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Zoho Creator
Low-code platform from Zoho for building custom business apps and workflows.
FindThatSoftware verdictEditorial ruling
A strong, affordable choice for Indian SMBs that want to build internal apps and digitize operations, especially within the Zoho ecosystem. Complex apps still need scripting skills, and you're investing in a platform. Verify current per-user pricing on Zoho's India site.
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Should you use Zoho Creator?
Use it if indian SMBs building internal apps. Avoid it if teams building anything customer facing, because Creator prices per internal user and pushes every outside login into paid portal user blocks.
Spec sheet
- Starting price
- ₹480/mo₹480/user/mo sticker
- Free plan
- Available
- Free trial
- Available
- Status
- Curated 29 Jul 2026
- Source trail
- 1 public source
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Zoho Creator is a automation & ai platforms / no-code app builders for Indian buyers. It costs about ₹480/mo before GST, billed in rupees. It issues an India GST invoice, so you can claim input credit. FindThatSoftware rates it best for indian SMBs building internal apps, and a poor fit if teams building anything customer facing, because Creator prices per internal user and pushes every outside login into paid portal user blocks.
The trade-off, weighed
What you gain, and what you give up.
The case for
- Rupee list prices are published, at ₹480 per user monthly on annual billing for Standard and ₹1,200 for Professional.
- A free edition covers one custom app, so you can build and run a real internal tool before paying anything.
- Bank or cheque transfer is accepted on yearly plans, which suits Indian finance teams that will not put subscriptions on a card.
The catch
- Standard caps you at one application, so building a second internal tool forces the jump to Professional at ₹1,200 per user monthly.
- Monthly billing runs 50 percent above annual, ₹720 against ₹480 per user on Standard and ₹1,800 against ₹1,200 on Professional.
- Cloud functions are capped at 50 calls per user each day on Standard with a hard account ceiling of 5,000 calls a day.
- Customer and vendor portals are a separate add-on bought in blocks starting at 250 portal users, so external logins never come with seats.
True India price
Registered business, per month
₹480
Zoho Creator is billed in rupees at ₹480/mo, so there is no forex markup. A registered business reclaims GST, so that is roughly the cost (₹5,760/yr). Without reclaim, add 18% for about ₹566 a month.
- Sticker price
- ₹480/mo
- GST
- 18%, reclaimable if registered
- Registered per month
- ₹480
- Registered per year
- ₹5,760
- If you can't reclaim GST
- ₹566
- Try first
- Has a free plan, so you can start without a card.
- Watch for
- Free plan for one app; standalone India INR pricing varies, and it's bundled in Zoho One. Confirm current pricing on Zoho.
Indicative, not a bill. The exchange rate is a single mid-market reference, not a live feed, and GST-registered businesses may reclaim input credit. Confirm current pricing on the vendor site.
Full India pricing breakdownIndia readiness
How well Zoho Creator fits an Indian business operationally, from the verified pricing and company facts we hold.
- ✓GST invoice
Issues a GST-compliant invoice, so a registered business can reclaim input tax.
- ✓Bills in INR
Priced in rupees, so there is no forex conversion or card markup on top.
- ✓India HQ
India-headquartered, so support, timezone, and context are local.
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Audit my stackOverview
What is Zoho Creator?
Zoho Creator is a low-code application platform for building custom business apps (forms, workflows, dashboards, and integrations) with prebuilt templates and scripting for more advanced logic. It bills in INR and fits businesses digitizing internal processes.
Best for
- Indian SMBs building internal apps
- Zoho suite users
- Teams digitizing manual processes
Who should avoid it
- Teams building anything customer facing, because Creator prices per internal user and pushes every outside login into paid portal user blocks.
- Developers who want an exit path, since apps are written in Deluge and only run inside Zoho's own runtime.
What Zoho Creator does
What we verified about Zoho Creator
Read from Zoho Creator’s own pages. Each line is a finding and what it was based on, so you can check any of it yourself.
