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AutoEntry alternatives and competitors: credits and invoice fit
AutoEntry by Sage captures invoices, receipts and statements, from $13/month for 50 credits; invoice headers use one credit and line items use two. InvoiceParser Pro is an invoice-focused workspace with line items on every plan, confidence scores, arithmetic checks and possible-duplicate review. Compare Dext and Hubdoc as well. Check Sage or other accounting requirements and independent client-company connections before moving your books.
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The deciding facts, side by side
Published scope and terms. Price terms checked 9 October 2026; feature observations checked 3 October 2026. Full detail and sources follow.
| Decision | InvoiceParser Pro | AutoEntry |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An AP tool for supplier invoices: read, check, approve, push to accounting | Bookkeeping capture for invoices, receipts and statements, by Sage |
| Pricing | Free (25/month); Starter $79/month (200); Team $249 (1,000); Scale $599 (5,000); published | From $13/month for 50 credits to $469 for 2,500; priced per document type |
| 200 invoices with line items | Starter, $79/month | 400 credits: the Platinum plan, $103/month (500 credits) |
| Line items | Every plan, Free included | Yes, at 2 credits per invoice, with arithmetic validation |
| Approvals | Multi-step approval chains on Team and Scale; eight roles with approval limits | Multi-level approval for expenses |
| Accounting systems | Direct push to QuickBooks Online, Xero and Zoho Books on paid plans, only after approval; Excel / CSV on every plan | Sage 50, Sage Accounting, QuickBooks Online and Desktop, Xero, FreeAgent, MYOB, Exact and more |
IPP direct pushes use the selected invoice expense account, a matching client default, or the workspace default. Each workspace connects to one company per provider. QuickBooks supports mapped tax codes; Xero and Zoho Books pushes do not set tax codes.
Top AutoEntry competitors at a glance
The tools most often weighed against AutoEntry, in one line each. The fuller comparison, with when each one is the better fit, is further down.
- Dext: Receipt and bill capture for bookkeepers and small businesses, by phone, email or WhatsApp, into Xero, QuickBooks or Sage.
- Hubdoc: Xero’s own bill and receipt capture, included with Xero business edition plans.
- Veryfi: An OCR API and mobile capture SDK for developers building document capture into their own products.
- Doxis (formerly Klippa): Invoice processing, expense management and a document AI platform from a European vendor, priced in euros.
- Nanonets: A usage-priced platform for building AI document workflows, paid per block run.
- InvoiceParser Pro (ours): Supplier invoices read, checked, approved and pushed to QuickBooks Online, Xero or Zoho Books, built for freight and logistics AP teams.
What AutoEntry is
AutoEntry, branded “AutoEntry by Sage”, is a cloud application for accountants, bookkeepers and businesses that scans and digitises invoices, receipts, expenses and statements. You photograph documents with its mobile app, upload them, or email them to one of four addresses (purchases, sales, supplier statements, expense reports). It is included in the Sage for Accountants suite.
It reads line items (description, unit price and quantity) and checks them with arithmetic validation rules, checks bank statements’ closing balance against the opening balance, and publishes to Sage 50, Sage Accounting, QuickBooks Online and Desktop, Xero, FreeAgent, MYOB, Exact and others, or to CSV and Excel. Matching to purchase orders is available for QuickBooks and Xero, and expense claims can go through multi-level approval.
AutoEntry pricing
AutoEntry publishes six monthly plans of credits, priced in US dollars excluding VAT (and in pounds, euros, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand dollars, and rand). What a document costs in credits depends on its type.
| AutoEntry plan | Published price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Bronze | $13/month | 50 credits ($0.26 a credit). |
| Silver | $24/month | 100 credits ($0.24 a credit). |
| Gold | $46/month | 200 credits ($0.23 a credit). |
| Platinum | $103/month | 500 credits ($0.21 a credit). |
| Diamond | $298/month | 1,500 credits ($0.20 a credit). |
| Sapphire | $469/month | 2,500 credits ($0.19 a credit). Above that, by demo and quote. |
- Credits per document: an invoice 1; an invoice with line items 2; an expense receipt 1; a supplier statement 2; a bank or card statement 3 per page.
- Every plan has unlimited users and clients. Standalone purchased credits expire 90 days from purchase, including while paused; Sage 50 bundle and Sage for Accountants allowances expire monthly without ordinary rollover. Standalone overdraft up to 200% of the monthly allowance is billed next cycle plus a 10% surcharge. After cancellation, remaining credits expire in 30 days. Payment is by card only.
- The trial includes 25 free credits.
Price terms checked 9 October 2026 on AutoEntry’s own website. Prices change: confirm them with AutoEntry before you buy. Sources are listed at the end of this page.
