"Tally remote access" can mean five quite different things, and they differ on cost, licences and which devices work. Here we compare Tally's own Tally.NET Remote Access, AnyDesk to an office PC, a VPN, TallyPrime Cloud Access and a hosted Windows server. Every Tally rule links to Tally's own help pages, and we say plainly when a free option is all you need.
Tally remote access means working on your TallyPrime books from outside the office. You have five routes: Tally's built-in Tally.NET Remote Access (active TSS, office PC on, Windows only), AnyDesk to an office PC, a VPN, Tally's TallyPrime Cloud Access (no phones or tablets), or a hosted Windows server you open by Remote Desktop from any device.
Pick the devices you need, whether an office PC can stay on, whether your TSS is active and how many people work at once. The table highlights the best-fit route, rules out the ones that can't work and shows how each affects your Tally Virtual User (TVU) count.
| Option | Works from | Office PC left on? | Needs active TSS? | People at once | TVU impact | What you pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tally.NET Remote AccessBuilt into TallyPrime | Windows PCs TallyPrime must be installed at the remote end; no mobile |
Yes With the company connected |
Yes | Silver 1, Gold 10 remote users | Not TVU; has its own remote-user limit | Included with TSS: ₹4,500/yr Silver, ₹13,500/yr Gold |
| AnyDesk or TeamViewer to an office PCScreen sharing | Most devices You drive a full Windows desktop |
Yes Switched on and online |
No Not for access |
One person per office PC | None (Tally's TVU FAQ) | A paid plan for business use, plus the PC's upkeep |
| VPN to the office LANNetwork tunnel | Windows PCs TallyPrime runs on your laptop |
Yes Or an office server |
No | Licence not supported on a LAN created by VPN |
None for VPN alone; VPN plus RDP uses TVUs | VPN router or firewall, static IP, IT set-up |
| TallyPrime Cloud AccessTally Solutions' own cloud | Windows, Linux, Mac Mac via a browser; mobile and tablet not supported |
No | Your licence is required, bought separately | Packs for 1 to 16 users; Server packs for 8 to 128 | Tally Virtual User rules apply | From ₹600/user/month + GST, plus your licence |
| Hosted Windows serverTally on Cloud, e.g. TallyoCloud | Every device Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, Android, Linux, Chromebook |
No | No TVU doesn't depend on TSS |
Silver 1, Gold 10; more with TVU packs | 1 TVU per TallyPrime window opened | TallyoCloud: private server at ₹799/user/month + GST, plus your licence |
Sources: Tally's Remote Access FAQ (updated 21 Jul 2026), TVU FAQ (29 Mar 2026), licensing FAQ and TallyPrime Cloud Access page. All prices exclude GST. TSS prices are Tally's published one-year renewals; rental licences include TSS.
When Tally's help pages say "remote access", they mean this. TallyPrime on your office computer connects a company to Tally.NET, Tally Solutions' connection service. An authorised person then opens that company from TallyPrime on another Windows computer, signing in with a Tally.NET ID. It comes with an active TSS, so for many Windows-only offices it costs nothing extra.
Source: Tally's Remote Access FAQ, updated 21 Jul 2026.
These menu paths follow Tally's remote access setup guide (updated 20 Jan 2026). Company security must be on, with user access to company data controlled.
On the office PC, press and set Tally.NET Services for Remote Access and Synchronisation to Yes.
Press , choose the companies to share, select End of List and save with Ctrl+A.
Create Tally.NET IDs on Tally's portal. Then in , enter each ID as the username, pick a security level such as Net Owner and set Allow Remote Access to Yes.
On the remote PC, open TallyPrime, choose Remote Company on the company selection screen, sign in with the Tally.NET ID and password, and pick the company.
Who it suits: a CA, partner or owner on a Windows laptop who mainly checks reports or posts a few vouchers, while the office PC stays on anyway. If that's you, use it: it's already paid for with your TSS.
You install a screen-sharing app on an office computer that already runs TallyPrime, then take control of it from your laptop or phone. It's the fastest thing to set up, and it's how many offices first try "Tally AnyDesk" access.
The licensing news is good. Asked whether TVU applies to applications like AnyDesk, Tally's TVU FAQ answers "No. There will be no impact." You are only looking at the one TallyPrime already running on that PC, and no TSS is needed to reach it.
