Zoho Office Suite#Zoho Writer

{{short description|Online suite of business management software}}

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| developer = Zoho Corporation

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Zoho Office Suite is a web-based online office suite containing word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, note-taking, wikis, web conferencing, customer relationship management (CRM),{{cite web|url=http://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=38582|title=CRM for the Web Crowd|date=30 March 2006|access-date=11 April 2012|publisher=Creativemac.digitalmedianet.com|first=Esther|last=Schindler|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070527163941/http://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=38582|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 May 2007}} project management, invoicing and other applications. It is developed by Zoho Corporation.{{cite news|url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=200900243|title=Zoho's Facebook Integration Brings Office Apps To Social Networking ... Sort Of|last=Hoover|first=J. Nicholas|date=July 3, 2007|work=InformationWeek|access-date=2008-11-23|archive-date=2009-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201161620/http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=200900243|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/microsoft_news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197002841&cid=RSSfeed_TechWeb |title=Zoho Notebook Takes Aim At Microsoft OneNote |last=Krasnoff |first=Barbara |date=February 5, 2007 |work=InformationWeek |access-date=2008-11-23 |archive-date=2009-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201081848/http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/microsoft_news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197002841&cid=RSSfeed_TechWeb |url-status=dead }}

History

Zoho Office Suite was launched in 2005 with a web-based word processor.{{Cite web |title=G Suite vs Zoho |url=https://www.infiflex.com/g-suite-vs-zoho/amp/google-forms-make-information-gathering-easy |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=www.infiflex.com |language=English}} Additional products such as spreadsheets and presentations, were incorporated later into Zoho. Zoho applications are distributed as software as a service (SaaS).

Products

Zoho uses an open application programming interface{{cite news|last=Rupley|first=Sebastian|title=11 Top Open Source Resources-for Cloud Computing|url=http://gigaom.com/2009/11/06/10-top-open-source-resources-for-cloud-computing/|access-date=11 February 2013|newspaper=GIGAOM|date=November 6, 2009|archive-date=8 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208172930/http://gigaom.com/2009/11/06/10-top-open-source-resources-for-cloud-computing/|url-status=dead}} for its Writer, Sheet, Show, Creator, Meeting, and Planner products. It also has plugins into Microsoft Word and Excel, an OpenOffice.org plugin, and a plugin for Firefox.

ZOHO suite is free for individuals but offers very affordable plan for teams which includes ZOHO workdrive, ZOHO workspace and other Zoho apps.{{Cite web |title=ZOHO suite details |url=https://www.zoho.com/officesuite/}}

Zoho Sites is an online, drag and drop website builder. It provides web hosting, unlimited storage, bandwidth and web pages. Features also include an array of website templates and mobile websites.{{cite web| url=http://superbwebsitebuilders.com/zoho-sites-review/| author=Howard Steele|title=Zoho Sites Website Builder|year=2014|access-date=2015-01-12}}

Zoho CRM is a customer relationship management application with features like procurement, inventory, and some accounting functions from the realm of ERP. The free version is limited to 10 users.

In October 2009, Zoho integrated some of their applications with the Google Apps online suite.[http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/173984/zoho_links_project_management_tool_with_google_apps.html PC World: Zoho Links Project Management Tool With Google Apps] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606044115/http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/173984/zoho_links_project_management_tool_with_google_apps.html |date=2011-06-06 }} Retrieved 2009-10-22

Recognition

In 2020, Zoho Workplace won Rank 1 in the Indian government's 'Atmanirbhar Bharat App Innovation challenge' in Office category while Zoho Invoice, Books & Expense won Rank 1 in business category.{{Cite news|date=7 August 2020|title=MyGov Announces Winners of 'AatmaNirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge'; Encourages the Spirit of Self-Reliance & Innovation|work=pib delhi (press information bureus, Ministry of Electronics and IT)|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1644229|access-date=19 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119143816/https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1644229|archive-date=19 November 2021}}