AutoEntry pricing in full, with worked costs at 200 and 1,000 invoices a month
InvoiceParser Pro pricing, for comparison
Free
$0/month
25 docs/mo · 1 user
Starter
$79/month
200 docs/mo · 3 users
$63/month billed annually
TeamRecommended
$249/month
1,000 docs/mo · Unlimited users
$199/month billed annually
Scale
$599/month
5,000 docs/mo · Unlimited users
$479/month billed annually
Enterprise
Talk to us
More than 5,000 invoices a month? Email us and we'll scope it with you.
Line items are read on every plan, Free included. 14-day trial with 50 invoices, no credit card, then the Free plan. Full plan details
AutoEntry vs InvoiceParser Pro
What each one does, as each one publishes it. AutoEntry’s column comes from AutoEntry’s own site and documentation, checked 3 October 2026.
| InvoiceParser Pro | AutoEntry | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An AP tool for supplier invoices: read, check, approve, push to accounting | Bookkeeping capture for invoices, receipts and statements, by Sage |
| Pricing | Free (25/month); Starter $79/month (200); Team $249 (1,000); Scale $599 (5,000); published | From $13/month for 50 credits to $469 for 2,500; priced per document type |
| 200 invoices with line items | Starter, $79/month | 400 credits: the Platinum plan, $103/month (500 credits) |
| Line items | Every plan, Free included | Yes, at 2 credits per invoice, with arithmetic validation |
| Checks | Every invoice: subtotal, tax, fees and total must add up, or it is flagged with the difference. Multi-layer duplicate check; never deletes on its own | Arithmetic validation on line items |
| Approvals | Multi-step approval chains on Team and Scale; eight roles with approval limits | Multi-level approval for expenses |
| Accounting systems | Direct push to QuickBooks Online, Xero and Zoho Books on paid plans, only after approval; Excel / CSV on every plan | Sage 50, Sage Accounting, QuickBooks Online and Desktop, Xero, FreeAgent, MYOB, Exact and more |
| Matching to purchase orders | Not part of IPP’s plans today | QuickBooks and Xero only |
| Users | Free 1, Starter 3, Team and Scale unlimited | Unlimited on every plan |
| Capture | Web upload (works in a phone browser) and an email-in address per client; no mobile app | Mobile app, desktop upload, four email addresses |
| Bank statements | Read from uploads, checking each row against the printed balance; no bank feeds | 3 credits a page, checked against opening and closing balances |
| Freight paperwork | Trip number on the invoice or on a single line; PO field carries fleet numbers | Not a stated focus |
| Free start | 14-day trial with 50 invoices, no credit card, then the Free plan | Trial with 25 free credits |
AutoEntry alternatives and competitors compared
The tools people weigh against AutoEntry, and when each one is the better fit. We make one of them, so read the others’ pages too.
InvoiceParser Pro
AP teams, especially freight and logistics operators, that process supplier invoices with many lines and want line items, arithmetic checks, duplicates and approvals in one monthly price before anything reaches QuickBooks Online, Xero or Zoho Books.
Built for freight and logistics APDext
Bookkeepers and small businesses that want capture by phone, email or WhatsApp, bank feeds and 36+ integrations, from $25.21 a month billed annually.
Dext compared with InvoiceParser ProHubdoc
Xero users who want basic bill and receipt capture included with a Xero business plan.
Hubdoc compared with InvoiceParser ProVeryfi
Teams that want an expense app priced per user, or developers who want an OCR API for receipts and invoices.
Veryfi compared with InvoiceParser ProAutoEntry head to head
AutoEntry compared directly with another tool, with who should pick each and a side-by-side table.
Every comparison we publish is on the alternatives page.
Who should choose AutoEntry instead
Choose AutoEntry if
- You publish to Sage, QuickBooks Desktop, FreeAgent, MYOB or Exact.
- You are a bookkeeper with many clients and want unlimited users and clients on every plan.
- Most documents need header totals only: at 1 credit an invoice, AutoEntry costs very little.
- You want receipts and expenses captured on a phone app, with expense approvals.
- You use Sage for Accountants, where AutoEntry is included.
Choose InvoiceParser Pro if
- Line items on every invoice matter: they are included, not charged twice.
- You want supplier-invoice approval chains on Team or Scale, with approval required before an accounting push.
- You run freight: trip numbers on invoices and single lines, and costs in several currencies kept apart.
- You want every invoice’s arithmetic checked and duplicates flagged, with nothing deleted on its own.
Before moving from AutoEntry
Test the handoff on your own invoices
If you are switching for included line items, invoice review or published monthly allowances, test those jobs first. Review extraction and accounting requirements on your own documents before choosing a plan.
1. Test the invoice mix
Use a digital PDF, a scan or a JPEG/PNG photo. Check the source, fields, line items and exact arithmetic mismatch in the free invoice-to-Excel tool.
