Compare Assembly and Zoho Books 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (96.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (70.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$39.00 Per Month
$0 For businesses with turnover <50K USD per annum
Assembly
Star Rating
(302)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (96.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$39.00 Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansZoho Books
Star Rating
(306)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (70.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 For businesses with turnover <50K USD per annum
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Zoho Books excels in providing a user-friendly interface, making it easy for small business owners to manage their finances. Users appreciate the intuitive dashboard and the seamless process of creating invoices, with one reviewer noting how the invoices look professional right out of the box.
- Users say that Assembly stands out for its high level of customization, particularly in its client portal. Reviewers love the ability to tailor the experience for each client, creating a more immersive brand experience, which can be a significant advantage for businesses focused on client engagement.
- According to verified reviews, Zoho Books offers a strong multi-currency system, which is particularly beneficial for freelancers and small businesses dealing with international clients. This feature, along with its efficient transaction recording, helps users save time and stay organized.
- Reviewers mention that Assembly's quality of support is notably high, with many users praising the responsiveness and helpfulness of the support team. This can be a crucial factor for businesses that require reliable assistance during implementation and ongoing use.
- G2 reviewers highlight that while Zoho Books has a solid overall performance, it may not always meet the specific workflow needs of every user, with some mentioning configuration challenges. This could be a consideration for businesses with unique requirements.
- Users report that both products have their strengths, but Assembly's ease of setup and administration is particularly noted, with many finding it straightforward to get started and manage their accounts. This can be a significant advantage for businesses looking for a quick and hassle-free implementation process.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Assembly
Starter
$39.00
Per Month
Best for new businesses
- CRM
- Client portal
- Messaging and team inbox
Zoho Books
FREE
$0
For businesses with turnover <50K USD per annum
- 1 User + 1 Accountant
- Manage Clients
- Manage Invoices (Up to 1,000)
Free Trial
Assembly
Free Trial is available
Zoho Books
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
227
8.8
261
Ease of Use
9.4
235
8.9
267
Ease of Setup
9.4
215
8.7
143
Ease of Admin
9.3
203
9.0
110
Quality of Support
9.5
205
8.3
250
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.5
195
9.0
109
Product Direction (% positive)
9.7
217
9.3
253
Features by Category
Signature Process
9.2
63
Not enough data
8.6
56
Not enough data
9.5
61
Not enough data
8.9
57
Not enough data
8.7
59
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
55
Not enough data
8.8
56
Not enough data
Agentic AI - E-Signature
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.6
11
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.0
11
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Security and Scalability
8.6
54
Not enough data
9.0
53
Not enough data
8.9
52
Not enough data
Platform
9.1
71
Not enough data
9.0
67
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.3
66
Not enough data
8.5
65
Not enough data
File Management
9.4
31
Not enough data
9.5
33
Not enough data
9.6
33
Not enough data
9.1
33
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Cloud Content Collaboration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Collaboration
9.4
31
Not enough data
9.6
33
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Administration
9.5
34
Not enough data
9.2
31
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.4
33
Not enough data
Platform
9.1
41
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
33
Not enough data
8.8
34
Not enough data
General Ledger
Not enough data
8.6
142
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
129
Not enough data
8.4
139
|
Verified
Accounts Receivable
Not enough data
8.6
152
Not enough data
8.2
141
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
137
|
Verified
Accounts Payable
Not enough data
8.3
127
Not enough data
8.6
142
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
143
|
Verified
Other Functionality
Not enough data
8.0
130
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
131
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
128
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
132
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
128
Not enough data
8.5
142
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
123
Not enough data
8.4
132
|
Verified
Reporting & Analytics
Not enough data
8.7
148
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
136
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
131
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
149
|
Verified
Platform
Not enough data
8.3
140
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
143
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
145
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
130
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
144
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
140
|
Verified
Integration
Not enough data
8.6
137
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
136
Not enough data
8.3
130
|
Verified
Cash Flow
Not enough data
8.6
128
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
132
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
128
|
Verified
Budgeting & Forecasting
Not enough data
8.2
131
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
126
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
115
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
119
|
Verified
Revenue
Not enough data
8.6
122
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
117
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
116
|
Verified
Payroll
Not enough data
7.8
104
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.5