The catches are practical. Only one person can drive that PC at a time, and nobody at the office can use it while you do. It must stay switched on and online, so a power cut, a Windows update restart or sleep mode locks you out. On a phone you're steering a full Windows desktop through a small screen. And AnyDesk says its free version is for private use; business use needs a paid licence.
The whole desktop is exposed. Anyone who gets that PC's ID and password, or whom a staff member approves by mistake, sees your email, browser and banking as well as Tally. Set a strong unattended-access password, turn on two-factor login, and never accept a connection you didn't expect.
| Into your office PC | AnyDesk / TeamViewer | Remote Desktop (RDP) |
|---|---|---|
| Uses a TVU? | No | Yes, inside or outside the LAN |
| Windows edition on that PC | Any | Windows Pro or higher |
| People at once | One, sharing the PC's screen | One remote session on Windows 10 or 11 |
| Safe to open to the internet? | Via the vendor's relay, with strong passwords | Not directly; needs a VPN or gateway |
| Backups & updates | Your job | Your job |
RDP into an office PC is covered in depth in our Tally RDP guide, including why port 3389 should never face the internet. For TVU counting rules, see Tally Virtual User explained.
A VPN puts your laptop "inside" the office network over the internet. That sounds like the perfect way to share a Gold licence from home, and it's the most common "tally vpn" plan we hear about. Tally's own rules and its performance guidance both say otherwise.
Tally's licensing FAQ says the licence "is not supported for any LAN created by VPN or connected by VPN." So Gold's unlimited-users-on-a-LAN sharing doesn't stretch across a VPN. Tally points remote users to Tally Virtual Users for RDP and cloud instead.
In multi-user mode TallyPrime reads company data across the network and answers clients one request at a time. Tally's performance checklist asks for a ping under 5 ms between client and server, which an internet VPN rarely gets near. Reports crawl and dropped links put data at risk.
Where a VPN does help: as a secure tunnel to Remote Desktop on an office server, so port 3389 never faces the internet. Tally's TVU FAQ says a VPN on its own isn't virtual usage, but VPN plus RDP is, so each session then uses a TVU. If your branches swap data instead, compare Tally data synchronisation with one cloud server.
Tally Solutions sells hosted TallyPrime itself. Formerly marketed as TallyPrime on AWS, it now runs on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and starts at ₹600 per user per month plus GST, with ₹450 per user on larger packs. You need a TallyPrime licence as well, bought separately. Unlike Tally.NET Remote Access, nothing has to stay on at your office.
Per Tally's TallyPrime Cloud Access FAQ (29 Sep 2026) and product page. Our side-by-side, with every cell sourced, is in TallyPrime Cloud Access vs Tally on Cloud; the AWS history is in Tally on AWS vs Azure vs Oracle.
A provider runs your licensed TallyPrime on a Windows server in a data centre, and you open it over Remote Desktop. It's the genuine Windows app, with every shortcut, TDL and GST feature, and nothing has to stay on at the office.
The limit comes from a different rule for each route, which is why two offices with the same Gold licence can get very different answers.
Sources: Tally's Remote Access FAQ and TVU FAQ. Branch and team set-ups are covered in Tally on Cloud multi-user.
Your TallyPrime licence is needed with every option, so it sits outside this table. What differs is what you pay on top, and to whom.
| Option | What you pay (ex-GST) | Paid to | Easy to miss |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tally.NET Remote Access | TSS: ₹4,500/yr Silver, ₹13,500/yr Gold; included in rental (₹750 or ₹2,250 a month) | Tally, via your partner | An office PC running all day, its power and upkeep |
| AnyDesk / TeamViewer | The vendor's business plan | The tool's vendor | That PC's Windows, antivirus and backups, and only one user |
| VPN | Router or firewall, static IP, IT time | Your IT vendor and ISP | You still need RDP, and TVUs, for usable speed |
| TallyPrime Cloud Access | ₹600/user/month for 1–2 users; ₹450 on 4–16 user packs | Tally, via your partner | No phones or tablets; PDF-only browser printing |
| Hosted Windows server (TallyoCloud) | ₹799 per user per month, the same rate for any team size | TallyoCloud | Extra TVU packs only if you go beyond your licence's allowance |
Tally prices from Tally's customer hub and Cloud Access page, checked 6 Oct 2026. Licence prices are in our TallyPrime price guide; our plans are on the pricing page.
