The 5 Best Zoho Projects Integrations
From task management, to communication and beyond, you can enable these powerful integrations with just a few clicks to optimize your project management processes on Zoho Projects.
1. Zoho Apps
Take advantage of Zoho’s in-built suite of tools for a centralized ecosystem experience.
Zoho Projects seamlessly integrates with its own suite of in-built Zoho apps. This enables a cohesive and unified experience within the Zoho ecosystem.
By integrating Zoho Projects with other Zoho apps, you can consolidate project-related data across various departments into one centralized location and eliminate the need for manual data entry across different platforms.
For example, you can manage your customer relationships while also overseeing financial management and access to data visualization and analysis, all in one place. This helps enhance overall productivity and streamline project-related workflows.
The integrations with Zoho apps include the following options:
- Zoho CRM
- Zoho People
- Zoho Desk
- Zoho Assist
- Zoho Analytics
- Zoho Mail
- Zoho Meeting
- Zoho Books
- Zoho Invoice
- Zoho Sprints
- Zoho Cliq
- Zoho Forms
- Zoho Expense
- Zoho WorkDrive
2. Google Apps
Empower your team on Zoho Projects by integrating with your favorite G-Suite tools, such as Drive.
Zoho Projects offers integrations with Google Apps, providing users with the best of both worlds by combining the project management capabilities of Zoho with the productivity tools of Google.
This type of integration allows for enhanced collaboration and easy access to project-related information within the Google ecosystem. For example, you can connect and share files from Google Drive to enable team members to access, edit and share project documents in real time.
Integration with Google Calendar ensures smooth coordination of project schedules and deadlines, helping team members stay updated on project events and milestones. You can also sync project management information with your tasks on Google, giving you a complete overview of everything on your daily and weekly agendas.
The integrations with Google Apps include the following:
- Google Drive
- Google Calendar
- Google Tasks
- Google Spreadsheets
- Google Apps Marketplace
3. Microsoft Apps
Integrate and import your data from Microsoft applications into Zoho Projects.
As with the Google ecosystem, Zoho Projects also offers various integrations with the Microsoft 365 suite of tools (formerly Microsoft Office). The tools themselves are aimed at office workers and can be used for productivity and collaboration purposes. The Microsoft 365 suite features word processing and presentation tools, online storage, an email platform and more.
If your team relies heavily on Microsoft OneDrive and other Microsoft tools, these integrations will heighten the efficacy of Zoho Projects by combining the familiarity and versatility of Microsoft 365 with Zoho’s comprehensive project management capabilities.
The integrations with Microsoft 365 include the following options:
4. Zoho Projects Slack Integration
Track your teams communications and project initiatives by integrating Slack with Zoho Projects.
Zoho Projects also integrates with the popular remote communication app Slack, providing users with a powerful combination of project management capabilities and efficient team communication. Through this integration, you can unlock a multitude of benefits that enhance collaboration and keep your project management communications transparent.
The Slack integration can be used to create new Zoho Projects tasks, push project updates directly to Slack feeds and ensure that critical information reaches your team members in real time. You can also group project activities and conversations together, keeping all project-related discussions organized and easily accessible.
One of the key advantages of this integration is the ability to utilize slash commands, which offer quick access to project entities right from Slack. By simply typing “/zprojects -h,” you can view the list of available slash commands. You can also use, among others:
- “/zprojects -l” to retrieve the list of projects in your Zoho Projects portal
- “/zprojects +” to add new project entities directly from Slack
Whether it’s for sharing updates, discussing tasks or collaborating on project milestones, the Slack integration for Zoho Projects helps keep teams connected and informed throughout the project lifecycle.
5. Workflow Apps
Zapier is one of the most popular automation tools on the market, and Zoho Projects offers a quick and easy integration with it.
Zoho Projects has the ability to integrate with Zapier and Zoho Flow. These automation platforms help users automate repetitive and manual tasks, synchronize data across multiple applications and create seamless workflows.
For example, you can create custom workflows and automate the process of creating tasks, sending notifications, updating project statuses and more. This allows you to focus on more strategic and value-added activities while the automation tools handle the routine tasks.
Integrating Zoho Projects with automation tools also paves the way for better data synchronization. You can automatically transfer data, such as project details, tasks, deadlines and milestones, between Zoho Projects and your preferred applications, ensuring data consistency and eliminating the need for manual data entry.
The available integration options are:
Zoho Flow is Zoho’s own automation platform, and it connects Zoho Projects with over 300 third-party applications, providing extensive customization and workflow automation capability.