Money, Pricing & Model

For an Indian B2B SaaS, should I price and invoice in rupees or dollars?

A starting point

Price in the currency of the buyer's mental budget: rupees for Indian companies, dollars for overseas ones, even if it means running two price lists. Indian buyers anchor hard on rupee figures and a dollar sticker can read as expensive or foreign, while global buyers expect dollars and a rupee price can read as cheap. This is a positioning choice as much as an accounting one, so decide who you are really selling to first.

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India Free Intermediate

Why we picked it SaaSBoomi is the community of Indian SaaS founders, so when its hosts work through pricing plans (product, perceived value, market segment, buyer persona) you get lived, India-aware detail rather than a generic US SaaS playbook. It is the closest thing to hearing operators who sell to both Indian and global buyers reason out loud about what a plan should look like. We could not fetch the page directly (the site blocks automated requests), so confirm it loads and, if the link moves, the same episode is listed on the SaaSBoomi Apple Podcasts feed.

Getting SaaS Pricing Right (SaaSBoomi Podcast)

On SaaSBoomi by SaaSBoomi (hosts Arvind Parthiban and Varun Shoor)

  • Pricing is a function of the product, its perceived value, the market segment, and the buyer persona, not a number you copy from a competitor.
  • Indian operators building for global buyers weigh how Indian and international customers perceive price very differently.
  • Pricing is iterative: the common failure is setting it once and never revisiting it as the product and buyers change.
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✓ Link checked India Free Intermediate

Why we picked it This is the rare piece that answers the currency question the way an Indian founder actually hits it: the GST angle (invoicing in INR can trigger 18% on exports, while a Letter of Undertaking keeps foreign-currency invoices zero-rated) sitting right next to the practical buyer and FX-cost trade-offs. It is written for exporters and verified by a CA, so the tax detail is grounded rather than hand-wavy. Treat it as a starting point for the compliance mechanics, then sanity-check with your own accountant since RBI and GST rules shift.

Should I Invoice in INR or Foreign Currency?

From Skydo by Sukanya (reviewed by CA Akshay Kumar), Skydo

  • Invoicing an overseas client in INR can pull you into 18% GST on the export, while a Letter of Undertaking (LUT) lets you invoice in foreign currency zero-rated.
  • Default to invoicing in the client's currency (USD for a US buyer), but weigh conversion fees, bank spreads, and FX swings against that.
  • Buyer preference matters: some clients want their local currency for their own books, so ask rather than assume.
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