Zoho Books vs Pilot

Two accounting tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	Zoho BooksZoho	PilotPilot
In one line	Free for small revenue, strong with the Zoho suite	Done-for-you bookkeeping and tax for startups
Starting price	Free	From $99/mo
Six-person team	$0/mo	$99/mo
Plans	Free under $50k revenue; Standard $15/mo; Professional $40/mo; Premium $60/mo; Elite $120/mo; Ultimate $240/mo (billed annually)	Bookkeeping Essentials from $99/mo billed yearly (up to $100K monthly expenses); tax filing from $750/yr for newly formed companies, $2,000+ for partnerships and S-corps, $2,450+ for C-corps
Pricing model	Free tier	Paid
Free trial	—	—
Users	1 on free; 3 on Standard	n/a
Both connect to	Ramp
Also connects to	Square POS, Stripe Invoicing, Helcim, Zoho Expense, PayPal Invoicing, Wise Business, Payoneer Workforce Management	No others on record10,000+ listed by the vendor
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people	2–10 people · 11–50 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US
Phone support	Standard and up	Core and up
Live chat	Standard and up	Every plan
Support hours	Email: Monday to Friday, 9 am to 9 pm ET · Phone: Mon- Fri ( 9:00AM to 9:00PM ET )	Not published
Incidents posted	Zoho has a public status page. Status page	We found no public status page for Pilot.
Capterra score	4.4 / 5 from 681 reviews	4.9 / 5 from 29 reviews
Trustpilot score	Not listed	2.9 / 5 from 20 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	66	35
Fit: Restaurant or café	55	30
Fit: Service business	75	65
Fit: Agency or studio	72	78
Fit: Trades or contractor	65	40
Fit: Online store	70	75
Why people pick it	Generous free tier Deep Zoho ecosystem	A team does the books Tax filing from the same people
Where it falls short	Fewer accountants know it UI is dense	Costs more than software Built around startups
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices