textilecost.com

What It Is

TextileCost is merchandising software for textile manufacturers and exporters, designed to replace the manual workflow of “costing in Excel — preparing quotes in PowerPoint — sending emails in Outlook.” It builds costing, photos, patterns, buyer information, and quote outputs around each style, allowing teams to generate buyer-ready PPTs directly from cost sheets and send inquiry emails.

Core Features and Collaboration

The product’s costing forms cover fabric, trims, CMT, overheads, wastage, markup, discounts, and summaries. It also supports multiple currencies, automatic exchange rates, exchange-rate buffers, buyer default currencies, and default cost parameters. Each style can be auto-saved, restored from draft, retain edit history, and be copied or turned into variants. On the delivery side, it supports batch generation of .pptx files, optional price visibility, and emails with PPT attachments. For teams, it includes four built-in roles: Admin, Merchandiser, Photographer, and Pattern master. Different roles see different workspaces, which suits the division of labor in export businesses across costing, photography, pattern work, and management.

Pricing and Deployment

Pricing is aggressive: the Cloud early-bird plan is ₹299/month, while the Enterprise early-bird plan is ₹499/month. Both include a 14-day free trial with no credit card required, and are listed as offering unlimited users, unlimited styles, and unlimited buyers. Cloud is hosted by the vendor, while Enterprise uses the customer’s own database server, allows the customer to choose the country where data is stored, and supports one-click two-way migration between the two. On the data side, it emphasizes one-click backups, ZIP export, and no lock-in, but it does not disclose formal compliance details such as ISO, SOC, encryption, or audit controls.

Pros and Cons

Its main strength is strong industry fit: fields such as CMT, GSM, wastage, buyer defaults, and exchange-rate buffers are not awkward adaptations of a generic form. It also treats quote PPTs and emails as everyday outputs, which can significantly reduce repetitive work. The downside is that the product is still in beta, so stability, support responsiveness, and enterprise-grade security remain to be proven. Third-party integrations also appear limited: beyond PPT compatibility, email/domain support, custom integrations, and SSO, there is no visible explanation of connections to ERP, PLM, or financial systems.

Who It’s For and Access from China

It is best suited to export-oriented apparel, bag, and home-textile companies in markets such as India and Bangladesh, especially teams that frequently prepare multi-style quotations for overseas buyers. Access from China is unknown, and the main content does not disclose payment methods. If network access or payment is restricted, alternatives include local apparel ERP/PLM systems, Feishu/WeCom spreadsheets with automation, or continuing to use Excel templates.