Stop Retyping Invoices and Receipts by Hand

Photograph a crumpled receipt or upload a 30-page vendor bill—the AI extracts every field into a clean spreadsheet row. No templates. No per-vendor setup.

50 free pages No credit card required All features included
How it works

Three steps from document to structured data

Upload or forward

Drag and drop files, connect a cloud drive, or set up email auto-forwarding. Any file format works—PDF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, or digital documents.

AI reads and extracts

The AI identifies fields by context and meaning, not fixed coordinates. Names, dates, amounts, and custom fields are extracted automatically.

Export anywhere

Get structured output in Excel, Google Sheets, CSV, or JSON. Use the REST API for direct integration into your systems.

What teams are saying

“Our AP team was spending two full days every week keying in vendor invoices. Now they photograph the stack, upload it, and the spreadsheet is ready in minutes.”
DM
Diane M.
Accounts Payable Manager
“Field technicians snap photos of receipts in terrible lighting—gas stations, job sites, you name it. This tool reads them anyway. Our expense report backlog is gone.”
BJ
Brian J.
Fleet Operations Supervisor
“We receive invoices from 60+ vendors in completely different formats. Other tools needed a template for each one. This handles all of them out of the box.”
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Anita P.
Finance Director
Security

Your data stays private

SOC 2 Type 2

Audited controls over a sustained period, not a point-in-time check.

AES-256 encryption

Bank-grade encryption at rest and TLS 1.2+ in transit.

24-hour deletion

Documents deleted within 24 hours. No copies retained.

The real bottleneck in accounts payable is data entry

Invoice scanning software eliminates the slowest step in accounts payable: manually keying vendor names, invoice numbers, dates, and line items from paper documents into a spreadsheet or ERP system. The best invoice scanners use AI vision models to read any invoice layout—including crumpled receipts, faded thermal paper, and multi-page vendor bills—and output structured rows ready for import into accounting software.

The challenge with invoices specifically, compared to other document types, is their extreme variability. A single AP department may receive invoices from dozens or hundreds of vendors, each with a different layout, different field labels, and different line-item structures. Template-based OCR tools require you to define extraction zones for each vendor format, which creates an ongoing maintenance burden every time a vendor updates their invoice design or you onboard a new supplier.

AI-powered invoice scanning solves this by reading contextually rather than positionally. The AI understands that a number next to the word “Total” is a total amount regardless of whether it appears in the bottom-right corner, the middle of the page, or on page three of a multi-page document. Lido uses this layout-agnostic approach to handle any vendor invoice on the first upload without templates, training data, or per-vendor configuration.

For AP teams processing high volumes, the additional advantage is receipt handling. Field workers and traveling employees submit crumpled, poorly lit, and sometimes partially torn receipts. Traditional OCR fails on these degraded inputs. AI models trained on damaged document images can still extract vendor, date, amount, and category with high accuracy, clearing expense report backlogs that otherwise require manual entry by the finance team.

Frequently asked questions

Can invoice scanning software read crumpled or faded receipts?

Yes. AI-powered invoice scanners handle crumpled receipts, faded thermal prints, and partially obscured text by using contextual understanding of invoice layouts. Lido processes damaged receipts with confidence scoring so you know which fields may need a second look.

How does invoice scanning handle multi-page invoices?

Multi-page invoices are treated as a single document. The AI reads across all pages, stitching together line-item tables that span page breaks and associating header information from page one with totals on the final page.

What fields does invoice scanning extract automatically?

Standard extracted fields include vendor name, invoice number, invoice date, due date, subtotal, tax amount, total, payment terms, PO number, and individual line items with descriptions, quantities, unit prices, and line totals. You can also define custom fields using AI columns.

Can I use my phone to scan invoices and receipts?

Yes. Photograph invoices and receipts with any smartphone camera and upload the photos directly. The AI corrects for angle, lighting, and shadows automatically. You can also set up email auto-forwarding so invoices received as attachments are processed without manual upload.

How much does invoice scanning software cost?

Lido offers 50 free pages to test invoice scanning. The Standard plan starts at $29 per month for 100 pages. Scale plans for AP departments start at $7,000 per year for up to 42,000 pages. Enterprise pricing is available for higher volumes or custom ERP integrations.

Simple, transparent pricing

Start free with 50 pages. Upgrade when you’re ready.

Standard
$29 /month
100 pages per month · 1 user
  • Any file type supported
  • Excel, CSV, JSON export
  • Email auto-forwarding
  • AI columns for custom fields
  • SOC 2 Type 2 compliant

Built on Lido’s OCR engine

Enterprise
Custom
From $30,000/year
  • Everything in Scale
  • Custom ERP integrations
  • Dedicated account manager
  • Live onboarding
  • BAA for HIPAA
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Built on Lido’s OCR engine