Dext Prepare

What Dext Prepare is

Dext Prepare captures receipts and invoices for bookkeeping, using extracted document details to reduce manual entry. Documents can arrive through the mobile app, a computer upload, supplier invoice fetch, or email. Dext says its AI extracts supplier, date, tax, and total with 99.9% accuracy. It can apply learned categorisation rules, detect duplicate transactions, and extract line items. The service connects with 36+ accounting platforms, e-commerce platforms, and more than 11,500 banks and financial institutions; named examples include Xero, QuickBooks, Sage, Shopify, PayPal, and Stripe. It supports small and medium-sized businesses, accountants, and bookkeepers. The annual Business plan is £290 a year, billed £24.17 per month, excluding VAT, for 250 documents per month and five users. There is no free plan, but a 14-day trial requires no credit card. Dext is available on web, Android, iOS, and as a Chrome or Edge extension. It says it is certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and encrypts stored data with AES-256 and communications with TLS 1.2 or higher.

Who it suits

Dext Prepare suits small and medium-sized businesses, accountants, and bookkeepers who need to collect invoice and receipt details for bookkeeping. Its capture options and accounting connections may fit teams using the named platforms.

Limits

The annual Business plan costs £290 a year, billed at £24.17 per month, excludes VAT and includes 250 documents per month for five users. The free trial lasts 14 days.

Getting started

1. Open the Dext Prepare website.
2. Start the 14-day free trial without a credit card, or choose the annual Business plan.
3. Use the mobile app, computer upload, supplier invoice fetch or email to submit documents.
4. Connect an accounting platform or financial institution.
5. Install Dextension in Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge if you want the browser extension.

Verdict

Dext Prepare combines multiple document-capture routes with extraction, categorisation, and duplicate detection. Check the annual plan's document and user limits, and whether its accounting connections fit your workflow.