How Much Does FBR Digital Invoicing Software Cost Per Month in Pakistan? (2026 Prices)

FBR does not charge you a single rupee for digital invoicing. The rules, the testing system and the connection are all free. Every cost you pay is for software or for a person to set it up.

On public price pages in Pakistan in September 2026, FBR digital invoicing software costs roughly Rs 1,000 to Rs 8,000 per month. Setup fees, where they are charged, run from nothing up to about Rs 25,000 one time. Digi Invoice has no setup fee and no per-invoice charge, and shares its price on request.

This guide shows where each of those numbers comes from. It also covers what the free government route really costs you in time, and the small print that turns a cheap plan into an expensive one.

This is the part most people get wrong, so it is worth saying plainly. FBR is the tax office. It does not sell software and it does not charge a licence fee for digital invoicing.

The API document is free. API means a connection that lets two software systems talk to each other. The sandbox is free — sandbox is FBR's practice system, where test invoices do not count as real ones. Your production token is free too. A token is the long secret key that lets your software send invoices to FBR in your name.

PRAL also connects you free of cost. PRAL is Pakistan Revenue Automation Limited, the government-owned company that runs FBR's computer systems. It is listed as a licensed integrator and charges no integrator fee.

So when a vendor tells you there is an "FBR fee" or an "FBR registration charge", ask them to show you where FBR published it. They cannot, because it does not exist.

We checked the public price pages of Pakistani vendors on 16 September 2026. These are list prices anyone can read, not quotes we were given.

Nimbus Digital Invoicing by LumenSoft publishes Rs 6,000 plus tax per month, with Rs 25,000 one-time setup charges, for one register and three users on that plan.

Other vendors publish starter plans up to about Rs 8,000 per month, often with a one-time setup fee of around Rs 15,000. Those starter plans usually cap how many invoices you may send. Fifty invoices a month is a common limit.

Digi Invoice gives the same features on every plan, with no setup fee and no per-invoice charge. For its current price, contact Digi Invoice on WhatsApp 0300 8680363.

Prices move. Treat every figure here as a September 2026 snapshot and check the vendor's own page before you pay. But the shape of the market is stable. The cheap end is around Rs 1,000 a month and the expensive end around Rs 8,000. Setup fees are where the real difference hides.

A setup fee is meant to cover the work of getting you live — enrolling you on IRIS, clearing FBR's test scenarios, and switching you from sandbox to production.

That work is real, but it is not always worth Rs 25,000. A ready web platform does most of it automatically. Ask the vendor exactly what the setup fee buys, in hours or in steps, and whether you pay it again if you add a second branch.

A custom build is a different animal. Say you want your existing ERP or accounting software wired directly into FBR. A development firm in Pakistan will typically quote Rs 100,000 to Rs 500,000, depending on how messy the existing system is. How to Connect Your ERP or Accounting Software to FBR Digital Invoicing (SAP, QuickBooks, Odoo, Tally) explains when that spend is justified and when it is not.

Take a small trading business with one location. On a Rs 1,000 per month plan paid yearly, the first year is Rs 10,000 and there is nothing else to pay.

On a Rs 6,000 per month plan with a Rs 25,000 setup fee, the first year is Rs 97,000, and the second year is Rs 72,000. On a Rs 8,000 plan with a Rs 15,000 setup fee it is Rs 111,000 in year one.

Go the custom ERP route and year one starts at Rs 100,000 and can pass Rs 500,000, plus whatever your developer charges to maintain it when FBR changes the API.

Now set that against the cost of doing nothing. The penalty for not integrating starts at Rs 1 million under the substituted clause (25) of section 33 of the Sales Tax Act 1990, with up to Rs 5 million more if the failure continues one month after that. FBR E-Invoicing Enforcement 2026: Notices, Audits and Compliance sets out the full ladder. Against those numbers, every price in this guide is small.

Ask these five questions in writing before you pay anything.

One: is there a limit on invoices per month, and what happens on the invoice after the limit? A starter plan capped at 50 invoices is fine for a consultant and useless for a shop.

Two: does the price cover every sale type? FBR has 28 test scenarios and many sale types — standard rate, reduced rate, zero-rated, exempt, 3rd Schedule, further tax, withheld tax. Some vendors charge per extra sale type.

Three: how many users and branches are included? Nimbus's published plan, for example, covers one register and three users. A second shop can mean a second subscription.

Four: who pays when FBR updates the API? The specification is already at version 1.12 and it will move again. Free updates should be in writing.

