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Zoho Books

Composite Score

8.5 /10

CX Score

8.9 /10

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What is Zoho Books?

Zoho Books is a powerful financial platform designed to help businesses streamline their finances, automate business workflows, and help them securely collaborate with accountants online. It simplifies day-to-day business transactions, provides real-time financial reporting and ensures compliance with local tax laws. With its intuitive UI and fully functional mobile apps, Zoho Books will help businesses grow faster, smarter and scale more efficiently.

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Awards & Recognition

Zoho Books won the following awards in the Accounting - Small Business category

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2024 Data Quadrant Champion

Latest Award, 2024

9 Top Rated Capabilities

7 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

10 Top Rated Capabilities

7 Top Rated Features

2023

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Service Experience
Product Impact
Conflict Resolution

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2022

8 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2022

Zoho Books Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

Down 2
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

Up 1
Since last award

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

Service Experience

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 94%
Negotiation and Contract:: 92%
Conflict Resolution:: 94%
Strategy & Innovation:: 91%
Service Experience:: 96%

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Zoho Books?

0% Negative

1% Neutral

99% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Transparent
Trustworthy
Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Cash Flow Management

Accounts Payable Purchase Orders

Cost Revenue Tracking

General Ledger Chart of Accounts

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting

Accounts Receivable Invoicing

Expense Management

Budgeting Forecasting

Reconciliation

Project Accounting

Integration APIs

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

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Zoho Books Reviews

Forest H.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Other
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2020

Constantly improving. Great Value.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Zoho Books from other similar products?

Very intuitive and great customer support.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease of use and full feature set.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Aesthetics of some elements (such as invoicing emails) could be better.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

So much better than any alternative I have tried.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Richard G.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Gaming and Hospitality
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2020

Reliable and efficient accounting platform

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Zoho Books from other similar products?

Its a complete solution that satisfies all of our accounting needs from time-tracking, invoicing and customer payments thus proving its versatility and reliability.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Its relatively fair in terms of pricing and this offers even the small teams a chance to use the platform and improve their accounting process. Its great to use due to its simplicity and it has not caused any problems to our staff while using the platform. Zoho Books has improved our bill management ensuring that w settle them on time and remain in good books with our suppliers and customers.

What do you dislike most about this product?

When the internet connection is poor using the platform becomes a bit slow and problematic.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Its perfect for any business and this ensures that it helps them in improving their accounting process with ease.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Christopher W.

Role: Finance
Industry: Finance
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2020

Great product for new business owners!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Zoho Books from other similar products?

Ease of use, functionality, cost-effective,

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Payment links

What do you dislike most about this product?

Inability to post manual journal entries to accounts receivable/payable

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Start a free trial to explore the product features and offerings

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

Zoho Books Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

Down 2 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

Up 1 Since last award

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Zoho Books?

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Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Cash Flow Management Includes income and expense tracking, as well as cash flow monitoring.

Accounts Payable Purchase Orders Record of debts owing for an organization. Sometimes includes a purchase order capability

Cost Revenue Tracking The process of recording, classifying, analyzing, summarizing, and allocating costs associated with a process

General Ledger Chart of Accounts The general ledger contains the organization’s accounts for recording assets, liabilities, revenue, and expenses.

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting, forecasting & easy data extraction for data analysis.

Accounts Receivable Invoicing Record of claims for payment for goods or services provided. Usually includes a customer invoicing capability

Expense Management Includes all aspects of expense forms design, completion, submission, limits and compliance, and reporting.

Budgeting Forecasting Functionality allowing users to create and maintain budgets and develop forecasts, “what-if” scenarios, etc

Reconciliation Functionality that ensures that two sets of records (usually the balances of two accounts) are in agreement.

Project Accounting Ability to track, report and analyse financial results and implications at an individual project level

Integration APIs Ability of the software to interface with legacy and other third party applications.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

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Accounting - Midmarket

Zoho Books Reviews

Forest H.

Constantly improving. Great Value.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Richard G.

Reliable and efficient accounting platform

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Christopher W.

Great product for new business owners!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Cash Flow Management

Accounts Payable Purchase Orders

Cost Revenue Tracking

General Ledger Chart of Accounts

Dashboards, Analytics and Reporting

Accounts Receivable Invoicing

Expense Management

Budgeting Forecasting

Reconciliation

Project Accounting

Integration APIs

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization