ComparisonUpdated September 2026

WellyBox alternatives in 2026

WellyBox sweeps your inbox for receipts. belege.ai checks your inbox every day too – and for every payment with nothing in the mail, it fetches the receipt from the supplier portal behind a login or creates a substitute receipt.

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Example data for the fictional Nordwind Studio GmbH. The starting point is every payment of the month, not an upload.

The most direct WellyBox alternative, if every bank transaction – not just every email – should end up with a receipt, is belege.ai: the agent checks your inbox daily, starts from every payment that still lacks a receipt, signs in to around 50 supplier portals and hands everything over DATEV-ready. For the same inbox sweep with QuickBooks or Xero publishing, Receiptor is closer; for quick app scanning, SparkReceipt. WellyBox stays the cheap choice if email and WhatsApp scans are enough.

WellyBox alternatives compared

Invoicing, receipt collection, bookkeeping, DATEV and price at a glance.

ToolWrites invoicesReceipt collectionTax filing (EÜR / VAT)DATEV exportAI agentPrice from
belege.aiYes: quotes, order confirmations, e-invoices & remindersYes: daily inbox check plus a search per open transaction – inbox, supplier portals, photoNoYes, DATEV-ready exportYes: Telegram and Claude (MCP)from €19/month; first 10 found receipts free
WellyBoxNoGmail/Outlook/iCloud sweep, WhatsApp scans; online portals in betaNoNo; Excel, Google Drive, QuickBooks, Xero (per vendor)OCR / AI extractionabout $19/month, billed yearly (per vendor)
ReceiptorNoInboxes, WhatsApp, iMessage, uploads; no portal agentNoNo; QuickBooks, Xero and more (per vendor)AI extraction; API, MCP and CLI from Growth (per vendor)from $29/month (per vendor)
SparkReceiptNoApp scan, email import, bank feed matching; no portal agentNoExport template on the Elite plan (per vendor)SparkAgent, MCP (per vendor)from $5.75/month billed yearly; 7-day trial (per vendor)
GetMyInvoicesE-invoices (per vendor)Yes: automatic portal download and inbox importNoYes (per vendor)Rule-based collectionfrom about €19/month (per vendor)

As of September 2026. Details on other vendors come from their public product documentation; prices and features can change, so please check with each vendor. belege.ai writes invoices and other sales documents, but deliberately does not do full bookkeeping, EÜR or VAT returns.

What each WellyBox alternative is best at

belege.ai

AI agent for invoices & receipts

our product

Best forBusinesses in Germany and the EU that need a receipt for every transaction

belege.ai checks your inbox every day, but its real starting point is the bank or card transaction that still has no receipt. For that payment the agent searches Gmail, Outlook or IMAP, signs in to around 50 supplier portals with a browser agent, turns a photo sent via Telegram into a meal receipt and creates a substitute receipt when no original exists. It also writes quotes, e-invoices and reminders. It is not full bookkeeping, and the handover to QuickBooks or Xero is manual (PDF + CSV).

WellyBox

Inbox receipt sweep & WhatsApp scanning

Best forCollecting every receipt that already sits in Gmail or Outlook

WellyBox connects to Gmail, Outlook or iCloud and sweeps them for receipts and invoices – 12 months back on Basic, up to 48 months on Business – and takes paper receipts through a WhatsApp chatbot. OCR reads vendor, date and amount; documents go to Excel, Google Drive or accounting tools such as QuickBooks and Xero, and it also advertises matching receipts to transactions. Online portals such as Amazon and eBay are in beta (per vendor). Its starting point is the inbox: which receipts are in my mail – not which payment still lacks one.

Receiptor

Inbox & messenger receipt discovery

Best forQuickBooks or Xero users with receipts in email and WhatsApp

Receiptor AI watches your inboxes, WhatsApp and iMessage for receipts and publishes them to QuickBooks or Xero. The subscription covers new receipts from sign-up onwards; your email backlog is a separate one-time Retroactive Scan, priced per email (per vendor). Strong when documents already sit in mail or chat – less so when the invoice is still behind a supplier login.