101
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
118
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
117
|
Verified
AI
Not enough data
7.2
18
Not enough data
7.9
19
Not enough data
8.0
19
Not enough data
7.0
18
Not enough data
7.8
18
Not enough data
7.5
18
Not enough data
8.0
19
Not enough data
7.9
18
Not enough data
7.0
19
Not enough data
7.2
18
Mobile Applications - Accounting
Not enough data
7.9
14
Not enough data
7.9
11
Not enough data
7.0
14
Not enough data
7.4
11
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
8.3
11
Agentic AI - Accounting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Document Creation
7.7
10
Not enough data
6.8
10
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.2
10
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
10
Not enough data
Workflow
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
Analytics
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Administration and Platform
8.6
11
Not enough data
9.1
11
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.0
7
Not enough data
Contract Management Platform Features
8.3
27
Not enough data
7.8
26
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
25
Not enough data
8.9
24
Not enough data
8.8
24
Not enough data
8.5
24
Not enough data
8.2
24
Not enough data
8.3
24
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.1
20
Not enough data
6.2
20
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Contract Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Billing
8.8
13
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.7
13
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Dunning
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Performance
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Reporting
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Subscription Billing
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Development
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Channels
7.3
13
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Design
8.5
14
Not enough data
7.0
15
Not enough data
7.6
16
Not enough data
7.4
13
Not enough data
8.5
13
Not enough data
Generative AI
4.3
12
Not enough data
5.1
13
Not enough data
Payment Processing
9.4
9
Not enough data
9.4
9
Not enough data
9.3
9
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Administration
9.5
10
Not enough data
9.5
10
Not enough data
8.0
11
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Payment Options
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.3
10
Not enough data
Security
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Platform
8.0
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
Content
8.1
153
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
153
Not enough data
8.9
149
Not enough data
8.8
143
Not enough data
Collaboration
8.5
151
Not enough data
9.0
156
Not enough data
8.2
150
Not enough data
7.7
137
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Bill Generation
8.7
56
8.6
105
9.2
61
8.8
106
9.2
61
8.8
101
Bill Processing
Feature Not Available
8.6
106
Feature Not Available
8.4
101
8.7
57
8.8
110
Integration
8.3
52
9.0
110
8.6
58
8.9
107
7.8
45
8.5
97
Agentic AI - Billing
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Onboarding Setup
9.1
27
Not enough data
8.5
26
Not enough data
7.6
26
Not enough data
Project Tracking
6.5
26
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
27
Not enough data
8.4
28
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Customer Engagement
9.5
34
Not enough data
9.4
29
Not enough data
9.0
29
Not enough data
9.2
30
Not enough data
7.7
27
Not enough data
Functionality
8.8
49
Not enough data
8.3
47
Not enough data
9.1
51
Not enough data
8.7
52
Not enough data
Cloud Support
8.9
48
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
45
Not enough data
Automation
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
48
Not enough data
Customization
8.7
31
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.5
31
Not enough data
7.6
32
Not enough data
Additional Functionality
7.9
32
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.4
32
Not enough data
8.3
30
Not enough data
8.3
30
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Accounting & Finance
Not enough data
Not enough data
User Interface Design
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
13
Not enough data
9.1
11
Not enough data
9.4
12
Not enough data
Data Control
9.7
11
Not enough data
9.2
11
Not enough data
8.6
11
Not enough data
Publishing
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
12
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - No-Code Development Platforms
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Customizations
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
9.5
7
Not enough data
Growth
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.5
7
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
Content
9.5
7
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Support
9.7
6
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Assembly and Zoho Books are categorized as Billing
Unique Categories
Assembly is categorized as Client Portal, Client Onboarding, Payment Processing, Customer Communications Management, Subscription Billing, Cloud File Storage, Online Form Builder, No-Code Development Platforms, Website Builder, Cloud Content Collaboration, E-Signature, Proposal, Contract Management, and Workplace Innovation Platforms
Zoho Books is categorized as Accounting
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Assembly
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Zoho Books
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
25.2%
Accounting
14.4%
Consulting
8.3%
Financial Services
7.6%
Information Technology and Services
5.0%
Other
39.6%
Accounting
15.6%
Information Technology and Services
14.9%
Marketing and Advertising
7.6%
Computer Software
6.9%
Retail
2.4%
Other
52.6%
Discussions
i want a software to save my document files
3 Comments
MH
Works wondersRead more
Assembly has no more discussions with answers
Are Zoho Books good?
2 Comments
DV
They are certainly amongst the top-tier !! They stand out in many ways. Very attractive and intuitive UI (web as native desktop and mobile), very stable...Read more
Is Zoho Books free?
2 Comments
MR
They have a free plan with different customer and revenue restrictions.Read more
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