Easy Expense vs Veryfi Invoices OCR API

Easy Expense provides receipt and expense tracking for individuals, small business owners, self-employed people, and teams. Its receipt capture automatically crops images and uses AI to extract and categorize details such as tax category, vendor, total, tax, date, and payment method. Users can connect Gmail to scan for receipts or forward receipts by email. The app can track drives automatically with GPS, classify trips, and apply custom mileage deduction rates. Linked bank accounts and credit cards can be scanned to classify tax deductions. Easy Expense provides PDF expense reports and exports data to CSV or Excel. Team features include user invitations, reimbursement reports, and API access upon request. It is available on Android, iOS, and the web. The free plan includes 10 receipt scans and two expense reports per month. Starter costs $7.99 a month, and Professional costs $23.99 a month. Email access is read-only; the privacy policy says email data shared for receipt and invoice processing may be sent to OpenAI. Mobile exports support data and images, while the web app has limited export options.

Veryfi Invoices OCR API extracts invoice information into structured JSON, including vendor details, line items, tax, and totals. It accepts documents such as PDFs and images, and the response includes OCR text for downstream applications. Veryfi says the API supports over 150 fields covering supplier, line-item, tax, and payment data. The product page describes checks for altered or duplicate invoices, including digital tampering analysis, PDF layer analysis, and duplicate detection. Developer resources include SDKs and code samples for Python, Node.js, PHP, C#, and Java, among other languages; n8n and Zapier are listed for workflow connections. Veryfi states that its platform is SOC 2 Type II certified and uses TLS 1.2 and 1.3, salted password hashing, and AES encryption at rest and in transit. It says it complies with GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA, and will sign a BAA upon request. The API is described for accounts payable, bill pay, and three-way purchase-order matching. The free plan allows up to 100 documents monthly. Starter costs $500 a month, with a minimum commitment and a listed $0.16; each transaction covers a document up to 15 pages.