting. Our features also include material availability checks, consumption tracking, forecasting, purchase automation, landed cost and custom reports and dashboards. If you buy abroad, our landed cost feature sits on Enterprise.

How are your data and security handled?

You can export your data at any time, in the format you choose, or use the API (a way for other software to read and write your data). We are built on the Salesforce platform, which provides encryption at rest and in transit, access controls and SOC (System and Organization Controls) audit reports.

To test it on your own data, book a demo and bring your NetSuite quote.