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# FreshBooks vs Zoho Expense Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Pricing

**FreshBooks**
Free Trial

**$21.00** Flat Rate Per Month · Lite

**$38.00** Flat Rate Per Month · Plus

**$65.00** Flat Rate Per Month · Premium

**Custom Quote Available** Other Per Month · Select

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**Zoho Expense**
Free Trial

**$0.00** · Free Plan

**$3.00** 1 user/month (Billed annually) · Standard Plan

**$5.00** 1 user/month (Billed annually) · Premium Plan

**Contact Us** · Custom Plan

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**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Perceived Cost

**FreshBooks**
$$$$$

**Zoho Expense**
$$$$$

Average Discount

**FreshBooks**
10%3% more

**Zoho Expense**
7%

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Time to Implement

**FreshBooks** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

**Zoho Expense** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

Return on Investment

**FreshBooks** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

**Zoho Expense** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

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**Pros & Cons**
from reviews

**FreshBooks**

Ease of Use (154)

Invoice Management (80)

Missing Features (57)

Invoicing Issues (33)

**Zoho Expense**

Ease of Use (169)

Expense Tracking (99)

Not Intuitive (32)

Learning Curve (25)

Integrations

**FreshBooks**
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**Zoho Expense**
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Screenshots

**FreshBooks**
 ![FreshBooks screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/44491/Billing-Invoicing-3.jpg)

**Zoho Expense**
 ![Zoho Expense screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/1938544/travel-booking.png)

**Ratings**
from reviews

Meets Requirements

**FreshBooks**

**8.8** /10

Based on 776 responses

**Zoho Expense**

**8.8** /10

Based on 1,320 responses

Ease of Use

**FreshBooks**

**9.1** /10

Based on 884 responses

**Zoho Expense**

**8.8** /10

Based on 1,343 responses

Ease of Setup

**FreshBooks**

**9.2** /10

Based on 477 responses

**Zoho Expense**

**8.6** /10

Based on 1,027 responses

Ease of Admin

**FreshBooks**

**9.2** /10

Based on 337 responses

**Zoho Expense**

**8.7** /10

Based on 835 responses

Quality of Support

**FreshBooks**

**9.2** /10

Based on 723 responses

**Zoho Expense**

**8.5** /10

Based on 1,068 responses

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**FreshBooks**

**9.2** /10

Based on 332 responses

**Zoho Expense**

**8.7** /10

Based on 785 responses

Product Direction (% positive)

**FreshBooks**

**8.7** /10

Based on 770 responses

**Zoho Expense**

**9.1** /10

Based on 1,262 responses

**Features**
ratings from reviews

Expense Management

**7.4** /10

Based on 151 responses

**8.2** /10

Based on 1,096 responses

Time Tracking

**8.1** /10

Based on 146 responses

Not enough data

Accounting

**8.0** /10

Based on 454 responses

Not enough data

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Payroll

**8.3** /10

Based on 17 responses

Not enough data

Mileage Tracking

Not enough data

**8.5** /10

Based on 163 responses

Payment Processing

**7.5** /10

Based on 100 responses

Not enough data

Travel Management

Not enough data

**8.6** /10

Based on 868 responses

Billing

**8.0** /10

Based on 162 responses

Not enough data

User Insights

**Reviewers' Company Size**

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
86.3%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
9.2%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
4.5%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
86.3%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
9.2%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
4.5%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
82.4%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
14.6%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
3.0%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
82.4%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
14.6%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
3.0%

**Reviewers' Industry**

[![FreshBooks](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/58c5a614d757ea3d7bd5a61ee1fd9c75/freshbooks.svg "FreshBooks")](https://www.g2.com/products/freshbooks/reviews)
FreshBooks

Marketing and Advertising
17.1%

Information Technology and Services
6.3%

Accounting
5.0%

Graphic Design
4.6%

Computer Software
4.2%

Other
62.9%

[![Zoho Expense](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/3384119e13c5be2c14b3b8ac9321cca8/zoho-expense.svg "Zoho Expense")](https://www.g2.com/products/zoho-expense/reviews)
Zoho Expense

Information Technology and Services
8.3%

Computer Software
5.9%

Construction
4.5%

Accounting
4.4%

Non-Profit Organization Management
4.1%

Other
72.8%

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