QuickBooks Desktop Pro vs. Zoho Books

QuickBooks Desktop Pro

Zoho Books

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
QuickBooks Desktop Pro	Score7.8 out of 10	N/A	Quickbooks Desktop Pro is accounting software from Intuit, Inc. It includes core accounting features, plus analytics and exportable reports. It is offered in on-premise and SaaS forms.	N/A
Zoho Books	Score8.9 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.	$20 per month

Pricing

QuickBooks Desktop Pro

Zoho Books

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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

Pricing Offerings
QuickBooks Desktop Pro	Zoho Books
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

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Zoho Books is available for both monthly and yearly plans. Users who sign up for the annual plan get a discount.

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	QuickBooks Desktop Pro	Zoho Books
Considered Both Products	Intuit Adam Montgomery Project Finance Manager in Corporate at SEMCO (Renewables & Environment, 11-50 employees) Chose QuickBooks Desktop Pro We tried out Zoho Books because we use Zoho for CRM purposes and we were were interested in exploring what type of integration there might be with our CRM to our financial books. However, we just found out that nothing really competes with QuickBooks when it comes to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose QuickBooks Desktop Pro Zoho had great end-user support and it was almost as simple to learn and was as easy to use. But its reports were not as [customizable] as QuickBooks Desktop Pro, and its job cost and department accounting [were] more cumbersome than QuickBooks Desktop Pro was. In addition, … Incentivized Helpful?	Zoho Melissa Meece Owner / GM at Firefly Restaurant (Restaurants, 11-50 employees) Chose Zoho Books I found Zoho Books to be more intuitive and user friendly. I also appreciated that it is cloud based, unlike the versions of QB I had used in the past. So our team was able to work remotely when needed, which was especially helpful during a pandemic. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Zoho Books QuickBooks Online is much harder to use than Zoho Books. We found that Zoho Books was easy to train staff, and the online help is excellent. Qickbooks Desktop is endlessly buggy, requiring frequent IT support calls and a dedicated server for multi-user access. Online payments for … Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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Features

QuickBooks Desktop Pro

Zoho Books

Comparison of Payroll Management features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Zoho Books
Feature	QuickBooks Desktop Pro 9.3 65 Ratings	Zoho Books - Ratings
Pay calculation	9.961 Ratings	00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration	9.835 Ratings	00 Ratings
Direct deposit files	9.953 Ratings	00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management	9.949 Ratings	00 Ratings
Reimbursement management	7.350 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Customization features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Zoho Books
Feature	QuickBooks Desktop Pro 7.9 39 Ratings	Zoho Books 7.8 16 Ratings
API for custom integration	8.032 Ratings	7.816 Ratings
Plug-ins	7.836 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Security features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Zoho Books
Feature	QuickBooks Desktop Pro 10.0 94 Ratings	Zoho Books 9.2 25 Ratings
Single sign-on capability	10.076 Ratings	8.320 Ratings
Role-based user permissions	10.089 Ratings	10.023 Ratings

Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Zoho Books
Feature	QuickBooks Desktop Pro 10.0 109 Ratings	Zoho Books 8.7 24 Ratings
Dashboards	10.094 Ratings	8.224 Ratings
Standard reports	10.0109 Ratings	9.022 Ratings
Custom reports	10.0107 Ratings	9.01 Ratings

Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Zoho Books
Feature	QuickBooks Desktop Pro 9.5 113 Ratings	Zoho Books 8.3 25 Ratings
Accounts payable	10.0108 Ratings	8.223 Ratings
Accounts receivable	10.0110 Ratings	8.224 Ratings
Cash management	10.098 Ratings	7.022 Ratings
Bank reconciliation	10.0109 Ratings	8.022 Ratings
Expense management	10.0100 Ratings	8.823 Ratings
Time tracking	8.747 Ratings	8.815 Ratings
Fixed asset management	10.065 Ratings	00 Ratings
Multi-currency support	10.028 Ratings	9.214 Ratings
Multi-division support	10.053 Ratings	00 Ratings
Regulations compliance	7.239 Ratings	8.012 Ratings
Electronic tax filing	10.051 Ratings	00 Ratings
Self-service portal	9.738 Ratings	9.016 Ratings
Global Financial Support	7.015 Ratings	00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers	8.837 Ratings	00 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting	10.039 Ratings	00 Ratings
Localizations	8.517 Ratings	00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations	10.066 Ratings	00 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting	10.034 Ratings	00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting	10.042 Ratings	00 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework	10.025 Ratings	00 Ratings
Standardized Processes	10.049 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Inventory Management features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Zoho Books
Feature	QuickBooks Desktop Pro 6.7 56 Ratings	Zoho Books 7.0 14 Ratings
Inventory tracking	6.453 Ratings	9.014 Ratings
Automatic reordering	6.132 Ratings	5.08 Ratings
Location management	6.229 Ratings	00 Ratings
Manufacturing module	8.216 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Order Management features of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Zoho Books
Feature	QuickBooks Desktop Pro 8.3 71 Ratings	Zoho Books 8.7 22 Ratings
Pricing	10.051 Ratings	9.018 Ratings
Order entry	10.050 Ratings	9.017 Ratings
Credit card processing	7.148 Ratings	6.619 Ratings
Cost of goods sold	10.059 Ratings	10.017 Ratings
Order Orchestration	9.018 Ratings	00 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility	9.021 Ratings	00 Ratings
Order exception Resolution	3.216 Ratings	00 Ratings

User Ratings
	QuickBooks Desktop Pro	Zoho Books
Likelihood to Recommend	9.9 (125 ratings)	8.2 (26 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (18 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (32 ratings)	8.3 (8 ratings)
Availability	8.3 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	1.2 (29 ratings)	5.3 (5 ratings)
In-Person Training	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.0 (6 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
CPA Rating	8.5 (22 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	8.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

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