Zoho Invoice alternative
Invoicing for the whole team, not just 2 users.
Invoices from the work and the hours, card payments from the email, and reminders that chase for you. In the same app as your clients, deals and email, with unlimited users on every plan.
Free plan, no card. Paste your Zoho Invoice customers into Ask Sam, or import Zoho CRM in full.
Zoho Invoice and Alori, side by side.
From the hours to the invoice to the payment.
Track time, bill it in one click, and let the client pay by card. Sam tells you who still owes you.
- 1Bill the project's hours
- 2Paid by card from the email
- 3Ask Sam who owes you
What changes on Monday.
- 01
BeforeA third teammate needs to send invoices and the free plan stops at 2
With AloriUnlimited users on every plan
- 02
BeforeA fourth project and Zoho Invoice's 3-project cap
With AloriTrack time on every project and click Bill hours
- 03
BeforeThe invoice in Zoho Invoice, the deal in Zoho CRM
With AloriInvoices, deals and emails on one client record
Every teammate tracks their own time.
Track time with a timer or by typing hours, set rates per task, person or project, and click Bill hours. Alori makes one invoice for the client, one line per task and person.
- Every teammate logs their own time: users are unlimited.
- Log a past meeting as time.
- Team expenses with a photo of the receipt, approved by you.
Late invoices chase themselves.
Turn on the unpaid invoice reminder once. Late invoices get a reminder by email, text or both, every few days, 3 times at most, and it stops once they're paid.
- Each late invoice also shows as a task until it's paid.
- Record cash, cheque or transfer payments, in one or several.
- Customers and invoices sync with QuickBooks Online or Xero.
Change it by asking.
Your app isn’t frozen on day one. Write what you need, the way you’d text it. Alori makes the change and shows you before anything goes live.
- Bill October's support hours for Orbit Labs
- Who still owes us money?
- Add these customers: (paste your Zoho Invoice export)
- How many days do clients take to pay?
The full guide
Everything above, in detail: how it works, what it replaces and what it does not.
Short answer: Alori is a Zoho Invoice alternative for small agencies and software companies that have outgrown 2 users and want invoicing in the same app as their clients, deals, quotes and billable hours. Invoices are made from a finished job at its quote's price or from a project's hours, clients pay by card from the email, and every plan has unlimited users. If you need recurring invoices, other currencies or a client portal today, Zoho Invoice does those and Alori doesn't yet.
Why teams leave Zoho Invoice
Zoho Invoice is a free, capable invoicing app. Growing teams leave it for its limits and its place beside the rest:
- The free plan stops at 2 users, 3 projects and 500 invoices a year, which a small agency reaches fast.
- Deals, emails and calls live in a different app from your invoices, even within Zoho, so nobody sees the whole client.
- Bookkeeping is Zoho Books, subscriptions are Zoho Billing, and the CRM is Zoho CRM: one more app and bill each time.
What you pay
Zoho Invoice, as listed on its pricing page in November 2026:
| Team of 5 | Zoho Invoice | Alori |
|---|---|---|
| The plan | Free | Free to start, Solo from $99 a month, Business from $249 |
| Users | 2 users | Unlimited users on every plan |
| CRM, deals, email, calls | A separate Zoho app | Included |
See Alori's pricing.
What Alori replaces
- Invoices from the work: bill a finished job at its signed quote's price, bill a project's tracked hours in one click with Bill hours, or make an invoice on its own.
- Every invoice you email or text has a Pay by card link. You don't need a Stripe account, the invoice turns Paid by itself, and the money goes to your bank every day, for Stripe's card fee plus 0.5%.
- Late invoices get a reminder by email, text or both, every few days, 3 times at most.
- Quotes clients sign online, with monthly or yearly lines for retainers and plans, and a follow-up when nobody answers.
- Time on projects: timers or typed hours, rates per task, person or project. See billable time to invoice.
- Team expenses with a photo of the receipt, approved by you.
- The CRM is in the same app, with customers, deals, email and calls on one record, and Ask Sam answers "who owes us money?".
- Connect QuickBooks Online or Xero, and customers and invoices sync both ways.
What Alori doesn't do yet
No recurring invoices or deposits, card payments in Canadian dollars only, no partial card payments and no client portal where clients see all their invoices. Alori has no bookkeeping and no sync with Zoho Invoice or Zoho Books. If you bill in several currencies or depend on recurring invoices, stay on Zoho Invoice for now.
How to switch
- Start free. Describe your business. Alori builds your app with customers, quotes and invoices.
- Bring your clients. Export your customers from Zoho Invoice and paste the list into Ask Sam ("Add these customers:"). Alori adds them, with an Undo button. On Zoho CRM too? Import it from Connectors.
- Add your items and rates. Put your items in Settings › Prices, and your hourly rates on your projects.
- Send your next invoice from Alori. Let the invoices already out in Zoho Invoice get paid there.
Questions
Another question? Ask it when you start.
Yes for agencies and software companies that want invoicing, quotes, hours and the CRM in one app for the whole team. For recurring invoices and other currencies, Zoho Invoice fits better today.
Alori has a free plan with no card needed. Zoho Invoice is free too, but stops at 2 users; Alori has unlimited users on every plan.
There's no Zoho Invoice import. Export your customers and paste them into Ask Sam, and add your items in Settings › Prices. Zoho CRM has a full import.
No. Alori sends invoices and takes card payments. QuickBooks Online and Xero keep the books, with customers and invoices synced both ways.
Small agencies and software companies, usually under 50 people.