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TOP ZOHO APPS YOU CAN COMPARE
Three highly-rated Zoho apps to compare against Salesforce CRM.
The top-rated Zoho apps by rating × review-volume — a useful comparison baseline against Salesforce CRM.
Check Printing for Zoho Books
Apps#1TOP PICK
Not auditedAudit score
Pick if you're surveying the marketplace
Widely used on this marketplace — not a like-for-like swap. AppRanks found no app sharing Salesforce CRM's category, so this is not a replacement for it — it is a widely-used apps option shown for market context. Compare it against your own requirements rather than as a swap.
Zoho Invoice Extension for Zoho Mail
Apps#2RUNNER-UP
Not auditedAudit score
Pick if you're cost-sensitive
Adjacent tool, different job. Different use case from Salesforce CRM. Listed because it is among the most-adopted apps apps on this marketplace, not because it covers the same job.
Checklist for Zoho Projects
Apps#3VALUE PICK
Not auditedAudit score
Pick if you're mapping adjacent tooling
Popular alternative to evaluate on its own merits. Solves a different problem than Salesforce CRM. Useful market context; verify the capability overlap yourself before treating it as an option.
SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON
Salesforce CRM versus the top 3.
Five rows, all loaded above the fold. Wins are highlighted; nothing's hidden behind a tab.
RANKS #4 THROUGH #4
The next 1, denser.
Beyond the 0 same-category matches we found, these are widely-used Zoho apps rather than direct replacements — useful for context, not like-for-like.
1 more Zoho apps to compare
How these alternatives are ranked
Scored daily. Three signals, weighted and blended. No vendor money changes anything.
45%Feature similarity
N-gram match against Salesforce CRM's feature signature, weighted by category overlap.
35%Audit + rating
Listing quality (0–100) blended with rolling 90-day rating average. Penalizes thin listings.
20%Review velocity
Reviews added in trailing 30 days, normalized by category baseline. Surfaces rising challengers.
Every Zoho alternative on this page is scraped, normalized, and re-scored every 24 hours. We don't accept paid placement, vendor-funded "best of" content, or sponsored ranking — and we publish the rules so you can audit them yourself. If a vendor disagrees with their position, that's between them and the data.
WHEN DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO SWITCH FROM SALESFORCE CRM?
Four reasons people leave.
Decision triggers, not marketing. If two or more apply, your shortlist starts with the apps named below each card.
Pricing has outgrown your usage
If your usage of Salesforce CRM has crossed a pricing-tier breakpoint, per-unit cost is usually where alternatives diverge most clearly. Some apps in the list above carry a free tier; others are paid from day one. Compare the published plans on each alternative's page against your current bill — the gap is the only number worth acting on, and it is specific to your usage.
Zoho Invoice Extension for Zoho Mail · Check Printing for Zoho BooksYou need a feature outside the focus
Each Zoho category has a feature spectrum. The "Similar feature set" badge above marks alternatives whose feature signature most overlaps with Salesforce CRM. The "Category leader" badge marks apps that may approach the same category from a different feature angle — useful if you want to widen rather than narrow your toolset.
Check Printing for Zoho BooksSupport response has slowed you down
Support quality is the hardest thing to read from a listing, and it is the most common reason a switch gets made. Read the most RECENT reviews on each alternative's profile rather than the lifetime average — recency is what tells you how the app is supported today, and trailing review velocity is the freshest signal AppRanks tracks.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
Answers built from the data.
Built from the same scores the ranking uses — so they won't contradict the table.
For most accounts under typical category usage, the answer depends on tier. Check Printing for Zoho Books is in the free band (Free), while Salesforce CRM is paid (Paid). At parity scale, the cheaper option can save 30–60% — but feature-for-feature swaps usually narrow the gap above the second tier.
VERDICT · UPDATED TODAY
If you're moving from Salesforce CRM, the most common landing spots are Check Printing for Zoho Books (unknown feature match, audit null/100) and Zoho Invoice Extension for Zoho Mail (pricing leverage + breadth). Skip Zoho Books Extension for Zoho Mail unless your use case is unusual.
If feature parity matters most
→ Check Printing for Zoho Books
Unknown feature parity. Audit null, no rating yet.
If pricing matters most
→ Zoho Invoice Extension for Zoho Mail
Best for cost-sensitive teams. Limited review history.
If you're scaling enterprise
→ Checklist for Zoho Projects
Strongest scale fit when category usage exceeds typical thresholds. Vendor-evaluate before committing.
Continue your research
Audit Salesforce CRM's listing
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Open auditSalesforce CRM vs Check Printing for Zoho Books
Side-by-side feature deltas, shared keywords, rating curves over the trailing 12 months.
Open compareZoho category leaders
Highest-rated Zoho apps by intent. The category-by-category leaderboard.
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