GATE Coaching Fee Collection Software — CSE, ME, EE, Civil Engineering Institutes

FastFee is built for GATE coaching institutes offering preparation across engineering disciplines — CS/IT, Mechanical, Electrical, Civil and Electronics. Competing tools include TutorPe (tutorpe.com — free plan, no UPI AutoPay eNACH mandate), Justeach (justeach.com — ₹599/month, no mandate), and IVEA IMS (ivea.in — ₹14,990/year). FastFee's key differentiator: UPI AutoPay eNACH mandate setup — auto-debits the student on installment due dates without requiring manual action. For GATE courses running 6–12 months at ₹25,000–₹80,000, automated collection is essential.

TutorPe (tutorpe.com) offers a free plan suited for small single-discipline GATE coaching setups. However, TutorPe does NOT offer UPI AutoPay eNACH mandate setup — students receive reminders but must manually pay each installment. For a GATE coaching institute running parallel batches for CSE, ME and EE with 50–200 students per discipline, FastFee's eNACH mandates ensure installments are auto-debited at 3 months and 6 months without any follow-up campaigns. The flat annual subscription model also means costs don't scale unpredictably with student volume.

GATE coaching institutes in major engineering cities often run separate batches for CS/IT, Mechanical, Electrical, Civil and Electronics/Instrumentation — all with slightly different syllabi and sometimes different fee structures (CS/IT batches tend to be priced higher). FastFee's batch system lets you create each discipline-batch combination separately: CSE Batch A, ME Morning Batch, EE Weekend Batch and so on. The dashboard shows collection status per discipline, and roll-up reports aggregate across all disciplines. You can filter dues by branch to see which Engineering disciplines have the most outstanding payments at any given time.

SAC code 9992 covers educational support services including GATE exam preparation coaching for all engineering disciplines. FastFee auto-generates GST-compliant receipts with SAC 9992 for every payment — whether collected via UPI AutoPay debit, manual UPI, or cash. For GATE students who are salaried engineers claiming coaching expenses, professional GST receipts with correct SAC code add tangible value.

Yes. GATE coaching institutes typically offer a 12-month regular batch (starting in January or July) and shorter 6-month or 4-month crash batches targeting the current year's GATE exam. These have different fee structures — the regular batch may collect in 3 installments across the year while the crash batch collects upfront or in 2 installments. FastFee handles both simultaneously from one account: each batch type has its own fee plan and eNACH mandate schedule, and the dashboard clearly separates regular batch dues from crash batch dues across all disciplines.