Zealo

Pricing

A plan for every stage

Start free, then move up as you need more. Every plan includes everything in the plans before it.

Basic
Free

Send invoices, free

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Starter
R139 / mo

Bill customers and pay people

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Growth
R399 / mo

Everything in Starter, plus manage your people

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Business Most popular
R599 / mo

Everything in Growth, plus run your books

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Pro
R999 / mo

Everything in Business, plus connect your systems

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Users and team

Users
1
1
Up to 5
Up to 10
Up to 20
Employees included
Not included
1
Up to 5
Up to 10
Up to 20
Extra employees
Not included
R20 to R30 each
R20 to R30 each
R20 to R30 each
R20 to R30 each

Invoicing and getting paid

Quotes and invoices
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Get paid online by card and instant EFT
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Supplier payments (Netcash)
Not included
Included
Included
Included
Included
E-signatures
Not included
Included
Included
Included
Included

Accounting

Customers and suppliers
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Bills and supplier capture
Not included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Live bank feeds and reconciliation
Not included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Cashflow forecast
Not included
Included
Included
Included
Included
General ledger and VAT201
Not included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Trading partners (inter-company trading)
Not included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Inventory management
Not included
Not included
Not included
Included
Included

Customers and projects

CRM with pipeline and opportunities
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Projects and tasks
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Property management
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Project costing (time, stock, POs and expenses)
Not included
Not included
Not included
Included
Included

Payroll and HR

Employee records and teams
Not included
Included
Included
Included
Included
SARS payroll: payslips, EMP201, UIF and IRP5s
Not included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Employment Tax Incentive (ETI)
Not included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Employee self-service
Not included
Not included
Included
Included
Included
Leave and attendance
Not included
Not included
Included
Included
Included
Timesheets and S&T claims
Not included
Not included
Included
Included
Included
Labour broking (TES)
Not included
Not included
Not included
Not included
Included

Reports and financial statements

Trial balance, income statement and balance sheet
Not included
Not included
Not included
Included
Included
Monthly management accounts pack
Not included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Annual financial statements
Not included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Signed financial statement sets Every signed set is free until 1 April 2027.
Not included
R500 per set
1 a year included
1 a year included
1 a year included
Advanced reports
Not included
Not included
Not included
Not included
Included

AI (Ask Zealo)

Ask Zealo AI assistant
R10 welcome credit
R14 credit a month
R40 credit a month
R60 credit a month
R100 credit a month
AI commentary on your statements
Not included
Included
Included
Included
Included

Integrations (API and MCP)

API and MCP connector
Not included
Add-on R150/mo
Add-on R150/mo
Add-on R150/mo
Included

Support and more

Priority support
Not included
Not included
Not included
Not included
Included
ESD sponsored programmes
Not included
Not included
Not included
Not included
Included

All prices exclude VAT and are billed monthly. Cancel any time.

All prices excl. VAT. Pay monthly, cancel any time. API & MCP add-on R150/month. Included in Pro.

Extra employees

The rate is set by your total headcount and applies to each employee above the number your plan includes.

1 – 10
R 30 / employee
11 – 25
R 25 / employee
26 or more
R 20 / employee

13 employees on Starter is R 439. Business at R 599 costs R 160 more and adds financial statements, inventory and project costing.

Get paid online

A Pay now button on every invoice. Customers pay by card or instant EFT, the money lands in your bank account and the invoice is marked paid.

Card payments
2.95% + R 1.40
Instant EFT
2.2%

Per payment, excl. VAT. No monthly fee, no set-up fee, nothing else.

Enterprise Everything in Pro, built around your organisation

Built around your organisation

For groups, franchises and larger teams. Unlimited users and employees, whitelabelling on your own domain, SSO/SAML sign-in, custom modules and integrations, and a dedicated success manager to tailor limits, onboarding and migration around how you actually work.

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  • Unlimited users & employees
  • Custom modules
  • Whitelabel & custom domain
  • SSO / SAML
  • Custom integrations
  • Dedicated success manager

Are you an accountant or bookkeeper?

This plan is only for accounting and bookkeeping firms that keep the books for other businesses. Running your own business? Pick one of the plans above.

For accounting and bookkeeping firms Accounting Practice

Run all your clients' books from one login

Run every client's books from one login. Your clients are data sets you keep books for, not users — so they are priced per client, and the rate falls as your book grows.

R399 / month · for your accounting firm

Clients from R109 per month

Client payroll: R20 per employee per month, every band. Your own firm's employees are billed at the standard employee rates.

  • Your accounting firm at Business level, with API access and advanced reports
  • Unlimited practitioner logins
  • Full accounting on every client — general ledger, VAT201 & financial statements
  • Clients are data sets you keep books for, not logins
  • Annual financial statements and management accounts for every client