About Zoho Books

Zoho Books is a smart online accounting software designed to help businesses streamline their back office operations, automate business workflows, and help securely collaborate with accountants online. It is designed for all business sizes, from small businesses to large enterprises, and can be used by services, consulting, and marketing companies. The accounting solution offers a range of features including cash flow management, invoicing, including one-off or recurring invoice generation, balance sheet management, inventory management, purchase order management, expense tracking, automated workflow creation, and much more.

With the inventory feature, retail businesses can keep track of their stock and make smart purchase decisions. Zoho Books allows users to invoice their clients in their currency and it's also available in 11 languages.Using Zoho as an accounting tool, businesses can gain a clear picture of how much money their business is generating. Users can manage customers and invoice them either online or by mail, automate recurring invoices, set up payment reminders and payment thank-you notes, and get paid faster with online payment gateways. Businesses can manage and control expenses and cash outflow with Zoho Books and record invoices and commitments for purchases, services, and even for reimbursable expenses like client travel.

With Zoho Books accounting software, users can share -or delegate- accounting duties to anyone in the organization, but set different permissions for employees. Get professional help with accounting by easily sharing your books with your accountant or financial advisor. Record and monitor bank and credit card transactions like deposits, fund transfers, checks, expenses, credits, and refunds. Easily reconcile them with bank and credit card statements. Zoho Books facilitates integration with other Zoho apps including Zoho Sign, Zoho CRM, Zoho Inventory, Zoho Analytics, and more, as well as third party solutions such as PayPal, Stripe, G Suite, Dropbox, Slack, and more.

Pricing starting from:

£6.00/month

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

Key benefits of Zoho Books

* Unlimited invoicing
* Recording and tracking bills from vendors
* Expense tracking
* Recording & monitoring bank/credit card transactions
* Reconciling bank and credit card accounts
* Full fledged multiple currency support
* Receiving online payments from customers
* Managing contacts – customers and vendors
* Financial reports – Tax Reports, Trial Balance, Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, etc.
* Multi-user support and data access to your accountant
* Customizable templates and snail mailing of invoice and quotes
*Client Portal for users
*Purchase Order
*Calendar view of timesheets
*Weekly timesheet
*Upload Expense Receipt
*Attach files to Invoices and Bills
*Dashboard for quick insights
*Attach unbilled projects and expenses while creating invoices.
*REST APIs

Typical Customers

  • Freelancers
  • Small Businesses (2-50)
  • Mid-size Companies (51-500)
  • Large enterprises (500 and more)

Deployment

  • Cloud-based
  • On-premise

Countries available

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

Supported Languages

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

Pricing starting from:

£6.00/month

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

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Features

Total features of Zoho Books: 96

  • ACH Payment Processing
  • API
  • Accounting
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Accrual Accounting
  • Approval Process Control
  • Audit Trail
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Billable & Non-Billable Hours
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Billing Portal
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Cash Management
  • Catalogue Management
  • Client Portal
  • Commission Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Consolidation/Roll-Up
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management
  • Contract/License Management
  • Core Accounting
  • Cost Management
  • Customer Statements
  • Customisable Invoices
  • Customisable Templates
  • Customizable Fields
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Security
  • Data Visualisation
  • Electronic Payments
  • Expense Claims
  • Expense Tracking
  • Financial Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For AEC Industry
  • For Government
  • For Legal Professionals
  • For Medical Purposes
  • For Real Estate
  • For Small Businesses
  • For Trucking Industry
  • General Ledger
  • Income & Balance Sheet
  • Inventory Management
  • Inventory Tracking
  • Invoice Creation
  • Invoice History
  • Invoice Management
  • Invoice Processing
  • K-12
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Payments
  • Multi-Company
  • Multi-Currency
  • Nonprofits
  • Online Invoicing
  • Online Payments
  • Online Time Tracking Software
  • Payment Processing
  • Payment Reconciliation
  • Profit/Loss Statement
  • Project Accounting
  • Project Billing
  • Projections
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Purchase Order Reconciliation
  • Purchasing & Receiving
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Receipt Management
  • Receivables Ledger
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Reminders
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Requisition Management
  • Sales Tax Management
  • Spend 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
  • Vendor Management
  • Workflow Management

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Reviews

Overall rating

4.4 /5
(638)
Value for Money
4.4/5
Features
4.2/5
Ease of Use
4.4/5
Customer Support
4.2/5

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Daniel
Daniel
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Why limit yourself to just Books?

