--- title: "Connect Pleo and Zoho Books - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Employee\" fires in Pleo, your agent runs \"Add customer payment\" in Zoho Books, or \"New bill\" in Zoho Books to \"Add account\" in Pleo." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/pleo-to-zoho-books" --- # Connect Pleo and Zoho Books When **New Employee** fires in [Pleo](https://apiant.ai/connections/pleo), your agent runs **Add customer payment** in [Zoho Books](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-books), or **New bill** in Zoho Books to **Add account** in Pleo. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Pleo **3** triggers Pleo **24** actions Zoho Books **6** triggers Zoho Books **18** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Pleo and Zoho Books 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 Pleo and Zoho Books can do together ### From Pleo to Zoho Books - When **New Employee** in Pleo then **Add customer payment** in Zoho Books - When **New Expense** in Pleo then **Add expense** in Zoho Books ### From Zoho Books to Pleo - When **New bill** in Zoho Books then **Add account** in Pleo - When **New Customer** in Zoho Books then **Add tag group** in Pleo 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 Pleo and Zoho Books ## Triggers and actions 9 triggers · 42 actions - Trigger **New Employee** Triggered when a new employee is added in Pleo. - Trigger **New Expense** Triggers when a new expense (accounting entry) is recorded in Pleo. - Trigger **New Tag** Triggers when a new tag is added to the selected tag group. - Action **Add account** Creates an account in a Pleo company's chart of accounts, matching a record in your accounting system, and returns the new account. - Action **Add tag group** Creates a new tag group (a cost-centre dimension such as Projects or Departments) in Pleo. - Action **Add tax code** Creates a tax code in a Pleo company, with its name, rate and type. - Action **Add team** Creates a new team in a Pleo company or organisation and returns the created team. - Action **Create Tag** Creates a new tag in a Pleo tag group, such as a cost centre or project, and returns the created tag. - Action **Delete tag** Deletes a tag from Pleo by its ID. - Action **Delete tag group** Deletes a tag group from Pleo by its ID. - Action **Delete tax code** Deletes a tax code from a Pleo company. - Action **Get an Employee** Returns one Pleo employee by ID, including their name, email, job title, phone, role, company and avatar. - Action **Get company balance** Returns the current balance of every Pleo account belonging to a company, including available funds, pending debits and overdraft. - Action **Get Expense** Returns a single Pleo expense (accounting entry) by its ID, including its amounts, merchant, category, tags, review and export status, and receipt IDs. - Action **Get tag** Returns a Pleo tag by its ID, including its name, code, tag group and archived status. - Action **Get tag group** Returns a tag group by its ID, including its name, code, archived status, metadata and total number of tags. - Action **Get Tax Code** Returns a single tax code from Pleo, including its name, rate, type and archived status. - Action **Get team** Returns a Pleo team by its ID, including its name, code, company, organisation and employee IDs. An error occurs if the team is not found. - Action **List accounts** Returns the accounts in a Pleo company's chart of accounts, optionally narrowed by name, code, external ID, account ID or archived status. - Action **List employees** Returns the employees in your Pleo company, optionally filtered by company, email or external ID. - Action **List tag groups** Returns the tag groups for a Pleo company, or for all companies in an organisation. - Action **List tags** Returns the tags in a Pleo tag group, optionally including archived tags. - Action **List tax codes** Returns the tax codes for a Pleo company, optionally filtered by code, type, archived status or specific tax code IDs. - Action **List teams** Returns the teams in a Pleo company or organisation, optionally filtered by name, member employee or team. - Action **Update tag** Updates a tag's code, name, archived state and additional dimension values in Pleo, and returns the updated tag. - Action **Update tag group** Updates a tag group's name, code, archived status and metadata. All values replace the tag group's current ones. - Action **Update tax code** Updates an existing tax code in Pleo, including its name, rate, type and archived status, and returns the updated tax code. - Trigger **New bill** Triggered when a new bill is created - Trigger **New Customer** Triggers when a new customer is created. - Trigger **New Estimate** Triggers when a new estimate is created. - Trigger **New Expense** Triggers when an expense is created. - Trigger **New Item** Triggers when a new item is created. - Trigger **New Sales Invoice** Triggers when a new sales invoice is created. - Action **Add bill** Creates a bill received from a vendor in Zoho Books. - Action **Add customer payment** Record a customer payment. - Action **Add expense** Create an expense. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a new customer contact in a Zoho Books organization. - Action **Create Estimate** Creates a new estimate. - Action **Create Item** Creates a new item. - Action **Create Sales Invoice** Creates a new sales invoice. - Action **Find customers by criteria** Returns the customers in a Zoho Books organization that match the specified criteria (name, company, contact person, address, email, phone, status or free text). - Action **Find Invoice** Returns up to 200 invoices that match the specified criteria, such as invoice number, customer, status or date range. - Action **Get Bill** Returns one vendor bill from Zoho Books, including its number, vendor, status and total. - Action **Get customer** Get a contact by id. - Action **Get Estimate** Returns one estimate (quote) from Zoho Books, including its number, customer, status and total. - Action **Get Expense** Returns one expense recorded in Zoho Books, including its amount, date and accounts. - Action **Get Item** Returns one item from your Zoho Books item list, including its name, rate and description. - Action **Get sales invoice** Retrieves the details of an existing invoice in Zoho Books. - Action **Update customer** Updates an existing customer in Zoho Books. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update item** Update an item. - Action **Update sales invoice** Updates an existing sales invoice in Zoho Books. The line items you send replace the invoice's line items. ## Each app on its own - [ **Pleo** Pleo offers smart company cards that automate expense reports and simplify company spending.](https://apiant.ai/connections/pleo) - [ **Zoho Books** Zoho Books is cloud-based accounting software in which you can record, audit and analyze all financial...](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-books) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Pleo - [ **Pleo to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pleo-to-salesforce) - [ **Pleo to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pleo-to-slack) - [ **Pleo to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pleo-to-stripe) - [ **Pleo to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pleo-to-shopify) - [ **Pleo to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/pleo-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Pleo to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pleo-to-trello) ## More into Zoho Books - [ **HubSpot to Zoho Books** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-zoho-books) - [ **Salesforce to Zoho Books** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-zoho-books) - [ **Slack to Zoho Books** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-zoho-books) - [ **Google Sheets to Zoho Books** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-zoho-books) - [ **Gmail to Zoho Books** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-zoho-books) - [ **Google Calendar to Zoho Books** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-zoho-books) Questions ## Pleo and Zoho Books, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Pleo? Any of Pleo's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Employee, New Expense and New Tag. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Zoho Books when something happens in Pleo? Any of Zoho Books's 18 actions, including Create Customer, Create Estimate, Create Item and Create Sales Invoice. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Zoho Books to Pleo? Yes. When something happens in Zoho Books, your agent can act in Pleo too. This page covers both directions: Zoho Books's triggers and Pleo's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Pleo or Zoho Books? 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 Pleo and Zoho Books 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.