sims-hq/docs/15-EDITIONS.md

14 — Editions: One Codebase, Four Configurable Plans

Hard rule: every cell below is a DB row (plan, plan_feature, price_book, setting — 07-DB-AND-CONFIG §2), never code. Changing a limit, price, or privilege is configuration; new editions are new rows. Upgrades apply in place — the paywall is a demo.

Identity & positioning

Dimension	Lite	Standard	Pro	Enterprise
Target business	Mini/small shop, kirana	Medium store	Supermarket, pharmacy	Chains, multi-outlet
Positioning	"Bill in 15 minutes"	"Run the whole store"	"Run it at scale"	"Run every store"
Price posture (₹ = D5, rows in price_book)	Entry; monthly allowed	Mid; annual preferred	Premium; annual	Custom quote
Billing basis	Per store	Per store + per counter	Per store + per counter	Per org, negotiated
Support privilege	Dealer/WhatsApp	Dealer priority	Priority + remote fix	Dedicated + SLA

Capacity limits (rows in plan_feature, enforced at runtime)

Limit	Lite	Standard	Pro	Enterprise
Counters	1	3	8	Unlimited
Stores	1	1	2	Unlimited
Users	2	6	15	Unlimited
SKUs (validated target)	5,000	15,000	100,000	100,000+
Bills/day (validated target)	200	600	2,500	2,500/store
Held bills per counter	3	10	20	20

Feature privileges (rows in plan_feature; ✗ renders as upsell, never hidden)

Feature	Lite	Standard	Pro	Enterprise
POS billing, suggestions, quick-add, khata, customer attach	✓	✓	✓	✓
GST invoices, HSN summary, core reports	✓	✓	✓	✓
Purchase entry + last-cost + drafts	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multi-counter + per-counter series	✗	✓	✓	✓
Schemes & offers, salesman tagging	✗	✓	✓	✓
Label printing	✗	✓	✓	✓
GSTR-1/3B exports, Tally export	✗	✓	✓	✓
Owner app	✗	✓	✓	✓
Weighing-scale barcodes & scale port	✗	✗	✓	✓
Batch/expiry tracking	✗	✗	✓	✓
Loyalty	✗	✗	✓	✓
Purchase Inbox (AI)	✗	✗	✓	✓
e-Invoice (IRN) + e-Way	✗	✗	✓	✓
Full accounting (P&L/BS)	✗	✗	✓	✓
B2B counter billing (GSTIN, IGST)	✗	✓	✓	✓
Multi-store HO console, transfers, central pricing	✗	✗	✗	✓
API access	✗	✗	✗	✓

Advantages story (what the dealer sells)

Edition	The advantage in one line
Lite	Cheapest way to bill legally, fast, with khata and WhatsApp — zero training
Standard	Everything the counter and the owner need for one busy store
Pro	Supermarket-grade: scale barcodes, batch/expiry, AI purchases, compliance automation
Enterprise	One brain for every outlet: central pricing, consolidated GST, APIs

Configurability rules

Rule	Meaning
Cells are rows	Every value above lives in plan/plan_feature/price_book — no release to change
Per-tenant overrides	A specific tenant can be granted any single privilege via a tenant-scope row
In-place upgrade	Locked feature → upsell panel → plan change → unlock without reinstall
Grace, never strand	Expiry enters grace (setting row); billing never stops mid-day
New editions	A fifth edition = new rows; the UI renders it automatically