Zoho ERP
by Zoho
Manufacturing ERPProprietary SaaS✓ Verified
Zoho's ERP for Indian businesses: core financials with GST, supply chain, manufacturing orders from a BOM, job cards, a shop floor view and quality inspections in one product. Restocking works from reorder levels; there is no MRP run that dates purchases from demand.
Why it is classified this way
We call this a Manufacturing ERP product. A broad business system (accounting, sales, purchasing) with a substantial manufacturing or planning module attached.
It is not labeled Full MRP because we have not verified that it accepts dated demand, sales orders, a forecast, or a master production schedule; nets that demand against stock on hand and orders already incoming; explodes requirements through at least one level of the bill of materials; uses lead times or required dates; and produces dated buy, make, transfer, release, or reschedule recommendations. That is a statement about the evidence we found, not a claim that the product is weak, see the capability table and the sources below.
The six Full MRP tests, and how Zoho ERP does on each (1 of 6)
- YesIt represents a bill of materials, recipe, or formula.Evidence: zoho.com › Bill of materials(opens in a new tab)
- UnknownIt accepts dated demand, sales orders, a forecast, or a master production schedule.Not established. No evidence found yet.
- PartialIt nets that demand against stock on hand and orders already incoming.Not established. Only partly shown: the evidence covers some of this but not all of it, so the test is not established.
- PartialIt explodes requirements through at least one level of the bill of materials.Not established. Only partly shown: the evidence covers some of this but not all of it, so the test is not established.Confirming a manufacturing order creates child manufacturing orders for components that have their own BOM, so one order explodes through its levels. There is no planning run that turns sales demand into component requirements. zoho.com › Create manufacture order(opens in a new tab)
- UnknownIt uses lead times or required dates.Not established. No evidence found yet.
- PartialIt produces dated buy, make, transfer, release, or reschedule recommendations.Not established. Only partly shown: the evidence covers some of this but not all of it, so the test is not established.
These rules are applied identically to every product and enforced at build time, a record cannot be published as Full MRP unless all six pass with a source attached. Read the methodology.
Best for
- Indian manufacturers who want accounting, GST, inventory and production in one system
- Shops that run work centers and job cards and want a shop floor view of planned against actual time
Not a fit when
- Anyone outside India: the pricing, GST handling and this product are the India edition
- Shops that need dated purchase suggestions from demand; restocking here is reorder-level based
- One- or two-person shops, because the smallest purchase is five users
Pricing facts
What it costs to do manufacturing in this product.
Advertised from
₹999/user/month
Useful entry price
₹999/user/month
Billing basis
Per user
Free trial: 14 days.
What moves the real bill
- Priced per user. The monthly figure multiplies by every person who needs an account.
- Minimum 5 users. You cannot buy fewer seats than this, even if fewer people need access.
- Annual billing assumed. The advertised rate requires paying for a year up front. Monthly billing costs more.
Plans
| Plan | Price | Add-ons and setup |
|---|---|---|
| StandardBilled yearly, shown per month | ₹999 per user/mo · minimum 5 users | — |
| 100,000 transactions per organization a year. Prices exclude GST. | ||
| StandardBilled monthly | ₹1,399 per user/mo · minimum 5 users | — |
| 100,000 transactions per organization a year. Prices exclude GST. | ||
| PremiumBilled yearly, shown per month | ₹2,499 per user/mo · minimum 5 users | — |
| 300,000 transactions per organization a year. Adds automatic purchase order creation. Prices exclude GST. | ||
| PremiumBilled monthly | ₹2,999 per user/mo · minimum 5 users | — |
| 300,000 transactions per organization a year. Adds automatic purchase order creation. Prices exclude GST. | ||
Cheapest paid plan that manufactures, by paid users
- 1 user: Standard, ₹4,995 a month (billed yearly, shown per month); first year ₹59,940.
- 5 users: Standard, ₹4,995 a month (billed yearly, shown per month); first year ₹59,940.
- 10 users: Standard, ₹9,990 a month (billed yearly, shown per month); first year ₹119,880.
