Any Dext alternatives?

[eteb3]

Our accountant has told us Dext are putting up their prices 400%, so they will no longer be offering it as a freebie with their service. It was superb software, but we can't justify £20/month to get our own subs.

Anyone know any alternatives?

I'm wondering if there are public AIs that would do the same job?

 

[NicoJ]

Auto entry and Hubdoc are the ones that come to mind. What software do you use and what do you use Dext for?

 

[eteb3]

Thanks. Dext can read an upload of 30 PDF invoices and recognise payee, amount, date, etc. It’s the bypassing the data entry we use it for.

Interfaces with Xero I think (which I don’t love but our accountant does)

 

[GLAbusiness]

I use Dext to download invoices from some of the sites it supports. I also forward emailed invoices. Dext analyses them (as eteb3 says) and publishes them to FreeAgent.

 

[NicoJ]

Thanks. Dext can read an upload of 30 PDF invoices and recognise payee, amount, date, etc. It’s the bypassing the data entry we use it for.

Interfaces with Xero I think (which I don’t love but our accountant does)

Hundoc is free with the standard Xero package. It is not as good as Dext, I don't think you would expect it to be, so will take some adjusting to but it should do what you need.

 

[Paul Kelly ICHYB]

How much would it cost to enter the data manually? More than £20?

Surely there are several options that work with Xero?

 

[MyAccountantOnline]

Thanks. Dext can read an upload of 30 PDF invoices and recognise payee, amount, date, etc. It’s the bypassing the data entry we use it for.

Interfaces with Xero I think (which I don’t love but our accountant does)

If it's only 30 invoices I'd have a discussion with your accountants and see if they can offer a quicker way to enter the transactions manually. It may be that you can automate some of the information or reduce the data you are entering at present to save time.

If you dont like Xero I'd also ask your accountants if they will/can recommend an alternative.

 

[eteb3]

How much would it cost to enter the data manually? More than £20?

Yes, but we're a charity with miserably small unrestricted funds. We probably can't risk spending even £20/mo on that. (Long story; we have plenty of restricted funds, but can't spend them on core costs)

 

[AndreasC]

HubDoc is free with Xero subscription

 

[Paul Kelly ICHYB]

For those that are not involved in charities, unrestricted funds are those that can be spent on anything. Restricted funds are those (normally grants or donations) that must be spent on specific activities.

HOw many invoices do you have to upload a month?