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thexsys and Zoho
Zoho offers a wide family of separate business apps and a bundle that joins them. thexsys is one system, one database and one price per user, written in Arabic and English at once. Here is how they differ — including where Zoho is ahead.
Feature by feature
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| What you get | thexsys | Zoho |
|---|---|---|
| Languages and documents | ||
| Arabic and English | Written in both at the same time: the layout is built right-to-left, a build check refuses left-to-right-only rules, and every Arabic plural form is in the catalogues. | English-first, with Arabic available as a translation in many of its apps. |
| Documents and contracts | Invoices, quotations and other PDFs typeset properly in Arabic and English; contracts with each Arabic clause paired beside its English one. | Arabic templates in some apps; bilingual layouts vary from app to app. |
| More languages | Further languages arrive as packs; a line not yet translated shows in English rather than empty. | Many languages across its apps. |
| Gulf compliance | ||
| E-invoicing | ZATCA Fatoora phase 2 for Saudi Arabia and PINT-AE for the UAE, built into the invoice itself, in the same ledger. | Saudi e-invoicing in Zoho Books; check the coverage for your country. |
| Payroll and WPS | The Payroll (GCC) app: WPS files for Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, end-of-service, allowances, loans and payslips. | Zoho Payroll serves some Gulf countries; check whether yours is one of them. |
| Where the data lives | Runs on Google Cloud in Doha, Qatar; tenant data stays in that region. | Several data-centre regions — check which one would serve your country. |
| Industries | ||
| Ready-made industries | 83 industry models, 76 open today: one install brings the apps, workflows, dashboards, documents and starting data for your trade. | You choose separate apps and connect them; Zoho One bundles them. |
| Gulf trades | Models written for trading and distribution, restaurants, retail, pharmacies, clinics, contractors and ELV. | General-purpose apps; trade-specific needs through partners or its marketplace. |
| Pricing model | ||
| How you pay | One app free forever. Paid plans from $9 per user / month, and every app is included from Standard at $19. Customers and suppliers on the portal never count as seats. | Each app priced on its own, or the Zoho One bundle. See their pricing page. |
| One subscription for the whole business | One plan, one bill and one database for every app you switch on. | One subscription per app, unless you take Zoho One. |
| Features you will not find in the standard suites | ||
| Quote options across sister companies | One quotation in several options, each one issued from whichever of your companies should carry it. | Not in the standard product, to our knowledge. |
| Drop a quotation, get the lines | Drop a supplier quotation as a PDF or a photo and its lines are read on our own servers — no AI provider involved. English-language documents today; Arabic is next. | Bill and receipt scanning is available; how it is processed and priced is theirs to state. |
| Sealed tenders | Bids sealed in the bidder’s browser, opened only by a quorum, scored evaluation and a published award, with a bidding app for suppliers. | Not in the standard product, to our knowledge. |
| Cheque printing | Print the cheque itself on the bank’s own stationery, from a payment voucher, with a layout editor for any bank not yet listed. | Cheque printing in some regions; check whether your bank is covered. |
| Delivery platforms | Connect: orders from the delivery platforms in one screen, the menu and stock pushed back out, and the payout reconciled to the bank. | Through third-party connectors, where they exist for your platforms. |
| Academy and partners | ||
| Learning | thexsys Academy: courses in Arabic and English, labs graded inside a real workspace, and performance exams. | Online training and certification programmes. |
| Credentials anyone can check | Every certificate, diploma and partner role is signed and verifiable by number, QR code or the PDF itself. | Certifications issued by Zoho; how to check one is theirs to state. |
| Partner network | Seven ways to partner, tiers that rise with certified people and customers, and a public directory. Young, and growing. | A large, long-established partner network around the world. |
Languages and documents
Arabic and English
- thexsys
- Written in both at the same time: the layout is built right-to-left, a build check refuses left-to-right-only rules, and every Arabic plural form is in the catalogues.
- Zoho
- English-first, with Arabic available as a translation in many of its apps.
Documents and contracts
- thexsys
- Invoices, quotations and other PDFs typeset properly in Arabic and English; contracts with each Arabic clause paired beside its English one.
- Zoho
- Arabic templates in some apps; bilingual layouts vary from app to app.
More languages
- thexsys
- Further languages arrive as packs; a line not yet translated shows in English rather than empty.
- Zoho
- Many languages across its apps.
