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What is Zoho Books?

Zoho Books comes with automatic bank feeds, collaborative client portal, accounting and taxing, online payments, invoice templates and analytical reports. The system allows users to manage multiple time sheets of different projects and tracking of reimbursable expenses. What is Zoho Books? Zoho Books is an end-to-end accounting solution for businesses of all sizes that manages finances across an entire organization. The system automates multiple financial processes such as accounts payable & receivable, time tracking, payroll, transaction management, inventory control, and banking. Additionally, Zoho Books manages customer and supplier interactions through the client portal where customers can securely store their payment information for recurring transactions. How... read more

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User Review Highlights

4.38

450 Reviews

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Ease-of-use

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Customer Support

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Value for money

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Functionality

out of 5
  • icon"The setup is fairly straightforward, and the learning curve is very manageable. It's really nice to have a good (and reasonable) set of defaults for categories and account structure."
  • icon"Through the Zoho Books software, our payments integration is always great and fabulous."
  • icon"It's a good software but needs to be completely free. I enjoy using it mainly because I have a zohomail account."
  • icon"They call you at ridiculous times and then email to say they called and to call them back. You call them back and no one is available."
  • icon"I was afraid to use it, no knowing who would be viewing our data."
  • icon"Login interface sometimes confused me as I accidentally logged into other zoho products."

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How much does Zoho Books cost?

Start with the 14-day free trial and later subscribe to a plan that fits your business needs. Zoho Books is available in 4 plans: Free - $0, for businesses with turnover <50K USD per annum. Standard - $15 per organization, per month, billed annually. Professional - $40 per organization, per month, billed annually. Premium - $60 per organization, per month, billed annually.

Starting price

$15.00 per month

Free trial

Available

Free version

Available

Which features does Zoho Books offer?

Core features:

Account ReconciliationAccountingAccounts PayableAccounts ReceivableAccrual AccountingACH Payment ProcessingBank ReconciliationBillable Items TrackingBilling & InvoicingCash ManagementShow more features +

People who reviewed this software give it a 4 star rating for functionality.

How easy is Zoho Books to use and deploy?

Zoho Books supports multiple deployment options, including: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows.

People who reviewed this software give it a 4.5 star rating for ease-of-use.

What do verified users say about Zoho Books

4.38/5 out of 450 Reviews

Showing 1 - 5 of 450 reviews

User Profile

Deepak

Verified reviewer

Company size: 2-10 employees

Industry: Information Technology and Services

Time used: More than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
5

Ease-of-use

out of 5
5

Value for money

out of 5
5

Customer support

out of 5
5

Functionality

out of 5

October 2019

Great Collaboration

Great experience although after 2 years we are still learning, it is good for indian accounting system

Pros

The statement download from bank and reconciliation option is great GST filing options are great Dashboard is very well designed Android application is very useful

Cons

I would have prefered if it has quotation sending options also Process sometimes seems too long for creating manual vouchers

Reasons for switching to Zoho Books

Online Cloud base GST enabled software, and ready for integrations

David

Verified reviewer

Company size: 11-50 employees

Industry: Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

Time used: More than 2 years

Review Source: GetApp

This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
5

Ease-of-use

out of 5
5

Value for money

out of 5
5

Customer support

out of 5
5

Functionality

out of 5

January 2022

Using ZOHO Books for invoicing and payments in US Dollars and Mexican Pesos

use it for all client invoices and payments also use for all vendor payments and invoice tracking of accounts payable and recieveable

Pros

very easy interface with Zoho CRM and integration with online payment capabilities in both US Dollars and Mexican Pesos

Cons

the multi currency feature is sometimes glitchy in reports

Reasons for choosing Zoho Books

much easier interface and the integration with a partner CRM program within ZOHO

Reasons for switching to Zoho Books

more functionality

Simon

Company size: 11-50 employees

Industry: Legal Services

Time used: Less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra

This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered
2

Ease-of-use

out of 5
1

Value for money

out of 5
1

Customer support

out of 5
3

Functionality

out of 5

January 2022

I'd rather go back to using the abacus

Really terrible software combining poor UX with limited functionality, especially in regards to reporting, to provide me and my team with by far the worst software experience I've had since Windows Vista...

Pros

Quite easy to edit, issue and send an invoice

Cons

Poor UX, poor reporting, poor searchability, terrible support

Derek

Company size: 2-10 employees

Industry: Marketing and Advertising

Time used: Less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
5

Ease-of-use

out of 5
5

Value for money

out of 5
4

Customer support

out of 5
4

Functionality

out of 5

January 2022

Zoho books - my best friend!

With Zoho we are able to easily stay on top of our finances with limited effort required. The ability to correct historical errors easily makes maintaining and accurate general ledger a breeze. I really like the professional look and feel of the documents generated such as invoices, orders etc.

Pros

With unparalleled customisation and ease of use as well as the the ability to correct previous errors Zoho books has made the accounting function so much simpler than our previous software. The automation of numerous tasks has been especially useful. The professional way in which we are able to engage with our customers and suppliers has also raised our credibility.

Cons

Probably the only criticism I can raise is that the reporting section could offer more month by month reports as a standard feature, although they may be easily configured using the tool provided.

Reasons for choosing Zoho Books

The value proposition of Zoho One with the multiply module functionality was very compelling and the Books module was able to more than cater for our small business requirements.

Reasons for switching to Zoho Books

Based on an old database structure which was inflexible.

User Profile

David

Verified reviewer

Company size: 2-10 employees

Industry: Computer Software

Time used: Less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
5

Ease-of-use

out of 5
5

Functionality

out of 5

July 2019

Great Tool For Suite Users

We are running all of our books for our small business with Zoho Books. It is simple to sync bank accounts and credit card accounts, and quickly categorize expenses, and run reports. Pleased with results.

Pros

Very simple to categorize funds, connectivity with other tools in Zoho Suite.

Cons

Anytime a new vender is updated to an expense item, the screen needs to be reloaded and refreshed before that same vender can be selected for another item.

Reasons for choosing Zoho Books

Pricepoint and accessibility

Reasons for switching to Zoho Books

Better accessability, and price point for us.

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