Pricing

Priced per installation, and largely reimbursed

A group with four plants has four CBAM problems, four verifiers and four sets of evidence, so the licence is per installation. Under TRACE, part of the Export Promotion Mission, most of that cost comes back to an MSME exporter — provided one form is filed in the right order.

Starter

One plant, one or two CN codes, first reporting period.

₹1,50,000

₹7,500

per installation, per year · after 95% TRACE reimbursement

  • Annex IV calculation with full derivation
  • Monitoring plan builder
  • Evidence lineage and readiness score
  • Supplier collection, no account needed for them
  • Verifier pack and workspace
Start with Starter

Professional

Several products, precursor suppliers to chase, monthly monitoring.

₹3,00,000

₹15,000

per installation, per year · after 95% TRACE reimbursement

  • Everything in Starter
  • Mass balance for integrated plants
  • Monthly monitoring and anomaly detection
  • Product carbon passports
  • Reduction scenarios
  • EU buyer portfolio sharing
Start with Professional

The part that costs money if you get it wrong

File the Intent-to-Claim before you buy anything

TRACE reimbursement requires an Intent-to-Claim on the DGFT portal before the certification is obtained. It cannot be filed retrospectively. Buy first and the whole reimbursement is gone — from us or from anyone else.

  1. 01

    Confirm your Udyam registration and category

    Micro, small or medium decides your reimbursement rate. Large enterprises should check eligibility first.

  2. 02

    File the Intent-to-Claim on the DGFT portalcannot be undone

    Before you buy anything. This is the step that cannot be done retrospectively, and missing it forfeits the whole reimbursement.

  3. 03

    Purchase the software and any verification services

    Only after the Intent-to-Claim is filed.

  4. 04

    Keep the tax invoice and proof of payment

    Both are needed for the claim. Verdex issues an invoice you can attach directly.

  5. 05

    Submit the reimbursement claim

    Against the Intent-to-Claim already on file, within the scheme's window.

Also worth knowing

  • The annual TRACE ceiling is ₹50 lakh per Importer-Exporter Code. Rates shown are as revised July 2026.
  • A separate scheme to absorb 90% of MSME CBAM compliance cost has been proposed but is not notified. We do not price against it and neither should you.
  • Eligibility and disbursement are decided by DGFT, not by Verdex. We compute, prompt and issue the invoice you attach; we do not file on your behalf and cannot guarantee the outcome.
  • Verification by an accredited body is a separate cost, paid to the verifier. We do not mark it up.

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