Abukai
Snap receipts on your phone. ABUKAI reads them and emails a finished Excel and PDF expense report, or posts into QuickBooks or Xero.
Best for
Travelers and teams that want hands-off receipt OCR that returns a finished Excel and PDF report by email.
Not ideal if
Teams that want card-and-policy spend controls, or instant on-device SmartScan with the report finished in the same phone session.
Standout
You take the pictures and submit; ABUKAI builds the categorized Excel + PDF report (and can fill your existing Excel format).
About Abukai
ABUKAI Expenses is a receipt OCR and expense-report service from ABUKAI, Inc. (San Francisco). It is not a ledger and not a corporate card program. You photograph receipts (or import PDFs / email them in), submit the batch, and ABUKAI's backend reads vendor, date, amounts, category, and currency. The finished report comes back by email as Excel plus a PDF of receipt images. Free and paid users also get CSV, OFX, and QuickBooks-oriented files for import. Through the User Portal you can link QuickBooks Online or Xero so processed expenses post there. Corporate accounts can match your existing Excel template or post into other expense, accounting, or ERP systems by arrangement.
It does not replace QuickBooks Online or Xero. Expensify finishes reports inside the same phone session with SmartScan. Zoho Expense adds self-serve policy and multi-step approvals. Ramp and BILL Spend & Expense issue cards and control spend at the swipe. ABUKAI's job is hands-off OCR that returns a finished report after you submit.
People who stick with it usually want someone else to type the receipt, not a full spend platform. Solo travelers and contractors use Free or Individual. Departments buy Standard or Custom Corporate for seats, portals, optional approvals, receipt review, and card matching. Expect processing by email after you submit, often within hours and up to about a day, not instant on-device OCR.
What people who used it say
What they tend to like
Very little typing
OCR builds the report after you submit photos.
What they hesitate about
Async email delivery instead of instant in-app finish
Reviews and vendor messaging describe finished reports by email, often within hours and up to about a day.
How it hits your books
- Replaces your ledger
- No
- QuickBooks Online
- Yes
- Xero
- Yes
- Inventory
- No
- Payroll
- No
Default path is email Excel/PDF plus CSV, OFX, or QuickBooks import files. Portal can post into QuickBooks Online or Xero after processing.
Send the emailed Excel/PDF package or the accounting export. Corporate custom setups can push into named ERPs by arrangement.
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Features
Receipt OCR that builds the report for you
Photograph receipts in the mobile app (or import PDFs / email receipts on corporate). Submit when ready. ABUKAI returns vendor, date, amounts, categorization, and FX conversion without typing lines on the phone.
Excel, PDF, and import files
Standard delivery is an Excel expense report plus a PDF of receipt images by email. CSV, OFX, and QuickBooks-oriented files are included for import into common accounting packages.
User Portal
Edit expenses, archive reports, view stats, match receipts to card statements, upload PDFs, and manage profile. Direct links from the portal to QuickBooks Online and Xero for posting after processing.
Mileage and multi-activity tracking
Log mileage from map, itinerary, odometer, or note photos. Multi-activity tabs keep separate reports for customers, projects, cost centers, or trips at once.
Corporate portals, approvals, and card matching
Standard and Custom Corporate include a Corporate Account Portal. Optional modules: approval-flow rules, central receipt review/export for audit, and automated corporate-card matching.
Custom Excel templates and ERP posting
Send your existing Excel format for ABUKAI to fill. Custom Corporate can post into named systems such as Sage, Intacct, FreshBooks, Exact, MYOB, Oracle, SAP, or Insperity ExpensAble by arrangement.
Pricing
Free allows 12 report submissions per year. Individual is $99 per year. Standard Corporate is $49 setup plus $99 per user per year. Custom is quote-only.
Free Account
Solo travelers trying the OCR workflow. A submission of 11 to 20 receipts counts as 2 reports.
- Basic OCR processing and FX conversion
- Excel report + PDF receipt images by email
- User Portal access
Individual Account
Unlimited reports for one user. App Store IAP lists Individual Account at $99.99.
- Unlimited reports for one user
- Same core delivery as Free without the 12-report cap
Standard Corporate
Purchasable for 1 to 50 users on the website.
- Unlimited reports
- Corporate Account Portal
- Seat assignment and usage stats
Custom Corporate
Larger seat counts, unique templates, extra modules, and custom ERP integrations.
- Optional Approval Flow, Receipt Review, Automated Card Matching
- Custom Excel and ERP posting
Integrations
Platforms
Audience
Pick something else instead of Abukai
Expensify
Pick Expensify instead if you want instant SmartScan and reimbursements inside a modern expense app.
Zoho Expense
Pick Zoho Expense instead if you want self-serve policy and multi-step approvals without arranging corporate OCR modules.
Ramp
Pick Ramp instead if you want card-first spend controls rather than OCR into an existing report process.
BILL Spend & Expense
Pick BILL Spend & Expense instead if you want free budgeted cards, not an OCR Excel-report service.
