Dext Prepare
Dext Prepare captures receipts and invoices and extracts their details for bookkeeping.
What Dext Prepare is
Dext Prepare captures receipts and invoices and extracts their details for bookkeeping. Users can submit documents through the mobile app, computer upload, supplier invoice fetch, or email. Dext says its AI extracts fields such as supplier, date, tax, and total with 99.9% accuracy. It can apply learned categorisation rules and identify duplicate transactions. The product connects with 36+ accounting and e-commerce platforms and more than 11,500 banks and financial institutions; named integrations include Xero, QuickBooks, Sage, Shopify, PayPal, and Stripe. Dext describes it as a tool for small and medium-sized businesses, accountants, and bookkeepers. The annual Business plan costs £290 a year, billed at £24.17 per month, excludes VAT, and includes 250 documents each month for five users. There is no free plan, but a 14-day free trial is available without a credit card. Dext provides Android and iOS apps, web access, and a browser extension for Chrome and Edge. The company says it is certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and encrypts communications and stored data.
Good
- Accepts documents by app, upload, supplier fetch, or email.
- Detects duplicate transactions.
- Connects with 36+ accounting and e-commerce platforms.
- 14-day trial does not require a credit card.
- Available on Android, iOS, web, Chrome, and Edge.
Watch out
- No free plan.
- Annual Business plan costs £290 a year, excluding VAT.
- Business plan includes 250 documents per month and five users.
- Support lists a 48-hour median first-response time.
Who it suits
Dext Prepare suits small and medium-sized businesses, accountants, and bookkeepers handling receipts and invoices. It may be useful for teams connecting bookkeeping documents with accounting platforms and financial institutions.
Verdict
Dext Prepare combines document capture, data extraction, and categorisation with a broad set of named integrations. The trial offers a way to evaluate it before committing to the annual paid plan.
Plans and prices
From Dext Prepare's own pricing page, checked 29 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Business plan (annual) | £290 a year | 250 documents per month · 5 users · bespoke pricing for more than 5 business entities · £290 billed annually; £24.17 per month; excludes VAT |
The facts
Each one read from Dext Prepare's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Automation
- Dext can apply learned categorisation rules and detect duplicate transactions.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Capture methods
- Users can submit documents by mobile app, computer upload, supplier invoice fetch, or email.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Data extraction
- Dext says its AI extracts document details, including supplier, date, tax, and total, with 99.9% accuracy.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Encryption
- Dext says communications use TLS 1.2 or higher and stored data is encrypted with AES-256.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Hosting
- Dext says it hosts data on Amazon Web Services and uses backups across regions and multiple availability zones.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- Dext says it 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.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Dext captures receipts and invoices and extracts their data for bookkeeping.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Security certification
- Dext says it is certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2022.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Support
- Dext says technical questions are answered by chat or email and lists a 48-hour median time to first response.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Supported users
- Dext describes the product as serving small and medium-sized businesses, accountants, and bookkeepers.checked 29 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Browser extension
- Dextension is available for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Mobile platforms
- Dext's help centre says its mobile app is available from the iOS App Store and Google Play Store for Android.checked 29 Sep 2026
The company
- Company purpose
- Dext says it develops technology to simplify accounting for businesses, accountants, and bookkeepers.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Founded
- 2010checked 23 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdomchecked 23 Sep 2026
Money
- Trial
- Dext offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card required.checked 29 Sep 2026
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