Free migration · All-inclusive pricing · India-first · Your CA, built in

India-first billing.
Price includes GST.

Zoho Books is a capable cloud suite. Mera Invoices is the simpler, India-first way to bill and stay GST-ready — a dedicated CA portal, UPI-first customer payments, and a price you never have to add 18% to. Import your Zoho data and start billing today.

No setup fee Import from Zoho Price includes GST

A capable suite — that you can outgrow into.

Zoho Books is modern and genuinely good. But it's one module of a sprawling ecosystem, quoted before tax, with user caps and an 'accountant seat' rather than a CA workspace built for India.

"The price isn't the price"
Zoho's plans are quoted plus 18% GST, and user caps push you up-market. In Mera, ₹149 means ₹149 — GST included.
"One tab in a huge suite"
Zoho Books keeps nudging you toward more apps and higher tiers. Mera does invoicing, payments and GST-ready books, done well, without the upsell.
"An accountant seat, not a CA portal"
Mera gives your CA a dedicated portal built for Indian CA workflows — document requests, GST status, and many clients in one place.
"Payments the way India pays"
Mera's customer portal is UPI-first — your customers view and pay their invoices the way they actually want to.
"Made for India, not adapted to it"
Templates, tax logic and support tuned for Indian GST from the ground up — not a global product with an India edition.
"Own your data, simply"
Export everything as Excel or JSON any time. No ecosystem lock-in, no per-add-on pricing.

What changes when you switch

Zoho Books is a strong product. Mera keeps the cloud convenience and adds India-first simplicity, a CA portal and honest pricing.

Capability
Zoho Books
Mera Invoices
Price shown
Plus 18% GST
Inclusive of GST
Free plan
Under ₹25 lakh turnover
Entry paid plan
₹899/mo + GST
₹149/mo · incl. GST
Built for India
Global suite
India-first
Dedicated CA portal (read-only, live)
Accountant seat
Free
Customer portal · pay by UPI
Portal
UPI-first
AI bill / receipt scanning
Higher tiers
Works offline · auto-sync
GSTR-1 · GSTR-3B reports
Ecosystem lock-in
High (Zoho One)
Low · one product
Cost · entry plan
from ₹899/mo
+ 18% GST
₹149/mo
incl. GST · free tier
Setup time
Moderate
3 minutes · OTP

Zoho Books plan names and prices reflect publicly listed India pricing as of July 2026, exclusive of 18% GST — verify current plans with Zoho. Feature comparison reflects parity at the time of writing.

Three steps. Tea break to tea break.

You export your data from Zoho Books. We map contacts, items, invoices and opening balances. You verify and raise your first invoice.

1

Export from Zoho Books · 5 min

Request migration and tell us about your business. In Zoho Books: Settings → Data Administration → Export — export contacts, items and invoices to CSV and keep the files handy; we'll reach out within 4 working hours with a secure way to share them. NDA on request.

2

We map and validate · ~2 hrs, done by us

We import your masters: customers and vendors with GSTIN verification against GSTN, products with HSN mapping, opening AR/AP per party, Chart of Accounts. Duplicates merged, issues flagged for your review.

3

Verify and go live · 30 min

Spot-check a few parties, products and the Trial Balance — it reconciles to the paise. Run the Ageing report, approve, and raise your first invoice in under a minute. Zoho Books stays exactly as it is — your data is never modified.

₹0
migration fee — included on every plan, even free
0
downtime — keep using Zoho Books until you're ready
100%
data ownership — export Excel or JSON any time
1
afternoon — you send the export, we migrate, you review

Give your CA a workspace, not a login seat.

In Zoho, your accountant is one more user seat. In Mera, your CA gets a free, dedicated portal — your invoices, payments, GSTR-1/3B previews and full ledger, live, across every client they serve.

Free for the CA. No catch, no per-client charges.
Read-only by design. View, comment, export — never edit. Your books stay yours.
GSTR-ready exports (Excel) any time — your CA files from clean, reconciliation-ready data.
Audit log for every change — who touched what, when, from where.

Start your migration

Import your Zoho Books data

Tell us a little about your business and one of us will reach out within 4 working hours with a secure way to share your Zoho Books export.

4 hrs
response time
₹0
total cost
1 day
to first invoice

Honest answers about switching

Will I lose my Zoho Books data? +

No. Your Zoho account stays exactly as it is — we import a copy of your exported data. Keep Zoho as an archive if you like; run Mera going forward.

What does Mera Invoices import from Zoho Books? +

Contacts (customers & vendors), items with HSN, invoices/credit notes and opening balances per party. Export from Zoho's Data Administration; we map, validate and load it.

Is Mera really cheaper than Zoho Books? +

Mera's paid plans start at ₹149/month, inclusive of GST — the price you see is the price you pay. Zoho's plans are quoted plus 18% GST, and user limits raise the tier as you grow. Mera also has a genuine free tier.

Does Mera Invoices replace Zoho Books completely? +

For invoicing, billing, GST-ready reports, quotations, purchases, payments and customer-facing operations — yes. For deep multi-entity accounting or the wider Zoho app ecosystem, Zoho has more surface area. Most Indian SMBs don't need it.

Does my CA get access? +

Yes — a free, read-only CA portal built for Indian CA workflows, not just an extra user seat. Your CA sees your books live and exports GSTR-ready data any time.

Is the data safe on the cloud? +

Yes. Row-level security, HTTPS everywhere, OTP-verified sign-in, encrypted backups at rest. Export any time as Excel or JSON. DPDP compliant; servers in the India region.

A whole suite you outgrow. Or billing built for India.

Free migration. Free CA portal. Free customer portal. ₹0 to start, no credit card.