Contracting margins disappear in variations nobody documented, materials nobody tracked, and labour hours nobody reconciled. By the time the numbers are known, the project is finished and the money is gone.
These tools bring site reality and office accounting closer together.
Projects, programmes and costs
Zoho Projects
Plan, track and deliver projects — Gantt, tasks, time and billing.
Best for: Agencies, consultancies and delivery teams. Pricing: Free plan available; paid per user (free plan available)
Full Zoho Projects breakdown or try it free.
Zoho Projects Plus
Projects, Sprints, Analytics and WorkDrive — delivery teams fully equipped.
Best for: Delivery organizations mixing waterfall and agile work. Pricing: Per-user subscription; free trial available
Full Zoho Projects Plus breakdown or try it free.
Qntrl
Workflow orchestration — bring order to approvals and handoffs.
Best for: Operations teams managing approvals over email today. Pricing: Paid per user; free trial
Full Qntrl breakdown or try it free.
Materials and procurement
Zoho Inventory
Stock, orders and shipping across all your sales channels.
Best for: Traders and e-commerce sellers managing physical stock. Pricing: Free plan available; paid by order volume (free plan available)
Full Zoho Inventory breakdown or try it free.
Zoho Procurement
Purchase requests, approvals, POs and vendors — procurement without email chains.
Best for: Companies where purchasing approval happens over WhatsApp today. Pricing: Paid plans; free trial available
Full Zoho Procurement breakdown or try it free.
Zoho Expense
Snap receipts, auto-fill claims, approve and reimburse — no spreadsheets.
Best for: Any company reimbursing staff expenses on spreadsheets today. Pricing: Free plan available; paid per active user (free plan available)
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Site teams and WPS payroll
Zoho People
Core HR done right — attendance, leave, appraisals and self-service.
Best for: Companies formalizing HR beyond Excel and WhatsApp requests. Pricing: Very low per-employee pricing; free trial
Full Zoho People breakdown or try it free.
Zoho Payroll
UAE payroll with WPS SIF files, gratuity and payslips — automated.
Best for: UAE companies running payroll manually or paying a PRO to do it. Pricing: Paid per employee; free trial available
Full Zoho Payroll breakdown or try it free.
Zoho Shifts
Rota scheduling for hourly teams — build, share, swap, done.
Best for: Restaurants, retail, clinics and any rota-based team. Pricing: Free plan available; paid per employee (free plan available)
Full Zoho Shifts breakdown or try it free.
Zoho Workerly
Temp staffing management — schedule, timesheet and invoice in one flow.
Best for: Manpower supply and temp staffing agencies. Pricing: Paid per temp scheduled; free trial
Full Zoho Workerly breakdown or try it free.
Approvals, documents and field work
Zoho Sign
Legally valid e-signatures — send, sign and close in minutes.
Best for: Any business still printing contracts to get them signed. Pricing: Free plan available; paid plans per user (free plan available)
Full Zoho Sign breakdown or try it free.
Zoho Creator
Build custom business apps with low code — web and mobile, instantly.
Best for: Digitizing paper forms and Excel-based processes. Pricing: Paid per user; free trial available
Full Zoho Creator breakdown or try it free.
Zoho FSM
Field service management — work orders, dispatch, mobile teams, invoicing.
Best for: AC maintenance, cleaning, facilities and repair companies. Pricing: Free plan available; paid by appointments (free plan available)
Full Zoho FSM breakdown or try it free.
Zoho WorkDrive
Team cloud storage with real structure — shared drives, roles and versioning.
Best for: Teams outgrowing personal Dropbox/Drive accounts. Pricing: Per-user plans with pooled storage
Full Zoho WorkDrive breakdown or try it free.
What to set up first
- Get projects, milestones and timesheets into one system so cost-to-date is knowable mid-project.
- Bring materials purchasing under purchase orders and approvals.
- Formalise site labour records and WPS payroll — this is a compliance risk as much as a cost one.
- Digitise site forms and approvals last, once the core is working.
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