Zuora Features
Configuration - cpq (5)
Product Catalog
As reported in 13 Zuora reviews. Allows users to search, filter, sort and select items to be added to quote
Guided Selling
As reported in 14 Zuora reviews. Based on answering questions about customers the configurator automatically selects the best fit products
Configuration Rules
As reported in 14 Zuora reviews. Rules ensure that users select only compatible options and that all required items are included
Price Configuration
As reported in 14 Zuora reviews. Pricing is displayed during configuration process so that users can quickly see how configuration changes impact the price
Visual Configuration
Images can be displayed of options to enable users to visualize product options as it is being configured 14 reviewers of Zuora have provided feedback on this feature.
Pricing (9)
Pricing Flexibility
As reported in 13 Zuora reviews. Ability to support multiple pricing models for one-time, recurring, and other items
Discounting
Ability to manage discounts at quote and line level; ability manage discounts based on volume and customer agreements This feature was mentioned in 14 Zuora reviews.
Commerical Rules
Allows rules to be written in commercial process so that users don't make errors in pricing, terms, and other commercial considerations This feature was mentioned in 12 Zuora reviews.
Terms and Conditions
Ensure that users automatically include the right terms based on items being quoted 13 reviewers of Zuora have provided feedback on this feature.
Approval Workflow
As reported in 13 Zuora reviews. Users can submit quotes, contracts, etc for approval and obtain appropriate approvals quickly
Renewals
Allows users to renew existing contracts based on contracted pricing and existing assets already owned 12 reviewers of Zuora have provided feedback on this feature.
Standard Price
Assign standard monthly and yearly prices to products, plans, and packages
Discounts
Define standard and custom discounts that can be applied to one or more products and plans
Optimization
Analyze pricing data to identify opportunities to improve prices.
Quoting (5)
Grouping
Ability to easily group items on quotes; apply and manage discounts and pricing by group 12 reviewers of Zuora have provided feedback on this feature.
Version Control
As reported in 12 Zuora reviews. Provides abilty for versions to expire, allows users to create new versions, revert to old versions and track changes from version to version
Quote Document Generation
Generate professional proposals with desired branding, product descriptions, pricing, terms, and visuals in desired format (pdf, xls, word) This feature was mentioned in 13 Zuora reviews.
Ordering
Enables users to seemlessly convert quotes to orders with appropriate validations, workflow, and integration 13 reviewers of Zuora have provided feedback on this feature.
Contracts
Ability to convert accepted quotes into contracts; set up of required assets and contracts This feature was mentioned in 12 Zuora reviews.
Admin (4)
Configuration Ease of Admin
Based on 10 Zuora reviews. Easily build and maintain configurator; flexibility to easily embed all desired business logic
Pricing Administration
Can easily build and maintain pricing logic required by business 10 reviewers of Zuora have provided feedback on this feature.
Workflow Management
Easily build and maintain workflows, misc commercial fields, commercial rules
Document Management
Ability to easily build, update, customize, and maintain quotes, contracts, and other document outputs
Channels (3)
Mobile User Support
Based on 10 Zuora reviews. Supports users working on a mobile devide (phone and/or tablet)
Channel Partner Support
Based on 10 Zuora reviews. Provides functionality for channel partners to configure, price, quote and buy products in a self service environment
eCommerce
Based on 11 Zuora reviews. End customer users can configure, price, and buy products in a self service environment online
Platform (6)
CRM Integration
CRM integration is flexible and easy to maintain This feature was mentioned in 10 Zuora reviews.
Integration API
System provides API's that can be used to easily integrate to financial and other 3rd party systems
Internationalization
System support multiple currencies and languages to enable business in multiple countries
Scalability
Provides ability for very large quotes, number of products, users, rules, required by enterprise level customers
Reporting and Dashboards
Easily generate desired reports and dashboard on configurations, pricing, and quoting
ERP Integration
ERP integration is flexible and easy to maintain
Revenue Optimization (4)
At-Risk Customers
Identify customers that are more likely to cancel their subscriptions
Offer Optimization
Optimize product offerings and packages to increase customer loyalty
Customer Churn
Address customer churn by identifying the causes of cancellations
Revenue Forecasting
Estimate future changes in revenues per product type or customer category
Revenue Recognition (8)
Usage Tracking
Track usage per company, custom time period, or contract
Deferred Revenue
Track payments received for products that haven't be delivered yet
Revenue Accrual
Recognition rules to accrue revenue on a daily or monthly basis
Revenue Types
Support multiple types of revenues, such as recurring and transaction based
Revenue Allocation
Allows users to allocate revenues to various business entities or departments
Reclassification
Revenue can be reclassified from one category to another, such as from deferred to earned
Compliance
Provide compliance with accounting standards for revenue recognition such as ASC 605, 606 and IFRS 15
Scheduling
Automatic scheduling to ensure that revenue is recognized at the proper time
Billing and Payments (3)
Payment Terms
Provide multiple payment terms per customer or contract
Personalized Billing
Different types of billing such as: recurring, one time changes, based on number of seats or usage
Custom Pricing
Manage customer specific pricing as well as coupons, discounts, and gift plans
Billing (4)
Automation
Based on 39 Zuora reviews. Ability to create and send invoices automatically at predefined or custom frequencies.
