Zoho Checkout

What Zoho Checkout is

Zoho Checkout provides hosted payment pages for businesses collecting one-time or recurring online payments. Users can customize pages with a logo, labels, fields, colors, and fonts without coding, and set a fixed amount or allow customers to choose an amount. Recurring billing can run weekly, monthly, or yearly, including a start date in the future. Pages can be embedded on a website or online store, or shared through email and social media. The service can retry failed payments up to three times on a configured schedule. Listed payment gateways are Stripe, WePay, and Razorpay; integrations include Zoho Books, Zoho Campaigns, Zoho Cliq, Zoho Flow, Zoho Sign, Slack, MailChimp, and Zapier. Zoho says its payment pages use SSL encryption and are PCI compliant, while its security information describes TLS 1.2/1.3 for data in transit and AES-256 encryption for sensitive data at rest. The free plan allows three pages and 50 payments overall, a limit that does not reset monthly. Paid plans start at $9 a month, billed per organization with annual billing.

Who it suits

It may suit nonprofits, training institutes, and other listed audiences that need hosted pages for one-time or recurring payments. Businesses seeking a small initial allowance can use the free plan, which is capped at three pages and 50 total payments.

Limits

The Free plan includes three payment pages and up to 50 payments overall; the payment count does not reset each month. It also includes one user and Stripe integration. The Standard plan lists 500 payments per month, while Professional lists 5,000 payments per month.

Getting started

1. Visit https://www.zoho.com/checkout/.
2. Choose the Free plan or a paid plan.
3. Create a payment page and customize its logo, labels, fields, colors, and fonts.
4. Set a fixed amount or allow customers to enter an amount.
5. Choose a gateway from the listed supported options.
6. Embed the page or share it by email or social media.

Verdict

Zoho Checkout offers customizable hosted pages and recurring billing options, with sharing, gateway, and integration choices. Its free tier has a fixed overall payment cap; paid plans start at $9 a month on annual billing.