ZipBooks vs Zoho Invoice — Google Workspace

Zoho Invoice vs ZipBooks

Name: ZipBooks
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4.7 (363 reviews)

Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points

Zoho Invoice

4.7·168reviews·529,572+installs

Speed up your business processes with Zoho Invoice. Create tax-compliant invoices, generate quotes, track expenses, and accelerate payment collection, all for free.

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	ZipBooks	Zoho Invoice
Tagline	“Better Bookkeeping. Instant payment.”36 chars	“Speed up your business processes with Zoho Invoice. Create tax-compliant invoices, generate quotes, track expenses, and accelerate payment collection, all for free.”164 chars
Description	2840 / 16000 chars18% used	1507 / 16000 chars9% used
Screenshots	5 images	4 images
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Platforms	Google Workspace	Google Workspace
Developer	zipbooks.com	zoho.com
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Feature comparison between ZipBooks and Zoho Invoice
Metric	ZipBooks	Zoho Invoice
Rating	★ 4.7 ★	4.7 ★
Total reviews	★ 363	168
Active installs	120,523+	529,572+
Free plan	—	★ Yes
Pricing	Not available	Free of charge

Keyword	ZipBooks	Zoho Invoice
chatbots	#88	#82
project	#88	#87

4. App details

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ZipBooks

Beautiful and powerful accounting software for small businesses. The latest in online accounting: ZipBooks takes the pain out of keeping your books, with simple bank connect, intelligent auto-categorization, and beautiful color-coded reports. Online invoicing for the smart business owner: ZipBooks provides an effortless way to do your billing. Send beautiful and professional invoices, track as customers view them, and take online credit card payments through Square or Stripe. Set up recurring invoices and payments with ease, and send receipts to your customers when they pay you. You can even import tracked time into invoices and have all of the calculations done and line items created automatically. Track time and project info anywhere: our beautiful and flexible time tracker allows you to keep your own hours and employee hours with the click of a button. Assign time to customers, projects, internal initiatives, or nothing at all. When you're ready, automatically export time to invoices. ZipBooks will automatically track which time entries you've been paid for, and let you easily track which you've paid to employees. Ability to charge credit cards: simply set up a leading payment processor like Stripe or Square to ZipBooks, and let customers pay you online or in person with credit cards, all synced automatically to your books so you don't have to do any extra record-keeping. Collaborative tools: add multiple team members to ZipBooks, and set permissions so they just have access to what you want them to -- whether they do bookkeeping, time tracking, or billing for your company. You can also give your accountant access and easily share documents. Beautiful dashboards: ZipBooks' interface was designed for you to get all of the crucial information you need without needing to dig into reports (though of course, you can do that too with our powerful reporting functionality). Once you start using ZipBooks, its interface will light up with intuitive, simple and insightful dashboards showing you exactly where you're at. Hassle free software: All you need to do to access ZipBooks is sign up with your email or using your Google single sign-on. No downloads, no installation, no long signup process. And we’re always working on improving the ZipBooks software and site, so we’ll continue to add and update features to keep your finances running as smoothly as possible. Bank-level security: We secure all your financial data by observing industry-standard security protocols. We provide you top-level security with password-protected logins (optional TFA) and 256-bit TLS encrypted communication. Start ZipBooks on our free plan and get basic features totally free -- if you need more powerful features, try one of our paid plans on a 30-day free trial to see how ZipBooks can benefit your business.

Top keywords

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Zoho Invoice

Zoho Invoice is a forever-free tool built to empower small business owners. Whether you need to craft invoices, generate quotes, or track expenses, this robust tool is equipped with all the essential features to simplify your business. Here are the six key benefits of Zoho Invoice: ➢ Seamless invoicing Craft error-free, professional invoices with minimal effort. Create, send, and track whether your invoices have been viewed or paid, all in just a few clicks. ➢ Customizable invoices Tailor your invoices the way you want. Add your organization's logo, change font size and color, and adjust the layout of your invoice to reflect your brand. ➢ Efficient expense tracking Categorize your expenses, add receipts for reference, mark up prices, and bill your customers for reimbursement. ➢ Hassle-free project billing Manage short and long-term projects, invite users to assign tasks, and bill your customers for the tasks performed. ➢ Flexible payment options Offer your customers a wide range of payment options. From handy credit and debit cards to popular e-wallets and secured ACH transfers, give your customers the freedom to pay you by their preferred method. ➢ Comprehensive reports Get an overview of your business's receivables and expenses from your dashboard or dive deep into 30+ automated reports to gain critical business insights. Zoho Invoice is available across diverse platforms including macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android so you can stay on top of your invoicing tasks wherever you go.

Top keywords

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customers4×1.73%
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business3×1.30%
expenses3×1.30%
tasks3×1.30%
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Frequently asked

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Is ZipBooks or Zoho Invoice cheaper?

Zoho Invoice is the cheaper option — it offers a free plan (Free of charge). ZipBooks starts at Not available. Both publish their pricing on the Google Workspace Marketplace; AppRanks mirrors what's listed on each refresh cycle.

Which has better reviews, ZipBooks or Zoho Invoice?

ZipBooks (4.7★, 363 reviews) and Zoho Invoice (4.7★, 168 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.

Should I choose ZipBooks or Zoho Invoice?

ZipBooks holds the higher average rating (4.7★ vs 4.7★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, ZipBooks or Zoho Invoice?

Both apps are one-click installs from the Google Workspace Marketplace. ZipBooks has the deeper published review base (363 vs 168), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.

Which works better for small vs large Google Workspace Marketplace admins?

ZipBooks typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (363 reviews). Zoho Invoice typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (168 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.

Can I migrate data between ZipBooks and Zoho Invoice?

Migration support varies by app and category. ZipBooks and Zoho Invoice both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Zoho Invoice" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

Zoho Invoice vs ZipBooks

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Is ZipBooks or Zoho Invoice cheaper?

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Should I choose ZipBooks or Zoho Invoice?

Which is faster to set up, ZipBooks or Zoho Invoice?

Which works better for small vs large Google Workspace Marketplace admins?

Can I migrate data between ZipBooks and Zoho Invoice?

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