--- title: "Connect Bigin by Zoho CRM and FreshBooks - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Event\" fires in Bigin by Zoho CRM, your agent runs \"Add Payment to Invoice\" in FreshBooks." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/bigin-by-zoho-crm-to-freshbooks" --- # Connect Bigin by Zoho CRM and FreshBooks When **New Event** fires in [Bigin by Zoho CRM](https://apiant.ai/connections/bigin-by-zoho-crm), your agent runs **Add Payment to Invoice** in [FreshBooks](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshbooks), or **New Bill** in FreshBooks to **Add tags to record** in Bigin by Zoho CRM. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Bigin by Zoho CRM **7** triggers Bigin by Zoho CRM **35** actions FreshBooks **16** triggers FreshBooks **29** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Bigin by Zoho CRM and FreshBooks to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Bigin by Zoho CRM and FreshBooks can do together ### From Bigin by Zoho CRM to FreshBooks - When **New Event** in Bigin by Zoho CRM then **Add Payment to Invoice** in FreshBooks - When **New Pipeline Record** in Bigin by Zoho CRM then **Create Invoice** in FreshBooks ### From FreshBooks to Bigin by Zoho CRM - When **New Bill** in FreshBooks then **Add tags to record** in Bigin by Zoho CRM - When **New Client** in FreshBooks then **Create Contact** in Bigin by Zoho CRM Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Bigin by Zoho CRM and FreshBooks ## Triggers and actions 23 triggers · 64 actions - Trigger **New Event** Triggers when a new event is added. - Trigger **New Pipeline Record** Triggers when a new pipeline record is created. - Trigger **New Product** Triggers when a new product is created. - Trigger **New Task** Triggers when a new task is added. - Trigger **Updated Company** Triggers when an existing company is updated. - Trigger **Updated Contact** Triggers when an existing contact is updated. - Trigger **Updated Pipeline Record** Triggers when a pipeline record is updated. - Action **Add note** Adds a note to a Bigin contact, company, pipeline record, product, task, event or call. - Action **Add tags to record** Add tags to a record. - Action **Create Call** Adds a new call record (logged or scheduled call) in Bigin. - Action **Create Company** Creates a new company - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact. - Action **Create Event** Creates a new event. - Action **Create or Update Company** Creates a company in Bigin, or updates the existing company when one already matches on the company's unique fields (by default the company name). - Action **Create or Update Contact** Creates a contact in Bigin, or updates the existing contact when one matches on the duplicate-check fields (such as email). - Action **Create or Update Pipeline Record** Creates a pipeline record (deal) in Bigin, or updates the existing one that matches on its unique fields (the deal name by default). - Action **Create Pipeline Record** Adds a new pipeline record (deal) to Bigin in the chosen sub-pipeline and stage. - Action **Create Product** Creates a new product. - Action **Create Task** Creates a new task. - Action **Delete company** Deletes a company (Accounts module record) from Bigin. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact from Bigin by its ID. - Action **Delete pipeline record** Deletes a pipeline record (deal) from Bigin by its ID. - Action **Delete Product** deletes a product record from the Bigin Products module (Bigin v2 Delete Records API, same shape as the connector's Delete contact / Delete company ops). - Action **Delete task** Deletes a task from Bigin by its ID. - Action **Get company** Fetches a company by ID. An error occurs if the company is not found. - Action **Get contact** Retrieves the full details of a single Bigin contact by its record ID, including any custom fields. - Action **Get pipeline record** Retrieves one Bigin pipeline record (deal) by its ID, including its custom fields. - Action **Get Records Using COQL Query** Runs a COQL SELECT query against a Bigin module (Contacts, Accounts, Pipelines, Products, Calls, Events, Tasks) and returns the matching records. - Action **Get Task** Returns one Bigin task by its ID, with its subject, status, priority and owner. - Action **List Notes** Returns the notes attached to a Bigin record, such as a company, contact or pipeline record. - Action **Search Company** Returns the Bigin companies that match a search word, email address, phone number, or field criteria. - Action **Search Contact** Returns the Bigin contacts that match a search word, email address, phone number or field criteria. - Action **Search Event** Search Bigin events by a word, email, phone number or field criteria and return the matching events. - Action **Search Pipeline Record** Returns the pipeline records (deals) that match a search word, email, phone number or field criteria. - Action **Search Product** Returns the products that match a search word, email, phone number or field criteria. - Action **Search Task** Searches Bigin tasks by word, email, phone or field criteria and returns the matches. - Action **Update Company** Updates an existing company (Accounts module) in Bigin. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing contact in Bigin. Only the fields you fill in are changed; blank fields are left as they are. - Action **Update Event** Updates an existing event - Action **Update Pipeline Record** Updates an existing pipeline record (deal) in Bigin. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Product** Updates an existing product in Bigin. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Task** Updates a new task. - Trigger **New Bill** Triggers when a new bill is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Client** Triggers when a new client is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Credit Note** Triggers when a new credit note is created in your FreshBooks account. - Trigger **New Estimate** Triggers when a new estimate is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Expense** Triggers when a new expense is recorded in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Filtered Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice matching your chosen filters (client, status, currency, amount, and more) is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Invoice Payment** Triggers when a new invoice payment is created. