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Comparison: Simplebks vs Zoho
Zoho or Simplebks: seven apps, or one?
For Nigerian businesses weighing Zoho's finance apps against one app for the whole business.
Nothing to connect: till, stock, suppliers, production and books already work together.
10,000+ businesses run on Simplebks. 14-day trial, no card. Competitor details checked on 28 September 2026.
Simplebks vs Zoho: the comparison
Zoho is a large global software company. For finance it sells Zoho Finance Plus, a bundle of seven separate apps (Invoice, Books, Inventory, Billing, Expense, Checkout and Commerce), with its POS, procurement and other tools sold as further apps.
Simplebks is one app built for Nigerian small and medium businesses, where the till, stock, suppliers, production and books already work together, with one team to call.
Simplebks and Zoho: does it offer it?
| Does it offer it? | Simplebks | Zoho |
|---|---|---|
| How it's delivered | One app: till, stock, suppliers, production and books | Separate apps: Books, Inventory, Procurement, Commerce and more |
| Point-of-sale till | ✓ Built in | ✓ Zoho POS, a separate product |
| Offline selling | ✓ Offline till up to 24 hours | Not found |
| Restaurant tables, kitchen screens, QR menu | ✓ Tables, kitchen screens and QR menu | Not part of Zoho Finance Plus |
| Multi-branch stock and transfers | ✓ Branch stock with approved transfers | ✓ Zoho Inventory, with inter-warehouse transfers |
| Customer credit limits | ✓ Limit per customer, with owner override | Not found |
| Scale-label (weighed) items | ✓ Weighing-scale labels scan into the cart | Not found |
| Stock counts | ✓ Counters, blind counts, reviewer approval | Partly: inventory adjustments listed; stock counts not found |
| Recipes, bills of materials, batch costing | ✓ Recipes, bills of materials, batch costs | Not supported: Zoho help says Inventory has no manufacturing modules yet |
| VAT and WHT reports | ✓ VAT and WHT reports from your transactions | ✓ VAT by item and customer, WHT, VAT schedules |
| Request for quote to suppliers | ✓ One request, several suppliers, compare quotes | ✓ Zoho Procurement, a separate app |
| Full accounting (ledger, P&L, balance sheet) | ✓ Ledger, P&L, balance sheet, reconciliation | ✓ Zoho Books |
Simplebks features can depend on your plan; offline selling is on Enterprise. See pricing.
Not found means we did not find it on their public pages when we checked (28 September and 25 October 2026): Zoho Books · Zoho Inventory.
Who each is right for
Zoho submits electronic invoices to the Nigeria Revenue Service today. And beyond finance, Zoho offers CRM, HR and dozens of other apps a business can add as it grows.
Choose Zoho if
submitting electronic invoices to the Nigeria Revenue Service is your most urgent need, your accountant already works in Zoho Books, or you want to assemble your own set of specialist apps.
Choose Simplebks if
you want your till, stock, suppliers, production and books in one simple app, set up from your industry on day one and supported by a Nigerian team.
Moving from Zoho to Simplebks
Export your products and contacts from Zoho and import them from Excel or CSV. Match the columns, preview and confirm. Past transactions import as reference history, without rebuilding your old ledger.
Moving from Zoho? We help you move
Products, customers, suppliers and opening balances usually move. We help clean the export, bring it in and check the totals before go-live.
FAQ
Do I need more than one app on Zoho to match Simplebks?
Yes, for a shop or a factory. Zoho Finance Plus is a bundle of seven apps and has no till, so a shop also needs Zoho POS, and a manufacturer needs another app again, because Zoho Inventory doesn't support manufacturing. Simplebks covers two businesses, with POS, inventory, production and accounting in one app.
Does Simplebks submit invoices to the Nigeria Revenue Service?
No. Simplebks calculates VAT and WHT and produces VAT and WHT reports from your transactions. Zoho's Nigeria apps submit electronic invoices to the Nigeria Revenue Service.
Does Zoho Finance Plus include a point-of-sale till?
No. Zoho POS is a separate product. Simplebks includes a retail and restaurant POS in the same app as its inventory and accounting.
Can Simplebks run production for a small manufacturer?
Yes. Simplebks handles multi-level recipes and bills of materials, production batches with overheads costed in, lot and expiry tracking, subcontracted stages and contract-staff wages spread across the batches they worked on.
Can I run a restaurant on Simplebks?
Yes. Simplebks includes tables and a floor plan, kitchen screens, tabs, split bills and a QR menu with a shareable link customers can order from.
Can I bring my Zoho data into Simplebks?
Yes. Export products and contacts from Zoho and use the Simplebks Excel or CSV import, which lets you match columns and preview before saving.
One app for the till, the stock, the suppliers and the books.