QuickBooks Solopreneur vs. Zoho Expense

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
QuickBooks Solopreneur
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Custom-built for the business of one, QuickBooks Solopreneur features tools to help drive growth and financial stability.N/A
Zoho Expense
Score 8.3 out of 10
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Zoho Expense is online expense reporting software, tailor-made for businesses worldwide to automate expense report creation, streamline approvals and make swift reimbursements.
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Free
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Standard Plan
$5
per month per user
Premium Plan
$9
per month per user
Custom
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsAnnual price plan option available.20% discount for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
QuickBooks Solopreneur
Chose QuickBooks Solopreneur
Its just easier and has been around longer so we decided to go back to it as we used to use it
Chose QuickBooks Solopreneur
QuickBooks Solopreneur seems more versatile and much more improved than that of QuickBooks Self-Employed. I think Intuit was right to discontinue QuickBooks Self-Employed and replace it with QuickBooks Solopreneur.
Chose QuickBooks Solopreneur
QuickBooks Solopreneur was best suited for my firm because at the current price point, it provided me with the features and tools that I needed to run my business. QuickBooks Solopreneur also provides me with the opportunity to grow with the product in the future allowing me to …
Chose QuickBooks Solopreneur
Solopreneur stacks up well against the above-mentioned competitors. Their competitive advantage was the convenience and familiarity of products, since we have used QuickBooks Online before. I believe each product has strengths and weaknesses that make it almost interchangeable. …
Zoho Expense
Chose Zoho Expense
Zoho Expense is on the lower end with limited features however the cost out weights all the fancy features the others have. As they charge way to much and have limited return on investment. The return on investment for the other platforms is only worth it when operating large …
Chose Zoho Expense
We selected (switched) to Zoho Expense because it had similar features at a lower price and we were able to receive a discount through our partner relationship with another software company. We have considered moving from Zoho Expense to something else recently due to …
Chose Zoho Expense
I've used Concur in the past for managing and submitting expenses. When comparing what I know about Zoho to Concur, Zoho seems to be a more simplified tool focused on simply managing expenses, inputting, tracking, submitting and getting reimbursed. Based on what I know, Zoho …
Chose Zoho Expense
I have only used Expensify before and it stacks up nicely to it. Expensify is probably a bit better, but it's also more expensive, especially if you already use other Zoho products.
Features
QuickBooks SolopreneurZoho Expense
Expense Management
Comparison of Expense Management features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Solopreneur
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Ratings
Zoho Expense
7.9
Ratings
8% below category average
Employee Expense Reporting00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Corporate Card Reconciliation00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Payment Management
Comparison of Payment Management features of Product A and Product B
QuickBooks Solopreneur
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Ratings
Zoho Expense
7.2
Ratings
13% below category average
Customizable Approval Policies00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Financial Document Management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Payment Status Tracking00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Payment Audit Trail00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Duplicate Bill Detection00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Advanced OCR00 Ratings5.20 Ratings
Electronic Funds Transfer00 Ratings5.20 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
7.9
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8.0
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Usability
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8.0
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Support Rating
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
QuickBooks Solopreneur is best suited in Reconciling Bank Accounts, as it helps in fixing the entries already deleted, helps in matching to the existing transactions, helps in creating credit memos QuickBooks Solopreneur is less appropriate in suggesting General Ledger based on the descriptions and also in updating the transctions from banks in bank feeds.
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Zoho Expense is wonderful when you have a distributed or remote team or workforce that needs to submit expenses reports throughout the month into a single software and approval system. Zoho Expense does make it easy to train, onboard, and use all of the end-user features for submitting and generating expense reports.
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Pros
  • Showing entries which are deleted by mistake
  • Suggests the perfect match for the transactions which already exists
  • perfectly sync's all information from bill.com
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  • The program will notify users if they have entered a duplicate charge.
  • Once the end-users understood that receipts were mandatory, attaching those receipts has become second-nature. The app makes it very easy to do so.
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Cons
  • Need to help in fixing sync errors
  • Need to help in finding GL accounts to which a transaction has been coded, with the help of description.
  • Need to help in updating all the transactions once clicked on update quickly
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  • Banking integration should be two ways, once corporate card is paid for, it should close the line item
  • Reports should be available on demand
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Usability
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Ease of use for the simple basic options. I wish the there was an option for reimbursement to be marked separately. Example for all corporate credit expense reports with $0 reimbursements still have to be marked as reimbursed in order to be removed from pending reimbursement section. For the cost the features offer benefits
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Support Rating
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The only reason I give Zoho a 9 is because of the issue with the Chart of Accounts skewing every time I export/import. I believe this is due to the fact that I use sub-accounts and Zoho cannot differentiate. Still hoping. :)
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In-Person Training
Not applicable. I am a ProAdvisor and I do not allow my clients (with few exceptions) to work in QuickBooks Online. I am the only person booking transactions, etc.
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Implementation Rating
No issues encountered with implementation. Runs smoothly.
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Alternatives Considered
Solopreneur stacks up well against the above-mentioned competitors. Their competitive advantage was the convenience and familiarity of products, since we have used QuickBooks Online before. I believe each product has strengths and weaknesses that make it almost interchangeable. Each company/entrepreneur needs to evaluate the top features and needs to see which solution is the best fit.
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Zoho Expense is on the lower end with limited features however the cost out weights all the fancy features the others have. As they charge way to much and have limited return on investment. The return on investment for the other platforms is only worth it when operating large scale operations. Zoho Expense is a great product
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Return on Investment
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  • It's included in our Zoho One Subscription which was cheaper than QuickBooks, and we now have so many more options at a much cheaper cost.
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