QuickBooks Online Advanced vs. Zoho Books

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
QuickBooks Online Advanced
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
QuickBooks Online Advanced is a SaaS-based accounting software designed to scale with growing businesses. It includes the functionalities of QuickBooks Online, as well as more robust business analytics, customization, and resource management.N/A
Zoho Books
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Zoho Books is an accounting solution that is designed to help small businesses manage their finances. This solution includes dashboards and a wide variety of reports. Business users can automate tasks and set up custom workflows. The vendor offers a 14 day free trial.
$0
For businesses with turnover <50K USD per annum
Pricing
QuickBooks Online AdvancedZoho Books
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Free
$0
For businesses with turnover <50K USD per annum
Standard
$15
Per Organization/Month, Billed Annually
Professional
$40
Per Organization/Month, Billed Annually
Premium
$60
Per Organization/Month, Billed Annually
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
QuickBooks Online AdvancedZoho Books
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$15 Per Organization/Month, Billed Annually
Additional DetailsZoho Books is available for both monthly and yearly plans. Users who sign up for the annual plan get a discount.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
QuickBooks Online AdvancedZoho Books
Considered Both Products
QuickBooks Online Advanced
Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced
Quickbooks Online and Zoho Books are the two solutions evaluated and we have both in place with different customers. For this specific customer, Cafe Nomad LLC, there was no choice as the parent company is using Quickbooks Online and their accounting staff had the experience …
Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced
Zoho lacks a lot of the integrations that currently exist for QBO. Makes data entry much easier on QBO.
Chose QuickBooks Online Advanced
I think QuickBooks Online is better system to use with more third-party integration options and more intuitive to record and reconcile transactions where I feel that I have to double triple check if things work according to our objectives
Zoho Books