Reviewed on 20/06/2019

Pros

I think Zoho Books is on par with all the other bookkeeping software, but what is even better is how it integrates with all of the other Zoho products. I have had to integrate SFDC with ZenDesk and other solutions and what a pain! The fact that books integrate with their CRM with their Desk app is wonderful. This does everything you need from creating invoices to managing expenses and accounts. Very easy to use and full-featured. It is a definite must for small businesses that are looking for a robust affordable solution that might also need a CRM (look at zoho one).

Cons

With any bookkeeping software, there is a learning curve. Not always the easiest, but certainly worth it. Once you get all of your accounts set up you'll need to make sure you get all of your payment processes in place. Which is nice once it's ready because people can simply pay from click on an invoice. My only complaint would be how certain things don't flow as easily as I would like to start off with. But once you get it figured out it's pretty easy and will save you tons of head aches when time goes on.

David
David
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  • Industry: Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

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

Reviewed on 14/01/2022

use it for all client invoices and payments
also use for all vendor payments and invoice tracking...

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

Alternatives Considered

Best Movers CRM and QuickBooks Enterprise

Reasons for Choosing Zoho Books

more functionality

Switched From

QuickBooks Enterprise

Reasons for Switching to Zoho Books

much easier interface and the integration with a partner CRM program within ZOHO
Belal
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Pathetic customer service

Reviewed on 02/05/2024

Worst customer services there is no proper reply or information

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].

Andrei
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  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Book keeping done wright

Reviewed on 11/05/2024

I really like Zoho Books, the design is nice and intuitive. I learned to use it very fast. Support...

I really like Zoho Books, the design is nice and intuitive. I learned to use it very fast. Support was great when needed.

Pros

Zoho Books is an exceptional accounting service, it offers a free version for small business but paid version too. Works great with bank reconciliation and is packed of good features that you found only on expensive software. Getting reports like P&L is easy and the reports looks good. Integrates good with other Zoho apps if you are using them.

Cons

No cons for Zoho Books, the software works good.

Response from Zoho

Hello Andrei. Thanks for your detailed review about us. We are glad you are enjoying using Zoho Books.

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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

"Zoho Books"; Accounting made easy.

Reviewed on 19/12/2020

I have been in the field of finance and accounting for quite a couple of time now and have tested...

I have been in the field of finance and accounting for quite a couple of time now and have tested many accounting softwares. I finally landed on Zoho Books and my experience with this software is amazingly outstanding in its results and ease of use.

Pros

It's very effective and efficient in its operations. Zoho Books perform splendid task as expected.

The BRS statement is also an amazing feature I enjoy mostly on this software as it prints clearly all required details as expected.

Cons

For the fact that the little shortcomings are prevalent regarding the usage of this software, its benefits cannot be outweighed.
The only problem i think is with this software is for the fact that you must be familiar with the accounting terms as a new user to be able to effectively use the function to the fullest benefits.
A learning or help pop ups when added to the features will be of help especially to new users

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Zoho Books FAQs

Below are some frequently asked questions for Zoho Books.

Zoho Books offers the following pricing plans:

  • Starting from: £6.00/month
  • Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
  • Free Trial: Available

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.

Zoho Books has the following typical customers:

Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

Zoho Books supports the following languages:

Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

Zoho Books supports the following devices:

Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)

Zoho Books integrates with the following applications:

2Checkout, Avalara, Box, Braintree, CSG Forte, Dropbox Business, Entryless, Evernote Teams, Google Drive, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, OneDrive, PayPal, Slack, Square Point of Sale, Stripe, Twilio, Worldpay, Zapier, Zoho Analytics, Zoho Billing, Zoho CRM, Zoho Docs, Zoho Expense, Zoho Flow, Zoho Inventory, Zoho Invoice, Zoho People, Zoho Projects, Zoho Sign, authorize.net

Zoho Books offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat

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