> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.erp.arukz.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# ARUKZ ERP compared with Zoho Books

> Zoho Books and ARUKZ ERP compared for Indian manufacturers: plans and prices, production, job work, ITC-04 and quality, and when Zoho Books is the better pick.

Zoho Books is the better pick for trading and service businesses that want low-cost, polished cloud accounting with Indian GST, e-invoicing generated inside the product and a mobile app. ARUKZ ERP is the better pick for a factory that needs bills of materials, work orders, job work, quality and payroll in one product, with the accounts on the same records.

## Side by side

| | Zoho Books | ARUKZ ERP |
| - | - | - |
| What it is | Cloud accounting; other Zoho apps add inventory, CRM, payroll and more | One cloud ERP: accounts, GST, sales, purchase, inventory, production, quality, job work, HR, payroll |
| Price (Zoho's India page, 11 Nov 2026) | Standard ₹749, Professional ₹1,499, Premium ₹2,999, Elite ₹4,999, Ultimate ₹7,999 per organisation a month, billed yearly; extra users ₹150 a month each | From ₹5,999 a month plus GST for up to 5 users, every module included. See [Plans](https://docs.erp.arukz.com/billing/plans.md). |
| Production | Check with Zoho for BOMs and work orders in your plan | BOMs, manufacturing orders, work centres, work orders |
| Job work and ITC-04 | Check with Zoho | Principal's and job worker's side, Rule 55 challans, ITC-04 file for the offline tool |
| Lot traceability and quality | Check with Zoho | Lots traced end to end, inspections, rejections by lot, CAPA |
| Indian GST | GST returns and e-invoicing | GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B figures, GSTR-2B matching, e-invoice JSON; you upload on the portal |

## When Zoho Books is the better choice

* You trade or sell services and want low-cost, polished accounting.
* You already use other Zoho apps.
* You want e-invoices generated from inside the product today.

## When ARUKZ ERP is the better choice

* Production, job work and quality matter as much as the books.
* You want one product, one sign-in and one set of records instead of several apps joined together.

## What ARUKZ ERP does not do

* It has no mobile app; it works in a phone's browser.
* It does not generate e-invoices or file returns from inside the product yet.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Zoho's prices are from zoho.com/in/books/pricing on the date shown and exclude GST. Check there for current plans and what each includes.

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