--- title: "Connect Instantly and Zoho Billing - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Event\" fires in Instantly, your agent runs \"Create Customer\" in Zoho Billing." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/instantly-to-zoho-billing" --- # Connect Instantly and Zoho Billing When **New Event** fires in [Instantly](https://apiant.ai/connections/instantly), your agent runs **Create Customer** in [Zoho Billing](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-billing), or **New Credit Note** in Zoho Billing to **Add lead list** in Instantly. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Instantly **1** trigger Instantly **22** actions Zoho Billing **15** triggers Zoho Billing **30** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Instantly and Zoho Billing 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 Instantly and Zoho Billing can do together ### From Instantly to Zoho Billing - When **New Event** in Instantly then **Create Customer** in Zoho Billing - When **New Event** in Instantly then **Create New Invoice** in Zoho Billing ### From Zoho Billing to Instantly - When **New Credit Note** in Zoho Billing then **Add lead list** in Instantly - When **New Customer** in Zoho Billing then **Add Lead to Campaign** in Instantly 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 Instantly and Zoho Billing ## Triggers and actions 16 triggers · 52 actions - Trigger **New Event** Triggers when an Instantly event occurs, such as an email sent, a reply received, or a lead status change. - Action **Activate campaign** Starts a campaign, or resumes a paused one, and returns the updated campaign. - Action **Add campaign** Creates a new Instantly campaign with its sending schedule, email sequence and sending options. Returns the created campaign. - Action **Add lead list** Creates a new lead list in Instantly for storing leads. - Action **Add Lead to Campaign** Adds a lead to an Instantly campaign, with their contact details, personalization and custom variables. Returns the created lead. - Action **Add Tags to Campaigns** Assigns one or more custom tags to one or more campaigns. - Action **Add to Blocklist** Adds an email address or domain to the workspace's blocklist so it no longer receives emails. - Action **Create a New Tag** Creates a new custom tag in your Instantly workspace for organizing accounts and campaigns. - Action **Delete blocklist entry** Deletes a blocked email or domain entry from your Instantly block list, returning the removed entry. - Action **Delete lead** Permanently deletes a lead from your Instantly workspace and returns the deleted lead. - Action **Find Lead** Finds leads in your Instantly workspace by email address or search term, optionally narrowed to a campaign, list or lead status. Returns the matching leads and the first match. - Action **Get Blocklist Entry** Returns a single block list entry (a blocked email address or domain) by its ID. - Action **Get campaign** Returns a campaign's full details, including its schedule, sequences, sending accounts and settings. - Action **Get lead** Returns a single Instantly lead by its ID, including contact details, campaign, status, engagement counts and custom variables. - Action **List campaigns** Returns the campaigns in your Instantly workspace, optionally filtered by name, tags, status or AI Sales Agent. - Action **List lead lists** Returns the lead lists in your Instantly workspace, optionally filtered by name or by whether they run enrichment. - Action **List leads** Returns leads from your Instantly workspace, optionally filtered by campaign, list, status, search term or email address. - Action **List Tag Mappings** Returns the tag assignments in the workspace, showing which custom tags are attached to which email accounts and campaigns. - Action **Pause campaign** Stops (pauses) a running campaign so it no longer sends emails, and returns the updated campaign. - Action **Remove Lead From Campaign** Removes one or more leads from an Instantly campaign, deleting them from that campaign. - Action **Remove Tags From Campaigns** Removes one or more custom tags from Instantly campaigns. - Action **Update lead** Updates an existing lead's details in Instantly, such as name, company, phone, interest status and custom variables, and returns the updated lead. - Action **Update Lead Status** Updates the interest status of a lead in Instantly (for example Interested, Meeting booked, or Not interested), optionally scoped to one campaign or list. - Trigger **Cancel Subscription** Triggered when a subscription is cancelled - Trigger **Invoice Paid** Fires once for each invoice that reaches Paid status in the selected Zoho Billing organization. - Trigger **New Credit Note** Triggered when a new credit note is created - Trigger **New Customer** Triggered when a new customer is created - Trigger **New Invoice** Fires once for each new invoice created in the selected Zoho Billing organization. - Trigger **New Item** Fires when a new item is added in Zoho Billing. - Trigger **New Quote** Fires once for each new quote created in the selected Zoho Billing organization. - Trigger **New Subscription** Fires once for each new subscription created in the selected Zoho Billing organization. - Trigger **Payment Failure** Fires when an online payment attempt fails in Zoho Billing (for example a declined card charge). - Trigger **Payment Success** Fires when a new successful customer payment is recorded in Zoho Billing. - Trigger **Subscription About to Renew** Fires once per billing term for each live subscription that is scheduled to renew, carrying the date of its upcoming renewal. - Trigger **Subscription Activation** Fires when a subscription is activated (becomes live) in the selected Zoho Billing organization. - Trigger **Updated