Features we confirmed33
- Sso saml
- SAML based single sign-on is available as an add-on
- Multi factor authentication
- Multi-factor authentication is listed under security
- Drag and drop form builder
- Creator offers 32 different field types for forms
- Data backup
- Backup is a listed governance feature
- Custom widgets
- Widgets appear under Creator developer tools
- Custom connectors
- Plans allow 5 to 20 custom connectors to external systems
- Custom AI models
- Plans allow 20 to 100 custom AI models trained on your data
- Audit trail
- Audit trail captures history of record changes
- Approval workflows
- Built-in approvals let users approve or reject submitted records
- Activity logs
- Activity logs are listed under developer tools
- Application ide
- Developer tools include an Application IDE
- App templates
- FAQ says 50+ prebuilt app templates exist on the platform
- Blueprint analytics
- Blueprint Analytics is a listed workflow automation feature
- Blueprint process stages
- Blueprints define stages and transitions in a process
- Cloud functions
- Cloud functions run 50 to 200 calls per user per day
- Customer and vendor portals
- Portals let external users track and submit data
- Deluge scripting
- Creator apps are scripted in Zoho's Deluge language
- Developer sandbox environments
- Developer environments are a listed developer tool
- External data sources
- Data sources range from 5 on Standard to 30 on Enterprise
- Low code app builder
- Apps comprise forms and reports with business workflows
- Mobile app customization
- Mobile app customizations are a listed platform feature
- Native mobile app generation
- Every app runs natively on web, iOS and Android
- Page builder
- Pages are listed among Creator building blocks
- Password policy controls
- Password policy appears in the privacy and security section
- Pii ephi encryption
- Data encryption covers PII and ePHI fields
- Portal payments
- Accept payments from your portal users is a listed feature
- Prebuilt AI models
- 50 to 250 ready-to-use AI models deploy with zero training
- Rebranded mobile apps
- Rebranded mobile apps are available as an add-on
- Report builder
- Building blocks include forms, reports, pages and workflows
- Rest API management
- REST APIs add, fetch, update data plus custom API building
- Scheduled jobs
- Custom schedules are listed under workflow automation
- Schema builder
- Schema builder is a listed developer tool
- Workflow rules and actions
- Workflow rules and actions are core to Creator apps
What people use it for3
- Replace spreadsheets
- Forms, reports and workflows replace manual record-keeping
- Build field data collection apps
- Apps run natively on iOS and Android with mobile customizations
- Digitize internal processes
- Positioned for building custom internal business applications
Works with5
- Zoho flow
- Integration Flow powered by Zoho Flow is bundled at higher tiers
- Zoho analytics
- BI and Analytics powered by Zoho Analytics is an extended capability
- Zoho marketplace
- Custom connectors can be listed and monetised on Zoho Marketplace
- Zoho qengine
- Application testing powered by Zoho QEngine is an extended capability
- Zoho rpa
- UI and Process Automation powered by Zoho RPA is rolling out
Terms, compliance and how you buy26
- Trial downgrades to free
- After 15 days the account moves to the Free plan
- Paypal accepted
- FAQ lists Visa, Mastercard, American Express and PayPal
- Dedicated account manager
- Dedicated account manager appears in the Support row
- Chennai jurisdiction
- Zoho India terms settle disputes exclusively in Chennai courts
- Bank transfer for annual plans
- FAQ accepts bank or check transfer for yearly subscriptions
- Auto renewal default
- Zoho terms auto-renew unless you notify seven days prior
- Annual discount over 30 percent
- Toggle states Yearly - Save more than 30%
- Cloud function daily caps
- Standard caps 50 calls per user per day and 5,000 account-wide
- Custom domain is addon
- Custom domain shows as add-on on Standard and Professional
- Fifteen day free trial
- FAQ describes a fully featured 15-day free trial
- Flex a la carte plan
- FAQ describes Flex as an a la carte pick-and-price plan
- Free plan single app
- Free plan handles basic application building needs
- GST invoice for input credit
- Zoho India terms promise invoices formatted for input tax credit
- Inactive free account deleted after 120 days
- FAQ points to Zoho's Inactive User Accounts Policy
- India headquartered vendor
- Zoho Corporation Private Limited contracts from Chennai for India
- INR billed
- Zoho publishes rupee pricing for Creator in India
- Merge existing flow and analytics accounts
- FAQ allows merging separate Flow and Analytics accounts into Creator
- One app limit on entry plan
- Standard allows exactly 1 application
- Paid jumpstart program
- Creator jumpstart program handles ideation to delivery for a fee
- Per user pricing
- FAQ confirms Creator offers per-user pricing with licences
- Portal user blocks from 250
- Portal blocks scale 250 to 100,000 users as add-ons
- Portal users priced separately
- Customer portal add-on starts at 250 portal users
- Sso is paid addon
- SAML SSO is listed as an add-on rather than included
- Toll free support
- Support row lists toll-free support alongside live chat
- Trial defaults to professional
- FAQ says signup allots the Professional plan trial by default
- Vendor lock in via deluge
- Apps are written in Deluge and run only inside Zoho's runtime
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Free plan for one app; standalone India INR pricing varies, and it's bundled in Zoho One. Confirm current pricing on Zoho.
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Does Zoho Creator give a GST invoice in India?
Zoho Creator issues an India GST invoice, so a GST-registered business can claim input tax credit on it directly.
Is Zoho Creator good for Indian small businesses?
Zoho Creator is worth evaluating for Indian buyers, but the final fit depends on pricing limits, support, integrations, and setup effort.
Does Zoho Creator have a free plan?
Zoho Creator lists a free plan, but check the official pricing page for current usage limits before choosing it.
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