FreeZoho Books
Zoho Corporation
Price
Free
Free to start
One user and one accountant, while revenue stays under R1 million a year.
- Price read on11 OCT 2026
- Free planYes
- Free trialYes
- Files with SARSYes
Zoho Books
Zoho Corporation · Accounting software
- Price
- Free
- Price read
- Checked 11 OCT 2026
- From
- Free
- Basis
- Free
- Free trial
- Yes
- Free plan
- Yes
- Founded
- 1996
- Price read
- Checked 11 OCT 2026
- SARS
- Files returns
Sold in South Africa
A South African Zoho Books site priced in rand, with VAT 201 reports and a South African support line.
Assessment
Cloud accounting with a free plan for businesses under R1 million a year, VAT returns, and paid plans from R99 a month.
Zoho Books is one of 8 products the register lists under Accounting software. It is sold by Zoho Corporation, a company founded in 1996.
It starts free.
It handles SARS returns.
Compliance and banking
What it handles
- VAT201
Pricing
FreeStandardZoho Books
Zoho Corporation
From
R99
/mo excl VAT
R113.85 including VAT · R99 excluding VAT
Three users, VAT tracking, VAT returns and bank feeds. R82.50 a month when billed annually.
- Price read on11 OCT 2026
- Free planYes
- Free trialYes
- Files with SARSYes
ProfessionalZoho Books
Zoho Corporation
From
R199
/mo excl VAT
R228.85 including VAT · R199 excluding VAT
Five users, inventory, purchase orders and multi currency. R165.83 a month annually.
- Price read on11 OCT 2026
- Free planYes
- Free trialYes
- Files with SARSYes
PremiumZoho Books
Zoho Corporation
From
R299
/mo excl VAT
R343.85 including VAT · R299 excluding VAT
Ten users, budgets, fixed assets and cash flow forecasting. R249.17 a month annually.
- Price read on11 OCT 2026
- Free planYes
- Free trialYes
- Files with SARSYes
EliteZoho Books
Zoho Corporation
From
R1 290
/mo excl VAT
R1 483.50 including VAT · R1 290 excluding VAT
Advanced inventory with warehouses and serial tracking. R1 075 a month annually.
- Price read on11 OCT 2026
- Free planYes
- Free trialYes
- Files with SARSYes
UltimateZoho Books
Zoho Corporation
From
R2 490
/mo excl VAT
R2 863.50 including VAT · R2 490 excluding VAT
Fifteen users and advanced analytics. R2 075 a month annually.
- Price read on11 OCT 2026
- Free planYes
- Free trialYes
- Files with SARSYes
All prices are in rand. Where a vendor lists in dollars, pounds or euros we convert at R16.53 per US dollar, R21.86 per pound and R18.53 per euro (European Central Bank reference rates, via Frankfurter, 9 OCT 2026).
Prices are the vendor's own published list price, read on the date shown. Price on request means the vendor gives its price after you contact it. Free means the starting price is zero.
Features
- Invoices, quotes, expenses and journals
- Online payments and a customer portal
- Bank reconciliation, with bank feeds from Standard
- VAT tracking, VAT returns and audit reports from Standard
- More than 50 reports
- Inventory and multi currency from Professional
- iOS and Android apps and a Windows desktop app
Integrations
Zoho CRM, Zoho Payroll.
Alternatives
All alternatives| Product | Why consider it |
|---|---|
| FreshBooksFreshBooks | Free trial. |
| QuickBooks OnlineIntuit Inc. | Sold in South Africa. Free trial. |
| Sage 50cloud PastelSage Group plc | Sold in South Africa. Free trial. Handles SARS returns. |
| Sage AccountingSage Group plc | Sold in South Africa. Free trial. Handles SARS returns. |
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