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What is Zoho Books?

Use Zoho Books to create and send detailed and customized purchase orders with your own branding. Track opened purchase orders and convert POs to bills.

Who Uses Zoho Books?

Small and medium businesses, freelancers

Where can Zoho Books be deployed?

Cloud-based
On-premise

About the vendor

  • Zoho
  • Founded in 1996

Zoho Books support

  • Phone Support
  • Chat

Countries available

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra and 224 others

Languages

Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German and 5 others

Zoho Books pricing

Starting Price:

£6.00/month
  • Yes, has free trial
  • Yes, has free version

Zoho Books has a free version and offers a free trial. Zoho Books paid version starts at £6.00/month.

Pricing plans get a free trial

About the vendor

  • Zoho
  • Founded in 1996

Zoho Books support

  • Phone Support
  • Chat

Countries available

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra and 224 others

Languages

Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German and 5 others

Zoho Books videos and images

Zoho Books Software - The Dashboard in Zoho Books contains a list of all the Total Receivables, Total Payables, Cash Flow, Income and Expense, Top Expenses, Projects and more. A easy way to quickly check your key business metrics.
Zoho Books Software - Zoho Books makes invoicing and managing receivables effortless. Send customized statements to your clients and receive payment in multiple currencies with our accounting software.
Zoho Books Software - Zoho Books is integrated with popular payment gateways and provides a hassle-free environment for collecting online payments from your customers.
Zoho Books Software - Fetch your bank transactions, categorize, and reconcile your accounts with ease.
Zoho Books Software - Turn data into information with Zoho Books. View dashboards, reports and charts covering all your receivables, payables, inventory and more. Use your report data to make inferences and create robust, up-to-date business plans.
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Zoho Books video
Zoho Books Software - The Dashboard in Zoho Books contains a list of all the Total Receivables, Total Payables, Cash Flow, Income and Expense, Top Expenses, Projects and more. A easy way to quickly check your key business metrics.
Zoho Books Software - Zoho Books makes invoicing and managing receivables effortless. Send customized statements to your clients and receive payment in multiple currencies with our accounting software.
Zoho Books Software - Zoho Books is integrated with popular payment gateways and provides a hassle-free environment for collecting online payments from your customers.
Zoho Books Software - Fetch your bank transactions, categorize, and reconcile your accounts with ease.
Zoho Books Software - Turn data into information with Zoho Books. View dashboards, reports and charts covering all your receivables, payables, inventory and more. Use your report data to make inferences and create robust, up-to-date business plans.

Features of Zoho Books

  • ACH Payment Processing
  • Accounting
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Approval Process Control
  • Audit Trail
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Billable & Non-Billable Hours
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Cash Management
  • Commission Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Consolidation/Roll-Up
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management
  • Core Accounting
  • Cost Management
  • Customer Statements
  • Customisable Invoices
  • Customizable Fields
  • Data Import/Export
  • Expense Tracking
  • Financial Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For AEC Industry
  • For Real Estate
  • For Small Businesses
  • General Ledger
  • Income & Balance Sheet
  • Invoice Creation
  • Invoice History
  • Invoice Management
  • Invoice Processing
  • Mobile Payments
  • Multi-Currency
  • Online Invoicing
  • Online Payments
  • Payment Processing
  • Profit/Loss Statement
  • Project Accounting
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Purchase Order Reconciliation
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Real-Time Data
  • Receipt Management
  • Receivables Ledger
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Sales Tax Management
  • Supplier Management
  • Task Management
  • Tax Calculation
  • Tax Compliance
  • Tax Filing
  • Tax Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Timesheet Management
  • Transaction Management
  • Trust Accounting
  • Workflow Management

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Reviews of Zoho Books

Average score

Overall
4.4
Ease of Use
4.4
Customer Service
4.2
Features
4.3
Value for Money
4.4

Reviews by company size (employees)

  • <50
  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001
Dedre
Dedre
Owner in South Africa
Verified LinkedIn User
Arts & Crafts, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Very powerful accounting platform

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: Zoho Books is helping our small business with financial reporting and keeping track of our income and expenses. Due to the fact that you can manager all financially transactions within your dashboard, including invoicing and billing, makes this a valuable product for our business that saves time and money.

