TallyPrime Cloud Access or a Tally server on cloud: an honest comparison

What TallyPrime Cloud Access is

TallyPrime Cloud Access is a hosting service sold by Tally Solutions itself. Your TallyPrime runs on a virtual computer in the cloud, and each person logs in with a Tally.NET ID, a password and a numeric Secure PIN. Tally says the service is hosted on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Its product page does not say which data centre or country your data is kept in, so ask Tally if that matters to you.

The virtual computer runs Linux, and TallyPrime runs inside a WINE compatibility layer rather than on Windows. You connect either through Tally's own Cloud Access client, which uses Remote Desktop (RDP) underneath and installs only on Windows desktops and laptops, or through a web browser, which has a File Manager for uploading and downloading files. Mobile phones and tablets are not supported.

It is sold in 3, 6 and 12-month subscriptions that renew automatically until you cancel. The price covers the hosting only: you still need a TallyPrime licence.

What a Tally server on cloud is

The other route, usually sold by hosting companies as "Tally on Cloud" or Tally server hosting, is simpler to describe. Your existing TallyPrime is installed on a Windows Server in a data centre, and everyone reaches it over Remote Desktop. It is a full Windows desktop, so most things that run on an office PC can run beside Tally. You pay for the server, sized by how many people use it at once, and you bring your own licence.

Some providers manage the server for you. Others, such as a bare Windows instance on a public cloud, leave the Tally installation, user accounts, firewall rules and backups to you. The comparison below assumes a managed server.

TallyPrime Cloud Access vs Tally on Cloud, side by side

All prices in this guide exclude 18% GST.

TallyPrime Cloud Access price, and what it leaves out

Tally lists six plans, priced per user per month with unlimited hours of use. The monthly totals below simply multiply the per-user price by the pack size. They are before 18% GST and do not include the TallyPrime licence. Tally's pricing page was last updated on 30 September 2025, so check the current figures before you buy.

Two things stand out. The larger plans share resources: Performance and Performance Plus both have 8 vCPU, 32 GB of RAM and 40 GB of storage, for 12 and 16 users. And on hosting price alone, Cloud Access is cheaper than a managed Windows server at every size it covers. Two users cost ₹1,200 a month on the Regular plan, against ₹1,899 for our 1–2 user Tally on Cloud server; sixteen users cost ₹7,200, against ₹9,199 for our 11–20 user server.

Tally's product page also lists a separate TallyPrime Server Pack, shown from ₹750 plus GST with TallyPrime Server pre-installed, whose tiers go well beyond 16 users and up to 100 GB of storage. Its pricing basis for each tier is not spelt out on the page, so ask Tally for a quote if your office is larger than the standard plans allow.

What the per-user price does not show is what you cannot do on the service, which is covered further down. If those limits do not affect your office, the cheaper option is the sensible one.

The Tally licence you need for cloud use

Neither option includes a licence. Tally sells TallyPrime Silver for a single PC and Gold for multiple users; if more than one person needs Tally open at the same time, you need Gold. Tally's prices as shown on 15 November 2026, all plus 18% GST (the 12-month rental is shown discounted from ₹9,000 and ₹27,000):

With Cloud Access, you surrender the licence on your own computer and reactivate it on the virtual computer. Tally's FAQ says the same licence cannot be used in two environments at once, so plan for the office PC to stop running Tally on that licence. On a hosted Windows server, you activate your licence just as you would on a desktop.

Either way, budget for the licence as a separate line. A two-person office on Cloud Access with a yearly Gold licence would pay ₹24,300 a year for the licence and ₹14,400 a year for hosting (₹1,200 × 12), both before GST.

Add-ons, Excel and printing: where the two differ

This is where most firms make up their minds. Tally's own FAQ sets out the limits of Cloud Access:

• Customisations. TDL and TCP customisations work. Add-ons that ship as .exe or .dll files do not, and you cannot install any third-party application.
• Microsoft Office. Not supported on the virtual computer. Applications on your own PC can exchange data with Tally through Tally's Sync over HTTP or ODBC, which is free for one user.
• Printing. The client detects your local printers. From a browser, you can print only to PDF.
• Releases. Only one TallyPrime release can be installed at a time, and releases are updated from Tally's Self Service Portal. Tally's FAQ gives Release 2.0 as the minimum, while its getting-started guide asks for Release 6.0 or later, so confirm the current requirement with Tally before you plan a move.
• Storage and backups. Between 5 GB and 40 GB, depending on the plan. An automatic backup runs each time the system starts and cannot be stopped, and the oldest backups are deleted once the storage limit is reached.

