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    Zoho Books

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AZoho 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. Zoho offers a 14 day free trial.

    $20

    per month

    Pricing
    Zoho Books
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    For businesses with turnover <50K USD per annum
    Standard
    $20
    per month per org
    Professional
    $50
    per month per org
    Premium
    $70
    per month per org
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Zoho Books
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    Yes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsZoho Books is available for both monthly and yearly plans. Users who sign up for the annual plan get a discount.
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    Community Pulse
    Zoho Books
    Considered Both Products
    Zoho
    Chose Zoho Books
    Would rank Zoho Books high up there among the options in the market. It has a wide feature base, smooth interface and comes highly trusted and reviewed.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    I selected Zoho Books initially for the best price, it offered and thereafter I became a fan of using the software and It was a nice experience using it overall, I even recommended at times in the place of Tally ERP 9. The more once used, the more it can be recommended to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    Affordability better, online access better, automations better, integration with our CRM and inventory better, customizability better
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    Zoho Books has a much simpler GUI and the reason we selected Zoho is because of the integration of Zoho Books across other applications and especially into Zoho products. One of the other reasons is the time log feature we can easily pair up with a client service ticket to show …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    equally comparable to other payment processing made online, the benefit of using Zoho is that it has so many other apps and tools that are easily integrated like Zoho Sign, e.g. for sending out quotes etc. but also can be connected via an API to many other commercial platforms …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    Much simpler than QuickBooks Desktop. For our needs, the pricing for Zoho Books when bought through a Zoho One subscription was a much better value. Our outside Audit firm was also able to follow Zoho Books much easier than our previous records.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    I found Zoho Books to be more intuitive and user friendly. I also appreciated that it is cloud based, unlike the versions of QB I had used in the past. So our team was able to work remotely when needed, which was especially helpful during a pandemic.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    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, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    Zoho Books is significantly inferior to the competition. The listings offered here would not allow me to choose QB or MYOB.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    I believe it is way easier to use, has more robust features, seamless integration with other Zoho apps like CRM, Projects, etc. is super useful and has saved a lot of time. Streamlining this process has been easy, and the end result is better reporting, improved decision making …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    • QuickBooks Online is much harder to use than Zoho Books. We found that Zoho Books was easy to train staff, and the online help is excellent.
    • Qickbooks Desktop is endlessly buggy, requiring frequent IT support calls and a dedicated server for multi-user access.
    • Online payments for …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    Cloud vs. desktop, this and the fact that Zoho Books syncs with our other Zoho apps were the most pressing reasons for switching to Zoho Books. As mentioned previously, we consider our accounting software to be an integral part of doing business efficiently, and we can now do …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    Easier to integrate with other Zoho apps. It’s also customized for mobile use making it easy to use wherever I am. I can get real-time updates on payments while in the field via the mobile app. The software is customizable and adaptable so I can easily make it fit various …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    [QuickBooks and Zoho] are very comparable until you open your wallet. While they are both neck-and-neck with one another in features, QuickBooks does have the integration advantage. There are many more platforms that integrate with QB than Zoho Books. But Zoho has so many …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    The very easy to read dashboard, the clear categorization, the customization features, the easy learning curve and the seamless integration with other Zoho products (that we use a lot and frequently) are for our company the reasons why we favored Zoho books over other …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    I love the price/quality ratio of Zoho Books, and it's an awesome application to handle all your accounting, inventory, and buying processes. It's simple to use so the company doesn't have to spend too much time and money on training new employees.

    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    Zoho Books was an easy choice for us because of the features and smaller learning curve. Most of our staff have been able to come in and learn how to use it within hours versus the days it used to take to learn QuickBooks. Also being online, we are able to have real-time stats …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    Quickbooks is the standard. ZOHO Books will give it a run for its money. Your accountant may not like the fact that you switch over to Zoho Books, but since it's completely web-based, you are able to give them access to your account easily.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    The main difference here was the time tracking functionality that goes to a project specific nature. We do multiple projects with the same client and need to be able to split our time amongst those different projects for the purpose of reporting and invoicing.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    Zoho Books is plain clunky. It does integrate with their CRM and other apps and that was why I had been attracted to it. But if you are in Australia, be very careful if you are moving from Zoho invoices. You won't get transferred data to the Australian platform and you will …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    Price and easier to use Other many applications that could be integrated with zoho
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    In comparison, Zoho is about the same price but comes with a lot more customizable fields. There are other solutions that feed right in and make it so there is only one place you need to go to get a full picture of your business and what you need to do to keep it running …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    One of the best business decisions we have made in our company is getting Zoho Books. Customer service is really really fast. If you have a problem or questions they will get to you within minutes and they are constantly improving the application and listening to our feedback …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    It's cloud based and AccountEdge wasn't at the time we needed it, a cloud based app. Zoho Books updates come automatically which makes it real convenient. Pricing was comparable and with AccountEdge it seems we were having frequent networking issues when being used by …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Books
    We made the switch from Quickbooks to ZohoBooks because of the CRM integration. Though Zoho Books has proven to be less hectic and less of a search when it comes to finding the needed features. In other words, its very user friendly! Everything is set up in a very simple, easy …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    Features
    Zoho Books
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Zoho Books
    Feature
    Zoho Books
    8.2
    18 Ratings
    8% above category average
    API for custom integration8.218 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Zoho Books
    Feature
    Zoho Books
    8.6
    28 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Single sign-on capability8.622 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.626 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Zoho Books
    Feature
    Zoho Books
    9.0
    27 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Dashboards8.727 Ratings
    Standard reports9.225 Ratings
    Custom reports9.01 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Zoho Books
    Feature
    Zoho Books
    8.3
    28 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Accounts payable8.426 Ratings
    Accounts receivable9.227 Ratings
    Cash management7.925 Ratings
    Bank reconciliation7.825 Ratings
    Expense management8.126 Ratings
    Time tracking8.418 Ratings
    Multi-currency support8.117 Ratings
    Regulations compliance8.015 Ratings
    Self-service portal8.819 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Zoho Books
    Feature
    Zoho Books
    8.0
    16 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Inventory tracking8.216 Ratings
    Automatic reordering7.710 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Zoho Books
    Feature
    Zoho Books
    8.7
    25 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Pricing8.421 Ratings
    Order entry9.420 Ratings
    Credit card processing8.020 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold8.820 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Zoho Books
    Small Businesses
    QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued)
    Score4.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    MYOB
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft Dynamics GP
    Score5.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Zoho Books
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (29 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (11 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.3
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Zoho Books
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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
    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
    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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    Usability
    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
    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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    Alternatives Considered
    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
    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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