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VanVed vs Zoho Projects
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Why businesses choose VanVed over Zoho Projects
VanVed bills from the same box it plans in. Zoho Projects tracks the hours, but converting them to a GST-correct invoice means also running Zoho Invoice or Books; here it is one endpoint on the project, atomic and protected against billing the same minutes twice.
Capability by capability
Every row below is what our 2026 research found — including the rows we lose.
| Capability | VanVed | Zoho Projects |
|---|---|---|
| Gantt chart | Per-project Gantt with dependency edges | Gantt on Premium; global Gantt and critical path on Enterprise |
| Timesheets to invoice | Native — invoice generated inside the same tenant, billing module gate enforced | Yes, but the invoice is raised in Zoho Invoice/Books — a second subscription |
| Task automation / process enforcement | None — no blueprint, no rules engine | Blueprint state-machine automation from Premium |
| Resource utilisation reporting | Not built — time is stored per user but never charted against capacity | Resource utilisation charts from Premium |
| Project templates | No template library — though a project can be duplicated with its tasks and their dependencies | Yes |
| Client / guest portal on the project | No external access — a client cannot see their own project | Client portal included |
| GST-correct billing out of the same system | Invoices carry CGST/SGST/IGST logic native to the platform | Only once you also buy Zoho Books |
| Issue / bug tracking | Not in projects — the helpdesk module is a separate ticket system | Built-in issue tracker with its own workflow |
Where Zoho Projects is ahead of us today
Zoho Projects is a mature product at a very low price point — Gantt with critical path, Blueprint automation, resource utilisation charts, project templates, an issue tracker, a client portal and full mobile apps, starting around $4–5 per user a month. VanVed matches almost none of that list — duplication stands in for templates — and has no mobile app for projects at all.
We publish this because a comparison that only flatters us is worth nothing to you. If one of these gaps is the thing you actually need, Zoho Projects may well be the better buy.
What VanVed's Projects module does
- Projects and tasks
Break work down and track status.
- Time entries
Log time against a task; project totals roll up from entries.