ABUKAI – expense reports in a snap
So what is ABUKAI?
ABUKAI takes the pain out of creating expense claims. Data is entered from the receipts and categorized automatically. This can happen on the move too using ABUKAI mobile apps (for iPhone, Android and Blackberry).
Who is it for?
Anyone who wants to cut down the time it takes to code receipts and create an expense claim – whether you’re a sole trader on the move or you are managing a team on the road.
How ABUKAI works with Xero
Take a photo of your receipts and when ready, the expense data is automatically imported into Xero as an expense claim. A copy of the photo is attached to each receipt.
Where you can use ABUKAI
Available around the world with pricing in US dollars. The company is headquartered in San Francisco (not far from the Xero USA team).
Check it out
For a free 30 day trial and to learn more about ABUKAI go here.
Read more about Business
23 comments
Andrew
No price on their website that I can see. I guess I’m not in the target market, but there are certainly a lot of people that would be put off by this lack of transparency.
5 April 2012 #
[...] Read more Share this:DiggEmailPrintFacebookTwitterLike this:LikeBe the first to like this post. [...]
Rochelle White
Is there any plans to have a similar process for Credit Card Receipts?
Ben
It’s pretty expensive. Their competitor ProOnGo, which back ends to Quickbooks, is a fraction of the price. Xero can I recommend you set up a relationship with ProOnGo?
Shynae Payne
Will the person submitting a receipt using Abukai have the facilities to code there receipt entry? And will this appear in Xero as an Expense Claim submission or is this more for use on bank account transactions (Cheques, Eftpos & Credit Cards).
Debbie
You say that it is a simple as taking aphoto of the receipt – how does xero know who the reciept is from, what to put in the refence and what expense account to put it against? Does each supplier need to be set up first?
Xero’s iphone app already offers to import invoices with a photo. What does the fairly costly AKUBAI offer above what Xero already does?
Simon
Does ABUKAI/Xero allow for the expense to then be rebilled to a client automatically?
Shane
Dear Xero
The best app in this space is http://www.expensify.com. Which is free for smaller users.
I would heartily recommend you contact them and see if you can work something out together.
S
Chris Moore
I signed up for the free (10 receipts or less per month) plan and cannot get past the setup page. I click the button for Xero but nothing seems to happen except a dialog box comes up asking to enter the portal URL but nowhere to enter it. Glad I’m not paying.
@Ben Thanks for trying out ABUKAI. We offer unlimited reads/scans for $99. We also offer a free account, which allows for 120 reads as well (12 reports with 10 recognition scans each). Not expensive at all. Contact us at press.services@abukai.com, we’d love to answer your questions about ABUKAI.
Mary Stacey
does ABUKAI work with Australian Dollars??
Matthias
@Chris We had a problem with the Xero setup earlier this week. It should work now. Could you try it again? Also feel free to contact service@abukai.com if you have questions.
@Mary ABUKAI works with any currency.
@Simon The expense reports from ABUKAI will appear as draft expense claims in Xero. You can then continue to use them in Xero.
@Shane Expensify actually costs $0.20 per receipt scan (beyond 10 scans) in addition to $60/year/expense submitter as soon as you have more than two people submitting expenses. And the scans provide only date, merchant and amount and a fixed category. While ABUKAI can generate over 30 attributes per receipt including location, VAT, the category based on your chart of account in Xero, etc. If you have any specific feedback, please contact us at service@abukai.com.
@Rob ABUKAI scans the information on the receipts like vendor, amount, city, state, country and categorizes the receipts automatically among many other things.
SInce many people have asked how to set up Xero for ABUKAI, here are the steps:
1. Enter your email on the phone
2. Go to ABUKAI User Portal at http://abukai.com/user
3. Click on ‘Register for online password’
4. Follow instructions
5. Log in to ABUKAI User Portal at http://abukai.com/user
6. Click on Xero at Setup
7. Follow instructions
8. Take pictures of receipts and submit
Add your comment
Search all articles
Browse articles
Subscribe
- View all favorites
- boothchris: Whenever I use @xero I'm always pleased I decided to try it! It's sooo useful and fun too. Accounts fun?! Ha!
- Justin_Prokill: 10 months in now and nothing can compare to Xero and the way it liberates us from the chores of business admin. A must for the SME!
- leemanng: Went on a great #xero workshop this morning, every business should be using it for their bookkeeping as it will give you back your life
Recently commented
- 2 The next generation of business Congrats!
- 8 Hi-Tech Company of the Year Well Done Xero.... Fantastic Team & Brilliant Software.
- 1 The R-Factor Hi Eileen. Thanks for what I think is an excellent blog. How true your R-Factor approach is. I recall from my early days working ...
- 2 Practice, perfected in the cloud Exciting to see the same great story unfolding in the UK. Love how Xero's success = accountants' success = SME's success.
- 6 2013 Annual Report Awesome your accounts are ready so quick after balance date you must be using fantastic software! Well done to your accounts team!
- 2 XPAC - UK update Mel - great question and this year, we don't. BUT! If you'd like to volunteer, we'd love to add you. Our bookkeeper focus in the UK has been ...
- 16 Create a simple cashflow tool (2:56) Great video - thanks a lot For the record - the speed isn't an issue for me!
- 9 Taxable Payments Annual Reporting for Australia @Scott, we ended up not relying on a specific contact flag. You will be able to target the payments to include in the report by ...
Does the photo get uploaded as an attachment in xero ?