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Zoho Books vs ZipBooks Comparison (2026)

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ZipBooks

Overview

Use Zoho Books to create and send detailed and customized purchase orders with your own branding. Track opened purchase orders and convert POs to bills.

ZipBooks is a cloud-based accounting software that caters to the bookkeeping and accounting needs of small to medium-sized businesses and bookkeeping firms. The solution offers core accounting, financial reporting, online invoicing, expense tracking, credit card processing, and more.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

20

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

15

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.4

683

5

4

3

2

1

379

230

45

14

15

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
76%
would recommend this app

4.5

115

5

4

3

2

1

82

21

7

1

4

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
74%
would recommend this app

Pros

“payments sometimes post to prepaid expenses instead of trade creditors, and if you post multiple lines to the same nominal in a journal it groups them into one line on reports instead of keeping them separate, so you lose visibility of what's actually happened.”
JD

John D.

Financial Controller

“Its financial analysis features help users keep track of business performance, while the payment options make it easier to receive and manage payments.”
MZ

Muhammad Z.

Talent Acquisition Officer

“Zoho Books is honestly a fantastic tool if you’re running a small business or want to keep it for tracking personal expenses and want to put your accounting on autopilot without spending a fortune.”
MA

Md A.

Research Assistant

Pros

“It is the ability to send automated invoices on a recurring basis.”
MM

Melanie M.

Coach

“It has helped me learn to be more organized as a solopreneur but I could see the need to shift to a different software if growth occurs and teams are involved.”
MM

Melanie M.

Coach

“i feel for a small company it is worth trying out for your money”
mk

melissa k.

administrator

Cons

“VAT amounts and codes don't show up on transaction reports, and there's no report that just shows sales line items with the nominal, VAT, project and description all together - feels like such a basic thing to be missing.”
JD

John D.

Financial Controller

“Some of the options can feel a bit overwhelming if you only need basic bookkeeping.”
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Ritvik V.

Owner and E-Commerce Operations Manager

“It also doesn't handle some UK accounting stuff the way it should.”
JD

John D.

Financial Controller

Cons

“not being able to access on line if you have an android is a bit frustrating.i also find it limited, i feel it is worth looking into”
mk

melissa k.

administrator

“The free trial is very limiting and doesn't seem to work as a good accounting platform.”
Verified reviewer profile picture

Steven M.

system technique

“Dont have a lot of dislikes besides i dont like credit card fees associated with making payments”
DO

Damian O.

Project Manager

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review5 days ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review4 months ago

