---
title: "Connect Paystack and Zoho Billing - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Chargeback\" fires in Paystack, your agent runs \"Create Customer\" in Zoho Billing."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/paystack-to-zoho-billing"
---

# Connect Paystack and Zoho Billing

When **New Chargeback** fires in [Paystack](https://apiant.ai/connections/paystack), your agent runs **Create Customer** in [Zoho Billing](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-billing), or **New Credit Note** in Zoho Billing to **Send Simple Invoice** in Paystack. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Paystack **11** triggers Paystack **17** 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 Paystack and Zoho Billing to do together?

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### Set it up in your client

### Claude Code

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Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.

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### 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.

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Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

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Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app

Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.

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### Any other MCP client

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Example flows

## What Paystack and Zoho Billing can do together

### From Paystack to Zoho Billing

- When **New Chargeback** in Paystack then **Create Customer** in Zoho Billing
- When **New Invoice** in Paystack then **Create New Invoice** in Zoho Billing

### From Zoho Billing to Paystack

- When **New Credit Note** in Zoho Billing then **Send Simple Invoice** in Paystack
- When **New Customer** in Zoho Billing then **Add Product** in Paystack

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 Paystack and Zoho Billing

## Triggers and actions 26 triggers · 47 actions

- Trigger

**Abandoned Transaction**

Triggers when a customer starts a payment but does not complete it, leaving an abandoned transaction.

- Trigger

**Cancelled Subscription**

Triggers when a subscription is cancelled.

- Trigger

**New Chargeback**

Triggers when a customer files a new chargeback (transaction dispute) on your Paystack account.

- Trigger

**New Invoice**

Triggered when a new invoice (payment request) is created in Paystack.

- Trigger

**New Order**

Triggered when a new order is created on your Paystack storefronts or products.

- Trigger

**New Payment Page Transaction**

Triggers when a customer pays through one of your Paystack payment pages. Returns the transaction with its amount, customer, and the page it came from.

- Trigger

**New Refund**

Triggered when a new refund is created in your Paystack account.

- Trigger

**New Subscription**

Triggers when a new subscription is created on your Paystack integration.

- Trigger

**New Transaction**

Triggers when a new transaction is created on your Paystack integration, optionally limited by status, channel, customer and more.

- Trigger

**New Transfer**

Triggered when a new transfer is created on your Paystack business.

- Trigger

**Subsciption Renewal**

Triggers when a subscription renews, meaning a further payment has been made after its first one.

- Action

**Add Product**

Creates a new product on your Paystack integration and returns the created product.

- Action

**Cancel Subscription**

Cancels an active Paystack subscription so the customer is no longer charged on renewal.

- Action

**Check Terminal Status**

Returns whether a Paystack Terminal is online and available to receive an event, so you can check it before sending one.

- Action

**Create Refund**

Creates a refund for a previously completed Paystack transaction, in full or for part of its amount. Returns the new refund and its status.

- Action

**Create Subscription**

Creates a subscription that puts a customer on one of your plans, and returns the new subscription's id, code and email token.

- Action

**Create Virtual Terminal**

Creates a Virtual Terminal on your Paystack integration, with the WhatsApp numbers that should receive its payment notifications.

- Action

**Find Customer**

Returns the Paystack customer matching an email address or customer code, including their transactions, subscriptions and saved authorizations.

- Action

**Find Order**

Returns the details of a Paystack order, including its customer, items and payment status, for the order ID you supply.

- Action

**Find Transaction**

Returns the transaction that matches a transaction reference, including its status, amount, customer and payment authorization.

- Action

**Find Transfer**

Returns the transfer that matches the specified transfer reference, including its status, amount and recipient.

- Action

**Get Customer Totals**

Returns how many transactions a Paystack customer has made and the total value of those transactions, along with the customer's full record.

- Action

**Initialize Transaction**

Creates a new pending Paystack transaction and returns the checkout link to send your customer to, along with its access code and reference.

- Action

**Initiate a Direct Debit Request**

Starts linking a bank account to a customer for Direct Debit and returns the link the customer opens to authorize the mandate.

- Action

**Remove Phone Number From Virtual Terminal**

Removes one or more WhatsApp phone numbers from a Paystack Virtual Terminal, so they stop receiving its payment notifications.

- Action

**Resolve Account Number**

Returns the account name registered to a bank account number, so you can confirm who an account belongs to before paying it.

- Action

**Send Simple Invoice**

Creates a payment request that issues an invoice to a customer and, by default, emails it to them. Returns the new invoice, including its request code.

- Action

**Share Link for Updating Subscription Card**

Returns a link you can share with a customer so they can update the card on their subscription.

- 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

- [ **Paystack** Paystack helps African merchants accept one-time and recurring payments online with a modern, safe, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/paystack)
- [ **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

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- [ **Paystack to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paystack-to-stripe)
- [ **Paystack to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paystack-to-shopify)
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- [ **Paystack to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paystack-to-pipedrive)

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- [ **Salesforce to Zoho Billing** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-zoho-billing)
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Questions

## Paystack and Zoho Billing, answered

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### What can start an automation from Paystack?

Any of Paystack's 11 triggers in the catalog, including New Chargeback, New Invoice, New Order and New Payment Page Transaction. 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 Paystack?

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 Paystack?

Yes. When something happens in Zoho Billing, your agent can act in Paystack too. This page covers both directions: Zoho Billing's triggers and Paystack's actions are listed here as well.

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### Do I have to build a connector for Paystack 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 Paystack 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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
