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Zoho on Twitter Zoho in the News There is one counterpoint to mull, however. There may be a better
cloud-based office productivity suite than Google Docs already, at least
for some users. “ Zoho is robust and
it has a good developer platform,” said Vatsal Sonecha, a VP at online
security firm TriCipher. The Zoho difference is that under its umbrella
are many applications -- online meetings, CRM, a DIY wiki, in addition
to the core office productivity apps (word processing, spreadsheet,
presentation). Zoho, which prices applications per user, (typically
around $12 per seat, per month) launched its Web-based apps in 2005 and
although Google Docs gets the loud buzz, Zoho has a loyal fan base that
insists it’s worth a look before plunging ahead with Google Docs.
- Rob McGarvey, CIOUpdate.com
It’s hard to explain what all Zoho is capable of. If you’re looking for a more Microsoft Word type layout to editing documents/spreadsheets online then you definitely want to check out Zoho. Google Docs is great for quick and simple editing but if you want to do anything special or in a particular way I highly recommend Zoho. There are A LOT more features to Zoho than document editing though; they have everything from email to an online CRM to Editing tools. - Tom Lambert, Best Cloud Computing Websites and Apps
Zoho, a competitor to Google Docs, offers many of the same features, including simultaneous collaboration between users, and also features various plug-ins for Microsoft Word, Excel, and OpenOffice. Additionally, Zoho has additional applications for database management, reporting, project management, customer relationship management, wiki, chat, and more in its suite, making it one of the most robust online office suits available. (Currently free for personal use.) - Amir Hawk, The Best Cloud Apps You Need To Know About
Zoho Applications
has an impressive collection of well integrated applications. Aside
from the core docs, spreadsheet, and slide shows, you get the
following: email, calendar, planner, chat, online meetings like Webex,
database, project management, billing and invoicing, CRM, and a bunch
of other applications. (Some of the business apps have a cost
associated, but nothing compared to what their competition charges.) If
all of that is not enough, they even integrate seamlessly with third
party applications. This is about as close to Microsoft Office as you
will find anywhere. - 85 Free Apps that will Save you Thousands of Dollars, VitaminCM.com
Zoho, an Indian company formally known as AdventNet Inc., offers much
more than just web based email — it takes the fight straight to Google
with a comprehensive on-line office suit comprising word processing,
spreadsheets, presentations, databases, note-taking, wikis, CRM,
project management, invoicing and other applications.
It's web-mail that I'm interested in, so can't comment on their other
products, but I do have to say that I found Zoho Mail perfect for my
purposes. I've been using it for a few weeks now, and it's proven to be
fast and robust, and I have no hesitation in saying that I love it!
It's a joy to use.
Zoho also appears to be ad-free, for the moment at least, which is really refreshing. - Andy Thomas, Zoho Mail - an Alternative to Gmail Atlast?
Zoho is a one-stop shop for web workers, providing everything from an MS-compatible word processor to FREE on-line collaboration and conferencing. The brains behind this brawny site also through in an email client. The basic services are all free and are perfect for most small, on-line businesses. Upgrades to more robust access are cheap, so creating on-line collaborations with multiple remote stakeholders is low-cost and easy. - 7 Cool Tools For Web Workers, Grow Your Web Biz
One of the best suite of collaboration and small business tools online is Zoho. Whether you are looking for a client relationship management (CRM) solution, or a project management tool, or a basic human resources information system (HRIS), creating online reports or database-driven applications, Zoho is one set of solutions that no small business should over-look. While many of the solutions that Zoho offers are similar to some popular products by Google (including shared documents, spreadsheets, presentations and email), Zoho is constantly developing new solutions to help small business customers, including their new Applicant Tracking System.
Zoho shares almost all the features that Google Documents has and as to which web-based collaboration tool you would use, it is only a matter of choice. One advantage of using Zoho, however, is that there are a lot of other web-based applications like the Zoho CRM and others that can be used together with Zoho’s Office suite. In this sense, Zoho has the potential to be your one stop complete small business management dashboard. The range of online applications like Zoho Chat, Zoho Meetings, Zoho CRM, Zoho Writer, and so on is really rich and you must use it at least once.
Zoho Mail: Take the simplicity
of Gmails interface, add the ability to have several inboxes to manager
multiple accounts (not one universal one, each account gets its own
inbox within the same window), no threaded emails like Gmail, unlimited
storage, a good user policy, optional add-on services like a notebook
and online office editor, built in chat, a well established company,
and you get Zoho Mail. My rating “use it”. - David, Web Solutions for Everyone Blog
Zoho Office Suite. While Google Docs is the most popular online office suite, Zoho
is the best and most comprehensive set of web applications. The mobile
version of the site gives you access to your word processing docs,
spreadsheets, presentations, creator docs, calander and Zoho mail. - Daniel Nations, 10 Really Cool Websites for the iPhone
Overall, based on the description and demos I have seen, the Zoho
Wiki offering looks pretty compelling for nearly any wiki based need
that comes to my mind. And just like the other Zoho offerings, it feels
like something you would expect from Google, in all of its Web 2.0′ish
goodness.