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Staff Member** Triggers when a new staff member is added to your FreshBooks business. - Trigger **New Time Entry** Triggers when a new time entry is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Vendor** Triggers when a new bill vendor is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **Updated Bill** Triggers when a bill is updated in FreshBooks. Returns the id of the updated bill and the account, business and user it belongs to. - Trigger **Updated Estimate** Triggers when an estimate is updated. - Trigger **Updated Invoice** Triggers when an invoice is updated in FreshBooks. - Trigger **Updated Vendor** Triggers when a bill vendor is updated in FreshBooks. - Action **Add Payment to Invoice** Records a payment against a FreshBooks invoice and returns the created payment. - Action **Create Bill** Creates a bill in FreshBooks recording what your business owes a vendor, with its line items. - Action **Create Client** Creates a new client in your FreshBooks business, with contact details, billing and shipping addresses, and optional secondary contacts. - Action **Create Credit Note** Creates a credit note or prepayment credit for a client in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Estimate** Creates a new estimate for a client in FreshBooks, optionally with line items. - Action **Create Expense** Creates an expense in your FreshBooks business, with its amount, category, date and optional vendor, client, project and taxes. - Action **Create Invoice** Creates a new invoice for a client in FreshBooks, with optional line items, terms and notes. New invoices start as drafts unless a status is given. - Action **Create Invoice PDF** Returns the PDF of an existing FreshBooks invoice as a file you can attach or store. - Action **Create or Update Client** Updates an existing FreshBooks client (by Client ID, or by matching email) or creates a new client when none matches. - Action **Create or Update Invoice** Updates an existing FreshBooks invoice (by Invoice ID, or by matching Invoice Number), or creates a new invoice when none matches. - Action **Create Other Income** Records income received outside of an invoice, such as online store sales, rentals or advertising, in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project in FreshBooks, optionally linked to a client, with a fixed price or hourly rate. - Action **Create Recurring Invoice** Creates a recurring invoice profile in FreshBooks that generates invoices for a client on a set schedule. - Action **Create Time Entry** Creates a time entry recording time spent working for a client or project in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Vendor** Creates a bill vendor (a supplier you receive bills from) in your FreshBooks business. - Action **Find Bill** Finds bills in FreshBooks by id, vendor, status or currency and returns the matches. - Action **Find Client** Finds clients in your FreshBooks business by email, name, organization, phone or other details, and returns the matches. - Action **Find Credit Note** Finds a credit note in FreshBooks by its id and returns the credit note's details. - Action **Find Estimate** Finds estimates in FreshBooks matching an estimate number, client, status, notes, date or amount range, and other criteria. - Action **Find Invoice** Finds invoices in your FreshBooks account matching the criteria you give, such as invoice number, client, status, dates or amounts. - Action **Find Project** Finds FreshBooks projects whose title contains the given text, optionally limited to active or completed projects. - Action **Find Vendor** Finds bill vendors in your FreshBooks account whose business name matches the text you give. - Action **Send Estimate** Emails an existing estimate to the listed recipients and marks it as sent. - Action **Send Invoice** Emails an existing invoice to the recipients you choose and marks it as sent. - Action **Update Bill** Updates an existing bill from a vendor, such as its dates, bill number, line items or status. - Action **Update Credit Note** Updates an existing credit note in FreshBooks, changing only the details you fill in. - Action **Update Estimate** Updates an existing FreshBooks estimate's client, dates, address details, notes, terms or line items. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Time Entry** Updates an existing time entry in FreshBooks, such as its duration, note, client or project. - Action **Update Vendor** Updates an existing bill vendor's name, contact details, address and preferences. Fields left blank are not changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Bigin by Zoho CRM** Bigin is a sales pipeline management software that lets you manage deals, track activities and keep all the...](https://apiant.ai/connections/bigin-by-zoho-crm) - [ **FreshBooks** FreshBooks is a cloud accounting software designed exclusively for self-employed professionals and their...](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshbooks) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Bigin by Zoho CRM - [ **Bigin by Zoho CRM to Zoho Campaigns** Zoho Campaigns lets you send email and social media campaigns to your subscribers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bigin-by-zoho-crm-to-zoho-campaigns) - [ **Bigin by Zoho CRM to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bigin-by-zoho-crm-to-hubspot) - [ **Bigin by Zoho CRM to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bigin-by-zoho-crm-to-salesforce) - [ **Bigin by Zoho CRM to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of Bigin by Zoho CRM's 7 triggers in the catalog, including New Event, New Pipeline Record, New Product and New Task. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in FreshBooks when something happens in Bigin by Zoho CRM? Any of FreshBooks's 29 actions, including Create Bill, Create Client, Create Credit Note and Create Estimate. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from FreshBooks to Bigin by Zoho CRM? Yes. When something happens in FreshBooks, your agent can act in Bigin by Zoho CRM too. This page covers both directions: FreshBooks's triggers and Bigin by Zoho CRM's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Bigin by Zoho CRM or FreshBooks? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Bigin by Zoho CRM and FreshBooks without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.