No answer on this topic

Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
QuickBooks Online AdvancedZoho Books
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Online Advanced
8.6
90 Ratings
20% above category average
Zoho Books
6.0
14 Ratings
16% below category average
API for custom integration8.773 Ratings6.014 Ratings
Plug-ins8.478 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Online Advanced
8.2
160 Ratings
4% above category average
Zoho Books
9.3
23 Ratings
17% above category average
Single sign-on capability8.2143 Ratings10.018 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.2156 Ratings8.622 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Online Advanced
8.6
173 Ratings
12% above category average
Zoho Books
7.8
22 Ratings
3% above category average
Dashboards8.7163 Ratings7.222 Ratings
Standard reports8.8172 Ratings7.221 Ratings
Custom reports8.2164 Ratings9.01 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Online Advanced
8.1
175 Ratings
9% above category average
Zoho Books
8.3
23 Ratings
11% above category average
Accounts payable8.7169 Ratings8.221 Ratings
Accounts receivable8.9164 Ratings9.122 Ratings
Cash management8.0145 Ratings8.021 Ratings
Bank reconciliation8.3167 Ratings5.820 Ratings
Expense management8.5154 Ratings7.421 Ratings
Time tracking8.188 Ratings6.013 Ratings
Multi-currency support7.544 Ratings10.012 Ratings
Multi-division support8.374 Ratings00 Ratings
Regulations compliance7.977 Ratings10.011 Ratings
Electronic tax filing9.097 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-service portal8.692 Ratings10.015 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers8.673 Ratings00 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting6.874 Ratings00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations8.5151 Ratings00 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting6.963 Ratings00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting8.581 Ratings00 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework7.061 Ratings00 Ratings
Standardized Processes7.7115 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Online Advanced
8.1
70 Ratings
14% above category average
Zoho Books
6.5
12 Ratings
8% below category average
Inventory tracking8.170 Ratings6.012 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings7.07 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Online Advanced
8.8
118 Ratings
17% above category average
Zoho Books
8.3
20 Ratings
11% above category average
Pricing8.786 Ratings7.017 Ratings
Order entry8.879 Ratings9.016 Ratings
Credit card processing9.0103 Ratings9.017 Ratings
Cost of goods sold00 Ratings8.016 Ratings
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 8.2 out of 10
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Score 8.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
QuickBooks Online AdvancedZoho Books
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(175 ratings)
6.7
(24 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.5
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.5
(4 ratings)
6.7
(6 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.3
(5 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.5
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
QuickBooks Online AdvancedZoho Books
Likelihood to Recommend
Intuit
I gave this rating more from the standpoint that I enjoy using other bookkeeping platforms more than I enjoy QuickBooks Online Advanced. While QuickBooks Online Advanced is a solid platform that I have no issue working in, there are some areas that could be improved. The biggest of these areas is the overall design of the platform. I feel that when you first log in and are brought to the home screen, everything just looks cluttered.
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Zoho
If using other cloud applications and you wish to create Zoho Books transactions via APIs, Zoho Books is great. The overall UI and flow of the application are great. If you need a detailed job cost accounting solution and robust reporting there is some room for improvement here.
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Pros
Intuit
  • It allows us to link to bank accounts in order to get up-to-date, real-time information, which is so important in today's lightning speed work world.
  • The "canned" reports are excellent and allow for extreme customization also. This makes them very helpful to both me and my clients.
  • The user interface for QuickBooks Online Advanced is easy to navigate and is intuitive for novices. The screens are well laid out and have cohesiveness on each screen to match tasks with others that match up well.
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Zoho
  • Zoho Books invoicing and receipting features are second to none. We find it easy to quickly invoice clients and add items to their bills and also for our own receipting internally.
  • The accounting features are great for our accounting team to be able to see where we are financially and how the business is doing.
  • The ability to add contacts and run a mini CRM channel with clients within Zoho is invaluable. Since we use this in conjunction with our other CRM channels, it helps to have a centralized place to follow up and see through a sales funnel.
  • Zoho Books allows us to take payments from clients around the globe a feature we didn't have when we used another accounting system.
  • The pricing for Zoho Books is fairly reasonable for an SME organization which is a great for us as it pays itself back many times over every month.
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Cons
Intuit
  • Proper advice in QuickBooks Online Pro for the usage if QuickBooks Online Advanced will be more efficient.
  • More features and space in the app for organization of the self-created workflows.
  • The stability of QuickBooks Online Advanced can still be better.
  • There are still file-size issues and limitations on transactions and attributes of transactions.
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Zoho
  • Zoho Books is only available in Texas and California. There is no integration allowed for paying employee expenses. The absolute worst aspect is the fact that if you make even the slightest error in data input there is no backing up. You cannot undo an error.
  • The system does not allow change once implemented, so you must get every one of your beginning balances perfect. The practice of Journal Entries is cumbersome. When reconciling, Zoho Books has adopted a number of required steps that significantly overcomplicate reconciliation using practices that are not consistent with general accounting principles in the US.
  • On the customer side, you must look in two places to see the beginning balance and the current receivables that might exist for current invoicing.
  • The way the system works, you must avoid having much trust with the balances depicted. So far, it appears that Zoho Books uses what we called in school "that new math."
  • It would be terrifying to rely on this bookkeeping system to support an IRS Audit. The system violates too many fundamental accounting principles.
  • The software is used by so few people that there is concern that we might never find a skilled bookkeeper.
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Likelihood to Renew
Intuit
QuickBooks Online Advanced is not like any other accounting software. With how great the software is now, I would definitely renew QuickBooks Online Advanced
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Zoho
No answers on this topic
Usability
Intuit
QuickBooks Online Advanced is great and effective. I use it for almost three months and it definitely does their job
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Zoho
Customization is the biggest struggle for us and most of the time we need to involve a tech person. The chat support is a great feature and very helpful. It would be great to be able to customize and create invoices and correspondence (templates) such are reminders in multiple languages within one organization. The currency (USD) would be the same. We have clients in different countries that don't speak English but pay in USD.
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Support Rating
Intuit
No answers on this topic
Zoho
The support team feels very disjointed. We have filtered through a number of "lead" contacts and are frequently spammed by other Zoho members. Once getting an appropriate support contact on the phone - the team is very helpful, it just takes a lot of hoop jumping to get there. We actually unsubscribed from their support package as we were not getting the value we were looking for.
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Online Training
Intuit
The online training was easy to follow and understand. The online training gave us the specific instructions to follow
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Zoho
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Intuit
Need to make an option for non-profit organizations
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Zoho
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Intuit
I have not evaluated any yet. I have used QuickBooks since 2008 and I used Sage in the corporate environment before using QuickBooks. Honestly, I can't remember it because it was early 2000's. I thought about evaluating and looking because of the issues I've had with QuickBooks, but I haven't really investigated.
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Zoho
We had a lot of problems with Exact Online, support-wise and price-wise. So Zoho Books wins on every point there. While Exact offers way more options, it tends to be really slow... and complex. Again Zoho Books wins. If you want an easy-to-use tool and not pay a lot of money, or if you are a small administration office with a few clients, this tool will be perfect for you.
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Return on Investment
Intuit
  • Positive - time and accuracy: Improved bank feeds with rules for automating categorization (expense account) of transactions.
  • Negative - time and efficiency: Very slow response in data entry such as estimates, purchase orders, invoices, sales receipts, bills & bill payment, and even check writing.
  • Negative - time and error correction: Payroll taxes and sales taxes remain in their own silos and are very difficult to correct OR wrong to correct with regular ledger and transaction entries.
  • Negative - time and reporting: Customer activity cannot be tracked using deposits or JE'd transactions. Reporting and research require the use of transaction forms such as invoices, sales receipts, payments, and credit memos. As an example, the transaction register for a customer can be sorted by various parameters. A default is "All" transactions but does not include all transactions -- you have to select "All plus deposits" and you will also not see checks. This is about the same for Vendor activity, where deposits (e.g. refunds) will not show in the vendor's activity register. A vendor credit memo is required, then the refund can be pushed against that credit balance. The credit memo will appear in the vendor register, but a deposit will not.
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Zoho
  • Integration: Zoho Books offers out of the box integrations to extend the functionality and connect with the applications you love like MailChimp, Microsoft Outlook, PandaDoc, and Quickbooks, etc.
  • Flexibility makes Zoho Books great!
  • Since I can use forecast reports, I can create customizable sales forecast data from the dashboard to accurately measure revenue forecasts and establish sales quotas.
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