Which company registration service should I use in India?
File through MCA's own SPICe+ form with a startup CA you can call, or pay a filing platform for a fixed price and a dashboard: Razorpay Rize (Rs 1,499 plus government fee), Vakilsearch (Starter at Rs 999 plus government fee), IndiaFilings (from Rs 2,899) or LegalWiz (from Rs 2,999 plus government fees). The government's own cost is small: a company with authorised capital up to Rs 15 lakh pays zero MCA filing fee and only state stamp duty, plus Rs 66 for PAN and Rs 65 for TAN, and Rs 1,000 if you reserve the name separately first. One SPICe+ filing also gives you DIN, PAN, TAN, EPFO, ESIC and a bank account. A platform adds DSCs, the MoA and AoA drafting and the follow-up with the registrar; none of them advises on founder shares, vesting or a shareholders' agreement. Rule: choose whoever will also file your annual returns, because a company files with the registrar every year.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs' own FAQ on SPICe+, the single web form that incorporates a company. It lists the 11 services the form bundles and states the fees: zero filing fee for authorised capital up to Rs 15 lakh, Rs 1,000 for a separate name reservation, and state stamp duty.
Companies with authorised capital up to Rs 15 lakh pay zero filing fee and only state stamp duty.
One SPICe+ filing allots DIN, PAN, TAN, EPFO and ESIC numbers and opens the bank account; Professional Tax too in Maharashtra, Karnataka and West Bengal.
Upload the DSC-signed PDFs within 15 days of the SRN and pay within 7 days, or the SRN is cancelled.
This is the practical checklist for two founders sitting in different cities: it spells out that you need just one registered office in India, a minimum of two directors and two shareholders, and at least one resident director, all filed online through SPICe+. It even links state-specific pages, so the founder outside the metro and the co-founder in Bengaluru can see that where each of you sits does not fork the incorporation.
One Indian Pvt Ltd with a single registered office covers both founders regardless of city, no second entity needed
At least one director must be an Indian resident, and the whole SPICe+ filing (PAN, TAN, GST, DIN) is done online, so no one has to relocate to incorporate
You need a minimum of two directors and two shareholders, which a two-founder team meets by default
The India-specific counterpart to the Delaware question, from Razorpay's own founder-incorporation arm. It confirms a Pvt Ltd is fully filable yourself on the MCA portal without a CA, that platforms bundle drafting plus government liaison for less than a traditional CA's fee, and then names the exact cases where you actually need a professional: foreign directors, funding-grade financial projections, and multi-state or international GST and tax compliance.
The official SPICe+ e-form on the MCA V3 portal, which is what every platform and CA files on your behalf. Open it to see exactly what is being filed in your name, even if someone else does the filing.
Razorpay's incorporation service, priced at Rs 1,499 plus government fee for a Private Limited Company, an LLP or an OPC on its own page. A natural pick if you will bank and take payments with Razorpay, since the company lands ready for its other products.
One of the largest Indian filing platforms. Its Starter plan for a Private Limited Company is Rs 999 plus government fee and promises registration in 7 working days with name approval and DSCs for two directors.
An Indian filing platform whose page starts Private Limited registration at Rs 2,999 plus government fees and lays out, in one table, how a Pvt Ltd compares with an LLP and an OPC on audit, tax and compliance.
If you plan to register in India, a free handle and a free domain still will not save you if the name is already a registered company. This is the official Ministry of Corporate Affairs search that tells you whether an identical or closely similar company or LLP name already exists, and the preliminary check needs no login. It is the one India-specific step the global tools skip.
