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factsimil vs. doing it by hand

Excel, SUNAT's SEE-SOL portal, and loose spreadsheets work — until someone invoices twice with the same number, or the certificate expires without anyone noticing. This is what changes when you run it all from one panel.

Manual (Excel + SEE-SOL)factsimil
Issuing a receiptSUNAT's SEE-SOL portal, one at a time, by hand.From the panel or by API — in seconds, with automatic validation.
Digital signatureDepends on someone remembering to upload and renew the certificate on time.Automatic on every document. The certificate is encrypted at rest.
Series numberingReal risk of gaps or duplicates if two people invoice at the same time.Sequential, concurrency-safe — no gaps, no duplicates.
Electronic ledgers (PLE)A separate spreadsheet, rebuilt from scratch every month.Built from the same panel — Peru's standard chart of accounts (PCGE) already loaded.
SIRE (RCE / RVIE)Another spreadsheet, another format, another source of error.A dedicated module, using the same data you already entered.
Inventory (Kardex)Manual weighted-average cost calculation — easy to fall behind on.Recalculates on its own with every purchase linked to the product.
Receivables and payablesYet another sheet, copy-pasted from invoices.A panel that builds itself from what you already invoiced and purchased.
When a SUNAT rule changesSomeone has to find out, understand it, and adjust everything by hand.It's updated in the product — not in your spreadsheet.

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Stop rebuilding all of this by hand every month