Wave Accounting vs. Zoho Books

Wave Accounting

Zoho Books

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Wave Accounting	Score8.3 out of 10	N/A	Wave Accounting is a free, cloud-based accounting platform exclusively for small businesses. It supports double-entry bookkeeping and permits unlimited user access, invoicing, and expense management. Wave Accounting integrates with Wave's invoicing, receipt scanning, payment processing and payroll apps.	$16 per month
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

Wave Accounting

Zoho Books

Starter: $0
Pro: $16
per month
Pro - billed annually: $170
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

Pricing Offerings
Wave Accounting	Zoho Books
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	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
	Wave Accounting	Zoho Books
Considered Both Products	Wave J.P. VanderLinden Owner in Corporate at EmberTribe (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Wave Accounting For the pricing arrangement, the ease of use and the user-friendliness of the app, Wave crushes QuickBooks Online and Zoho Books. FreshBooks was a little bit closer as the two are more of an apples-to-apples comparison, but FreshBooks doesn't offer a non-paid option and they … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wave Accounting The best feature about wave is that they let you use it for free for basic accounting and pay per use payments. But based on my horrible experience with how they cancelled my payments feature, I would never use them again! Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Wave Accounting Zoho has many modules that can be integrated, including CRM, but Wave is pretty much ready to use 5 minutes after signing up. Incentivized Helpful? Matthew Gehrman Agency Principal in Sales at CityScape Insurance (Insurance, 1-10 employees) Chose Wave Accounting Across the board Wave takes the cake on price at $0/mo aside from payroll fees and credit card processing. That aside I'd say most accounting systems are fairly similar, however what I like about Wave is just how simple the interface is and the outstanding customer support from … Incentivized Helpful?	Zoho Mehdi Aherraki General Manager in Corporate at iDESIGN Maroc (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Zoho Books The very easy to read dashboard, the clear categorization, the customization features, the easy learning curve and the seamless integration with other Zoho products (that we use a lot and frequently) are for our company the reasons why we favored Zoho books over other … 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

Wave Accounting

Zoho Books

Comparison of Payroll Management features of Wave Accounting and Zoho Books
Feature	Wave Accounting 6.2 24 Ratings	Zoho Books - Ratings
Pay calculation	7.123 Ratings	00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration	7.54 Ratings	00 Ratings
Direct deposit files	1.220 Ratings	00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management	7.712 Ratings	00 Ratings
Reimbursement management	7.48 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Customization features of Wave Accounting and Zoho Books
Feature	Wave Accounting 8.5 13 Ratings	Zoho Books 7.8 16 Ratings
API for custom integration	9.99 Ratings	7.816 Ratings
Plug-ins	7.011 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Security features of Wave Accounting and Zoho Books
Feature	Wave Accounting 6.4 45 Ratings	Zoho Books 9.2 25 Ratings
Single sign-on capability	6.432 Ratings	8.320 Ratings
Role-based user permissions	6.436 Ratings	10.023 Ratings

Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Wave Accounting and Zoho Books
Feature	Wave Accounting 6.3 72 Ratings	Zoho Books 8.7 24 Ratings
Dashboards	6.070 Ratings	8.224 Ratings
Standard reports	8.069 Ratings	9.022 Ratings
Custom reports	5.036 Ratings	9.01 Ratings

Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Wave Accounting and Zoho Books
Feature	Wave Accounting 7.0 75 Ratings	Zoho Books 8.3 25 Ratings
Accounts payable	7.158 Ratings	8.223 Ratings
Accounts receivable	7.169 Ratings	8.224 Ratings
Cash management	8.561 Ratings	7.022 Ratings
Bank reconciliation	8.565 Ratings	8.022 Ratings
Expense management	7.563 Ratings	8.823 Ratings
Time tracking	9.811 Ratings	8.815 Ratings
Fixed asset management	9.812 Ratings	00 Ratings
Multi-currency support	10.019 Ratings	9.214 Ratings
Multi-division support	7.19 Ratings	00 Ratings
Regulations compliance	5.016 Ratings	8.012 Ratings
Electronic tax filing	5.914 Ratings	00 Ratings
Self-service portal	8.040 Ratings	9.016 Ratings
Global Financial Support	9.02 Ratings	00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers	9.05 Ratings	00 Ratings
Intercompany Accounting	4.05 Ratings	00 Ratings
Localizations	5.23 Ratings	00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations	8.530 Ratings	00 Ratings
Enterprise Accounting	4.07 Ratings	00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting	5.017 Ratings	00 Ratings
Centralized Rules Framework	1.03 Ratings	00 Ratings
Standardized Processes	7.019 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Inventory Management features of Wave Accounting and Zoho Books
Feature	Wave Accounting 8.1 11 Ratings	Zoho Books 7.0 14 Ratings
Inventory tracking	5.68 Ratings	9.014 Ratings
Automatic reordering	9.95 Ratings	5.08 Ratings
Location management	8.12 Ratings	00 Ratings
Manufacturing module	9.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Order Management features of Wave Accounting and Zoho Books
Feature	Wave Accounting 7.6 52 Ratings	Zoho Books 8.7 22 Ratings
Pricing	9.926 Ratings	9.018 Ratings
Order entry	10.018 Ratings	9.017 Ratings
Credit card processing	2.345 Ratings	6.619 Ratings
Cost of goods sold	10.033 Ratings	10.017 Ratings
Order Orchestration	5.85 Ratings	00 Ratings
End-to-end order visibility	8.24 Ratings	00 Ratings
Order exception Resolution	7.02 Ratings	00 Ratings

User Ratings
	Wave Accounting	Zoho Books
Likelihood to Recommend	6.0 (81 ratings)	8.2 (26 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	7.8 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	7.0 (16 ratings)	8.3 (8 ratings)
Availability	6.7 (4 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	2.9 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	2.1 (12 ratings)	5.3 (5 ratings)
Online Training	4.7 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
CPA Rating	8.0 (8 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	3.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

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