Hegde Audit
Hegde Audit is practice management software for chartered accountant and financial audit firms.
What Hegde Audit is
Hegde Audit is practice management software for chartered accountant and financial audit firms. It keeps client records, engagements, time, work in progress, and professional fee invoices in one system. Workflows cover independence confirmations, PBC requests, workpapers, findings, timesheets, and review sign-off, including partner approval before reports are issued. Supported audit types include statutory, tax audit u/s 44AB, GST/GSTR-9C, concurrent, internal, review, and stock audits. Engagements can use CARO and Form 3CD style checklists. Firms can deploy it on their own server or use managed cloud hosting. The self-hosted licence supports unlimited users and departments on one production instance, with remote installation included. Managed Cloud provides daily backups, disaster recovery, updates, and security patches. Hegde Solutions is based in Bengaluru and was founded in 2017.
Good
- Covers multiple statutory and specialist audit types
- Workpapers include preparation, review, and sign-off
- CARO and Form 3CD style checklists
- Unlimited users on one production instance
- Managed cloud includes daily backups and updates
Watch out
- No free plan
- Managed Cloud adds 18% GST
- No integrations are named
- Self-hosted licence requires a one-time payment
Who it suits
It suits chartered accountant firms and audit practices managing many client files across a year. Self-hosting fits firms keeping audit files on their own server.
Verdict
Hegde Audit combines audit engagement workflows, Indian checklists, billing, and review controls for accounting practices. Its hybrid deployment offers either server-based files or managed cloud maintenance, with paid plans only.
Plans and prices
From Hegde Audit's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Managed Cloud | ₹4,500 a month | managed hosting · automated daily backups · updates and security patches included · per month; GST 18% extra |
| Optional Annual Support (AMC) | ₹10,000 a year | optional support · per year |
| Managed Cloud Quarterly Plan | ₹12,000, paid once | managed cloud hosting · per quarter |
| Managed Cloud Yearly Plan | ₹42,000 a year | managed cloud hosting · page says “Save ~20-25%” · per year |
| Self-Hosted Licence | ₹55,000, paid once | perpetual licence · unlimited users and departments on one production instance · remote installation included · one-time; GST 18% extra |
The facts
Each one read from Hegde Audit's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audit types
- The product page lists statutory, tax audit u/s 44AB, GST/GSTR-9C, concurrent, internal, review, and stock audits.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Capacity limit
- The maker says the licence supports unlimited users on its production instance.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Cloud maintenance
- The managed cloud plan includes automated daily backups, disaster recovery, continuous software updates, and security patches.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Deployment and data
- The product is offered as a self-hosted licence on the firm's server or as managed cloud hosting; the maker says self-hosted client audit files stay on the firm's server.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Indian checklists
- Engagements can include CARO and Form 3CD style checklists.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The product page's “Works well with” section names no integrations or connected products.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker identifies chartered accountant firms and audit practices managing many client files across a year as the intended users.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Practice workflows
- It covers client records, engagements, independence confirmations, PBC requests, workpapers, findings, timesheets, WIP, and professional fee invoices.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Hegde Audit is practice management software for CA and financial audit firms, keeping the firm's client files, time, and fees.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Review controls
- Workpapers support prepare, review, and sign-off, and the page describes partner sign-off before a report is issued.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker offers a support ticket form for bugs, how-to questions, installs, licences, and annual maintenance support help.checked 9 Oct 2026
The company
- Company
- Hegde Solutions describes itself as a Bengaluru-based software firm founded in 2017.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2017checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Bengaluru, Karnataka, Indiachecked 28 Sep 2026
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