Built for the next generation of finance teams
OwnBooks grew out of an accountancy management platform we built and use ourselves — now shaped into a product any firm or business can run on.
10+
modules on one ledger
124+
step-by-step guides
3+
banks over H2H
10+
statutory returns & reports
Our story
The tool we wished existed.
Most accounting software is either a spreadsheet with a coat of paint or an enterprise system that takes months to learn. Working with accountants and business owners, we kept seeing the same story.
The problem
Books kept by heroics
- Hours lost to duplicate data entry
- Month-ends that dragged on for weeks
- Compliance deadlines managed from memory
What we built
One ledger for everything
- Invoices, expenses, ledgers and GST live together
- Every entry balanced and traceable
- Every entity's position on one screen
Where we are
Proven, then opened up
- Built in-house for our own accountancy practice
- Closing real books on it, month after month
- Now refined into OwnBooks for every business
We run our own books on OwnBooks first. Everything we ship has been proven on a real month-end before it reaches yours.
Why we exist
Vision & mission
Our vision
Every Indian business running on books it can trust — and truly owns.
We see a future where the depth of an ERP is available to every finance team — without the heavy cost and the army of consultants.
Our mission
Make serious accounting simple, modern and accessible for every business.
- 1Books that are correct by construction, not by month-end heroics
- 2Indian compliance handled inside everyday work
- 3Enterprise-grade controls within reach of growing businesses
The product
One platform for the whole finance function
Ledger, payables, receivables, tax, assets, inventory and group reporting on a single double-entry ledger — so every statement reads the same numbers.
Ten modules. One ledger.
Tap any module to see what it does.
India-first compliance
Returns prepared from your own posted books.
Controls built in
- Maker–checker approvals
- Journal risk scoring 0–100
- Audit work papers
- Full activity log
Accessibility
Open to your whole team
Finance involves more people than the accountant — owners, approvers, auditors and CAs. OwnBooks is built so every one of them can get in, find their way and do their part.
Works in any browser
Nothing to install or maintain — OwnBooks runs in your web browser.
Reach your books from anywhere
Office, home or on the road — the same live ledger, securely signed in.
The right access for each person
Admin, Accountant and Viewer roles — give auditors and your CA read-only access.
Plain language, guided help
124 step-by-step guides and a guided tour on every screen, so new team members get going fast.
Every change on record
A full activity log records who did what and when — admins can filter and export it for auditors.
Reports you can take anywhere
Export lists and reports to Excel, CSV or PDF whenever you need them.
Our team
The people behind OwnBooks
Accountants, engineers and designers who have lived the month-end crunch — and built our way out of it.
Photo coming soonFounder & CEO
Vision, customers and company direction
Photo coming soonHead of Product
Turning finance workflows into simple screens
Photo coming soonHead of Engineering
The ledger, integrations and reliability
Photo coming soonFinance & Compliance Lead
GST, TDS, Ind AS and audit readiness
Photo coming soonCustomer Success Lead
Onboarding, migration and support
Photo coming soonDesign Lead
Clarity, accessibility and the details
What we stand for
Our values
Accuracy first
Books you can't trust are worse than no books. Every entry in OwnBooks is double-entry correct and fully traceable.
Simplicity without dumbing down
Real accounting under the hood, plain language on the surface. Powerful for accountants, approachable for owners.
Compliance as a default
GST and statutory obligations shouldn't be an afterthought. OwnBooks bakes them into everyday workflows.
Transparency by design
Every entry is traceable to its source document, and every change is on the activity log.
ERP depth. Accounting-app simplicity.
Open the portal and see your books, or talk to us for a walkthrough tailored to your organisation.