Pros:

Zoho Books is an excellent option for your company's bookkeeping and accounting. Invoicing and billing is done in the dashboard, reporting on income, expenditure and payables are separated and even financial reconciliations can be actioned automatically. You can create Price Lists easily to share to your customers based on your products/services you are selling.Financial reports are done automatically so you don't have to do a manual recon every month.

Cons:

There are limitations in terms of online payment gateways depending on your country of origin, but they do offer all major gateways.Invoice templates are basic but it does provide all the relevant information that you need.

Phillip
President in US
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great Software

5.0 10 months ago

Comments: I really enjoyed this software. It is must easier to use than most of its competitors. It is also having some of the best pricing vs performance that I have found.

Pros:

Zoho was very easy software to setup for someone who does not have a lot of experience. We used this software to mostly to track estimates. When estimates were approved and accepted by the customer it was simple to turn them into invoices.

Cons:

Once you add certain items into the system they cannot be deleted. For example, if you accidently add a wrong item you will have to cancel it out on the books with another entry.

Alternatives Considered: QuickBooks Online

Reasons for Choosing Zoho Books: Price and availability. It was simple enough that we could use what we needed in the program.

Switched From: Sage 50cloud Accounting and QuickBooks Online

Reasons for Switching to Zoho Books: The price and overall feel of the product.

Belal
CA in India
Accounting, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Pathetic customer service

1.0 7 months ago

Comments: Worst customer services there is no proper reply or information

Pros:

Product is ok but customer service is pathetic

Cons:

The customer service is pathetic, we are running a CA firm and have almost 20 Zoho books subscription and login and one of the login as was asking an OTP we were not getting because the [sensitive content hidden] is travelling and OTP is going to only mobile number not to email hence raised the ticket and the team keep saying that the accounts team is working but we did not receive any resolution they wasted a whole day and did not resolve this. the ticket ID is [sensitive content hidden].

Shobhna
Support specialist in India
Consumer Services, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

I really had a amazing journey with Zoho books.

5.0 4 months ago

Comments: I would say it's good as it is easy to navigate with affordable pricing plans. It provides timely updates about the features. Also they have a wonderful customer support.

Pros:

It has a very easy user interface and I really like the accessibility of using it on phone.

Cons:

There is nothing that I don't like but yes the feature of budget and forecasting can be improved as it requires some advanced feature.

Solomon
Project manager in US
Information Technology & Services, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

The Emperor and Eminent Financial Tool for our Company.

5.0 7 months ago

Pros:

The tool send us financial reports and profit as well as loss forms on time. It has the best interface to use for our accounting processes. The most amazing customer service is served to us. Very fast and quick in invoice processing.

Cons:

It has delivered to our expectations and it has never disappointed.

Darren
Director in UK
Import & Export, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Powerful and Invaluable tool at an incredible price

4.0 last year

Comments: We love Zoho ability to access from anywhere and allows a business owner to monitor things even when they are not on site. The ease of use and consistency makes it very easy for training purposes and day to day use.

Pros:

We love the way you can add further modules and expand into other areas like inventory with ease. The support is fast and efficient with a positive outcome every time. The consistency through every module bill s, invoicing, purchasing makes it a breeze to operate.

Cons:

The only one annoyance is the search from some screens you need to know the exact customer name or item name to search. Where as some screens use a keyword search which is easy and fast to locate the information.

Alternatives Considered: QuickBooks Online

Reasons for Choosing Zoho Books: Lack on consistency with previous product and even doing the slightest thing seemed over complicated.

Switched From: PowerQuote

Reasons for Switching to Zoho Books: With the ability to integrate other modules was vital to us. The product had more vital features like re occurring invoices and billing. Stock control was important and a lot of other products don't have this ability alongside things like project managment.

Haythum
IT Engineer in United Arab Emirates
Computer Networking, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Zoho Books review

5.0 last year

Comments: Since more than 4 years of using Zoho Books it's fantastic and positive experience

Pros:

Zoho Books integrates with other Zoho applicationsZoho Books has an easy interface that makes it easy to navigate and use itStrong financial management capabilities

Cons:

in Zoho Books can't customize more advanced financial reportsZoho Books is more costly compared to other accounting software specially when advanced features are needed

Anthony
University Intern in Ecuador
Verified LinkedIn User
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Zoho Books: An efficient and user-friendly accounting software.