Gulf compliance
E-invoicing
- thexsys
- ZATCA Fatoora phase 2 for Saudi Arabia and PINT-AE for the UAE, built into the invoice itself, in the same ledger.
- Zoho
- Saudi e-invoicing in Zoho Books; check the coverage for your country.
Payroll and WPS
- thexsys
- The Payroll (GCC) app: WPS files for Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, end-of-service, allowances, loans and payslips.
- Zoho
- Zoho Payroll serves some Gulf countries; check whether yours is one of them.
Where the data lives
- thexsys
- Runs on Google Cloud in Doha, Qatar; tenant data stays in that region.
- Zoho
- Several data-centre regions — check which one would serve your country.
Industries
Ready-made industries
- thexsys
- 83 industry models, 76 open today: one install brings the apps, workflows, dashboards, documents and starting data for your trade.
- Zoho
- You choose separate apps and connect them; Zoho One bundles them.
Gulf trades
- thexsys
- Models written for trading and distribution, restaurants, retail, pharmacies, clinics, contractors and ELV.
- Zoho
- General-purpose apps; trade-specific needs through partners or its marketplace.
Pricing model
How you pay
- thexsys
- One app free forever. Paid plans from $9 per user / month, and every app is included from Standard at $19. Customers and suppliers on the portal never count as seats.
- Zoho
- Each app priced on its own, or the Zoho One bundle. See their pricing page.
One subscription for the whole business
- thexsys
- One plan, one bill and one database for every app you switch on.
- Zoho
- One subscription per app, unless you take Zoho One.
Features you will not find in the standard suites
Quote options across sister companies
- thexsys
- One quotation in several options, each one issued from whichever of your companies should carry it.
- Zoho
- Not in the standard product, to our knowledge.
Drop a quotation, get the lines
- thexsys
- Drop a supplier quotation as a PDF or a photo and its lines are read on our own servers — no AI provider involved. English-language documents today; Arabic is next.
- Zoho
- Bill and receipt scanning is available; how it is processed and priced is theirs to state.
Sealed tenders
- thexsys
- Bids sealed in the bidder’s browser, opened only by a quorum, scored evaluation and a published award, with a bidding app for suppliers.
- Zoho
- Not in the standard product, to our knowledge.
Cheque printing
- thexsys
- Print the cheque itself on the bank’s own stationery, from a payment voucher, with a layout editor for any bank not yet listed.
- Zoho
- Cheque printing in some regions; check whether your bank is covered.
Delivery platforms
- thexsys
- Connect: orders from the delivery platforms in one screen, the menu and stock pushed back out, and the payout reconciled to the bank.
- Zoho
- Through third-party connectors, where they exist for your platforms.
Academy and partners
Learning
- thexsys
- thexsys Academy: courses in Arabic and English, labs graded inside a real workspace, and performance exams.
- Zoho
- Online training and certification programmes.
Credentials anyone can check
- thexsys
- Every certificate, diploma and partner role is signed and verifiable by number, QR code or the PDF itself.
- Zoho
- Certifications issued by Zoho; how to check one is theirs to state.
Partner network
- thexsys
- Seven ways to partner, tiers that rise with certified people and customers, and a public directory. Young, and growing.
- Zoho
- A large, long-established partner network around the world.
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Where they are stronger
A comparison that wins every row is not worth reading. These are real advantages, and you should weigh them.
- Zoho has a long track record and a very wide range of standalone apps, each mature in its own area.
- Zoho holds independent security certifications. We are working towards SOC 2 Type I and say exactly that.
- Zoho offers native mobile apps for most of its products. Our mobile family is smaller: Workspace and Portal, a till app on the way, and the workspace installable from the browser.
- Zoho runs data centres in several regions; thexsys runs in one, in Doha.
Questions
Can I move from Zoho to thexsys?
Yes. The X Migration app takes products, customers, suppliers and stock from a file exported by your old system: upload, map the columns, preview, run — and undo if something is wrong. A thexsys partner can do the move for you.
Is thexsys like Zoho One?
Both cover a whole business. The difference is that thexsys is one application on one database, and an industry model installs the apps, workflows and starting data for your trade in one step.
Is thexsys cheaper than Zoho?
Our prices are on our pricing page, read from the price list we publish; Zoho’s are on its own pricing pages. Compare the plan you would actually need, for the users and the apps you would actually use.
Do my customers and suppliers need a paid seat?
No. Customers and suppliers who sign in to the thexsys portal never count as seats.
See it with your own data.
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