ZipBook

Spec sheet

What it does

ZipBooks is cloud accounting software for small businesses and accountants, covering invoicing, bookkeeping, payments and reporting.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com

Product

ZipBook helps villa, homestay, hotel, and short-term rental owners create booking websites, take direct reservations, and collect payments.Read 4 Oct 2026 · zipbook.org

Trial

The signup page says a site starts with a 30-day free trial and that no credit card is needed for the preview.Read 4 Oct 2026 · zipbook.org

Integrations

The product connects with payment and business tools including Square, PayPal, Stripe and Gusto.Read 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com

Support

The site invites users to contact support for help setting up an Airbnb booking site.Read 4 Oct 2026 · zipbook.org

Headquarters

G2 lists the company headquarters location as Lehi, Utah.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Maker

The terms identify On2AI Systems, a proprietary MSME business, as ZipBook's operator.Read 4 Oct 2026 · zipbook.org

Account protection

Optional two-factor authentication can be enabled through support.Read 15 Oct 2026 · zipbooks.com

Accounting

The accounting module includes bank connections, reconciliation, chart of accounts, auto-categorization, project accounting and financial statements.Read 15 Oct 2026 · zipbooks.com

API documentation warning

The developer portal warns that its API documentation may be outdated and that future changes can break compatibility.Read 15 Oct 2026 · developer.zipbooks.com

Backups and access

The company says it keeps rolling backups and lets administrators restrict team-member data access with permissions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · zipbooks.com

Browser delivery

The Chrome listing says ZipBooks requires no download or installation and is accessed online.Read 15 Oct 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com

Calendar sync

The site describes two-way calendar syncing with Airbnb and other channels using iCal feeds.Read 4 Oct 2026 · zipbook.org

Company size and founding

LinkedIn lists ZipBooks as privately held, founded in 2015, with 11–50 employees.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Dashboard

The owner dashboard manages bookings, payment status, guest details, pricing, calendars, reviews, SEO, sitemaps, themes, and branding.Read 4 Oct 2026 · zipbook.org

Data responsibility

The privacy policy and terms say clients are responsible for maintaining independent backups of operational and booking data.Read 4 Oct 2026 · zipbook.org

Free-trial length

The Chrome listing advertises a 30-day free trial for paid plans.Read 15 Oct 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com

Funding news

A July 20, 2016 release announced a $2 million seed round led by Peak Ventures, with Pelion Venture Partners, Liquid 2 Ventures and angel investors participating.Read 15 Oct 2026 · prnewswire.com

Help center

The help center organizes documentation into invoices, transactions, reports, contacts, tracking, accountant FAQs, account administration and general FAQs.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.zipbooks.com

Hotel migration

For hotels and resorts, ZipBook says it can migrate room types, amenities, galleries, and pricing into a booking site with CMS and payment integration.Read 4 Oct 2026 · zipbook.org

Invoicing

Users can create invoices and estimates, send PDFs, use multiple currencies, add taxes and discounts, and automate recurring billing.Read 15 Oct 2026 · zipbooks.com

Legal entity and ownership

Crunchbase identifies the legal name as Phlo, Inc., lists founders Jaren Nichols and Tim Chaves, and records an acquisition by Divvy.Read 15 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com

Licence

Wikipedia identifies ZipBooks Accounting as proprietary software rather than open source.Read 15 Oct 2026 · en.wikipedia.org

Limit: auto-billing reliability

A Trustpilot reviewer reported recurring Square auto-billing failures that required disconnecting and reconnecting the integration.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com

Limit: feature depth

TrustRadius reviewers say ZipBooks is less full-featured than QuickBooks.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com

Limit: inventory

CPAAdvisor identifies missing inventory functionality as a limitation for product-selling businesses.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cpaadvisor.us

Limit: mobile availability

TechRadar lists the absence of an Android app as a drawback, while CPAAdvisor says the mobile app was discontinued and the product is browser-only.Read 15 Oct 2026 · techradar.com

Listing setup

Owners can import an Airbnb or supported Vrbo-family listing, or create a site from scratch.Read 4 Oct 2026 · zipbook.org

Payment responsibility

ZipBook's terms say the client is the merchant of record and responsible for booking payments, verification, refunds, and disputes.Read 4 Oct 2026 · zipbook.org

Payment-card handling

ZipBooks says payment-card details are handled by processors such as Stripe, Square or PayPal and are not touched by ZipBooks.Read 15 Oct 2026 · zipbooks.com

Payments

ZipBook says it supports 100+ payment providers across 43 countries or regions, including PayPal, Stripe, Wise, Revolut, and Klarna.Read 4 Oct 2026 · zipbook.org

Praise: ease of use

TrustRadius reviewers repeatedly describe setup and invoicing as quick, clean and easy to learn.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com

Praise: support

GetApp reports recurring praise for fast, friendly and responsive chat support.Read 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com

Praise: value

GetApp reviewers commonly praise the generous free tier, low entry price and broad no-cost feature set.Read 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com

Public API

ZipBooks publishes an HTTP API using JSON API responses and JWT bearer authentication.Read 15 Oct 2026 · developer.zipbooks.com

Rating on Chrome Web Store

4.7 out of 5 from 334 ratingsRead 15 Oct 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com

Rating on G2

4.7 out of 5 from 99 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Rating on GetApp

4.5 out of 5 from 115 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com

Rating on Trustpilot

3.5 out of 5 from 3 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com

Rating on TrustRadius

7 out of 10 from 20 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com

Security and privacy

The privacy policy says ZipBook uses reasonable technical and organizational safeguards, but does not guarantee complete security; it also says it does not sell personal information as a standalone data product.Read 4 Oct 2026 · zipbook.org

Security at rest

Stored data is encrypted in layers using AES-256 or AES-128 and separately wrapped encryption keys.Read 15 Oct 2026 · zipbooks.com

Security in transit

ZipBooks states that it uses 256-bit TLS encryption for data in transit.Read 15 Oct 2026 · zipbooks.com

Smart tagging

Paid tiers support transaction tags by location, project and custom dimensions for filtered reporting.Read 15 Oct 2026 · zipbooks.com

Square integration behavior

Square can import transaction history and customer contacts, but the first synchronization may take several hours.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.zipbooks.com

Team collaboration

Teams can invite members, control permissions and share documents securely.Read 15 Oct 2026 · zipbooks.com

Time tracking

Time can be tracked live or manually, assigned to projects and imported into invoices.Read 15 Oct 2026 · zipbooks.com

Plans and prices

Every ZipBook plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

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