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| Option | What faces the internet | Who patches & backs up | Main risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tally.NET Remote Access | Tally.NET sign-in to your connected company | You | Shared Tally.NET IDs; the office PC failing with your only copy |
| AnyDesk / TeamViewer | The whole office desktop | You | Stolen passwords or a scam request opening everything on that PC |
| VPN | Your office network | You or your IT vendor | An infected laptop sitting inside your LAN |
| TallyPrime Cloud Access | Tally's virtual computer | Tally Solutions | Same as any hosted service: protect your sign-in and PIN |
| Hosted server (TallyoCloud) | An encrypted Remote Desktop Gateway; port 3389 closed | TallyoCloud Daily automated backups · 30-day retention | Weak user passwords, reduced by two-step login |
How we secure each layer, and the evidence you can ask for: Is Tally on Cloud safe?
Remote access in TallyPrime is Tally's built-in Tally.NET feature. It lets an authorised user open a company kept on the office computer from TallyPrime installed on another Windows PC, over the internet. It needs an active TSS, the company connected to Tally.NET on an office PC that stays on, and the same TallyPrime release at both ends. Tally says it cannot be used from a mobile phone.
Not through Tally.NET Remote Access: Tally's FAQ says you cannot access your Tally data remotely using your mobile, and TallyPrime Cloud Access does not support phones or tablets either. You can remote-control an office PC with AnyDesk from a phone, or open TallyPrime on a hosted Windows server with Microsoft's free Windows App on iPhone, iPad or Android. On phones, export a PDF to print.
Tally.NET Remote Access comes with an active TSS, which costs ₹4,500 a year for Silver or ₹13,500 for Gold, plus GST. Tally's own TallyPrime Cloud Access starts at ₹600 per user per month plus GST. A TallyoCloud private Windows server costs a flat ₹799 per user per month plus GST. Whichever route you choose, you still need your own TallyPrime licence.
With Tally.NET, the office PC serves every report over its own internet line, so a slow upload speed, a PC that sleeps or is busy, several users on one Gold licence, or a full-year report usually causes the lag. Tally recommends at least 512 kbps, more as data grows. With Remote Desktop to a cloud server, data stays on the server and only screen updates travel, so latency matters more than bandwidth.
Check five things in order. Your TSS must be active. The office PC must be on, with TallyPrime open and the company connected (Alt+K, then Connect). The user's Tally.NET ID must be in Users and Passwords with Allow Remote Access set to Yes. Both computers must run the same TallyPrime release. And the Silver limit of one, or Gold limit of ten, remote users must not already be reached.
Remote Desktop does. Tally treats every TallyPrime instance opened through RDP, Citrix or similar technology as a Tally Virtual User, whether you connect from inside or outside the LAN. Tally's TVU FAQ says AnyDesk-style screen sharing has no TVU impact, because you only view the TallyPrime already running on that PC. A VPN on its own uses no TVU, but VPN plus RDP does.
Yes, within your licence. Tally.NET Remote Access allows one remote user on Silver and ten concurrent remote users on Gold. On a hosted server, each Remote Desktop session uses a Tally Virtual User: Silver includes one, Gold includes ten, and Gold can add packs at ₹125 per user per month from Tally. AnyDesk to an office PC allows only one person per PC.
Usually not on its own. Tally's licensing FAQ says the TallyPrime licence is not supported on a LAN created or connected by VPN, so Gold's multi-user sharing over a VPN is unsupported. Reading company data across the internet is also far slower than the office LAN Tally expects. A VPN works better as a secure tunnel to Remote Desktop, which then counts as TVU usage.
No. Tally.NET Remote Access is a feature of TallyPrime, made by Tally Solutions. TallyoCloud is an independent hosting provider: we run your own licensed TallyPrime on a private Windows cloud server in India, which you open by Remote Desktop from any device. We are not affiliated with Tally Solutions. Use Tally's feature, Tally's Cloud Access or our hosting, whichever fits you best.
Tally.NET remote access ke liye office ke TallyPrime mein active TSS chahiye. F11 > Online Access chalu karein, Alt+K > Connect se company connect karein, aur Users and Passwords mein user ka Tally.NET ID daal kar Allow Remote Access ko Yes karein. Remote PC par bhi TallyPrime install hona chahiye aur office PC on rehna chahiye. Mac ya mobile ke liye cloud server behtar hai.
TallyPrime, Tally.NET and TSS are trademarks of Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd., used here only to describe its products. TallyoCloud is an independent hosting provider, not affiliated with Tally Solutions, and does not offer Tally.NET Remote Access. AnyDesk and TeamViewer belong to their owners.
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