Kashoo vs. Zoho Books

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Kashoo
Score 4.9 out of 10
N/A
Kashoo is a simple cloud-based double-entry accounting platform for small businesses. It is mobile-accessible and features include receipt capture, automated invoicing, tax preparation, financial reports, banking, and expense management features.
$324
per year
Zoho Books
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Zoho Books is an accounting solution that is designed to help small businesses manage their finances. This solution includes dashboards and a wide variety of reports. Business users can automate tasks and set up custom workflows. Zoho offers a 14 day free trial.
$0
For businesses with turnover <50K USD per annum
Pricing
KashooZoho Books
Editions & Modules
Kashoo
$324
per year
Free
$0
For businesses with turnover <50K USD per annum
Standard
$20
per month per org
Professional
$50
per month per org
Premium
$70
per month per org
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
KashooZoho Books
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsZoho Books is available for both monthly and yearly plans. Users who sign up for the annual plan get a discount.
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Community Pulse
KashooZoho Books
Features
KashooZoho Books
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Kashoo
8.5
Ratings
11% above category average
Zoho Books
7.8
Ratings
2% above category average
API for custom integration7.00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Plug-ins10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Kashoo
9.7
Ratings
15% above category average
Zoho Books
9.2
Ratings
10% above category average
Single sign-on capability9.50 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Role-based user permissions10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Kashoo
9.2
Ratings
15% above category average
Zoho Books
8.7
Ratings
10% above category average
Dashboards9.10 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Standard reports9.50 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Custom reports9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Kashoo
8.0
Ratings
3% above category average
Zoho Books
8.4
Ratings
8% above category average
Accounts payable8.00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Accounts receivable8.00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Cash management8.70 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Bank reconciliation8.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Expense management9.50 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Time tracking10.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Multi-currency support8.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Regulations compliance10.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Self-service portal10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Global Financial Support7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Localizations5.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Standardized Processes7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Kashoo
10.0
Ratings
26% above category average
Zoho Books
8.7
Ratings
12% above category average
Pricing10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Order entry10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Credit card processing10.00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Cost of goods sold10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Kashoo
-
Ratings
Zoho Books
7.0
Ratings
5% below category average
Inventory tracking00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
User Ratings
KashooZoho Books
Likelihood to Recommend
2.1
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Usability
4.0
(0 ratings)
8.4
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
1.0
(0 ratings)
5.3
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
KashooZoho Books
Likelihood to Recommend
It is great for a small company or sole proprietorship. It is simple and easy and allows you to do your bookkeeping without taking too much of your time. It would not be ideal for a company that needs to track inventory.
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Zoho Books is good for a company or organization that wants to keep track of invoices, payments, and cash flow. If you do not have a full-time accountant in your organization, it can work well as whenever you hire one or have someone check your books, the information they need will be there, provided it has been entered into Zoho Books. It works as a one-man operation or a small team. For larger teams, it would depend on how much information needs to be input on a daily basis.
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Pros
  • Mobile app for scanning expenses.
  • Straight to the point actions.
  • Clean user interface (better than the QuickBooks icons!).
  • Importing bank transactions with no upcharge.
  • Receive credit card payments with no credit check.
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  • The projects feature is what we use a lot it helps setting up projects as well as tracking expenses and bills for the whole project. The budgeting feature is very developed, allowing you to budget by total project cost, total project hours, hours per task, or hours per staff.
  • Customer Estimates and Invoices are very easy to setup and send directly from the app (it also has a very nice and customizable reminder option).
  • Stock and pricing listings is very intuitive and easy and makes it a very helpful and time saving feature.
  • Bank reconciliation and Financial reporting are very developed and make it easy to share information with bookeepers and accounting specialists.
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Cons
  • The UI is not nice at all - even with a UI refresh, it still didn't look that great
  • The UX is rough as well - it's not as easy to use until you get used to it - high learning curve
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  • Printing checks - they only offer one vendor and they are expensive compared to QuickBook alternatives.
  • Their interface for bids - retainers and applying them against income could be improved, but once you know how it's easy.
  • Their recurring fees don't seem to always work the way I'd want. But overall they work.
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Usability
Kashoo is by far the most intuitive and easy to use accounting/bookkeeping solution I've tried, and after using it for several years I'm pleased that it delivers a consistent experience. No surprises, it just works. I don't want to spend any more time than I have to attend to bookkeeping, and Kashoo allows me to do just that.
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Customization is the biggest struggle for us and most of the time we need to involve a tech person. The chat support is a great feature and very helpful. It would be great to be able to customize and create invoices and correspondence (templates) such are reminders in multiple languages within one organization. The currency (USD) would be the same. We have clients in different countries that don't speak English but pay in USD.
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Support Rating
They were not helpful in resolving my issue on the change to my lifetime deal, and I am not happy with their support. They didn't care at all
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The support team feels very disjointed. We have filtered through a number of "lead" contacts and are frequently spammed by other Zoho members. Once getting an appropriate support contact on the phone - the team is very helpful, it just takes a lot of hoop jumping to get there. We actually unsubscribed from their support package as we were not getting the value we were looking for.
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Alternatives Considered
Wave Accounting has the UI and UX down perfectly. Their reporting is nice as well, but I felt like things were a little more customizable in Kashoo, so they have the upper hand there.
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Cloud vs. desktop, this and the fact that Zoho Books syncs with our other Zoho apps were the most pressing reasons for switching to Zoho Books. As mentioned previously, we consider our accounting software to be an integral part of doing business efficiently, and we can now do that considering our systems are all integrated.
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Return on Investment
  • Kashoo has allowed us to manage our finances in a simple way
  • Helps us figure out if we are making money or losing it
  • Affordable than some other accounting tools
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  • I was able to cut my costs for a more complete and easy to use tool.
  • Many transactions, and accounting tasks on 1 platform, reduction in time by a lot.
  • Clients can pay without leaving your website (less drop-off, better conversions).
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