On a Windows server these limits fall away. Excel, a PDF printer, your bank's portal and GST utilities run beside Tally on the same desktop; add-ons that install as Windows programs install as usual; local printers and drives pass through Remote Desktop, so imports and exports work as they do in the office. The price of that freedom is a higher monthly bill and a Windows server that someone has to keep patched and backed up, which is the job a managed provider takes on.

Which should you choose?

Cloud Access is probably the better fit if:

• one or two people use Tally, and only Tally;
• your customisations are TDL or TCP, with no .exe or .dll add-ons;
• everyone works from a Windows PC or laptop, or is content with browser access and PDF printing;
• your company data and its backups fit within the plan's storage;
• you are happy to subscribe for 3 to 12 months at a time.

A Tally server on cloud is probably the better fit if:

• staff use Excel, a bank portal or GST utilities alongside Tally and want them on the same desktop;
• you depend on a third-party add-on that installs as a program;
• your company data and its backups need more room than the standard plans give (40 GB at most);
• people need to connect from a phone, or print to a local printer from a Mac (Cloud Access gives a Mac browser access only, which prints to PDF);
• you want to know which city your accounts data is stored in.

And if Tally runs for one person on a reliable office PC with a disciplined backup routine, you may not need either. Both options also depend on a working internet connection; a basic broadband line is enough for Remote Desktop, but it is not optional.

Moving your company data to the cloud

Before either move, take a fresh backup of your company data and check which TallyPrime release you are on. With Cloud Access, you start the subscription, surrender the licence locally, reactivate it on the virtual computer and bring your company data across, for example through the browser client's File Manager. Tally's getting-started guide walks through each step.

With a managed Windows server, the provider usually does the move. Ours goes like this: we provision the server, install TallyPrime, restore the backup you send us and check that the balances match yours before handing over Remote Desktop logins, one per person. Most customers are working the same day.

Tally on Cloud at Bigdomainhost

Our Tally on Cloud puts your existing TallyPrime on Windows Server 2019 or 2022 in a Tier III facility in Mumbai or Delhi. Plans are priced per server and sized by concurrent users: ₹1,899 a month for 1–2 users, ₹3,399 for 3–5, ₹4,499 for 6–10 and ₹9,199 for 11–20, excluding 18% GST, with no per-user fee. For more than 20 users, call +91 75994 50220 and we will size it with you.

Each plan includes a licensed Windows Server with Remote Desktop, printer and local-drive passthrough, nightly backups with browsable restore points, on-demand backups, Remote Desktop limited to IP addresses you nominate, encryption at rest, data kept in India, a 99.9% SLA and 24×7 phone support answered by a person. Servers resize in place as you add users. We do not sell or rent Tally licences, so you bring your own, and Gold if more than one person works at once. If you leave, we hand over the company data folder and a final backup; data on a cancelled service is kept for 7 days and then deleted. Tally on Cloud is ordered by enquiry rather than self-serve.

If Cloud Access suits your office better, use it. A cheaper service that does the job is better than a server you do not need.

Tally, TallyPrime and Tally.NET are trademarks of Tally Solutions, named here for identification only; Bigdomainhost is an independent hosting provider and does not imply any affiliation with Tally Solutions. Tally's prices and terms were checked on 15 November 2026 and may change.

Sources (checked 15 November 2026)

• Tally Solutions: TallyPrime Cloud Access, Starting at 600 INR
• Tally Solutions: TallyPrime Cloud Access – Flexible Pricing Plans for Your Business
• Tally Solutions: TallyPrime Cloud Access FAQ
• Tally Solutions: Getting started with TallyPrime Cloud Access
• Tally Solutions: Start small or go big with flexible plans starting at ₹750