FreshBooks vs. Zoho Books

FreshBooks

208 Reviews and Ratings

Zoho Books

156 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
FreshBooks	Score8.6 out of 10	Small Businesses (1-50 employees)	FreshBooks is an accounting service for small businesses. The solution enables users to send and manage invoices, track billable time and collect online payments. The vendor’s value proposition this that their solution provides a straightforward service that simplifies the billing process.	$21 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

FreshBooks

Zoho Books

Lite: $21
per month
Plus: $38
per month
Premium: $65
per month
Select: Custom Pricing

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
FreshBooks	Zoho Books
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

10% discount for annual pricing.

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
	FreshBooks	Zoho Books
Considered Both Products	FreshBooks Verified User Chose FreshBooks FreshBooks is easy to implement and the onboarding process is straightforward. It has great user interface to navigate and any user can easily start using it. It also offers customization of the modules/reports. Most importantly invoice tracking is a great module. It is offered … Incentivized Helpful?	Zoho Hazem Kassem Managing Director in Corporate at AxcellMena (Accounting, 1-10 employees) Chose Zoho Books Price and easier to use Other many applications that could be integrated with zoho Incentivized Helpful?
	Would buy again
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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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	Implementation went as expected
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Features

FreshBooks

Zoho Books

Comparison of Customization features of FreshBooks and Zoho Books
Feature	FreshBooks 9.1 35 Ratings	Zoho Books 7.8 16 Ratings
API for custom integration	9.330 Ratings	7.816 Ratings
Plug-ins	9.026 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Security features of FreshBooks and Zoho Books
Feature	FreshBooks 10.0 41 Ratings	Zoho Books 9.2 25 Ratings
Single sign-on capability	10.01 Ratings	8.320 Ratings
Role-based user permissions	10.041 Ratings	10.023 Ratings

Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of FreshBooks and Zoho Books
Feature	FreshBooks 7.5 57 Ratings	Zoho Books 8.7 24 Ratings
Dashboards	9.057 Ratings	8.224 Ratings
Standard reports	8.855 Ratings	9.022 Ratings
Custom reports	4.82 Ratings	9.01 Ratings

Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of FreshBooks and Zoho Books
Feature	FreshBooks 7.5 56 Ratings	Zoho Books 8.3 25 Ratings
Accounts payable	8.041 Ratings	8.223 Ratings
Accounts receivable	9.455 Ratings	8.224 Ratings
Cash management	7.03 Ratings	7.022 Ratings
Bank reconciliation	7.02 Ratings	8.022 Ratings
Expense management	6.651 Ratings	8.823 Ratings
Time tracking	7.642 Ratings	8.815 Ratings
Multi-currency support	7.01 Ratings	9.214 Ratings
Regulations compliance	6.021 Ratings	8.012 Ratings
Self-service portal	9.13 Ratings	9.016 Ratings

Comparison of Order Management features of FreshBooks and Zoho Books
Feature	FreshBooks 9.5 49 Ratings	Zoho Books 8.7 22 Ratings
Pricing	8.839 Ratings	9.018 Ratings
Order entry	9.337 Ratings	9.017 Ratings
Credit card processing	9.741 Ratings	6.619 Ratings
Cost of goods sold	10.01 Ratings	10.017 Ratings

Comparison of Inventory Management features of FreshBooks and Zoho Books
Feature	FreshBooks - Ratings	Zoho Books 7.0 14 Ratings
Inventory tracking	00 Ratings	9.014 Ratings
Automatic reordering	00 Ratings	5.08 Ratings

User Ratings
	FreshBooks	Zoho Books
Likelihood to Recommend	9.4 (75 ratings)	8.2 (26 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	7.6 (18 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	9.6 (20 ratings)	8.3 (8 ratings)
Availability	10.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	8.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	6.0 (11 ratings)	5.3 (5 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
CPA Rating	7.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)