Quickest vs Zoho CRM for Indian solar installers
Zoho CRM is a flexible general CRM. Quickest Solar CRM is a solar-only one. This page compares them on what an Indian installer actually does all week, with Zoho's prices taken from its own pricing page on 14 October 2026.
We make Quickest Solar CRM, so read this as a vendor's honest comparison, not an independent review. Facts dated 14 October 2026.
The short answer
Feature by feature
What each option does out of the box for an Indian solar installer.
| What you need | Zoho CRM | Quickest Solar CRM |
|---|---|---|
| Built for solar | No. A general-purpose CRM. Solar stages and fields are something you configure. | Yes. The pipeline runs enquiry, site survey, quotation, subsidy, net metering, installation and O&M. |
| PM Surya Ghar subsidy on the quote | Not a built-in feature in Zoho's published plan lists. You would build it or buy an add-on. | Applied to the system size on the quote automatically. |
| Solar quotation PDF with BOM | Inventory tools (invoices, sales and purchase orders) are listed from the Professional plan. A solar quote layout is yours to build. | Branded proposal with BOM, GST, labour and subsidy, built on a phone in about 60 seconds. |
| DISCOM and net metering stage | Possible as a custom pipeline stage you set up yourself. | Built in as a stage. DISCOM auto-calc is on the Pro plan. |
| Through integrations. Setup and cost vary by plan and add-on. | Proposals and follow-up reminders go out on WhatsApp from the same screen. WhatsApp Business is on Pro. | |
| Lead sources | Web forms, API and marketplace integrations. Check each connector you need. | Meta lead ads, IndiaMART and Pabbly on Pro, with the source recorded on the lead. |
| Mobile app | Yes, iOS and Android. | Yes, iOS, Android and web, built for the site visit. |
| Customisation | Deep: custom modules, multiple pipelines, workflows and an API. | Limited. The solar workflow is fixed on purpose. |
| Email, calling and forecasting | Email integration, mass email, built-in calling and sales forecasting from the Standard plan. | Not our focus. We are WhatsApp-first. |
| Detailed engineering design | No. | No. Use design software alongside a CRM. |
Price: Zoho CRM vs Quickest, as of Oct 2026
Zoho figures are in rupees per user per month, read from Zoho's official CRM pricing page with INR selected on 14 October 2026.
| Plan detail | Zoho CRM | Quickest Solar CRM |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Free for up to 3 users. | ₹0 forever: 1 user, 10 proposals a month, no card. |
| Entry paid plan | Standard: ₹800 per user per month billed annually, or ₹1,300 billed monthly. | Pro: ₹6,999 per user per year (about ₹583 a month), minimum 3 users, billed annually. |
| Mid plan | Professional: ₹1,400 per user per month billed annually, or ₹2,100 billed monthly. | Same Pro plan. Unlimited proposals, 1,00,000 leads, team roles and lead routing. |
| Top plans | Enterprise: ₹2,400 annual or ₹3,000 monthly. Ultimate: ₹2,600 annual or ₹3,200 monthly. | Enterprise: custom, for 25+ users, quoted on request. |
| Billing options | Annual or monthly. | Annual only. |
| Tax | Local taxes, including GST, are charged on top of the listed prices. | Tax invoice with GST issued. |
| Three users, one year, list price | Standard ₹28,800 or Professional ₹50,400, before tax and before the cost of setting it up for solar. | ₹20,997 on Pro, with the solar workflow already in place. |
Zoho adds local taxes on top and can change its prices at any time, so confirm on its page before you decide. Our own prices are on the Quickest pricing page.
Where Zoho CRM wins
Things it does better than we do. If these matter most to you, take them seriously.
A full general CRM
Custom modules, multiple sales pipelines, workflows, sales forecasting and an API. If your business is not only solar, one flexible tool can serve every team.
A bigger free plan
Zoho lists a free plan for up to 3 users. Ours is 1 user with 10 proposals a month. For a small team that only needs to track contacts and tasks, Zoho is the cheaper start.
Email, calling and forecasting built in
Email integration, mass email, built-in calling and sales forecasting are listed from the Standard plan. We deliberately focus on WhatsApp and the quotation.
Room to grow and customise
Zoho is a large vendor with an API and many implementation partners. If you expect to build unusual workflows later, it has far more room than a fixed solar workflow.
Monthly billing
You can pay Zoho monthly. Quickest is billed annually only.
Where Quickest wins
The solar-specific work that a general tool leaves to you.
Solar is built in, not configured
Enquiry, survey, quotation, subsidy, net metering, installation and O&M are the pipeline from the first login. In a general CRM that structure is a project.
A quote the customer can act on
The subsidy-ready proposal with BOM, GST, labour and net payable is built on the phone at the site visit, then sent on WhatsApp.
Built around Indian channels
WhatsApp as the primary channel, IndiaMART and Meta lead ads on Pro, PM Surya Ghar and DISCOM handling, priced in rupees.
Predictable cost for a team
Three users on Pro is ₹20,997 a year at list price with the solar workflow already in place, versus the setup effort a general CRM needs on top of its licence.
How we checked
Zoho's plan names, India prices, free-plan limit and the tax note come from its official CRM pricing page with the INR currency selected, read on 14 October 2026. Feature lines for Zoho come from the feature lists on that same page; where a capability depends on plan or add-on we write 'varies' or say it is yours to configure rather than guess. Quickest's details come from our own pricing and feature pages. We do not link to Zoho; search for its pricing page to confirm current figures.
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