Consolidation
Consolidate invoices so customers can make one payment for multiple bills. This feature was mentioned in 35 Zuora reviews.
Adjustments
Based on 38 Zuora reviews. Adjust invoices to handle exceptions and correct errors.
Blacklisting
Allows users to temporarily or permanently block potential fraudsters. 20 reviewers of Zuora have provided feedback on this feature.
Dunning (3)
Collections
Based on 27 Zuora reviews. Assists users in collecting payments for unpaid invoices.
Dispute Management
Manages disputes regarding billing and payments. 17 reviewers of Zuora have provided feedback on this feature.
Escalation
Define escalation processes to suspend service for unpaid invoices. 18 reviewers of Zuora have provided feedback on this feature.
Performance (3)
Packages
Track the financial performance of various types of packages. 26 reviewers of Zuora have provided feedback on this feature.
Discounts
Based on 30 Zuora reviews. Identify the impact of special pricing and discounts on revenue.
Plan Changes
Monitor plan changes such as upgrades and downgrades, or cancellations. 31 reviewers of Zuora have provided feedback on this feature.
Revenue Performance (5)
Customer Performance
Track revenue performance by customer, customer groups, or demographics
Contract Performance
Monitor revenues per contract, contract types, or groups of contracts
Revenue KPIs
Provide revenue KPIs such as Customer Lifetime Value or Net Customer Worth
Pricing & Discounting
Analyse the impact of special pricing and discounts on revenue
Offering
Track the performance of bundles, special offers, and other sales incentives
Revenue Optimization (4)
Forecasting
Create forecasts to estimate future revenues
Promotion Programs
Ability to define promotions to increase revenues
Pricing Optimization
Adjust prices to attract more customers and to improve revenues
Re-evaluation
Revenue optimization activities can be evaluated on a regular basis
Integration (10)
ERP and Accounting
Standard integration with accounting and ERP software
Sales and Marketing
Standard integration with sales and marketing software
Quote-to-Cash
Standard integration with Quote-to-Cash systems
APIs
Out of the box APIs to integrate with any type of software
Accounting
Based on 18 Zuora reviews. Provide integration with accounting and financial management software
Payments
Integrates with other payments software 17 reviewers of Zuora have provided feedback on this feature.
ERP
Based on 16 Zuora reviews. Deliver integrations with accounting modules of ERP systems
Payments
Integrate with payment processing software and payment gateways.
Accounting
Integrate with financial management systems such as accounting and ERP.
CRM & Sales
Integrate with software that manages customers, sales, and marekting.
Customer Requirements (3)
Quoting
Ability to create custom quotes based on customer requirements.
Configuration
Allows users to configure products and revise quotes accordingly.
Pricing
Provide standard pricing options that can be customized by customer.
Contracts (3)
Creation
Deliver standard contract templates that can be modified by users.
Negotiation
Track contract changes made by all parties during negotiation.
Execution
Implement the final version of the contract, including SLAs.
Revenue (3)
Invoicing
Monitor invoices and payments per product, customer, or contract.
Matching
Match invoices with sales orders, quotes, and contracts.
Recognition
Perform revenue recognition to ensure that pricing or payment terms are accurate.
Reporting (6)
Dimensions
Reports revenue based on various dimensions, such as subscription segments, geographies, or discounts This feature was mentioned in 14 Zuora reviews.
Deferred Revenue
Tracks revenue for goods or services that have yet to be collected This feature was mentioned in 14 Zuora reviews.
Revenue Recognition
Accurately determines and reports the accounting period when revenues are recognized This feature was mentioned in 15 Zuora reviews.
Status
Reports on the status of invoices or payments
Customer Credit
Run reports on customer credit
History
Tracks all transactions, from issuing invoices to payment reminders to receiving payment
Bill Generation (3)
Templates
Provide standard invoice templates that can be customized by users 20 reviewers of Zuora have provided feedback on this feature.
Digital Billing
As reported in 20 Zuora reviews. Ability to convert invoices to digital formats such as PDF
Recurring Billing
Automatically generates invoices at pre-defined time intervals 20 reviewers of Zuora have provided feedback on this feature.
Bill Processing (3)
Consolidation
Allow users to consolidate multiple invoices into one 18 reviewers of Zuora have provided feedback on this feature.
Batch Invoicing
Based on 17 Zuora reviews. Ability to create multiple types of invoices
Management
As reported in 19 Zuora reviews. Manage invoicing for different types of products or services
Order Management (4)
Opportunities
Manage open opportunities for new or existing customers.
Order History
Track all open and closed orders by customer, or by product and plan.
Upsell & Cross-sell
Identify opportunities to upsell and cross sell based on product usage.
Renewals
Plans can be renewed automatically or manually, when changes are required.
