TranZact vs Zoho: Which Fits Your Factory? (2026)

TranZact vs Zoho: the short answer

TranZact and Zoho solve different problems. Zoho Inventory offers composite items (bill of materials). Zoho ERP adds manufacturing orders, job cards, GST filing and payroll, priced per user. TranZact is manufacturing AI software that runs enquiry to dispatch for Indian manufacturers. It passes entries into Tally, Busy or Zoho Books, so your accounting stays where it is.

• Zoho ERP: manufacturing orders, GST filing and payroll from one vendor.

• Zoho Inventory: composite items and multi-warehouse stock, with Zoho Books integration.

• TranZact: enquiry to dispatch, including job work.

• With TranZact, your books stay in Tally, Busy or Zoho Books.

All Zoho facts on this page come from Zoho's own India pages, checked on 6 October 2026. Zoho prices exclude GST. TranZact prices come from letstranzact.ai/pricing, checked the same day. Prices change, so check both again before you buy.

Which Zoho are you comparing? Zoho Inventory vs Zoho ERP

Zoho sells two products a manufacturer might shortlist. They do different jobs. Compare TranZact with the right one.

Zoho Inventory

• Composite items / bill of materials on all plans.

• Batch and serial tracking from the Premium plan.

• Multi-warehouse management.

• E-way bill created with the invoice, and also for credit notes and delivery challans.

• GST e-invoicing.

• Zoho Books integration.

Zoho ERP

• Manufacturing orders with job cards.

• Bill of materials with sub-assemblies. Picking a component's own BOM creates child manufacturing orders.

• Work centres with time tracking.

• Quality templates and inspection rules.

• GST calculation and filing, and e-way bill generation.

• Payroll with TDS.

• A Zoho ERP mobile app.

Does Zoho have an ERP system?

Yes. It is called Zoho ERP. In India, the Standard plan is ₹999 per user per month, billed annually, with a minimum of 5 users.

Can Zoho be used for manufacturing?

Yes. Zoho ERP lists manufacturing orders, BOM and job cards. Zoho Inventory lists composite items with a bill of materials.

Some online summaries say Zoho has no manufacturing module. That is out of date. An older post on our own site said Zoho had no BOM and no native e-way bill. Zoho's own pages show both today, so we have corrected it here.

Side-by-side: 13 things a manufacturer checks

A dash (—) means the item is not stated on the Zoho pages we checked. Ask Zoho to confirm those rows for your items.

BOM and production orders

All three handle a bill of materials. Zoho ERP goes deepest on the Zoho side. Its BOM supports sub-assemblies, and operations link to work centre types.

TranZact's Scale plan covers multi-step BOM and production, routing, production costing, and planning with MRP and indent. Machine Planning comes with Dominate. See how it works on the production management page.

Job work

Many Indian manufacturers send material out to job workers. From the Scale plan up, TranZact handles routing and sub-contracting, including material sent out on job work.

The Zoho pages we checked do not mention job work. If you use job workers, ask Zoho to show you how it is handled.

GST, e-way bill and e-invoice

All three create e-way bills and e-invoices. In TranZact, the e-way bill is generated from the GST invoice, with the e-invoice (IRN) in the same flow. This is on all plans, including Free.

Zoho ERP also lists GST calculation and filing.

Accounting: keep Tally/Busy/Zoho Books or move

This is the biggest difference. TranZact does not do accounting or payroll. It passes entries into Tally, Busy or Zoho Books, so your accountant keeps working where they already are. The integration is part of the Scale plan and up.

Zoho ERP lists GST calculation and filing, and payroll with TDS. Zoho Inventory integrates with Zoho Books.

Users, price and a 10-user example

Zoho ERP prices per user. TranZact prices per plan, with a set number of users and paid extra users. Zoho Inventory prices per plan, with 1 to 10 users. The full worked example is below.

Go-live time and who implements

TranZact goes live in 2–3 weeks. There are no consultants and no IT team. 95%+ of TranZact deployments succeed.

For Zoho ERP, Zoho's own page points to its partners for "custom coding to full-scale implementation".

Support

TranZact offers chat support from 10:00 to 19:00, Monday to Saturday. The first response comes within 1 hour. Ask Zoho for its support terms on your plan.

What 10 users cost on each

Here is the list price for 10 users, as published on 6 October 2026.

• TranZact Scale + 4 extra users: ₹12,500 + (4 × ₹2,000) = ₹20,500 a month, billed yearly.

• TranZact Dominate (12 users): ₹30,000 a month, billed yearly. Adds Batch Tracking & QC, Machine Planning & API Integrations, and Custom Document Formats & Variants.

• Zoho ERP Standard: 10 × ₹999 = ₹9,990 a month, billed annually (₹13,990 if paid monthly). Excl. GST.

• Zoho ERP Premium: 10 × ₹2,499 = ₹24,990 a month, billed annually (₹29,990 if paid monthly). Excl. GST.

• Zoho Inventory: the Plus (₹4,999) and Enterprise (₹7,499) plans each include 10 users, billed annually. Excl. GST.

On list price for 10 users, Zoho is cheaper. Zoho ERP payroll costs extra, at ₹249 per employee per month billed annually. Compare what each plan includes and how much setup it needs, not just the licence.

Is Zoho Inventory completely free?

No. Zoho Inventory has a free plan for 1 user, 50 orders a month and 1 location. Paid plans start at ₹999 (Standard, 3 users), billed annually. Zoho ERP offers a 14-day free trial. TranZact's Free plan covers 3 users, with 100 enquiries, 100 quotations and 30 transactions a month.

Choose Zoho if…

• You want manufacturing orders, GST calculation and filing, and payroll with TDS from one vendor. That is Zoho ERP.

• You mainly need composite items and stock across warehouses, linked to Zoho Books. That is Zoho Inventory.

• Lowest list price for 10 users matters most. Zoho ERP Standard is ₹9,990 a month, billed annually.

Choose TranZact if…

• You want to keep Tally, Busy or Zoho Books for accounts. TranZact passes entries into them.

• You send material out on job work (Scale plan and up).

• You want to go live in 2–3 weeks, with no consultants and no IT team.

• Your shop floor still writes on paper. TranZact's AI reads a photo of a paper entry and turns it into a system entry.

• You want supplier invoices matched to purchase orders, and customer payments logged, without anyone typing them in.

TranZact is built on 7 years of learning from 10,000+ manufacturers. It runs on web and mobile. Customer data stays in India, on AWS servers in Mumbai. TranZact is ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified.

Know the limits too. TranZact does not do accounting or payroll. Batch Tracking & QC is on Dominate only. And on list price for 10 users, Zoho costs less.

Can you use TranZact and Zoho together?

Yes. TranZact runs operations from enquiry to dispatch. Your books stay in Zoho Books through the integration. The same works for Tally and Busy. See the integration page for details.

For stock, see TranZact's inventory management page.

Other options buyers compare

Which company is better than Zoho?

There is no single answer. It depends on which Zoho you are comparing and what your manufacturing needs. Use the 13 rows above as your checklist for any vendor.

Is Odoo better than Zoho?

Buyers also shortlist Odoo and ERPNext. We have not compared them on this page. Check the same 13 rows against each vendor's own pricing and feature pages, and date what you find.

What is the best ERP system for manufacturing?

The best one is the one your team keeps using when the floor gets busy. Check BOM depth, job work, GST and e-way bills, your accounting link, the real price for your user count, and go-live time. Our comparison page sets these side by side.

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