What is Zoho Books?
By Riley Park · Last verified: October 2026
Zoho Books is cloud accounting software from Zoho Corporation covering invoicing, expenses, banking, inventory, and tax. Its Free plan costs $0 for businesses with under $50,000 in annual revenue (1 user plus 1 accountant, up to 1,000 invoices a year), and paid plans start with Standard at $20 a month billed monthly, or $15 billed annually. Verified on zoho.com, October 8, 2026.
What is Zoho Books used for? Day-to-day accounting for small and growing businesses: invoicing and payments, expenses and bills, bank reconciliation, sales tax, and reports. Inventory, multi-currency, and project billing come with Professional and above, and the top plans add warehouse management, marketplace connections, and advanced analytics.
Is Zoho Books the same as QuickBooks? No. Zoho Books comes from Zoho Corporation and QuickBooks Online from Intuit. Zoho Books' paid plans start lower ($20 a month against $38) and it has a free plan for businesses under $50,000 in revenue; QuickBooks Online has the wider integration library. See QuickBooks vs Zoho Books.
How much does Zoho Books cost? Per organization per month, billed monthly (billed annually in brackets): Free $0, Standard $20 ($15), Professional $50 ($40), Premium $70 ($60), Elite $150 ($120), and Ultimate $275 ($240). Users included run from 1 plus an accountant on Free to 15 on Ultimate. See Is Zoho Books free? for what the free plan includes.
What are the disadvantages of Zoho Books? In DDR's review: support quality is mixed, occasional performance issues and bugs are a recurring complaint, and it has 38 native integrations, with broader reach through Zoho Flow, a separate product.
Who makes Zoho Books? Zoho Corporation, which began in 1996 as AdventNet in New Jersey and took the Zoho name in 2009. It is privately held and says it has never taken money from investors.
How does DDR rate Zoho Books? DDR Score 8.17, Leader tier, among the five SMB accounting products DDR reviews: a capable, low-cost option whose free plan includes more than Wave's, as long as you stay under the $50,000 revenue cap. Read the full Zoho Books review.