Zoho runs the whole business. Stitchfloor runs the garment floor.
Zoho ERP puts manufacturing orders, job cards, a shop floor module and subcontracting on top of Zoho Books, with e-invoices, Hindi in Books and apps on Android and iOS.1, 2 It is broad and capable. Stitchfloor is narrower: made for the floor of a garment unit, with piece-rate wages, lots at printers and Hindi supervisor desks.
- Built for
- Zoho ERP: The whole business, accounts to manufacturing
- Stitchfloor: The garment floor and the office
- Price a month
- Zoho ERP: ₹999 per user, billed yearly; 5 users minimum
- Stitchfloor: ₹6,999 to ₹14,499
- Hindi screens
- Zoho ERP: Zoho Books, with five more Indian languages
- Stitchfloor: Production, Operations and Inventory desks
- E-invoices
- Zoho ERP: Yes, direct to the IRP
- Stitchfloor: No, not yet
- Piece-rate wages
- Zoho ERP: Not found; the payroll is salaried
- Stitchfloor: A rate per process, paid weekly
Checked October 2026. The sources for every figure are listed at the foot of this page.
Which one should you pick?
Zoho is the broader system. Stitchfloor is the deeper one on a garment floor. Here is how we would decide.
Pick Zoho if
One vendor for most of the business.
- You want full accounting, e-invoices and e-way bills from one vendor, with Zoho filing as your GSP.3, 4
- You need manufacturing orders, bills of materials, work centres and subcontracting.1, 5
- Your team works in Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil or Telugu as well as Hindi: Zoho Books' India edition has all of them.2
- You want native apps on Android and iOS today.1, 6
- You want cash-flow forecasting and Zia's insights in the books.7
Pick Stitchfloor if
For the garment floor, from the bundle to the payout.
- You pay by the piece, per process, and approve wages weekly.
- Lots go out to printers and come back counted.
- Supervisors should have desks built for a garment floor, in Hindi.
- On a live workspace (your company's own Stitchfloor, as opposed to the public demo), a supervisor should be able to speak an entry instead of typing it.
- You want customer tiers with a rule of action, and a catalogue for buyers, as a PDF or an online link, whose enquiries land on Leads.
Feature by feature.
Every Zoho cell links to Zoho's own pages. Where Stitchfloor is behind, the table says so.
- Yesbuilt in
- Partiallimited, manual or on some plans
- Nonot offered, going by the vendor's own pages
- Coming soonnot built yet
- Not foundlooked for, not found
| Capability | StitchfloorFor garment factories | Zoho ERPStandard plan |
|---|---|---|
| Compliance | ||
| GST invoices | YesHSN, CGST and SGST or IGST, several invoice series | YesBuilt in1 |
| E-way bills | YesFiled from the invoice on a live workspace, after a one-time GSP registration | YesZoho files as your GSP; a JSON export as a fallback3 |
| E-invoices (IRN) | NoNot yet | YesPushed to the IRP over an API4 |
| Books and stock | ||
| Accounting | PartialParty ledgers, a cash and bank book, a profit estimate. No trial balance, input GST or GST returns | YesFull accounting, ageing reports and a cash flow statement8, 9 |
| Receivables and payables | YesAgeing, statements, reminder drafts to copy and share | YesAgeing reports and payment reminders1, 9 |
| Stock | YesFabric by weight and colour, inputs, packaging, finished goods by design and size | YesSeveral locations, batches, bill of materials components1 |
| The floor | ||
| Production planning | PartialLots by stage and weekly job cards; no bill of materials or MRP | YesBills of materials, manufacturing orders, work centres1, 5 |
| Job cards | YesWeekly job cards, printed one at a time or all at once | YesReleased from a manufacturing order, with an employee timer10 |
| Job work | PartialLots sent to printers and counted back in | YesSubcontract orders and material transfers5 |
| Piece-rate wages | YesA rate per process, paid through an approved weekly payout | Not foundThe payroll found is salaried, at ₹249 per employee a month1 |
| Screens for floor supervisors | YesProduction and Operations desks, in Hindi | YesA shop floor module and job-card timers10 |
| Language and apps | ||
| Hindi interface | YesProduction, Operations and Inventory desks | YesZoho Books in Hindi, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu2 |
| Voice data entry | YesHindi or Hinglish, on live workspaces; a person confirms | PartialA speech assistant on Books Premium; what it does is not described7 |
| Android app | PartialIn closed testing on Google Play | YesBills, invoices and approvals1 |
| iOS app | Coming soonA native app for iPhone; until then iPhones use the web app | YesOn the App Store6 |
| PartialShare links (catalogue, lead replies); the WhatsApp agent is Coming soon | YesWhatsApp Business templates, paid by credits11 | |
| The owner's view | ||
| Cash forecast | YesCustomer by customer and creditor by creditor, from how each pays | YesA cash flow forecasting report, Books Premium and up7 |
| Customer tiers | YesFour tiers, each with a rule of action | Not foundSupplier segmentation on Premium; customer tiers not found1 |
| Catalogue | YesOnline catalogue with enquiries: one link for buyers, without prices, and their enquiries on Leads | YesProduct catalogue management1 |
| AI | Coming soonAI-written analysis; cash advice is rule-based today | YesZia insights and anomaly detection, Premium and up7 |
Checked against Zoho's India pages, October 2026. Some cells come from Zoho Books, which Zoho ERP is built on; each says so. Spotted something out of date? Write to hello@stitchfloor.com.