Pricing detail
Standard is ₹999 per user a month billed annually or ₹1399 billed monthly, with "Minimum Users: 5"; Premium is ₹2499 or ₹2999. Employees (self-service staff for payroll, expenses and field work) are ₹249 or ₹299 each and are not users. Manufacturing orders, shop floor, work centers, quality and batch and serial tracking are ticked on both plans; automatic purchase order creation is Premium only. Standard allows 100,000 transactions per organization a year and Premium 300,000, manufacturing orders included. "*Prices are exclusive of GST and apply per organization." The smallest Standard purchase is five users, ₹4,995 a month billed annually. Prices are in rupees for the India edition; Zoho ERP is not included in Zoho One.
Checked on October 9, 2026. Source: zoho.com(opens in a new tab). Prices change. Check before you buy.
Manufacturing capability
18 of 25 fields resolved. "Unknown" means we have not found first-party evidence. It is not a No.
Planning
Working out what to buy or make, and when.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Accepts dated demandYou can tell it what is due and when, sales orders with dates, a forecast, or a production schedule. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation showing demand records that carry a required or due date.Know the answer? |
| Nets against stock on handIt subtracts what you already have before telling you to buy more. | Partial | Replenishment compares stock with a reorder level: "When stock levels fall below a set threshold, replenishment will lists low-stock items under the Pending Replenishments section". It is a threshold check, not a calculation against demand.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: zoho.com › Replenishments(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Counts incoming ordersIt knows about purchase orders and production orders already placed, so it does not tell you to order twice. | Partial | Optional in the replenishment settings: "Enable Include Yet to Receive and In Transit stock along with available for sale to generate replenishment tasks".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: zoho.com › Replenishments(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Uses lead timesIt works backwards from when you need something to when you must order or start it, using supplier and production lead times. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation showing lead time fields that shift a suggested order or start date.Know the answer? |
| Produces dated buy/make suggestionsThe output is an actionable list with dates, order this much by this date, start this batch on this date. | Partial | Replenishment lists low-stock items, and "From there, you can manually create the necessary orders to replenish stock." The list carries no order-by date.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: zoho.com › Replenishments(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Capacity planningChecks whether your people and machines can do the work in the time available. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of work-center or resource capacity being compared against load.Know the answer? |
Production
Recipes, bills of materials, and running the work.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Bill of materialsA list of the parts and quantities needed to make one of something. | Yes | A BOM lists components with quantities and the operation in which each is consumed: "In the Components tab, add the details of each component required for producing the item".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: zoho.com › Bill of materials(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Multi-level BOMSub-assemblies inside assemblies, a part that is itself made from other parts, nested as deep as you need. | Yes | "If the components in the confirmed manufacturing order have bill of materials, then manufacturing orders for the components are automatically created in the Confirmed status."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: zoho.com › Create manufacture order(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Recipes & formulasBatch-style production by weight, volume, or percentage, including scaling a batch up or down. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of recipe or formula records, ideally with batch scaling.Know the answer? |
| Work / manufacturing ordersA record authorising and tracking the making of a specific quantity. | Yes | Manufacturing orders are created from an item and its BOM; "Based on the entered quantity, the component quantities and operation time will be calculated".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: zoho.com › Create manufacture order(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Routings & operationsThe ordered steps a product goes through, and which machine or station does each one. | Yes | Operations sit on the BOM with a work center type and duration, and "Blocked By Operations" sets which operations must finish first.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: zoho.com › Bill of materials(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Shop-floor trackingOperators report progress, time, and completions as the work happens. | Yes | "The Shopfloor shows all jobs assigned to each work center, including planned and actual time and the job status", and operators record job durations from job cards.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: zoho.com › Shopfloor(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Quality controlsChecks, tests, holds, and non-conformance records tied to production or receiving. | Yes | "Inspections are automatically triggered after job cards are completed for Manufacturing Orders or once items are received through Purchase Receives", with pass or fail results recorded against quality rules.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: zoho.com › Quality inspections(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Inventory & traceability
