What is Expensent used for?

Expensent: Finds receipts and invoices in a Gmail, Outlook or IMAP inbox and emails them to your accountant or accounting software, by hand or with automatic rules. It is a good fit for sending month-end receipts to a bookkeeper and recovering old invoices for a tax filing.

How much does Expensent cost?

Paid plans for Expensent start at €19 per month, and there is no free plan.

Is Expensent open source?

No. Expensent is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Finance & Accounting category, open-source options include TaxHacker, Akaunting and GnuCash.

What are some alternatives to Expensent?

Expensent competes with Autofile.email, Expensify and Zoho Expense.

Expensent: features, pricing and alternatives

About Expensent

Expensent connects to an email inbox and collects every receipt and invoice it finds into one place. From there you can send any receipt to your accountant with a single click, or create a rule so that future receipts from a sender are forwarded automatically, including to accounting software such as QuickBooks.

It also searches old mail, recovering up to ten years of receipts and invoices already sitting in the inbox, and its example inbox shows it skipping non-receipt messages such as webinar invitations and product digests. It works with Gmail and Outlook as well as other IMAP mailboxes, and the site lists integrations and guides.

The setup is described as taking about five minutes, with cancellation possible at any time. The product is a hosted service aimed at freelancers, small businesses and anyone who regularly forwards receipts to a bookkeeper.

Key features

Receipt and invoice detection in Gmail, Outlook and IMAP
One-click send to your accountant
Automatic forwarding rules for future receipts
Search of up to 10 years of past inbox mail
QuickBooks and accounting software delivery
Filtering out non-receipt emails

Good fit for

Sending month-end receipts to a bookkeeper
Recovering old invoices for a tax filing

Tags: receipts; invoices; accounting; email; quickbooks; bookkeeping; automation

Expensent: questions and answers

What is Expensent used for?: Expensent: Finds receipts and invoices in a Gmail, Outlook or IMAP inbox and emails them to your accountant or accounting software, by hand or with automatic rules. It is a good fit for sending month-end receipts to a bookkeeper and recovering old invoices for a tax filing.
How much does Expensent cost?: Paid plans for Expensent start at €19 per month, and there is no free plan.
Is Expensent open source?: No. Expensent is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Finance & Accounting category, open-source options include TaxHacker, Akaunting and GnuCash.
What are some alternatives to Expensent?: Expensent competes with Autofile.email, Expensify and Zoho Expense.