Products & Plans (4)
Packages
Track the financial performance of various types of packages.
Multi-part Deals
Create deals that combine multiple products and plans, with differrent pricing
Plan Changes
Monitor plan changes such as upgrades and downgrades, or cancellations.
Bundles
Ability to group standard plans and products to create bundles
Revenue Management (4)
Automation
Ability to create and send invoices automatically at predefined or custom frequencies.
Consolidation
Consolidate invoices so customers can make one payment for multiple bills.
Adjustments
Adjust invoices to handle exceptions and correct errors.
Billing Types
Provide the option to combine recurring, one-time, and usage based billing
Integrations (3)
Accounting
Integrates with accounting or similar platforms
ERP
Integrates with ERP systems
CPM
Integrates with Corporate Performance Management platforms
Transactions (3)
Credits
Manages credit limits based on customer credit scores, payment history, or other financial metrics
Invoices
Creates or imports invoices
Payments
Collects different payment types and manages payment terms
Workflows (2)
Approvals
Offers customizable approval processes for all types of transactions
Reconciliation
Reconciles payments to invoices to ensure matching
Data Management (3)
Updating
Updates subscription data automatically at predefined time periods that can be customized by users
Data cleansing
Processes and cleans subscription data from multiple sources, automatically or on demand
Integration
Provides integration with subscription billing, subscription management, and other solutions to capture subscription data
Analysis (4)
KPIs
Includes standard KPIs such as monthly recurring revenue (MRR) or customer lifetime value (CLTV)
Dashboards
Dlivers standard dashboards for subscription analysis that can be customized by users
Segmentation
Allows users to analyze subscription data by product, time period, type of contract, etc.
Revenue Optimization
Provides insights that can be used to improve sales and revenue
Usage Metering - Usage-based billing Software (3)
Metering engine
Track customer's usage data based on the services they have subscribe to
Data extraction/ingestion
Connect to data sources to pull/push usage based data via data-source-specific connectors or APIs
Analytics/reporting
Create and send usgae based reports such as product usage, free units, etc to clients
Bill Generation - Usage-based billing Software (3)
Templates
Provide standard document templates for Invoice, payment, refund and contracts
Digital Billing
Ability to convert invoices to digital formats such as PDF
Usage Billing
Automatically generates invoices based on the service usage
Bill Processing - Usage-based billing Software (3)
Consolidation
Allow users to consolidate multiple invoices into one
Batch Invoicing
Ability to create multiple types of invoices
Management
Manage invoicing for different types of products or services
Integration - Usage-based billing Software (3)
Accounting
Provide integration with accounting and financial management software
Payments
Integrate with payments software to facilitate payments
ERP
Deliver integrations with accounting modules of ERP systems
Payment failure - Failed Payment Recovery (5)
Failed payment prevention
Validate payment details before processing to reduce failures.
Failure Detection
Detects failed payments immediately upon transaction decline.
Instant Notifications
Sends alerts to merchants or finance teams on payment failure detection.
Automated Retry
Automatically retries failed payments based on on customizable rules or by analyzing previous failures.
Failure Categorization
Categorize payment failure into different reasons (e.g., insufficient funds, expired cards, payment gateway issues).
Customer Communication - Failed Payment Recovery (3)
Email/SMS Alerts
Send automated and personalized communication to customers about failed payment.
Customizable Messaging
Provide customizable templates for emails or text messages.
In-app Support
Integrate with in-app notifications, push notifications, or customer service channels for recovery.
Advance payment method update - Failed Payment Recovery (3)
Card Expiry
Alert customer's card expiration dates before a failure occurs.
Card Account Updater
Offer account update services for customers to automatically update expired card with new card details.
Secure Payment Gateway
Ensures compliance with PCI-DSS standards for secure payment processing.
Failed payment analytics - Failed Payment Recovery (3)
Insight and trends
Identify reasons behind payment failures, trends over time and unique pattern.
AI-driven reporting
Provide AI-driven failure detection, analysis, recovery predictions and actions.
Real-Time Tracking
Provide dashboard for monitoring payment success, failure and recovery rate.
Generative AI - cpq (3)
Dynamic Quoting
Generate personalized quotes and proposals that corresponds with each customer's tailored preferences and buying behavior
Dynamic Pricing
Analyzes data to suggest price adjustments instantly based on competitor pricing, demand, market prices, production costs, and other factors
Personalized Sale Recommendations
Enhances guided selling by learning customer preferences and suggesting the most suitable products and services based on their individual needs
Agentic AI - Subscription Management (5)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Natural Language Interaction
Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Agentic AI - Subscription Analytics (5)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Agentic AI - Subscription Billing (4)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Agentic AI - Billing (1)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Agentic AI - Accounts Receivable Automation (1)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
AI - Accounts Receivable (3)
Generative
Sends automated messages and reminders, resolves disputes, or does proactive outreach.
Responses
Responds to basic questions from inbound emails.
Predictive Analytics
Analyzes past transactions to make a prediction of when future payments are likely to be paid.




