Foreceipt vs Veryfi Invoices OCR API

Foreceipt tracks expenses for freelancers and small businesses by capturing receipts, categorizing transactions, and generating reports. Users can photograph paper receipts or forward digital receipts by email for processing, and scan invoices to record income. Expense categories include defined business categories for the U.S. and Canada, with options to customize them. Reports can be exported to Excel or PDF for an accountant or tax filing. Users can import bank transactions in bulk from PDF statements and CSV files, and set recurring instructions to generate expense or income records when due. The mobile app syncs with the web portal. Foreceipt is available on Android, iOS, and web. Its free plan includes up to 100 receipts kept for up to 12 months, two team members, up to two PDF bank statements, and up to 10 PDF/Excel reports. The Individual plan costs $5 a month and includes 200 receipts per month, retention for up to seven years, and unlimited PDF/Excel reports. The Business plan costs $12 a month and adds QuickBooks Online integration, unlimited monthly receipts, and email and phone support.

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.