2. Check the client books
Each workspace connects to one company per provider. Use per-client Excel/CSV templates for separate books, or separate workspaces and sign-ins. Direct pushes use the selected invoice expense account, a matching client default, or your workspace default.
3. Review an approved bill
Paid plans and the trial can push approved bills. QuickBooks supports mapped tax codes; Xero and Zoho Books pushes do not set them. Team/Scale add multi-step approvals; money edits withdraw approval.
How we measure our own accuracy
We publish InvoiceParser Pro’s own benchmark: 181 synthetic test documents (clean invoices, photos, scans, multi-currency, freight and handwritten invoices) run through live production on 3 October 2026. 174 of 181 documents (96.1%) had every key header field right, and 1555 of 1576 key header fields (98.7%) were right. All 5 invoices whose printed figures do not add up were flagged.
That is our test set, not your documents, and we do not set it against AutoEntry’s or anyone else’s figures. The method, every miss and downloadable samples are on the accuracy page.
See the accuracy benchmarkCustomer evidence · freight operator
“It regularly catches duplicates, wrong calculations, and miscoded entries before they hit the books.”
Rika Lombard
Owner, Lombard International · Walvis Bay, Namibia
Read her experienceFor freight and logistics AP teams
InvoiceParser Pro is built around the paperwork a freight operator’s AP desk receives. These pages show what it does with each kind, and what it does not do.
AutoEntry alternatives and competitors: questions buyers ask
How much does AutoEntry cost?
On its pricing page (checked 9 October 2026), AutoEntry costs from $13 a month for 50 credits up to $469 a month for 2,500 credits, excluding VAT; above that it is quoted. An invoice costs 1 credit, an invoice with line items 2, a supplier statement 2 and a bank statement 3 credits a page. Every plan has unlimited users and clients. Standalone purchased credits expire 90 days from purchase; Sage bundle allowances expire monthly without ordinary rollover. Remaining credits expire 30 days after cancellation. Standalone overdraft is billed next cycle plus 10%.
What are the main AutoEntry competitors?
Dext and Hubdoc are the closest, for bookkeepers and small businesses. Veryfi’s expense app overlaps on receipts. InvoiceParser Pro competes for supplier invoice processing in AP teams, especially in freight and logistics.
Is InvoiceParser Pro cheaper than AutoEntry?
Compare the document mix, accounting systems and required workflow rather than assuming a cheaper replacement. InvoiceParser Pro publishes its prices: Free for 25 invoices a month (1 user, no credit card); Starter $79 a month for 200 invoices and 3 users; Team $249 a month for 1,000 invoices and unlimited users; Scale $599 a month for 5,000 invoices, with API access. Billed annually they are $63, $199 and $479 a month. For more than 5,000 invoices a month, email us about Enterprise and we'll scope it with you. For 200 invoices a month with line items, AutoEntry needs 400 credits, covered by its $103 Platinum plan; without line items its $46 Gold plan covers 200. InvoiceParser Pro’s Starter plan includes line items on all 200.
Does InvoiceParser Pro integrate with Sage like AutoEntry?
No. InvoiceParser Pro pushes directly to QuickBooks Online, Xero and Zoho Books, and exports Excel or CSV, including your own templates, for other systems. If you publish to Sage, AutoEntry (which is part of Sage) or Dext connect to it directly.
How accurate is InvoiceParser Pro?
On IPP's own benchmark, 181 synthetic test documents run through live production on 3 October 2026, 96.1% of documents had every key header field right and 98.7% of key header fields were right. The method, every miss and sample documents are at invoiceparserpro.com/accuracy. It is our test set, not your documents, and we do not compare it with any other vendor's figures: run your own invoices through the trial.
Where the AutoEntry facts on this page come from
AutoEntry’s own pages, read on 3 October 2026. If something here is out of date, tell us at support@invoiceparserpro.com and we will correct it.
- AutoEntry pricing: https://www.autoentry.com/pricing
- AutoEntry credits, overdraft and expiry: https://help.autoentry.com/en/articles/15705158-manage-autoentry-credits
- AutoEntry cancellation terms: https://help.autoentry.com/en/articles/1312872-cancel-your-subscription
- What is AutoEntry: https://help.autoentry.com/en/articles/1782618-what-is-autoentry
- AutoEntry accounting integrations: https://help.autoentry.com/en/articles/1312830-what-accountancy-packages-does-autoentry-integrate-with
- Emailing documents to AutoEntry: https://help.autoentry.com/en/articles/1312878-email-documents-to-autoentry
- AutoEntry home page: https://www.autoentry.com/
Run your own invoices through it
The fairest comparison is your documents in both tools. 14-day trial with 50 invoices, no credit card, then the Free plan.