Where each one is stronger.
Zoho covers more of the business. Stitchfloor covers more of the garment floor.
ZohoWhere it is stronger
- Compliance, end to end.E-way bills with Zoho as your GSP, and e-invoices pushed straight to the IRP.3, 4
- More Indian languages.Zoho Books' India edition runs in Hindi, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu. Stitchfloor has Hindi and English.2
- Manufacturing breadth.Bills of materials, manufacturing orders, work centres, a shop floor module, job cards with timers, and subcontracting.1, 5, 10
- Apps on Android and iOS.Zoho ERP has native apps on Android and iOS. Stitchfloor's Android app is in closed testing and its iPhone app is coming soon.1, 6
- One vendor.Accounts, stock, manufacturing and WhatsApp messages from one company, priced per user.1
StitchfloorWhere it is different
- Piece-rate wages.Each process has a rate. A wage is earned when the bundle goes out and paid through a weekly payout an approver signs off. We did not find piece-rate pay in Zoho ERP.
- Lots at printers.Lots go out to printers and are counted back in, so nobody has to phone round to find one.
- The garment's own units.Fabric by weight and colour, garments by design and size, packaging inputs, and an alteration register.
- Hindi supervisor desks, and voice.The Production, Operations and Inventory desks run in Hindi, and on a live workspace a supervisor can speak an entry, picked from your own workers and open lots and the factory's six processes, and confirm it.
- The owner's view.A cash forecast from how each customer and creditor pays, four customer tiers each with a rule of action, and a dead-stock catalogue for buyers, as a PDF or an online link.
The prices, with the arithmetic.
Zoho ERP's prices are per user, from Zoho's India pricing page. Stitchfloor's are our list prices.
Zoho ERP, 5 users
₹4,995a month
Standard, billed yearly, at the five-user minimum.1
- 5 users × ₹999₹4,995
Zoho ERP, 10 users, monthly
₹13,990a month
Standard, billed month by month.1
- 10 users × ₹1,399₹13,990
Stitchfloor Factory
₹11,999a month
The plan we recommend: the floor and the office on one record.
- Essentials₹6,999
- Factory₹11,999
- Intelligence₹14,499
Zoho ERP's payroll is extra, at ₹249 per employee a month, billed yearly. Zoho Books Elite, the lighter option without manufacturing orders, is ₹4,999 a month for up to 15 users, billed yearly.1, 8
Zoho's Books pricing page says its prices exclude local taxes. For Stitchfloor, prices are per month. Ask us for a written quote.8
Keep your books. Add the floor.
If your accountant keeps the books in Zoho Books or anything else, Stitchfloor sits beside them.
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Your accountant
Your accountant's software keeps the statutory books
The trial balance, input GST, depreciation and GST returns stay where they are, with the person who files them.
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Your supervisors and office
Stitchfloor runs the floor and the daily books
Lots, job cards, piece-rate wages, stock, GST invoices, e-way bills on live workspaces, receivables and payables.
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Between the two
Files, carried by a person
Stitchfloor's Accounts page imports the journal workbook your accountant exports, and several of its registers and reports download as CSV for your accountant.
Before you choose.
Zoho ERP has job cards and a shop floor module. Why look at Stitchfloor?
Zoho's job cards are released from a manufacturing order and timed per employee.10 Stitchfloor's floor is a garment floor's: bundles given to tailors at a rate per process, pieces counted back, weekly job cards, lots out at printers and an alteration register, on supervisor desks in Hindi. If you run several kinds of manufacturing, Zoho's broader model may suit you better.
Does Zoho work in Hindi?
Does Stitchfloor connect to Zoho?
Not with a live connection, and nothing moves between the two on its own. Stitchfloor's Accounts page imports the journal workbook your accountant exports, and several registers and reports download as CSV. An administrator can also download the whole workspace from Settings at any time.
Can Stitchfloor do everything Zoho does?
No. It does the daily work most factories open accounting software for: GST invoices, e-way bills on live workspaces, party ledgers, a cash and bank book, receivables and payables, and a profit estimate.
Input GST, statutory filings, depreciation and a trial balance are outside it, and it does not make e-invoices or file GST returns. Your accountant keeps those books.
Can I try it before I talk to you?
Yes. The public demo at demo.stitchfloor.com opens every desk on a sample factory, with a shared password and nothing to install. Voice entry and e-way bill filing need a live workspace; in the demo an e-way bill number is typed in by hand. The online catalogue and Leads are in the demo too; on a live workspace they need a one-time setup step.
Spotted something out of date? Zoho ERP is new in India and changing quickly, and a cell here can go stale. Write to hello@stitchfloor.com with the page that shows it, and we will check it and fix this page.
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See the garment floor, desk by desk.
Open the demo and sign in as a production supervisor. Assign a worker to a lot and see the week's wages build up. When you want your own workspace, talk to us.
demo.stitchfloor.com: sign in as
production.demo with the password
Stitchfloor@123. The other five logins are under
View demo logins on the sign-in screen.