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: As an IT intern at the university, I had the opportunity to use Zoho Books for financial management. Overall, I found the software to be user-friendly and offering a great deal of useful features, such as invoice management and expense tracking. Additionally, I really liked the integration of Zoho Books with other Zoho services, such as CRM and Human Resources, which made collaboration and project management easier.

Pros:

Zoho Books is an online accounting and invoicing software that offers a wide range of features at an affordable price. With this tool, users can manage invoices, payments, expenses, and time tracking all in one integrated platform. Zoho Books also offers integration with other Zoho services, such as CRM and Human Resources, which makes collaboration and project management easier. Additionally, the software allows for task automation and customization of templates and workflows, increasing efficiency and saving time in financial management.

Cons:

Despite the extensive feature set that Zoho Books provides, some users can find the user interface to be too complex, and it might take some time to become accustomed to all the possibilities. In addition, integration with third-party services may be limited compared to other popular accounting software and more economical plans might not include certain sophisticated capabilities like inventory management and budgeting.

Jabir
Senior Auditor in United Arab Emirates
Accounting, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Good Online Accounting Software

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: Simple software, can do the accounting with less accounting knowledge, its able access from any were in online.

Pros:

ZOHO has many other apps implementation and its able to customize according to our requirement.

Cons:

Reporting format of Balance sheet and Profit loss in excel need to improve.

Alternatives Considered: QuickBooks Time and TallyPrime

Reasons for Switching to Zoho Books: Can Access from anywhere, for our client can access from the abroad

William
Manager in US
Accounting, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source
Source: SoftwareAdvice

Support

4.0 last year

Comments: NO Support

Pros:

It is easy to setup and start using it. I loved it a lot but their support SUCKS

Cons:

Their support sucks you go back in forth with someone that doesn't know about accounting.. So I am just going to find something else can consider all the work I have done in my account as a loss....

Alternatives Considered: QuickBooks Online

Reasons for Choosing Zoho Books: It seemed easier for what I needed

Reasons for Switching to Zoho Books: I am going back to QuickBooks what support they have is better than Zoho Books

Addison
Solution Architect in US
Financial Services, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Time & Expense Tracking Solution

5.0 last year

Pros:

Availability of mobile application is what I like most since I am able to track time and expense on projects on the go.

Cons:

I currently face zero errors when using ZB.

Miguel
Financial Advisor in US
Investment Banking, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Efficient and flexible financial management

5.0 12 months ago

Comments: Zoho Books is a reliable and comprehensive platform for enterprise financial management. With its wide range of features, it simplifies and optimizes financial processes.

Pros:

I like that it allows you to automatically import bank transactions, streamlining the reconciliation process and reducing manual errors. In addition, custom rules can be set up to automatically categorize transactions, saving time in manual sorting. Zoho Books is highly customizable and allows tailoring financial reports to our specific needs.

Cons:

On occasion, I have experienced delays and load times when accessing certain functions or working with large data sets.

Cassandra
Remedial Massage Therapist in Australia
Alternative Medicine, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

User friendly

5.0 6 months ago

Pros:

The app is so easy to use, it's simple and takes the stress out of book work.

Cons:

There are no cons for my business needs, I love the app.

Jeethendra
Jeethendra
Founder & CEO in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Financial Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source
Source: GetApp

From free to paid subscription

5.0 last year

Comments: Overall I liked the experience since we deal in both retail & software industry in one account itself.

Pros:

The ease of using the zoho books across all the device since the data is stored in server rather than tally in which the data is stored locally in the system.

Cons:

Nothing to complain as such, but you can say demo or training is necessary extensively to use the application in more productive way.

Alternatives Considered: QuickBooks Enterprise

Celina
Accounting in US
Entertainment, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

A Smooth Business Accounting Software

5.0 7 months ago

Pros:

It handles payment processing well and has tons of business accounting features.

Cons:

No particular flaws with Zoho Books. Has been amazing.

