--- description: Learn more about Zoho Books price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in South Africa. Read reviews from verified users and discover similar tools. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Zoho Books Price, Reviews & Features - Capterra South Africa 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [School Accounting Software](/directory/20015/school-accounting/software) > [Zoho Books](/software/134507/zoho-books) # Zoho Books Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.za/software/134507/zoho-books Page: 1 / 29\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/134507/zoho-books?page=2) > Online accounting solution that assists businesses with quoting, invoicing, billing, document management, inventory \& other processes. > > Verdict: Rated **4.4/5** by 683 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Zoho Books? Zoho Books caters to businesses of all sizes across multiple industries, such as legal, real estate, retail, wholesale, education, maritime, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and more. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.4/5** | 683 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Zoho - **Founded**: 1996 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$20,00 - **Pricing model**: Other (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Start with the 14-day free trial and later subscribe to a plan that fits your business needs. Zoho Books is available in 4 plans: Free - $0, for businesses with turnover \<50K USD per annum. Standard - $15 per organization, per month, billed annually. Professional - $40 per organization, per month, billed annually. Premium - $60 per organization, per month, billed annually. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000, 5 001–10 000, 10 000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 209 more ## Features - Accounting - Accounts Payable - Accounts Receivable - Audit Trail - Bank Reconciliation - Billable & Non-Billable Hours - Billing & Invoicing - Cash Management - Commission Management - Compliance Management - Consolidation/Roll-Up - Contact Database - Contact Management - Core Accounting - Cost Management - Customer Statements - Customizable Invoices - Data Import/Export - Expense Tracking - Financial Analysis - Financial Management - Financial Reporting - For AEC Industry - For Real Estate - General Ledger - Invoice Management - Invoice Processing - Mobile Payments - Online Payments - Order Management - Payment Processing - Profit/Loss Statement - Purchase Order Reconciliation - Quotes/Estimates - Real-Time Data - Receipt Management - Receivables Ledger - Reminders - Reporting/Analytics - Sales Tax Management - Supplier Management - Task Management - Tax Calculation - Tax Compliance - Tax Filing - Tax Management - Time & Expense Tracking - Timesheet Management - Transaction Management - Trust Accounting ... and 11 more features ## Integrations (32 total) - Avalara - Box - CSG Forte - Dropbox - Entryless - Evernote Teams - Google Drive - Google Workspace - Microsoft 365 - OneDrive - PayPal Payments - Payoneer - Slack - Square Point of Sale - Stripe Payments ... and 17 more integrations ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [School Accounting Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/20015/school-accounting/software) ## Related Categories - [Accounting Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/1/accounting/software) - [School Accounting Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/20015/school-accounting/software) - [Billing and Invoicing Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30015/billing-and-invoicing/software) - [Financial Reporting Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30050/financial-reporting/software) - [Purchasing Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30076/purchasing/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Their has been no product failures or issues, and new features are regularly rolled out too. ----- ### "Steady in keeping track and managing the money." — 4.0/5 > **Nguyen H.** | *07 June 2026* | Facilities Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: With Zoho Books, we've streamlined our service contract management and client billing process. I really enjoy the fact that it is possible to customize invoices according to distinct customer contracts, with both recurring and one payment. The bank feed connection has saved us hours a month working on reconciling transactions. It's got everything that we need for a small team like ours for the price. > > **Cons**: Sometimes there are little glitches when switching between reports/exporting. We would also like to see the mobile application have more editing functionality, so you can edit an invoice on-site when working remotely. Customizing reports could be more flexible at times, but it's not a dealbreaker. Certain operations such as importing bulk data are a bit cumbersome. > > It is a hands-on application for managing the finances in a medium-sized team. It's helped us to be able to organize payments, contracts, invoices without paperwork amassing. On a few occasions when we have had issues, customer support have been quick to assist. It is a good choice for a few things but there are a few things that needs improvement, and it is excellent especially for companies that desire the best value for their money without unnecessary hassles. ----- ### "Don't go with Zoho Books for your accounts" — 1.0/5 > **Alisodai** | *03 October 2025* | Construction | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10 > > **Pros**: This is not useful. Initially they will tell all the features are free. After buying everything we have to pay extra amount. > > **Cons**: Customer support is very poor. They were unable to give any solution for my problem even after 7 months time. Don't go with Zoho Books. ----- ### "Zoho Books is a great all-round accounting solution" — 4.0/5 > **Pupp** | *29 July 2026* | Events Services | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: As with all Zoho products, the user interface is straightforward enough to do basic accounting and tracking without needing any specialised knowledge. > > **Cons**: Took a little while to understand the various capabilities of Zoho Books but after a little bit of time exploring it was clear enough. > > Overall I found Zoho Books to be a good option, it’s good value for all of the capabilities it has. I am a UK based business owner and I eventually opted to switch for something which had smoother integrations with some of the other services and softwares that my business uses. ----- ### "Zoho Books is for the WORLD and for the NEXT GEN" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *08 December 2025* | Facilities Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Great value of money, extreme warm and good support, extremely easy to use without the need for any training or support intervention, Payment using Zoho to our vendors is so good, it cannot be overemphasized. Data management is so good, i am uploading all the invoices too in the application. Our customers can see their statement on a real time. Havent experienced any bug, there was one concern which was fixed immediately. and i'd recommend it for both small business as well as large organisation. > > **Cons**: The bank reconciliation process could be simplified where transaction count is high. It is not a con but Zoho could push more feature in the starter plan :) > > Zoho Books and all Zoho products is designed with great thought at a price which is throw away. All other accounting users should start thinking how they can upgrade themselves. ----- Page: 1 / 29\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/134507/zoho-books?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/134507/zoho-books) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ja | | | ko | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pl | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | | sv | | | tr | | ----- ## Structured Data