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Unlimited documents, a real mobile app, and bank statements matched to the receipts that prove them.
WellyBox is good at one thing: finding receipts already sitting in your inbox. If that is the whole job, it does it. If you also have paper dockets, bank lines that need evidence against them, and more than fifty documents a month, the entry plan runs out fast. SparkReceipt handles the whole pile.
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WellyBox vs SparkReceipt
The differences that actually decide it.
| WellyBox Basic | SparkReceipt Elite | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19/month, billed annually | $22.99/month, billed annually |
| Users | 2 | 3 |
| Documents | 50 per month | Unlimited |
| Email history | Last 12 months | Historical scanning with date filters |
| Capture method | Email and WhatsApp | Native mobile app, email, upload |
| Bank statement extraction | Not offered | Included |
| Receipt-to-transaction matching | Not offered | Included |
| Income tracking | Expenses only | Auto-detects expense vs income |
| Mileage tracking | Not offered | Included |
| Mass upload | Not offered | Up to 100 documents at once |
| AI agent | Extraction only | SparkAgent included |
| Free trial | Yes | 7 days, full access |
The 50-Document Cap Is the Thing to Check
WellyBox Basic is $19/month for 2 users and 50 documents a month. For a sole trader with a handful of software subscriptions, that is plenty.
For most trading businesses it is not. Fifty documents is roughly twelve a week — one supplier invoice, a couple of fuel dockets, a few subscriptions, and you are at the ceiling by the third week. The next tier up is $49/month.
SparkReceipt Elite is $22.99/month with unlimited documents and 3 users. There is no volume tier to graduate into.
Where the Capability Gap Is
Bank statement extraction and matching. Upload a PDF, CSV, or Excel statement and SparkReceipt extracts every transaction, then matches each one to the receipt that supports it. Unmatched lines are flagged — so before you lodge a BAS you can see which spends have a valid tax invoice behind them. WellyBox does not offer this at all.
A real mobile app. WellyBox routes phone capture through a WhatsApp chatbot. SparkReceipt has a native app: open it, photograph the docket, done. If most of your spending produces paper, this is the difference between capturing it and meaning to.
Income as well as expenses. SparkReceipt works out whether a document is money in or money out and files it accordingly, so sales invoices and purchase receipts live together. WellyBox is expenses only.
GST read from the document. Line-item extraction pulls the GST off each line rather than assuming a flat 10% — which matters on mixed invoices where some items are GST-free, and on suppliers who are not registered.
Mass upload. Up to 100 documents at once, split and categorised automatically. Useful when you are catching up a quarter before BAS, which WellyBox has no route for beyond feeding them in one at a time.
Mileage. Built in — record trips by GPS or by hand and classify them business or personal. WellyBox has no mileage tracking.
SparkAgent. A built-in AI agent you can hand work to in plain language: find something, categorise a batch, summarise a period. WellyBox uses AI for extraction only.
What WellyBox Does Well
Worth saying plainly. WellyBox's core idea — connect your inbox, let it find the receipts you already have — is a genuinely good one, and if your spending is almost entirely digital subscriptions and online orders, it covers most of your evidence with very little effort. Its WhatsApp route also suits people who live in that app and will never open a dedicated one.
Its entry plan includes accountant access, so that is not a point of difference between us.
Where it stops is paper, volume, bank reconciliation, and anything that is not an expense.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | WellyBox | SparkReceipt |
|---|---|---|
| Receipt scanning | Email pull, plus WhatsApp for photos | Native app with AI extraction in seconds, plus email and upload |
| Categorisation | Rule-based by sender or subject; setup required | AI categorisation from the document itself, learns your suppliers |
| Line-item extraction | Rule-based and limited | Included — every line, with GST read per line |
| Bank statement extraction | Not available | PDF, CSV, or Excel, with transaction matching |
| Email receipts | Gmail and Outlook, last 12 months on Basic | Gmail, Outlook, Microsoft, any IMAP, with historical scanning |
| Mileage tracking | Not available | GPS or manual, business/personal classification |
| Income tracking | Not available | Auto-detected and categorised |
| Mass upload | Not available | Up to 100 documents at once |
| Document storage | Stored, with optional Drive/Dropbox sync | Secure 10-year storage |
| Expense reports | Manual review and export | One click — totals, GST summaries, linked receipts |
| Exports | Excel, CSV, PDF, Drive, Dropbox | Excel, CSV, PDF, ZIP with full filtering |
| Integrations | Drive, Dropbox, FreshBooks, and others | Xero, QuickBooks Online, Zapier, Make, Google Drive |
| Currencies | OCR trained on a fixed language set | 150+ currencies, purchase-date conversion, virtually any language |
| Mobile | Mobile web and WhatsApp chatbot | Full native app with real-time sync |
| AI agent | Extraction only | SparkAgent — search, summarise, categorise, update |
| Multiple businesses | Tagged within one dashboard | Unlimited separate linked accounts |
This comparison is based on information publicly available from WellyBox's website as of August 2026. WellyBox prices in US dollars with no regional pricing, so its figures are quoted as published. Features and pricing change — check wellybox.com for current details. SparkReceipt is not affiliated with or endorsed by WellyBox.
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Start Free TrialFrequently Asked Questions
WellyBox pulls receipts that are already in your email or sent through WhatsApp. SparkReceipt does that too, but adds a native scanning app for paper, bank statement extraction with receipt matching, income tracking, and mileage — and removes the document cap. If your evidence is entirely digital, WellyBox may be enough. If you have paper dockets and bank lines to reconcile, it will not be.
WellyBox Basic is $19/month billed annually for 2 users and 50 documents a month; unlimited documents starts at $49/month. SparkReceipt Elite is $22.99/month billed annually ($275.00/year) with 3 users and unlimited documents. WellyBox prices in US dollars with no Australian pricing, so compare the published figures directly.
On WellyBox Basic that is the monthly ceiling, and the next tier is $49/month. SparkReceipt has no document limit on Elite, so volume is not something you have to plan around or upgrade for.
No. SparkReceipt has a full native mobile app — photograph the docket and the AI extracts supplier, amount, date, GST, and line items in seconds. You can also upload files from your computer or connect your inbox. No messaging app involved.
Yes, from Gmail, Outlook, Microsoft, or any IMAP inbox, with no forwarding required. It also supports historical scanning with date filters, where WellyBox Basic reaches back 12 months.
Yes, and WellyBox does not offer it. Upload a bank or credit card statement as PDF, CSV, or Excel and the AI extracts every transaction, then matches each against your receipts. Unmatched transactions are flagged so you know exactly what evidence is missing before BAS time.
Yes. Export your documents from WellyBox and upload them to SparkReceipt in bulk — up to 100 at a time. The AI scans, extracts, and categorises everything, so nothing needs re-entering by hand.
Yes. It detects whether a document represents money in or money out and categorises accordingly, so sales invoices sit alongside purchase receipts. WellyBox is built around expenses only.
Yes. The Elite plan includes 3 users, intended to cover you, a partner or colleague, and your accountant or bookkeeper. They count towards the seat allowance like any other user. WellyBox also includes accountant access on its entry plan, so this is not a difference between the two.
Yes. SparkReceipt reads receipts in virtually any language and processes 150+ currencies, converting at the rate that applied on the purchase date rather than today's rate.