Comparison
Solset AI vs a general-purpose CRM suite
A broad business suite covers a great deal and knows nothing about roofs. We cover the solar job end to end and have a far smaller surface everywhere else.
5 of 12 rows below go against us
Capability
Solset AI
Zoho CRM
Roof layout and shadingSolset AI
Trace the roof on satellite imagery, pack it with panels, and see each panel’s solar access by month and hour.
Not a capability of a general CRM. Usually a separate design tool, priced separately.
Mounting structure and steelSolset AI
Seven structure types, a real takeoff in kilograms, wind loads, and a STAAD model export.
Not present. Handled in a spreadsheet or by a structural consultant.
Design to bill of materials to quotationSolset AI
One chain. The quotation is priced from the design’s own bill of materials against your catalogue.
Quote line items are typed, or imported from whatever produced them.
Grid-connection trackingSolset AI
Stages with the number of days each application has been waiting, so stalled ones surface by themselves.
A custom pipeline you build and maintain yourself.
Inventory and stockComparable
Built in: catalogue, kits, warehouses, movements — and a two-way sync with Zoho Inventory if that is where your stock lives.
A separate product in the same suite, which is exactly why we sync with it rather than compete.
Indian GST billingComparable
GST invoices with HSN/SAC and an automatic CGST/SGST or IGST split, credit and debit notes, TDS, FY-aware numbering.
Available in the suite’s books product, not the CRM.
Time to something usefulSolset AI
The solar workflow is the default. You are drawing a roof on day two.
Modules, layouts and automations are configured to fit solar before the first quotation.
Third-party app ecosystemThem
A small number of deep integrations: WhatsApp, Meta lead ads, Zoho Inventory, Razorpay, Exotel.
Hundreds of marketplace apps and a mature public API.
Single sign-on (SAML/SSO)Them
Not built. Google, email link or password, with optional two-factor.
Standard on their enterprise tiers.
Custom report builderThem
Fixed analytics screens plus CSV export from every list. You cannot compose your own report yet.
Drag-and-drop report and dashboard builders.
Mobile appThem
In development, not released. The web app is responsive and used on phones today, with no offline mode.
Published iOS and Android apps, usually with offline support.
Multi-currency documentsThem
Tenant documents are single-currency. Our own billing takes INR and USD; your invoices do not.
Multi-currency invoicing on higher tiers.
No prices are quoted for Zoho CRM here — theirs change and are tiered, and a figure we have not checked today is worse than none.
Be honest about it
When you should pick Zoho CRM instead.
If one of these is you, we would rather you knew now than three months in.
- Solar is one line of business among several and the CRM has to serve all of them
- You need a large app marketplace, a mature public API or SSO today
- Your team already runs on that suite’s other products and the switching cost outweighs the fit
Comparing something else? See all comparisons
Check it yourself
Do not take our word for any of this.
The free plan is a real workspace. Draw one roof and send one quotation, then judge the table above.