Five: is FBR error support included, or billed by the hour? Rejections are normal in the first weeks, and paying by the hour to fix error 0091 gets expensive fast.

Digi Invoice includes all sale types, unlimited invoices, sandbox and production support, and free API updates on every plan, with no per-invoice or per-scenario charge.

The free route is genuine. PRAL will connect you at no charge, and you can also type invoices straight into IRIS by hand at no charge.

What free does not include is software. PRAL gives you an API connection, not a screen. You still need a developer to build against the document, keep it running, and fix it when FBR changes something. Free means no integrator fee, not no work. Free FBR Digital Invoicing Software 2026: PRAL vs Paid compares the two sides line by line.

Typing into IRIS by hand costs nothing at all and suits a business issuing a few invoices a day. Above that it becomes a full-time job.

So the honest way to compare is not monthly fee against zero. It is monthly fee against the hours your staff will spend, plus the developer you would have to keep. For most businesses without an in-house tech team, Rs 1,000 a month is cheaper than one afternoon of a developer's time.

Updated October 2026. The cheapest software is the one that fits your invoice count. Count how many FBR invoices your shop sends in a month. Then compare the yearly total, not the monthly headline.

Vendors sell in three ways. Pay per invoice means you pay only for each invoice you send. A capped plan gives a fixed number of invoices for a monthly fee. A flat plan has no invoice limit at all.

We read three public price pages on 9 October 2026. FBR Invoice Software (fbrinvoicesoftware.pk) charges Rs 35 per invoice with no subscription, or Rs 3,000 a month for 100 invoices and Rs 7,000 a month for 300. DInvoice (dinvoice.pk) charges Rs 1,000 a month for up to 5 invoices, Rs 2,000 for up to 25 and Rs 3,000 for up to 250. DigitalManager (digitalinvoicingfbr.com) lists Rs 499 a month billed yearly, without support, and Rs 999 a month billed yearly for up to 1,000 invoices.

Worked example: a general store sends 30 FBR invoices a month. Pay per invoice costs 30 x Rs 35 = Rs 1,050 a month, or Rs 12,600 a year. A 5-invoice or 25-invoice plan is too small, so the shop needs the 250-invoice plan at Rs 3,000 a month, or Rs 36,000 a year. The Rs 499 plan costs Rs 5,988 a year, but you get no help when FBR rejects an invoice.

At 100 invoices a month the picture changes. Pay per invoice reaches Rs 3,500 a month, so the Rs 3,000 plan for 100 invoices is cheaper. At 300 invoices a month the same vendor's plan is Rs 7,000 a month, or Rs 84,000 a year. Per-invoice pricing is cheap for a few invoices and expensive for a busy counter.

So the rule for a small shop is simple. Under about 10 invoices a month, typing them into IRIS (FBR's free tax portal) by hand costs nothing. Above that, pick a plan with no invoice cap and with support included, because the first weeks bring FBR error codes.

Digi Invoice does not charge per invoice and does not cap the number of invoices. For a quote for your shop, contact Digi Invoice on WhatsApp 0300 8680363. Always check each vendor's own page before you pay, because prices change.

Step one: work out your real invoice volume per month. That single number decides whether a capped starter plan is a bargain or a trap.

Step two: ask every vendor for a total first-year figure in writing — subscription plus setup plus anything else — not a monthly headline.

Step three: check they are on FBR's own list of licensed integrators, at fbr.gov.pk/list-of-license-interprator. FBR Digital Invoicing: Licensed Integrator vs PRAL — How to Choose (2026) explains what that status does and does not guarantee.

Step four: test before you commit. Best FBR Digital Invoicing Software in Pakistan (2026): How to Choose lists the checks worth running, and How to Register for FBR Digital Invoicing (2026): Step by Step on IRIS covers the enrolment itself.

Digi Invoice has no setup fee and no per-invoice charge, and shares its price on WhatsApp 0300 8680363. It runs in your browser, checks each invoice against the FBR DI v1.12 rules before it goes, and prints the IRN and QR code on the invoice you hand your customer.

API — a connection that lets two software systems talk to each other without a person typing anything.

Sandbox — FBR's free practice system, where test invoices do not count as real ones.

Token — the long secret key that lets your software send invoices to FBR in your name. Treat it like a password.

Licensed integrator — a company FBR has approved to connect businesses to its invoicing system. PRAL is one of them and charges nothing.

IRN (Invoice Reference Number) — the unique number FBR sends back for each invoice, proving the invoice is real.