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  "markdown": "Co-founder, Zoho; leads Zoho US.\n\n## What Tony builds\n\n- [Zoho Books](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-books.md), graded C, 61.1/100, in Accounting \u0026 invoicing. Zoho Books is hosted accounting software from Zoho for small and mid-sized businesses. Agents reach it through the REST API v3, covering invoices, bills, payments, banking, journals and the chart of accounts behind OAuth 2.0. Co-founder, Zoho; leads Zoho US, researched 2026-10-27.\n- [Zoho Mail API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-mail.md), graded D, 53.8/100, in Mailbox access. Zoho Mail is Zoho's hosted business email service. Its REST API lets an application read, search, send and organise mail in a Zoho Mail account and administer an organisation's users, domains, groups and policies, with OAuth 2.0 access. Co-founder, Zoho; leads Zoho US, researched 2026-10-27.\n- [Zoho People](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-people.md), graded C, 55/100, in HR \u0026 employee operations. Cloud HR system from Zoho covering employee records, leave, attendance, timesheets, onboarding, performance and learning. Agents reach it through a REST API with OAuth 2.0, available on paid plans. Co-founder, Zoho; leads Zoho US, researched 2026-10-27.\n- [Zoho Recruit](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-recruit.md), graded C, 59.8/100, in Recruiting \u0026 applicant tracking. Zoho Recruit is a hosted applicant tracking system from Zoho for in-house HR teams and staffing agencies. Agents reach it through the REST API v2 and asynchronous bulk read and write APIs, behind OAuth 2.0. Co-founder, Zoho; leads Zoho US, researched 2026-10-27.\n- [Zoho CPaaS (formerly ZeptoMail)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zoho-zeptomail.md), graded C, 61.8/100, in Email delivery APIs. Transactional email service from Zoho, renamed from ZeptoMail to Zoho CPaaS in September 2026. It sends application email through a REST API or SMTP relay, with templates, domain management, suppression lists, logs and webhooks. Co-founder, Zoho; leads Zoho US, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Aishwarya Murugesh](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/aishwarya-murugesh/), Senior Product Manager, CRM\n- [Ashok James](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ashok-james/), Product Manager, Zoho Desk\n- [Rahul JR](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rahul-jr/), Senior Product Manager, Zoho Desk\n- [Shailesh Kumar Davey](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shailesh-kumar-davey/), Co-founder and CEO, Zoho Corp\n- [Sridhar Vembu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sridhar-vembu/), Founder and chief scientist, Zoho\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Tony Thomas?\n\nTony Thomas is co-founder of Zoho; leads Zoho US.\n\n### What does Zoho, Zoho Corporation make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Zoho Books, Zoho Mail API, Zoho People, Zoho Recruit and Zoho CPaaS (formerly ZeptoMail) from Zoho, Zoho Corporation. Zoho Books is hosted accounting software from Zoho for small and mid-sized businesses. Agents reach it through the REST API v3, covering invoices, bills, payments, banking, journals and the chart of accounts behind OAuth 2.0.\n\n### How are Tony's tools graded?\n\nZoho Books is graded C, 61.1 out of 100; Zoho Mail API is graded D, 53.8 out of 100; Zoho People is graded C, 55 out of 100; Zoho Recruit is graded C, 59.8 out of 100; Zoho CPaaS (formerly ZeptoMail) is graded C, 61.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.zoho.com/books/\n- https://www.zoho.com/books/help/\n- https://www.zoho.com/aboutus.html\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoho_Corporation\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sridhar_Vembu\n- https://www.zoho.com/mail/\n- https://www.zoho.com/mail/help/\n- https://www.zoho.com/people/\n- https://www.zoho.com/people/resources.html\n- https://www.zoho.com/recruit/\n- https://www.zoho.com/recruit/resources.html\n- https://www.zoho.com/cpaas/\n- https://www.zoho.com/cpaas/help/\n- https://www.zoho.com/cpaas/contact.html\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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