Knowing what you hold and being able to trace it.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Batch & lot traceabilityWhich incoming material lots went into which finished batch, and where those finished goods went. | Partial | Batches are chosen for components on the manufacturing order ("Select the serial numbers or batches and bins for the components"), and a Batch Details report tracks each batch. The pages read do not show a finished-goods batch linked back to its component batches.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: zoho.com › Create manufacture order(opens in a new tab); zoho.com › Advanced inventory(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Expiry & shelf lifeBest-before dates on materials and finished goods, with warnings before they lapse. | Yes | The Batch Details report lists "expiry dates, manufacturer batch numbers, manufactured dates" and is used to watch "nearing-expiry batches across locations".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: zoho.com › Advanced inventory(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Serial numbersUnique identifiers on individual units, for warranty or field service. | Yes | "The Serial Number Details report lists all items tracked using unique serial numbers", with inward and outward transactions for each.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: zoho.com › Advanced inventory(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Commerce & accounting
Costs, purchasing, storefronts, and the books.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Product costing & COGSWhat it costs you to make one, and the cost of the goods you sold. | Yes | Each manufacturing order shows estimated and actual component and operation costs, and the Item Cost Analysis report gives average operation and component cost per unit produced.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: zoho.com › Create manufacture order(opens in a new tab); zoho.com › Item cost analysis(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| PurchasingRaising and tracking purchase orders to suppliers from inside the system. | Yes | Purchase orders, landed costs and purchase receives are on both plans, and received items can trigger quality inspections.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: zoho.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab); zoho.com › Quality inspections(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Accounting connectionSends financial data to bookkeeping software, or includes its own general ledger. | Yes | A built-in chart of accounts, and each manufacturing order posts a journal "to record material consumption, work-in-progress, and finished goods".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: zoho.com › Chart of accounts(opens in a new tab); zoho.com › Manufacturing order operations(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Ecommerce connectionPulls orders and pushes stock levels to a storefront or marketplace. | Yes | Shopify, WooCommerce and Amazon are listed as integrations on both plans.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: zoho.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Openness & your data
Getting data in, out, and away if you leave.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| APIA documented programming interface so other software can read and write your data. | Yes | A v3 REST API with OAuth, including endpoints to create and list bills of materials and manufacturing orders.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: zoho.com › Introduction(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| WebhooksThe system can notify other software the moment something changes. | Yes | Workflow rules can call webhooks: "Zoho ERP will post the event as a JSON to your webhook URL."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: zoho.com › Webhooks(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| MCP supportA Model Context Protocol server, letting an AI assistant read or act on this data. Useful, but it has nothing to do with whether the product plans materials. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: a first-party mcp server, or documentation of one.Know the answer? |
| CSV exportYou can get your lists out as spreadsheet files. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of csv or spreadsheet export.Know the answer? |
| Full data exportYou can take everything, including history and relationships, not just a few screens' worth of rows. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of a complete account export, database dump, or equivalent.Know the answer? |
Deployment, licensing and your data
- Deployment
- Cloud (hosted for you)
- Licensing
- Proprietary SaaS
- Team sizes
- 2–5 people, 6–20 people, 21–50 people
- Manufacturing styles
- Countable assembled products, Custom or job-shop work
Integrations
- Shopify
- WooCommerce
- Amazon
Industries
Jobs this product qualifies for
Derived from the capability table above, not hand-assigned.
Editorial notes and cautions
Things we would want a friend to know before buying.
- India only. This record covers the zoho.com/en-in/erp edition; Zoho Inventory, the global product, is a different app and says it does not yet support manufacturing modules.
- Planning is replenishment by reorder level. Confirming a manufacturing order creates sub-assembly orders, but nothing calculates when to order materials for future demand.
Evidence and verification
✓ VerifiedLast checked October 9, 2026 · 72% of capability fields resolved · 100% of those carry a source
Researched 2026-09-19 from the India edition's pricing page (feature table read from the page HTML), help center and API reference. Every quote was read from the rendered page, not a summary. The record's old URL, zoho.com/in/erp, now redirects to /en-in/erp.
Sources we checked (7)
What we still want to confirm
We publish our gaps rather than hiding them. If you can point us at a first-party page for any of these, we will update the record and credit the correction.
- Check whether demand (sales orders) or lead times feed replenishment in any way.
- Check capacity planning against work schedules, and recipe or formula support.
- Find CSV and full data export documentation.
- Check whether a finished-goods batch can be traced back to its component batches.
Still unknown: accepts dated demand, uses lead times, capacity planning, recipes & formulas, mcp support, csv export, full data export.