Pulls data out of emails and PDFs and sends it to your spreadsheets and apps.
Automation & Workflows
Nanonets
Pulls data out of invoices, receipts and forms and sends it into your accounting system.
3.7our rating
PaidFrom $50 free creditsWorks with Claude Code
Quick take
- Built for the accounts payable grind: read the invoice, check it, get approval, post it to the books.
- Every account starts with $50 of free credits and no card, which is enough to test it on a real batch of your documents.
- You pay per step a document goes through (about 2 to 30 cents each), so a typical invoice flow costs roughly $1 to $2 end to end. Higher volumes need a quote.
- Reviews praise accuracy at the start, but some long-time users report it slipping on new layouts and taking work to retrain.
- Overkill if your documents are tidy emails in the same format each time. Parseur does that for less.
What is Nanonets?
Nanonets reads business documents (invoices, receipts, purchase orders, bank statements, ID documents, forms) and turns them into clean data. Documents come in by email, upload, cloud storage or API, the AI pulls out the fields you care about, and a workflow you build from blocks checks the numbers, routes anything odd to a person for approval and pushes the result into QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite, SAP, a spreadsheet or a database.
Pick it when the problem is a steady stream of messy documents that someone currently keys in by hand, especially in accounts payable. It goes further than Parseur, which is better for structured emails and simpler PDFs, and it is far quicker to set up than an enterprise automation suite like UiPath. If your documents are mostly emails with the same layout every time, Parseur or a Zapier step is cheaper.
The catch: pricing is usage-based per block run, so cost depends on how complex your workflow is, and anything beyond the starter tier is a sales quote. Most reviews are very positive, but a recurring complaint is accuracy that drifts on unusual layouts and needs retraining, plus a few bitter billing and refund disputes. Run a real month of your own documents through it before you commit.
Who's using it, and who it's for
- Accounts payable teams
- Bookkeepers
- Finance managers
- Operations teams
- Logistics companies
Finance and operations teams buried in invoices, receipts and forms that someone still types into the books by hand.
Key features
AI data extraction
Pulls fields and line items out of invoices, receipts, statements and forms, including scans and photos, without a fixed template.
Workflow blocks
Chain steps like classify, extract, validate, look up a supplier and route for approval, with custom Python when you need it.
Human review
Low-confidence fields and failed checks go to a person to approve or fix, and the model learns from the corrections.
Many ways in
Forward documents to an email address, drop them in Google Drive, Dropbox or SharePoint, upload them, or send them by API.
Accounting and ERP exports
Sends the data to QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite, SAP, Sage, spreadsheets and databases.
How we rate it
3.7 / 5
Our rating
From using the tool ourselves. The average of the five scores.
- Ease of use
- 3.5
- Features
- 4.5
- Output quality
- 4.0
- Value for money
- 3.0
- Speed & reliability
- 3.5
How quickly someone non-technical gets value from it.
How completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together.
How good the results are before you fix them.
What you get for the price, including the free plan.
How fast it is and how often it falls over.
Nanonets pricing
- Our pick
Starter
$50 free credits, then pay as you go
Small teams testing it or running modest volumes.
- Data extraction AI and API access
- Email and cloud storage imports
- Up to 3 users
- Credits never expire
Growth
Custom
Finance teams with steady monthly volume.
- Document classification, barcode and signature detection
- ERP and database integrations
- Custom Python and AI blocks
- Volume discounts of up to 40%
Enterprise
Custom
Large or regulated organisations.
- SSO, role-based access and audit logs
- SOC 2 and HIPAA compliance
- Private cloud or on-premise hosting
- Dedicated support and SLAs
Which plan should you pick?
Start on Starter with the free credits and push a month's worth of your real invoices through it. Only talk to sales about Growth once you know your volume and which accounting system it has to feed.
Prices in USD unless noted, checked 22 October 2026. Vendors change plans often, so confirm on their site before you buy.
Best use cases
Ways Nanonets can slot into your week.
- 1
Clear the invoice inbox
Forward supplier invoices to a Nanonets address, let it read the totals and line items, and post approved bills straight into Xero or QuickBooks.
- 2
Three-way matching
Check each invoice against the purchase order and delivery note, and send only the mismatches to a person.
- 3
Expense receipts
Have staff photograph receipts and get the date, supplier, tax and amount into your expense sheet without typing.
- 4
Bank statement extraction
Turn PDF bank statements from clients into clean transaction tables for reconciliation or lending checks.
How it fits your tech stack
It sits between your inbox or shared drive and your accounting system, replacing manual data entry. Use Zapier or Make for the simpler hand-offs around it, and keep your accounting software as the system of record.
Connects to
- QuickBooks
- Xero
- NetSuite
- SAP
- Sage
- Google Drive
- SharePoint
- Zapier
Pros and cons
Pros
- Reads messy scans and varied layouts without building templates
- Covers the whole flow: capture, checks, approval and export
- Free starting credits with no card
- Wide range of accounting and ERP connections
- Human review step keeps errors out of the books
Cons
- Usage pricing per block makes the monthly bill hard to predict
- Some long-time users report accuracy dropping on new layouts and fiddly retraining
- Processing speed can vary a lot between batches
- Anything past the starter tier is a sales quote, and a few users report hard refund disputes
Nanonets alternatives
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Why it made the list
It is one of the most widely used AI document readers for accounts payable, and it handles the whole flow from inbox to accounting system.
Nanonets FAQ
How much does Nanonets cost?
There's no free plan. Paid plans start at $50 free credits. Prices checked 22 October 2026 against Nanonets's pricing page.
Is Nanonets free?
No. There's no free plan. Paid plans start at $50 free credits.
What is Nanonets best for?
Nanonets is best for accounts payable invoice capture, receipts and expense documents and bank statements and financial forms. Finance and operations teams buried in invoices, receipts and forms that someone still types into the books by hand.
What are the best Nanonets alternatives?
The closest alternatives are n8n, Make, Zapier and Parseur. n8n is best for AI agents that act on email or chat.
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