In the end, it should be said that Zoho is also big on listening to
their customers. So if you tried it and found it lacking in some area,
chances are pretty solid that you will not find your comments landing
on deaf ears.
- Matt Hartley, Lockergnome
The number of applications Zoho
offers, from an email service to a personal wiki and a “centralized
public repository” (whatever that is) is ridiculous. I’ve become a big
Zoho fan recently, and it has a huge number of useful tools at your
disposal.
The writer itself is excellent, with a ton of editing options
organized in a way that looks much like Office 2007’s Ribbon interface.
Almost anything you can do in Word can be done in Zoho, from adding a
header and footer to directly posting a document to your blog.
Zoho is the most feature-complete of the Web-based applications,
including Google Docs, and is incredibly easy to use. Zoho doesn’t get
nearly the press Google Docs does, but I can’t see a reason not to
switch to Zoho.
- MakeUseOf.com
In the interest of full disclosure, I had seen the site before a
while back, but that was before they started targeting Google. Since
then, the site has acquired an interesting array of apps. They’ve got
what you’d expect: email, word processing, spreadsheets, notes, and
document management. But they’ve also got much more: wiki, file
sharing, invoice making, database management, web collaboration, etc.
Better than what they have, though, is how it works. In fact, their
word processor (Zoho Writer) puts Google Docs to shame (think: the best
of Word on the web), and their document management makes far more
sense. Give it a shot (ironically, you can sign in using your Google
account).
- Weekend Website, More Novel by the Week, John UpChurch
Zoho.com is an integrated personal application suite with many features. The primary purpose I use Zoho for is for storing documents which has many benefits and features that Google Documents does not have. I used Google Docs for a long time but recently made the switch when Zoho Writer 2.0 was released. Aside from the great looking in-browser GUI, there are two main reasons I prefer Zoho to Google documents: 1) You can have sub-folders in folders and 2) support for .docx file although I only have one .docx document total. I’m happy to say that all of my important documents are now kept on Zoho which I can access from anywhere.
Zoho also has extra benefits like note taking (which is something I do often), task lists, meetings, notebook and more. Zoho seems to be moving towards an all-in-one solution for cloud computing which will give them a great edge if it can be accomplished. You are able to sign-in using your Google account so there is no need to create a new account.
- 5 Great Cloud Services I Use, and Why, Jordan DeLozier
Google, I think you’ve met your match.
Understand, I like Google. I’ve long had a Gadget Crush on the
Tmobile G1 phone. I know it’s not an iPhone, but the potential of this
gizmo blows me away, even if that potential is yet unrealized. I like
Google Docs and love Google Calendar…but I think I’m finding a better
way.
Two weeks ago, a friend clued me in to Zoho.com.
Zoho is like Google Apps on steroids. You get
online spreadsheets, presentations, database creators, file storage,
and a host of things that I’m still figuring out, but allow me to do
things like the online sign up form linked at the right to add you to
our family eNewsletter list. In face, just go there and sign up now. Oh, and Zoho includes the Zoho word processor that rocks me like a hurricane. - Google V. Zoho - The Champion's Reign is Disputed, Randy Bohlender
The service is comprehensive and reliable, and surprisingly inviting
upon first look. If you think it's going to be a simple online word
processor, think again. Word processing is just the beginning of what
you can do with Zoho.
The list of Zoho services you get with a registered account are impressive. Beyond simple word processing, you can organize web conferences, share online documents, create online presentations, take notes, create spreadsheets, chat with other users,
and even create your own web apps. Each of these is full featured, and
the interfaces most often resemble Microsoft Office products as closely
as possible, and when they don't, they have a simple step-by-step
interface that is really easy to use and understand.
- Zoho: The All-in-One Office Everything You Need Software Website, Austin Keenan, InventorSpot
.. when I saw that they had changed their User Interface
this morning, my initial impression of it was extremely favorable.
This is something that they have promised for quite a while and I
believe that they delivered quite impressively. I have been playing
with it a bit tonight and have become even more impressed with the
change.
I really like the almost Microsoft Ribbon feel to the U/I, I like the ribbon and I will like the Zoho Writer
U/I. The ability to choose between drop down menus like Word 2003 and
or ribbonesque like Word 2007 is a great combination! It is very
intuitive and doesn’t have a lot of distractions.
