All Zoho Writer Reviews
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Rick
Verified reviewer
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2018
Considerably more powerful than Google Docs and just as free
Any frustrated user of Google Docs should run not walk to check out Zoho Writer, a free online collaborative writing tool that equals Docs in every way and surpasses it in many others. Yes, you can collaborate with others on a document, just like Docs, which means you can comment, contribute together, and write together in real time. It's also easier to track and see changes in Zoho Writer than it is in Docs. You can publish to a Wordpress blog. Seriously I would need to write a blog post to over Zoho Writer's features than Docs can't match, but here's a few that I like and use: Templating (any doc you create can become a template for new docs); built-in mail merge; electronic signatures, importing documents from other cloud drives; saving to other cloud drives; per document offline mode; exporting as epub, open document (or Word, of course); a well-designed interface with color icons; personal dictionary; Quick Text (autotype of sorts); built-in thesaurus; endnotes and footnotes; table of contents; extensive formatting and printing tools.... OK, I'll stop. The feature list is extensive. If there's something Zoho Writer lacks, I haven't noticed it yet.
CONSIt runs a little slow on underpowered machines, like the Chromebook I'm writing on now. Also, it wasn't immediately apparent how to turn off seeing and tracking changes.
Tejas
Entertainment, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2024
Wonderful Free Product
I use it because of its simplicity and the fact that sharing and downloading your document in multiple formats is much easier than with Google Docs or Microsoft Word on Android.
PROSZoho writer is an excellent, completely free document editor with an elegant design and awesome export options.
CONSI have only found three small issues with Zoho writer: 1) Onboarding within the Android app is slow and often crashes the app 2) Copy Paste from other apps is slightly strange and loses all formatting, including paragraph breaks. 3) There is no markdown support
Reasons for switching to Zoho Writer
Better export options, in terms of file formats such as TXT
Vendor Response
Hi Tejas, Thank you for appreciating Zoho Writer. Regarding the onboarding issue you've mentioned we're actively working on resolving them and it should be available soon. Also we would like to let you know that Zoho Writer supports markdown in its web version: https://help.zoho.com/portal/en/kb/writer/user-guide/editing-formatting/working-with-text/articles/working-with-text#Introduction_to_Markdown_in_Zoho_Writer. If you can share any sample text where the formatting is lost after copy paste it will help us drill down the issue. Please contact us at support@zohowriter.com with your suggestions and feedback. Thanks!
Replied January 2024
Davide
Consumer Goods, 2-10 employees
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
3
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed May 2024
Nothing new under the sun
The software works well, nothing to say about it, but it have really anything more than google docs?
CONSit's expensive and do nothing significant more than free alternatives
Rashmi
Verified reviewer
Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2022
Completely customisable and easy to use
It is completely amazing, I love working on Zoho writer and my whole team can simultaneously have a look at my work and edit it. Also, the tracking feature is great.
PROSThe way we can create our own template for all our future documents and how it is so easy to directly publish WordPress blogs makes it much better when compared to its competitors.
CONSWell, it's free software with so many features and there is hardly anything I dislike about it. Just that it sometimes gets stuck!
Reasons for switching to Zoho Writer
Much more efficient
Wulliams
Verified reviewer
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2018
A software for simultaneous modification of documents in the cloud that can be improved
Zoho Writer is an acceptable software to work with documents in the cloud. It is important to take advantage of this software how intuitive it can be, it is quite useful to autocomplete certain functions saving time and effort, in addition to its functions with the sources and presentation of the document, which are quite good. I think that this software can be improved in order to consider a more close competition with other softwares with the same characteristics.
PROSWhen I did my tests looking for the best editor of text documents in the cloud I got with the company Zoho and its software compendium. Among those was Zoho Writer, which offers you the option to modify documents in the cloud in real time and collaboratively. Zoho Writer has an excellent intuitive platform, which offers autocompletion options and use of fonts according to the aesthetics of the document. Allows you to export documents to other software without losing the format
CONSIn spite of being an acceptable software it has some defects that diminish it in front of the competition: - You can not modify master documents. -You can not organize documents in folders or you can customize them. -It has no spell checker. Although these aspects seem minor, other softwares do, leaving Zoho Writer on a different level
Ankush
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2022
Zoho Writer: Simple Collaboration Tool to Achieve Goals
Zoho Writer is part of Zoho Suite. Zoho Writer is user friendly and easy to use tool which can resolve almost all the challenges faced during document processing. Affordable and recommended.
