Dext

Scans receipts, invoices and bank statements and extracts the data straight into your accounting software.

Money & invoicing Apps

Checked 25 Sep 2026

What you'd use it for

Getting receipts, invoices and bills off paper and into your accounting software correctly coded, without anyone retyping them.

Photograph, email or upload a receipt or invoice and have the supplier, amount, date and category extracted automatically, at a vendor-stated 99.9% accuracy
Push extracted data straight into Xero, QuickBooks Online, Sage or one of 36+ other accounting platforms without retyping it
Route submitted documents through an approval workflow before anyone publishes them to the accounting system
Extract line items from itemised invoices, read supplier statements and reconcile bank statements, each billed as a separate add-on
Keep a searchable digital archive of every original document for at least ten years, for audit purposes

The verdict

Dext does one job well — it turns receipts, invoices and bank statements into correctly coded entries in your accounting software, at an accuracy most accounting firms trust enough to build workflows on. The catch is the pricing shape, not the plan tier — the Business plan covers basic capture, but the extraction a bookkeeping practice actually leans on, line items, supplier statements, bank statements, is metered as a separate add-on rather than unlocked by paying more for the base plan. It suits a small business or firm with steady, straightforward receipt volume more than one running complex, multi-entity extraction, where the add-on costs and the 250-document cap both start to bite.

What it costs

Tier	Price	For	Includes
Business	$25.21/month, up to 20% off billed annually ($302.50/year)	A small or mid-sized business that wants document capture automated instead of typed in by hand.	Up to 250 documents/month, up to 5 users, document capture, automatic data extraction, document storage, accounting-software integration, plus free credits (10 bank statement extractions, 5 line-item extractions, 5 supplier-statement extractions).
Custom / high-volume	Custom pricing	High-volume or multi-entity businesses, such as accounting firms managing many clients.	Negotiated volume pricing beyond the standard 250-document cap.

Read from Dext's own pricing page on 25 Sep 2026. Vendors change prices without notice.

What you need to start

Admin access to connect an accounting software account such as Xero, QuickBooks Online or Sage, for extracted data to sync automatically
The Dext mobile app on iOS or Android if you want to capture receipts by phone rather than by email or upload
A paid Business plan for ongoing use once the 14-day free trial ends, though the trial itself needs no credit card

About two minutes to connect an accounting software account, and most people have a first receipt captured and extracted within ten minutes of signing up.

Your first run Connecting an accounting software account takes about two minutes, and most people submit and get back their first extracted receipt within ten minutes of signing up.

Where it breaks

Beyond the base plan, Dext sells feature add-ons separately rather than bundling them into higher tiers: AI Assist $10.50/month, Commerce Lite from $7.50/month, extra Vault storage from $4/month, line-item extraction from $20.50/month or $0.50/document, supplier-statement extraction from $20.50/month or $0.50/document, bank-statement extraction from $13/month or $0.32/document. The base plan's 250-document cap is easy to exceed for a busy bookkeeping practice, and per-document add-on pricing can add up quickly at volume.

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When not to use it

Not for a sole trader with a handful of receipts a month, where the $25.21/month base plan is overkill before any add-on is switched on. Also not the right fit for a business that wants line-item, supplier-statement or bank-statement extraction included from day one rather than billed on top.

Dext’s job is unglamorous and constant: someone hands you a receipt or an invoice, and it has to end up correctly coded in your accounting software without a bookkeeper retyping it. That’s what it does, at a stated accuracy most accounting firms trust enough to build workflows around.

Unlike most SaaS pricing, Dext isn’t structured as good/better/best tiers — it’s one base plan (Business, $25.21/month, 250 documents, 5 users) with a menu of paid add-ons for anything beyond basic receipt capture: line items, supplier statements, bank statement reconciliation. That structure rewards businesses with simple, low-volume capture needs and penalises anyone who needs the deeper extraction features, since those are priced separately rather than folded into a higher plan.

Model your real document volume

250 documents a month sounds like a lot until you count every receipt, invoice and statement a busy small business or bookkeeping client actually generates. If you’re likely to exceed it, price the custom/high-volume tier before assuming the base plan will cover you — and factor in which add-ons (bank statements, line items) your actual bookkeeping workflow needs, since those aren’t included by default.

Where it fits

Dext handles capture; it doesn’t move money. Pair it with a payments tool like Melio if you also want the AI reading the invoice to schedule the payment, not just file the record. The two solve adjacent halves of the same accounts-payable problem.

Alternatives

Money & invoicingAgents

QuickBooks

Bookkeeping, invoicing and payroll for small businesses, with Intuit's AI categorising bank transactions, matching receipts and chasing unpaid invoices on its own.

Checked 25 Sep 2026