- Harold Shaw, Aging Reluctantly
I needed to fill out a point of contact document for a video conference
call I have with Pearl Harbor this Friday. I saved the attachment from
email, and then "imported" it into Zoho Writer. After providing a bit
of information, I was ready to send the file back to my contacts at
Pearl. This time, instead of going through the "normal" process of
saving a document and then "attaching" it to an email, I simply clicked
"Share" and "Email Out" in Zoho Writer. I entered a few email
addresses, and off the edited document went as the body of the email
right from my zoho mail account. Nice.
I reviewed an old PowerPoint presentation for some information that I
need for a presentation I will be doing for my Board of Education.
This time there was no uncomfortableness in what I needed to do. I
launched Zoho Show from the desktop links I created earlier in the day,
and imported my presentation, in about a minute, I was moving through
the information with ease… All in all it was a really easy day living
in the cloud.
- Scott Weidig, VanishingPoint
I expect that using Zoho will be easier than using Google Apps
was because outside services can be added to the Zoho interface. I
can't really switch to Zoho e-mail for all my work, so I'll still be
using Gmail, though I'll try to limit it.
The first thing that I'll mention is how much more like an integrated
application Zoho feels than Google does. I've been using Google Apps
for over a year now, so I'm pretty used to it, but there's no real
dashboard (iG doesn't make the cut). Zoho has a nice menu and even has
the "desktop" which summarizes all your important information.
- Daniel Bo, The OS is Dead
I was instructed to think of Zoho as Google-Docs
on steroids! Being a big fan of Google Docs, I was very keen to spend
some time with Zoho, and I have to admit that the steroid comment was
probably an accurate.
Zoho offers LOTS of great tools including apps for mail, word
processing, spreadsheets, presentations, file management, databases,
invoicing, web conferencing and more! Did I mention that Zoho is
FREE? You do need to create a login or you can use your existing
Google account or your existing Yahoo account. IMPORTANT:
One thing I recently learned that you should also take note of (if you
don’t already know), is that with most of these free tools such as
Google Docs, when you create docs using their applications, they
technically own those documents. This was very startling to me.
However, Zoho’s Terms of Service pretty clearly state that you own the
content you create. This is a huge positive for users! In fact,
Google’s and Zoho’s Terms of Service are pretty much exact opposites of
one another in this regard. These are things you should think about
when using tools like these. Keep in mind however, that the real power
in these sorts of tools is in the COLLABORATION opportunities
they provide. Multiple people, from multiple locations w/out needing
any other software, can collaborate on a document or a project and be
making almost real-time edits! That’s powerful and exciting stuff!
- Daniel G. McNulty, PATINS (Promoting Achievement through Technology and INstruction for all Students)
Zoho is one of the
best places to go for productivity, collaborations, and business
applications. Like Google, they offer an email option. Zoho also offers
planning, project manager, meeting and invoicing applications. It is
growing pretty fast and integrates well with other applications and
support systems like PayPal as well as in-home integration. It makes
putting everything in one spot online simple.
- Get Organized With Technology, LaTara Ham-Ying
This is so cool! Not only can you share documents, but there is no more
upgrading to new software all the time. It's just THERE! I had a play
with ZOHO Show. I have to do a power point presentation for one of my
my classes at school, and I don't have MS PowerPoint
on my computer (my Office package did not come with it). So I made a
simple slide show, and I exported it in ppt format. It saved to my
computer and opened fine with my PowerPoint viewer. Another neat thing
was that I did not have to create a new account - I signed in with my
Google account. No additional passwords to record in the trusty
rolodex! Yea!
- Cool Learnings
The good features of Zoho include an easy interface for any non-techie
to use it and has a repository of powerful tools to help your business.
After trying it for free your website/blog can easily leverage an
application, which would otherwise require a lot of money and technical
knowledge. It is ideal for startups and small businesses since a ready
made and easily customizable product is available for free.
- Sushant Kumar, Zoho-the next web phenomena
[Zoho Creator] is a new way to create applications with minimum time and cost. It
has a very easy to learn drag-and-drop interface to create forms,
tables and write code without actually ever typing it. You can build a
web application in few hours, just by drag-and-drop style programming.
Go to ZOHO's Developer Zone and sign-up. Another best thing is that you
don't have to create a brand new account with ZOHO. If you have a
Google or Yahoo account, you can use it to login.
- Madhukar Reddy Gurram
I give Zoho two thumbs up. I am really impressed with their suite of
tools and ease of use. They have hit on the cornerstones of Web 2.0,
which is collaboration and moving work online. I think Zoho is
definitely worth your time. I have been using it for over a year now
and enjoy that I can connect to it wherever I am in the world.
- Ben Warsinske
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My personal favorite is Zoho Sheet – any chart created inside Zoho
Sheet can be published as an external image without exposing the full
spreadsheet.