Customer** Triggered when a customer is created or updated. - Trigger **Updated Invoice** Triggered when an invoice is created or updated. - Trigger **Void Invoice** Fires once for each invoice that is voided in the selected Zoho Billing organization. - Action **Add Charge** Charge a one-time amount against a Zoho Billing subscription. Creates an invoice for the charge, or adds it to the subscription's unbilled charges. - Action **Associate Coupon** Applies a coupon to an existing subscription in Zoho Billing. - Action **Cancel Invoice WriteOff** Cancels the write-off on an invoice in Zoho Billing, restoring its unpaid balance. - Action **Cancel Subcription** Cancels a Zoho Billing subscription, either immediately or at the end of the current term. - Action **Create a New Quote** Create a New Quote for a Customer - Action **Create Credit Note** Creates a credit note for a customer in Zoho Billing. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a new customer. - Action **Create New Invoice** Creates an invoice for a customer in Zoho Billing. - Action **Create New Item** Create New Item for One time Invoices - Action **Create Subscription** Creates a new subscription in Zoho Billing, either for an existing customer or for a new customer created in the same call. - Action **Disassociate Coupon** Removes the coupon currently applied to a Zoho Billing subscription. - Action **Email an Invoice** Emails an existing invoice to the recipients you specify, with your own subject and message. - Action **Fetch Customer** Retrieve the details of an existing customer in Zoho Billing. - Action **Fetch Invoice** Retrieve the details of a single invoice by its id. - Action **Fetch Subscription** Retrieve the details of a subscription by its id. - Action **Find Customer** Finds Zoho Billing customers whose email address matches the one supplied, returning the first match and the full list of matches. - Action **Find Invoice** Returns the invoices whose invoice number matches the one you supply. - Action **Find Subscription** Finds subscriptions by subscription number, customer, or reference, optionally narrowed by status. - Action **Get Item** Retrieves one item by item_id, returning its name, rate, product type, status and custom fields. - Action **Get Payment** Retrieve a payment by id; returns the payment including amount, mode and applied invoices. - Action **Invoice WriteOff** Writes off the unpaid balance of a Zoho Billing invoice. - Action **Mark Invoice as Sent** Marks a draft invoice as sent by changing its status to open, without emailing it to the customer. - Action **Postpone Renewal** Postpones a subscription's next renewal (billing) date to a later date. No prorated charges are applied. - Action **Reactivate Subscription** Reactivates a non-renewing Zoho Billing subscription so it keeps renewing for the given number of billing cycles. - Action **Record Payment** Records a payment received from a customer in Zoho Billing, optionally applying it to one or more invoices. - Action **Update Customer** Update an existing customer. - Action **Update Customer Status** Marks a Zoho Billing customer as active or inactive. - Action **Update Invoice** Update an existing invoice - Action **Update Subscription** Updates the existing subscription - Action **Void Invoice** Marks an invoice as void in Zoho Billing. ## Each app on its own - [ **Instantly** Instantly is an email automation platform that helps scale outreach campaigns.](https://apiant.ai/connections/instantly) - [ **Zoho Billing** Zoho Billing is a recurring billing and subscription management app that helps manage the entire life cycle...](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-billing) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Instantly - [ **Instantly to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instantly-to-salesforce) - [ **Instantly to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/instantly-to-slack) - [ **Instantly to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instantly-to-mailchimp) - [ **Instantly to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instantly-to-stripe) - [ **Instantly to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instantly-to-shopify) - [ **Instantly to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/instantly-to-quickbooks-online) ## More into Zoho Billing - [ **HubSpot to Zoho Billing** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-zoho-billing) - [ **Salesforce to Zoho Billing** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-zoho-billing) - [ **Slack to Zoho Billing** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-zoho-billing) - [ **Google Sheets to Zoho Billing** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-zoho-billing) - [ **Gmail to Zoho Billing** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-zoho-billing) - [ **Google Calendar to Zoho Billing** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-zoho-billing) Questions ## Instantly and Zoho Billing, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Instantly? Any of Instantly's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Event. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Zoho Billing when something happens in Instantly? Any of Zoho Billing's 30 actions, including Create a New Quote, Create Credit Note, Create Customer and Create New Invoice. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Zoho Billing to Instantly? Yes. When something happens in Zoho Billing, your agent can act in Instantly too. This page covers both directions: Zoho Billing's triggers and Instantly's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Instantly or Zoho Billing? 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 Instantly and Zoho Billing 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.