Key features

  • Total features101
  • ACH Payment Processing
  • API
  • Accounting
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Accrual Accounting
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Approval Process Control
  • Audit Trail
  • Automatic Billing
  • Automatic Time Capture
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Billable & Non-Billable Hours
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Billing Portal
  • Bookkeeping Services Integration
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • CPA Firms
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Cash Management
  • Catalog Management
  • Categorization/Grouping
  • Check Processing
  • Client Portal
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commission Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Consolidation/Roll-Up
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management
  • Contingency Billing
  • Contract/License Management
  • Core Accounting
  • Cost Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customer Statements
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Invoices
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Security
  • Data Visualization
  • Discount Management
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Electronic Payments
  • Employee Database
  • Estimating
  • Expense Claims
  • Expense Management
  • Expense Tracking
  • Financial Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For AEC Industry
  • For Legal Professionals
  • For Medical Purposes
  • For Real Estate
  • For Small Businesses
  • For Trucking Industry
  • Fund Accounting
  • General Ledger
  • Hourly Billing
  • Income & Balance Sheet
  • Inventory Control
  • Inventory Management
  • Inventory Tracking
  • Invoice Creation
  • Invoice History
  • Invoice Management
  • Invoice Processing
  • K-12
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Payments
  • Mobile Receipt Upload
  • Multi-Company
  • Multi-Currency
  • Multiple Billing Rates
  • Multiple Projects
  • Online Invoicing
  • Online Payments
  • Online Time Tracking
  • Order Management
  • Partial Payments
  • Payment Processing
  • Payment Reconciliation
  • Payroll Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Profit/Loss Statement
  • Project Accounting
  • Project Billing
  • Project Costing
  • Project Management
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Projections
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Purchase Order Reconciliation
  • Purchasing & Receiving
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Receipt Management
  • Receivables Ledger
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Reminders
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Requisition Management
  • Sales Tax Management
  • Spend Management
  • Status Tracking
  • Supplier Management
  • Task Management
  • Tax Calculation
  • Tax Compliance
  • Tax Filing
  • Tax Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Time Tracking
  • Timesheet Management
  • Transaction History
  • Transaction Management
  • Trust Accounting
  • Vendor Management
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features84
  • ACH Payment Processing
  • API
  • Accounting
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Accrual Accounting
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Approval Process Control
  • Audit Trail
  • Automatic Billing
  • Automatic Time Capture
  • Bank Reconciliation
  • Billable & Non-Billable Hours
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Billing Portal
  • Bookkeeping Services Integration
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • CPA Firms
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Cash Management
  • Catalog Management
  • Categorization/Grouping
  • Check Processing
  • Client Portal
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commission Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Consolidation/Roll-Up
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management
  • Contingency Billing
  • Contract/License Management
  • Core Accounting
  • Cost Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customer Statements
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Invoices
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Security
  • Data Visualization
  • Discount Management
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Electronic Payments
  • Employee Database
  • Estimating
  • Expense Claims
  • Expense Management
  • Expense Tracking
  • Financial Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For AEC Industry
  • For Legal Professionals
  • For Medical Purposes
  • For Real Estate
  • For Small Businesses
  • For Trucking Industry
  • Fund Accounting
  • General Ledger
  • Hourly Billing
  • Income & Balance Sheet
  • Inventory Control
  • Inventory Management
  • Inventory Tracking
  • Invoice Creation
  • Invoice History
  • Invoice Management
  • Invoice Processing
  • K-12
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Payments
  • Mobile Receipt Upload
  • Multi-Company
  • Multi-Currency
  • Multiple Billing Rates
  • Multiple Projects
  • Online Invoicing
  • Online Payments
  • Online Time Tracking
  • Order Management
  • Partial Payments
  • Payment Processing
  • Payment Reconciliation
  • Payroll Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Profit/Loss Statement
  • Project Accounting
  • Project Billing
  • Project Costing
  • Project Management
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Projections
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Purchase Order Reconciliation
  • Purchasing & Receiving
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Receipt Management
  • Receivables Ledger
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Reminders
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Requisition Management
  • Sales Tax Management
  • Spend Management
  • Status Tracking
  • Supplier Management
  • Task Management
  • Tax Calculation
  • Tax Compliance
  • Tax Filing
  • Tax Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Time Tracking
  • Timesheet Management
  • Transaction History
  • Transaction Management
  • Trust Accounting
  • Vendor Management
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations31
  • Asana
  • Avalara
  • Box
  • CSG Forte
  • Dropbox
  • Entryless
  • Evernote Teams
  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft 365
  • OneDrive
  • PayPal Payments
  • Payoneer
  • Slack
  • Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk
  • Square Point of Sale
  • Stripe Payments
  • TBD
  • Tax1099.com
  • Twilio
  • Worldpay for Enterprise
  • Yearli
  • Zapier
  • Zoho Analytics
  • Zoho Billing
  • Zoho CRM
  • Zoho Expense
  • Zoho Flow
  • Zoho Inventory
  • Zoho Invoice
  • Zoho People
  • Zoho Projects
  • Zoho Sign
  • authorize.net
  • Total integrations5
  • Asana
  • Avalara
  • Box
  • CSG Forte
  • Dropbox
  • Entryless
  • Evernote Teams
  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft 365
  • OneDrive
  • PayPal Payments
  • Payoneer
  • Slack
  • Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk
  • Square Point of Sale
  • Stripe Payments
  • TBD
  • Tax1099.com
  • Twilio
  • Worldpay for Enterprise
  • Yearli
  • Zapier
  • Zoho Analytics
  • Zoho Billing
  • Zoho CRM
  • Zoho Expense
  • Zoho Flow
  • Zoho Inventory
  • Zoho Invoice
  • Zoho People
  • Zoho Projects
  • Zoho Sign
  • authorize.net