Both Zoho Sheet and Google Docs
allow you to publish a range of cells from a spreadsheet into a web
page but the embedding process in Zoho is less complicated - select a
range and choose "Publish" from the contextual menu to embed that range
into your web page.
- Amit Agarwal, Digital Inspiration
As a project manager with almost 15 years of experience, one of the important things that I have learned is that project management tools are very important to the success of a project. I have used Microsoft Project, Zoho Projects and tested many others but have found for my business that Zoho Projects is best to use (checkout the Software Review: Zoho Projects). I can integrate it with Zoho’s other products which makes managing my clients, projects and team much easier.
- Kim Beasley, Project Management 411
Adding a live presentation in your posts can be another great idea to provide valuable additional content to your readers. Zoho.com is a suite of online web applications geared towards increasing your productivity and offering easy collaboration. Zoho Show is the online presentation tool of this suite which provides for free one of the best environment to make presentation online I experienced. If you are a PowerPoint user you'll love it. The response is excellent, fast and simple to use. When your presentation is completed you can share it on your website embedding your file on your page.
- Antonio Lupetti, Free online services to bring more value to your blog
Zoho Notebook
helps you organize information into multiple-page web-based spiral
notebooks. You can easily combine text, graphics, audio, video, and
embedded content from other sites.I have long been a Zoho fanboy, but I
continue to be amazed at how forward-looking Zoho Notebook is, and how
the drag-and-drop interface let’s you customize the arrangements of
objects on a webpage in ways that just can’t be done with Dreamweaver
and other html page editors (at least, not in any way that I know of).- Barry Dahl, Top Web Tools of 2008 - Number 2
2008 witnessed the validation of cloud model with both Google and Microsoft announcing their plans to clog the air. Even after all thy hype surrounding Google docs/Microsoft’s Azure, Zoho kept it’s focus on the execution and launched an entire portfolio of apps that a SMB’s IT department just cannot ignore.
- Ashish Sinha, PluGGd.in
The product begins where you’d expect with lead generation. You’ll
then find all the features you’d expect, with lead conversion, accounts
set up, contacts, potential mapping and campaign tabs.
Full reporting facilities are provided with formatting, graphical
layouts, along with dashboards, forecasting and other management tools
all neatly laid out and optimised for a snappy web experience.
This neat layout is one of Zoho CRM’s best features, encouraging you to explore it’s abilities further. - Neil Robinson, Zoho CRM: SaaS CRM in reach of every business
Zoho App Suite Rocks, Google Docs Sucks.
This is realization that I got after using Google Docs for quite a bit of time and after using Zoho for short while.
First and painful issue is that GDocs sheets after download are not
compatible with Excel and formulas (very simple ones) don’t work. This
is major issue to me.
Secondly, after using Zoho for just a brief period of time, I get a
feeling that I can really use it for work and not worry over files. It
is really well integrated, I am enjoying using it quite a bit, and pain
and struggle to use it are rarely present. While I had to make myself
use GDocs, I don’t feel any effort to use Zoho and learning just a
little about it I was able to add Facebook, Del.icio.us, Twitter and
Blog to apps. How cool is that
- Zeljko Dakic, Doing Software Development in Chicago
Zoho.com
is my choice for office productivity in “the cloud.” The folks at Zoho
have created a HUGE suite of applications that well… all work! Writing,
Spreadsheet, Presentations, wikis, project management, databases, an
online NOTEBOOK and much more. The biggest reason that I really am
taken with Zoho is both the integration of their tool set as well as
their focus on collaboration. Additionally, they are continuously
expanding their offerings. Did I mention that all of their apps are
FREE!
- Scott Weidig, VanishingPoint
Zoho wiki - I have been
following Zoho.com much of the year and have been very impressed with
their suite of web products. Zoho is on the leading edge of cloud
computing and has the most to offer small businesses. I moved the
Firm's intranet to Zoho wiki last month. The security is simple and
based on email domain. The interface is user-friendly and intuitive.
The search feature is a must and something our previous intranet did
not have. I now have other, non-techies that can help me maintain the
site. (wiki.zoho.com)
- Mike Campbell, My Top Ten of 2008
Have you ever seen a TV or Newspaper ad for Google, Seth Godin, Alan Weiss, Lulu.com, LinkedIn, Blogger, Feedburner, Gmail, monitter, Twitter, Aweber, Zoho, Google Docs, YouTube or DailyMotion?
No you haven't. At least I haven't.
Yet they dominate every day of my life in some form or other. Why? because somewhere along the line, somehow, a source that I trusted told me about them.
- Daryl Mather, Consulting Pulse
You may be paying four services that have cheap of even free alternatives. A good example of this principle in action is CRM software. I have worked with organizations that pay thousands of dollars on services like Salesforce when web applications such as Zoho are completely free for small businesses and extremely cost effective for large enterprises.
- Jordan Hudgens, Social Media Vision
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