Everything Zoho One sells by the employee, from your first seat.
Zoho One charges for every employee on payroll, or per user at more than twice the price. NearSync charges for the people who sign in, with every department and app in every plan.
| Feature | NearSync AI | Zoho One |
|---|---|---|
| How you pay | ||
| Pricing model | One price a seat, every department and app in every plan | Per person, two models: All Employee ($45 a month, $37 billed yearly) or Flexible User ($105 a month, $90 billed yearly) |
| Onboarding or setup fee | None | No licence setup fee. Zoho says it offers no implementation services; setup help is a paid extra (Jumpstart, from 11,000 MXN on Zoho's Mexico page) or a partner |
| Who you pay for | A person who signs in. Employee records and customers cost nothing | All Employee: every employee on payroll. Flexible User: only the licences you buy |
| Users or records limits | No limit; nothing counts your records | Limits grow with licences: 1 GB file storage per licence, 5,000 Campaigns contacts per licence, 3 Bookings workspaces plus 1 per 10 licences |
| Which apps you get | Every department and app in every plan | Essentials ($11 a month) has 15+ apps; Standard has 50+. Moving between them moves every user |
| Sales | ||
| Sales CRM with your own pipelines | Every plan, with weighted totals per stage | Zoho CRM in Standard, enterprise-level features. The Ultimate edition is an add-on (price not shown) |
| Your own record types | Every plan, linked to contacts, companies and deals | Zoho Creator, a build-your-own-apps tool, is in Standard and goes further than record types |
| Contracts with e-signature | Every plan, no monthly cap on sends | Zoho Contracts is in Standard; e-signature itself was not listed on the plan details page |
| Booking engine and meeting types | Every plan | Zoho Bookings in Standard, with 3 workspaces plus 1 per 10 licences |
| Marketing | ||
| Email campaigns to an audience | Every plan, with a consent check and unsubscribe footer | Zoho Campaigns in Standard, 5,000 contacts per licence; SMS through Campaigns' own gateway is an add-on |
| Social publishing | Not yet | Zoho Social in Standard |
| Landing pages and websites | Not yet | Zoho Sites in Standard: 1 site per 10 licences up to 50 employees, 5 sites above that |
| Feedback forms and surveys | Every plan | Zoho Survey in Standard; on the monthly plan up to 3 users get 7,000 responses a month, yearly is unlimited |
| Service | ||
| Tickets and help desk | Every plan, with SLA clocks and a shared inbox for email, WhatsApp, chat and calls | Zoho Desk in Standard |
| Customer portal | Available on request | Portal users are licensed separately; 1,000 free invites are shared across portal user types |
| Finance | ||
| Invoices and accounting ledger | Every plan: invoices in any currency, double-entry ledger, financial statements | Zoho Books, Invoice and Billing in Standard, with Expense, Inventory and Checkout beside them |
| Payroll | Every plan: pay runs, payslips and WPS salary files | Zoho Payroll in Standard; the number of payroll users cannot exceed your licences |
| People | ||
| HR records and hiring | People HQ: directory, teams, roster and a careers page for open roles | Zoho People and Zoho Recruit in Standard |
| Projects | ||
| Projects and tasks | Projects HQ: sprint board, sprints, backlog and roadmap | Zoho Projects in Standard |
| Operations and AI | ||
| Automations across departments | Every plan, run dry before going live | Zoho Flow in Standard |
| AI included | 2,000 or 4,000 credits a seat a month | Zia assistant and agents across Zoho apps; Zoho's page states no per-use AI fees and publishes no credit limits |
| Office suite: mail, chat, files, meetings | Business email on your own domain and meeting write-ups; no office or file suite | Zoho Mail, Cliq, WorkDrive and Meeting in Standard |
Zoho One list prices per person a month with monthly billing, from zoho.com/one/pricing and Zoho's own pricing data, checked 23 October 2026. In AED, Zoho One's USD prices are converted at the Central Bank peg of 3.6725 with 5% VAT added, since NearSync's AED prices include VAT. A minus means it costs extra or comes with a limit.
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