--- title: "Connect Upsales and Zoho Books - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Activity\" fires in Upsales, your agent runs \"Add customer payment\" in Zoho Books, or \"New bill\" in Zoho Books to \"Add order\" in Upsales." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/upsales-to-zoho-books" --- # Connect Upsales and Zoho Books When **New Activity** fires in [Upsales](https://apiant.ai/connections/upsales), your agent runs **Add customer payment** in [Zoho Books](https://apiant.ai/connections/zoho-books), or **New bill** in Zoho Books to **Add order** in Upsales. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Upsales **6** triggers Upsales **17** 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 Upsales 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 Upsales and Zoho Books can do together ### From Upsales to Zoho Books - When **New Activity** in Upsales then **Add customer payment** in Zoho Books - When **New Appointment** in Upsales then **Create Customer** in Zoho Books ### From Zoho Books to Upsales - When **New bill** in Zoho Books then **Add order** in Upsales - When **New Customer** in Zoho Books then **Create Contact** in Upsales 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 Upsales and Zoho Books ## Triggers and actions 12 triggers · 35 actions - Trigger **New Activity** Triggers when a new activity (to-do or phone call) is created in Upsales. - Trigger **New Appointment** Triggers when a new appointment is created in Upsales. - Trigger **New Company** Triggers when a new company is created in Upsales. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is created in Upsales. - Trigger **New Opportunity** Triggers when a new opportunity (an open order with probability between 1 and 99) is created in Upsales. - Trigger **New Order** Triggers when a new order (a won deal at 100% probability) is created in Upsales. - Action **Add activity** Creates an activity (such as a phone call or to-do) in Upsales. - Action **Add opportunity** Creates a new opportunity (pipeline order) on a company in Upsales, with its stage, probability, salesperson and product rows. - Action **Add order** Creates an order in Upsales for a company, with its stage, owner and product rows. - Action **Add product** Creates a new product in Upsales, optionally with per-currency prices or as a bundle of other products. - Action **Create Appointment** Creates an appointment in Upsales for a company, with its start and end time, participants and appointment type. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a contact person in Upsales, linked to a company. - Action **Delete company** Deletes a company in Upsales. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact in Upsales. - Action **Find a Company** Finds companies in Upsales by name and returns the matching companies. - Action **Find a Contact** Finds contacts in Upsales by email address or name. - Action **Find opportunities by criteria** Returns open opportunities (probability 1-99) matching the given description, company, stage, owner or contact. - Action **Find orders by criteria** Finds won orders in Upsales matching a description, company, stage, owner or contact. - Action **Find products by criteria** Finds products in Upsales matching a name, article number, category or active status. - Action **Update Appointment** Updates an existing appointment in Upsales, changing only the details you fill in. - Action **Update Company** Updates an existing company in Upsales, changing only the fields you fill in. - Action **Update opportunity** Updates an existing opportunity in Upsales, such as its stage, probability, close date, products or custom fields. - Action **Update order** Updates an existing order in Upsales — its description, date, owner, company, stage, probability, order rows and custom fields. - 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 - [ **Upsales** The revenue engine for fast-growing businesses. You need to move fast and sell more.](https://apiant.ai/connections/upsales) - [ **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 Upsales - [ **Upsales to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/upsales-to-zoom) - [ **Upsales to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/upsales-to-webflow) - [ **Upsales to Wix** The Wix website builder gives businesses of any size the tools to create, manage and grow a fully integrated...](https://apiant.ai/connect/upsales-to-wix) - [ **Upsales to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/upsales-to-linkedin) - [ **Upsales to Facebook** Facebook is a social media and advertising platform used by individuals and businesses to connect, share...](https://apiant.ai/connect/upsales-to-facebook) - [ **Upsales to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/upsales-to-anthropic) ## 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 ## Upsales and Zoho Books, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Upsales? Any of Upsales's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New Activity, New Appointment, New Company and New Contact. 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 Upsales? 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 Upsales? Yes. When something happens in Zoho Books, your agent can act in Upsales too. This page covers both directions: Zoho Books's triggers and Upsales's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Upsales 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 Upsales 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.