Dext

Overview

Dext is a bookkeeping automation platform that sits in front of an accounting ledger rather than replacing one. Documents arrive by mobile app, by email, by Chrome extension or by auto-fetch straight from the supplier, and OCR with an AI layer extracts the data, which the vendor states is at over 99 percent accuracy. It then categorises expenses and invoices automatically, auto-fills supplier, category and payment method from earlier transactions, flags missing or inconsistent data, and publishes the result into the ledger within seconds, with auto-publish available per supplier or customer and Smart Split for pre-defined line items. Alongside the documents it collects itemised transactions from retailers, marketplaces, e-commerce platforms, point-of-sale systems and payment providers, and it handles employee expenses with GPS mileage tracking. There are two product lines. Businesses buy a Standard plan at 25.21 US dollars a month, 302.50 a year, covering 250 documents a month and 5 users, with add-ons for AI Assist, Commerce Lite, extra Vault storage and line item, supplier statement and bank statement extraction. Practices buy Essentials or Advanced, priced per client per month with a minimum of 10 clients; Advanced adds AI document detection, line item extraction, bank matching, auto-publish, team and location management, client deadline dashboards and practice insights.

Best for bookkeepers and finance teams whose bottleneck is typing supplier paperwork into Xero, QuickBooks or Sage.

Dext earns its keep on volume of paperwork, not on the size of the business: a firm processing a few dozen receipts a month will not notice the difference, and one drowning in supplier invoices will. Judge it on the ledger you already run, since the whole value is in what it publishes into Xero, QuickBooks, Sage or MYOB, and it is an extra subscription on top of that ledger rather than a replacement for it. Watch the credit mechanics before you budget: bank statement, line item and supplier statement extraction each come out of an allowance and then cost extra, so the headline price is a floor. Practices should note the ten-client minimum, which rules out testing it on a single account.

Key Facts

Features

Invoicing and quotes

No sales invoicing or quoting. Dext captures purchase invoices, receipts and bank statements and publishes them into the ledger, where the invoice is raised. Dext Payments, which the vendor's product page describes as coming soon, pays supplier invoices and expense claims from within Dext with payment batches, multi-step approvals and automatic reconciliation back to the accounting software

Bookkeeping and bank feeds

Bank feeds and bank statement extraction, automatic categorisation, auto-fill of supplier, category and payment method from earlier transactions, supplier rules, reconciliation assistance and bank matching on the Advanced practice plan

Expenses and receipts

Receipt and invoice capture by mobile app, email, Chrome extension or auto-fetch from the supplier, with data extraction the vendor states is over 99 percent accurate, employee expense management and GPS mileage tracking

Tax and compliance

Each captured expense is stored with its receipt, category, VAT data and approval trail, which Dext states keeps records complete, searchable and ready for a tax audit, and mileage claims use official mileage rates. Dext's published feature list includes no tax return filing of its own; the data is published into the connected accounting software

Payroll

No payroll. Dext's published product range covers receipt and invoice capture, business expense management, the receipt scanner app, Vault document storage, accounting software integrations, the AI Assist bookkeeping agent and Dext Payments

Reports and exports

Client data health scoring, practice insights, team productivity dashboards and client deadline dashboards on the Advanced practice plan

Integrations and API

36 or more accounting software integrations, including Xero, QuickBooks, Sage and MYOB, plus e-commerce and payment sources such as Shopify, PayPal and Amazon

Integrations

• Xero
• QuickBooks
• Sage
• MYOB
• Shopify
• PayPal
• Amazon

Deployment and Support

Deployment

• Cloud (SaaS)
• Browser-based

Support

• Email helpdesk

Onboarding

• Documentation and knowledge base
• Live online demos and webinars

Company size

• Freelancers
• Small and mid-sized
• Enterprise

Suitability

The table combines the industries the vendor addresses with the company sizes the tool is aimed at. An empty cell means the combination is not stated, not that it is ruled out.

Pros and Cons

Pricing

• Business Standard

  $25.21

  Per month, or $302.50 a year. 250 documents a month, 5 users, and free credits for 10 bank statement, 5 line item and 5 supplier statement extractions.

• Practice Essentials

  Not stated

  Per client per month, minimum 10 clients. Capture, bank feeds, smart suggestions, supplier rules, Vault storage, 36+ accounting integrations and employee expenses.

• Practice Advanced

  Not stated

  Per client per month, minimum 10 clients. Adds AI document detection, line item extraction, bank matching, auto-publish, team and location management, deadline dashboards and practice insights.

• Custom

  Custom

  For high document volumes, complex needs or more than 5 business entities.

Best For

• Agencies
• Consulting

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