Small Business Accounting Zoho Books
MTD-compliant online accounting software that lies at the heart of Zoho's integrated suite
Pricing
£6/mo (2 users); £12/mo (3 users); £18/mo (10 users, unlimited contacts)
17% discounts for subscriptions paid annualy
Functionality
Integration
Firm size
- Small
- Medium
- Large
Free trial
Key Features
- Capture the goods and services you offer and quickly add them to your transactions
- Set up your bank account and automatically import your transactions to your accounting software
- Keep track of time spent on projects and invoice your customers for your work
- Get all your contacts in one place for easy communication
- The reports module in Zoho Books contains reports related to the business, accounting and taxes
- Automated reminders are available for both invoices and bills
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What Zoho Books says
Zoho Books is online accounting and bookkeeping software that is hosted entirely in the cloud. It also manages your finances, gets you VAT ready, automates business workflows, makes you MTD compliant and helps you work collectively across departments. It features contact management, invoices, expenses, sales and purchase orders, project time tracking and inventory management.
Zoho Books comes with automatic bank feeds, collaborative client portal, accounting and taxing, online payments, invoice templates and analytical reports. Organizations can automate recurring activities such as billing, payment reminders, auto charge and payment thank you notes.
Zoho Books allows users to manage multiple time sheets of different projects and tracking of reimbursable expenses. Organizations can also connect bank and credit card accounts and match automated feeds with transactions.
Zoho Books’ roadmap includes artificial intelligence and machine learning which increases user productivity. Bots and conversational interfaces will now be able to answer questions such as "How is my business doing?" or "What is my profitability per employee?"
These questions are best answered by a conversational interface that can triangulate insights from multiple systems like CRM and an HR suite. Improved automation which provides huge efficiencies that immediately cut the time spent on accounting applications.
What users say about Zoho Books
Read user reviews- Neat UI and easy to use
- Support, price and experience
- It's simple and user-friendly
- Simple interface
- Excellent support
Pros
- The pricing
- Could do with a more premium look
Things you might change
Functionality
- Neat UI
Pros
- Could do with a more premium look
Things you might change
Support
- Excellent support
Pros
Ease of use
- Easy to use
Pros
Value for money
- High price
Things you might change
What AccountingWEB says
Zoho has been a bit-part player in the UK marketplace for more than five years, but has started to build up its presence in recent months. Where the big accounting engines rely on third party app ecosystems to cover non-accounting tasks, Zoho takes a more integrated approach, with its own companion programs for stock, HR and customer relationship management (CRM).
It’s an appealing offer for businesses that want the convenience of online applications, without all the associated admin and configuration work to hook up other systems. During 2019 the challenge for Zoho will be to expand its foothold in the narrow spaces left alongside the face-to-face showdown between QuickBooks and Xero.
