Cloud transport software vs desktop: the difference is who can see the booking, and from where
A desktop package knows one PC. The owner at home, the branch across town, the accountant in his office and the driver at the pump are all outside it. NShine ERP runs in the browser, with a driver app on the phone and WhatsApp into the inbox, so the booking is the same record wherever it is read.
*No credit card required
Side by side
Desktop package | NShine ERP in the browser | |
|---|---|---|
Where it runs | One PC in the office | Any browser; nothing to install |
The owner at home | Phones the office | Opens the dashboard |
A second branch | A second copy, merged by hand | The same account, filtered |
The accountant | Gets printouts or a backup file | Logs in to the books and reports |
The driver | Phones in | WhatsApp into AI Inbox, or the driver app |
GPS | A separate vendor website | Telematics accounts on the same screen as bookings |
Backups and updates | Yours to do | Done for you |
Tally | Export, if the package has one | One-way export to TallyPrime |
What the browser gives a transport company
Logins per role
Dispatch, billing, accounts, workshop and owner each see their own screens, from wherever they are.
Drivers on the road
Fuel slips, PODs and "delivered" from WhatsApp or the app land on the booking the same minute.
Trucks on a map
Live Tracking from the GPS accounts you already have, next to the loads.
The CA logs in
Day book, trial balance and tax reports without a backup file in an email.
The owner's dashboard
Year-to-date tiles, receivables, payables, fuel, services and documents on one screen.
Your sheets still work
Excel in through AI Data Import; Excel out from every list and report.
See it from two devices at once
A 30-minute demo where a booking made on one screen shows up on the other. No credit card, no setup fee.
Before and after
One PC
A desktop package today:
- The clerk is the only one who can look anything up
- Branch data merged at month-end, badly
- The CA works from a backup file three weeks old
- Drivers phone in; PODs arrive by courier
- The owner asks and waits
NShine ERP
The same company in the browser:
- Everyone with a login looks it up themselves
- Branches on one account
- The CA reads live books
- Drivers send; the office approves
- The owner reads the dashboard
What does not change
The work is the same: book the load, bill it, pay the driver and the owner, keep the papers, keep the books. The difference is that it happens once, on one record, from wherever the person doing it is standing.
Moving from a desktop package
- Export your lists and register to Excel.
- Import them through AI Data Import; opening balances for parties.
- Give logins to the office, the branch and the accountant.
- Put drivers on WhatsApp; connect the GPS accounts.
- Take the next load in the browser.
Good to know
Nothing to install in the office; drivers use WhatsApp or the app
Works with the GPS accounts you already have
Every module in every plan; free trial, no setup fee
One-way export to TallyPrime if the CA stays on Tally
Watch the product in action
A walkthrough of the transport management software, in your preferred language.
Frequently asked questions
The browser version is the only version
Plans are priced by bookings per month and own vehicles, with a free trial and no setup fee. Pick the one that fits, or book a demo first.