PROSZoho Writer is an awesome document processing tool which help users to collaborate and edit simultaneously. Following are the key features of Zoho Writer: 1. Helps in working remotely 2. Enables users to add comments 3. Emojis are available 4. Marking chapters and separators in the document 5. Template for various purposes
CONSThere is nothing to dislike about Zoho Writer. New features are coming in to compete with the MS office products. A very well tool to replace Google Docs.
Rafael
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2019
Nice, easy to use but not fully compatible with MS Word
I like it a lot, but some times I have issues with compatibility
PROSIts affordable, easy to use and we can use it in any device
CONSNot fully compatible with MS word, we have issues with templates
Johnny
Verified reviewer
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2018
So much better than word
Very positive.
PROSI love Zoho writer as it has a lot more features, better layout, and works as expected.
CONSI don't like that they don't have a desktop app.
Souleymane
Verified reviewer
Mining & Metals, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed August 2023
Zoho Writer is a tool for handling your texts and compositions.
Zoho offers real-time collaborative text editing, allowing you to work on documents with collaborators in real time.
PROSWhat I really like is that, in addition to its writing capabilities, Zoho Writer allows you to integrate other software such as Google Drive or OneDrive, making it easy to access and import your stored files.
CONSWhat I don't like is the interface, which I personally don't appreciate much, despite it being a good text editing tool.
Kimba Maria
Verified reviewer
Writing and Editing, 1 employee
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2018
Zoho Writer Is The Best
When I didn't have access to Microsoft Word, Zoho Writer came in very handy. I am very impressed and will continue to use .
PROSI first encountered Zoho Writer 10 years ago, because I was looking for an alternative to Microsoft Word. It was the precursor to Google Docs and 10 years later I am still impressed with its simple interface, easy functionality and great customer service. The fact that Zoho Writer is cloud bases was my "green light" to continue using it. I knew that I'd always have a backup of my documents in case my hard drive gave out. I also like that you can attach other well known apps to Zoho Writer as well.
CONSThere's nothing that I don't like about this program. I
Anonymous
10,000+ employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2019
Worthy Microsoft Word Alternative
I use Zoho Writer to create numerous kinds of documents - from plain text to much more elaborate documents. I also use it to collaborate on various documents - either back or forth in creating new material, or by sending it out for approval. The software is more than capable of holding it's own next to Microsoft Word.
PROSThis is probably my favorite online word processing software tool that is free to use. Zoho Writer can do anything and everything that Microsoft Word can do that I would ever use. And the best part is that it's free.
CONSWorks best when you're working on a document that you created in Zoho Writer and not imported from Word, which is unfortunate since the entire world uses Word. This is especially true for anything more than straight ahead document. Anything that comes from a Word template requires lots of tweaking. Fortunately, Zoho Writer comes with some really nice templates, albet nothing on the scale of Word.
Reasons for switching to Zoho Writer
Cost
Saskia
Verified reviewer
Government Administration, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed April 2019
Edit texts in real time
I have used this application to make some drafts of my writings before making the final article. My boss corrects these drafts using this platform, that speeds up the correction process and efficiently, so it's much easier to have a quick response to publish.
PROSIt's an easy-to-use text editor that works in real time, is flexible and works for any professional who needs to edit documents, you can even make edits from your cell phone. You can share your writings with other people, it is quite safe and reliable.
CONSFeels like a basic text editor, with basic editing functions, could improve on many technical and functional aspects.
Anonymous
51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2019
A decent time & attendance system
Zoho helps meet our time tracking needs and is cost efficient. Depending on what you need if for its a decent CRM for the money.
PROSI'm primarily in the product for time & attendance but we're considering a few other Zoho solutions. Zoho is easy to use and very easy to export data for the purposes of analytics. When working on government contracts this is of prime importance.
CONSThere are many HRIS systems that have this functionality tied into a more robust systems. But I guess it comes down to what you need it for if you don't need an HRIS but are in the market for a CRM then Zoho will do the trick and its priced better than Salesforce.