Donald
Managing Partner in US
Program Development, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Zoho Books for the Win!

5.0 8 months ago

Pros:

Zoho books ease of use, ease of implementation and overall user experience.

Cons:

They need to advertise in the US more and have a bigger presence because their product is the best out there.

sakhara
consultant in UK
Accounting, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Zoho Books offers many benefits, there are a few drawbacks

5.0 9 months ago

Pros:

For managing invoices, tracking expenses, or reconciling bank transactions, the user-friendly design ensures a seamless experience. Seamless Integration allowing for easy data synchronization and enhanced functionality.

Cons:

Customer support limitations in terms of responsiveness and availability.

Zoho Response

6 months ago

Hello Sakhara. Thanks for reviewing us. Glad you are having a good experience with Zoho Books. We will work on our limitations and promise to offer you a better experience going forward.

Brandi
Owner in US
Cosmetics, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Zoho Books

5.0 last year

Comments: My overall experience has been pleasant using Zoho Books. I continue to use their product today.

Pros:

The features I like and use the most on Zoho Book are the Accounting and invoicing features. It is reliable and well put together

Cons:

I don't think there is anything about Zoho Books that I don't like. I still use it today with all their products.

Lamine
Head Project in Burkina Faso
Investment Banking, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Zoho Books review use

4.0 last year

Pros:

Zoho Books helps manage businesses better and automate workflow which saves a lot of time. I like the fact that it has a free and paid version

Cons:

Customer support is not at all professional, often very long and their advice misunderstood.

Winnie
Manager in Uganda
Business Supplies & Equipment, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Do work online

5.0 last year

Comments: I use it for project planning and accounting While sitting in my dining room therefore it eased work for me

Pros:

I've been able to manage the accountabilities while at my home by using this software to manage the accountabilities and project planning

Cons:

To me it supports homeworking there are four no other thing I like apart from that.

Alternatives Considered: Pipedrive and Wave

Carlos Orlando
Carlos Orlando
TSU in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Hardware, Self Employed
Used the Software for: Free Trial
Reviewer Source

The Savior of my financial business

5.0 last year

Comments: The simplicity and ease of use have left me in awe. I never thought that accounting could be so simple and practical. Everything is arranged so brilliantly and coherently that every step I take is like a graceful dance to financial success.

Pros:

What I liked the most is its incredible ease of use. You don't need a PhD in accounting to understand it! Everything is designed so intuitively and clearly which impresses me a lot.

Cons:

I should mention that the customization of the reports can be a bit limited. Sometimes, I find myself wishing that I could further tweak and customize them to exactly fit my needs. I feel like they could go a step further in this regard and allow us to have more control over reporting.

David
Investigator in US
Security & Investigations, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Price hike

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

The mobile app is great, doesn't make me want to scream or cringe. Everything feels as though it's exactly where I need it to be and in the order I'll be using it, mostly.Tons of options for reports and forms. Integrates with Zoho CRM. Time tracking and inventory tracking put some icing on the cake.

Cons:

I do not like the time tracker, it only works through linking to a task. I have never been satisfied with Zoho support. Another thing people - there aren't many accounting partners to pick from. Ironic... and problematic.Zoho Books WAS priced so well that you couldn't beat it, however now they've hiked it up along side Everest.

Dan
Manager in Uganda
Computer Software, Self Employed
Used the Software for: Free Trial
Reviewer Source

Very wonderful tool

5.0 last year

Pros:

It is very good for small business accounting service with a clean professional look

Cons:

It is requires coding abilities to automate most of its features

Sumukha
Accounts Executive in India
Commercial Real Estate, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Better Accounting Software

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

Invoice and billing options are good and we can accept the credit card payment and online payment, and auto generation of monthly invoice and we can set due dates so the system will send auto reminder for aged receivables to the tenant

Cons:

when its come to reports like Financial reports and budget forecasting and other its bit difficult to analyze the report and it is bit confusing in Aged receivable report

joan
program officer in Uganda
Nonprofit Organization Management, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

set up payment reminders with zoho books

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

i like zoho books since it's very simple to use and am able to set up payment reminders for my staff through its payment gateways

Cons:

the application to new users it seem to be very hard there is need to have online training basically on setting up