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 receipts, 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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The differences that actually decide it.
| WellyBox Basic | SparkReceipt Elite | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19/month, billed annually | £9.08/month, billed annually |
| Users | 2 | 1 included, more at a per-user rate |
| 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 | Available, length not stated | 7 days, full access |
WellyBox Basic is $19/month for 2 users and 50 documents a month. For a freelancer 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 receipts, a few subscriptions, and you are at the ceiling by the third week. The next tier up, WellyBox Business, is $49/month billed annually with unlimited users and documents.
SparkReceipt Elite is £9.08/month with unlimited documents and 1 user, more at a per-user rate. There is no volume tier to graduate into.
Bank statement extraction and matching. Upload a PDF, CSV, or Excel statement and the bank statement extractor pulls out every transaction, then matches each one to the receipt that supports it. Unmatched lines are flagged. WellyBox does not offer this, and it is the step that turns a folder of receipts into books that actually reconcile.
A real mobile app. WellyBox routes phone capture through a WhatsApp chatbot. SparkReceipt has a native app: open it, photograph the receipt, 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.
VAT read from the document. Line-item extraction pulls the VAT off each line rather than applying an assumed rate, which matters on mixed invoices with standard-rated, zero-rated, and exempt items on the same page.
Mass upload. Up to 100 documents at once, split and categorised automatically. Useful when you are catching up a quarter, which WellyBox has no route for beyond feeding them in one at a time.
Mileage. Built in: the mileage tracker records trips by GPS or by hand and classifies them as 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.
Worth saying plainly. WellyBox's core idea, connecting your inbox and letting it find the receipts you already have, is a 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 | 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 VAT 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, plus email history extraction as far back as you choose |
| 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, VAT 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 | 190 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 pricing page and website as of September 2026. WellyBox prices in US dollars with no regional pricing, so its figures are quoted as published. Features and pricing change, so check wellybox.com for current details. SparkReceipt is not affiliated with or endorsed by WellyBox.
Each extra user: £0.75/month, billed £9 annually. Accountant access is free.
The essentials for keeping your receipts and expenses organised.
Total for 1 user · £59.00 billed annually
+ VAT/GST where applicable
Get Started7-day free trial
50 documents / month
For receipts and invoices
More receipts, more automation. Less to do yourself.
Total for 1 user · £109.00 billed annually
+ VAT/GST where applicable
Get Started7-day free trial
Unlimited documents*
Everything in Pro, plus:
Elite, with hands-on setup from a SparkReceipt founder.
£350 one-time setup + £109.00/year Elite for 1 user
+ VAT/GST where applicable
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Everything in Elite
Plus a working session with a founder:
Unlimited linked accounts on every plan.
Unlimited document scanning on Elite is subject to fair use. Bank statement extraction uses monthly renewable credits. Historical email imports include a free allowance; larger imports use credits, with the cost shown before you start.
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Start Free TrialWellyBox 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 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 £9.08/month billed annually (£109.00/year) with 1 user, more at a per-user rate, and unlimited documents. WellyBox prices in US dollars with no UK 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 receipt and the AI extracts supplier, amount, date, VAT, 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.
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 1 user, with more available at a per-user rate, and inviting your accountant is always free. It never uses a paid seat. 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 190 currencies, converting at the rate that applied on the purchase date rather than today's rate.