SparkReceipt

AI receipt scanner & mileage

Best forFreelancers who scan paper receipts on the go

SparkReceipt is a quick AI scanner for freelancers: photograph a receipt and get line items, import receipts from a connected inbox, match them against a bank feed or statement, track mileage and export to QuickBooks Online or Xero. Cheap and fast when the receipt is in your hand. Invoices that are still behind a supplier portal and German meal receipts are not its focus.

GetMyInvoices

Portal & inbox invoice collection

Best forTeams that pull invoices from many portals on a schedule

GetMyInvoices, a German service, collects invoices from many online portals and inboxes on a schedule and passes them on to accounting tools and DATEV. It is the closest classic tool to belege.ai's portal work, but it fetches by connector rules instead of asking which transaction still lacks a document.

Which WellyBox alternative fits you?

Your bank transactions should decide which receipt is missing
belege.ai.
You want to sweep years of old email in one go
WellyBox pulls 12–48 months automatically depending on the plan; Receiptor sells the sweep as a one-time Retroactive Scan (per vendor). belege.ai's first run checks your mail from the start month you choose during setup.
Invoices sit behind supplier logins with 2FA
belege.ai – WellyBox lists online portals as beta (per vendor).
Your accountant works with DATEV
belege.ai.
You photograph paper receipts on the go
WellyBox via WhatsApp, SparkReceipt in its app, belege.ai via Telegram – including German meal receipts with approval.
Receipts should land in QuickBooks or Xero automatically
Receiptor or SparkReceipt. With belege.ai, the handover to QuickBooks or Xero is manual (PDF + CSV).

The alternative when the missing receipt is the problem

WellyBox asks which receipts are in your email. belege.ai checks your email too and also asks which transactions still have no receipt – then gets the document from your inbox, from the supplier portal or as a substitute receipt.

  • Starts from every open bank or card transaction and searches for exactly that receipt
  • Searches Gmail, Outlook and IMAP mailboxes and signs in to around 50 supplier portals
  • Creates substitute receipts and German meal receipts with electronic approval
  • Works in Telegram, by voice message or from Claude (MCP), with a DATEV-ready export

belege.ai doesn't replace your bookkeeping – it supplies it with receipts. Use it alongside WellyBox or any other tool, and start without a credit card.

WellyBox alternatives: frequently asked questions

What is the best WellyBox alternative?

It depends on the job. For a receipt behind every bank transaction – including invoices behind supplier logins and a DATEV-ready handover – it's belege.ai. For the same inbox sweep with direct QuickBooks or Xero publishing, Receiptor. For quick app scanning and mileage, SparkReceipt.

Is belege.ai a WellyBox alternative outside Germany?

belege.ai is built for businesses in Germany and the EU: billing in EUR, servers in Germany, a DATEV-ready export and German meal and travel documents. Bank connections depend on country and provider; CSV import works without one. If you are in the US and mainly need QuickBooks or Xero, Receiptor or SparkReceipt will fit better.

Does belege.ai search old emails like WellyBox?

Yes. The first run checks your mail from the start month you choose during setup – up to ten years back – and after that every new mail, daily; for open transactions the agent also searches older mail specifically. WellyBox advertises a history sweep of 12 or 48 months depending on the plan (per vendor).

Is there a free WellyBox alternative?

belege.ai's first 10 found receipts are free, with no time limit and no credit card; paid plans start at €19 a month. WellyBox, Receiptor and SparkReceipt offer free trials (per vendor).

How much does WellyBox cost compared with belege.ai?

WellyBox Basic costs about $19 a month billed yearly, for 50 documents a month; Business about $49 a month billed yearly or $59 monthly (per vendor). belege.ai costs €19 a month for 40 receipts, €39 for 60 and €59 for 100 – billed monthly, or yearly with 10% off.

Can I move my receipts from WellyBox to belege.ai?

Yes. Sync your WellyBox documents to Google Drive or Dropbox, then upload the PDFs to belege.ai – whole folders at once – or forward them to your belege.ai address. belege.ai matches them to your transactions and only searches for what is still missing.

Does belege.ai have a WhatsApp scanner like WellyBox?

No. Photos, questions and approvals run through Telegram, and you can also forward receipts by email or upload them in the web app.

Fetch receipts instead of uploading them

Start with a free account. Connect a bank account or import a statement, and the agent shows which payments still lack a receipt – then goes and gets them.

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