Dext: The Hubdoc alternative that does more than store your paperwork

Hubdoc is a document capture tool; Dext is a bookkeeping automation platform. Businesses choose Dext for its 99%+ accurate extraction, automated Invoice Fetch, and deeper data capture – supplier, totals, tax and full line items – so paperwork lands in the books ready to use, with no evenings lost to data entry.

Hubdoc is included with Xero plans (or US$12/month for non-Xero users), and for a handful of simple documents a month it can do the job. But the subscription isn't the whole cost: time spent double-checking extraction, typing in missing fields, hunting for supplier invoices and paying your accountant to tidy up adds up quickly.

Dext's automation is designed to give that time back – most customers find the hours saved more than pay for the software. Try it free for 14 days and see for yourself.

It's a common assumption, but no. Dext brings more information from Xero into Dext – tracking categories, purchase orders and your chart of accounts – and sends richer extracted data back. Dext also highlights invoices in Xero missing attachments and flags bank transactions that match documents in Dext. Beyond Xero, Dext connects to 36 accounting platforms, so it works whatever software you use – now or later.

Both tools capture receipts, invoices, bank statements and credit notes. Dext also extracts supplier statements, and pulls far more from every document: supplier, totals, tax amounts, payment method, purchase order numbers and full line items. Dext's Invoice Fetch additionally retrieves invoices directly from supplier portals automatically – a service Hubdoc previously offered but has withdrawn.

Yes – Dext is trusted by 12,000+ accounting and bookkeeping firms. Beyond capture, you get practice dashboards, supplier rules, AutoPublish, Bank Match, Paperwork Match and Missing Paperwork reports – tools for standardising and monitoring bookkeeping across your entire client base, which Hubdoc doesn't offer. Explore Dext for practices or book a demo to see it in action.

Very. Dext supports the same submission methods you already use with Hubdoc – email-in, mobile app, web upload and cloud storage – so there's no habit change. Connect your accounting software in minutes and lean on our support team and 250+ tutorials whenever you need them. You can start with a 14-day free trial, no credit card required.