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Shoeboxed Reviews: 4.4/5 — Solid Choice
Shoeboxed is a cloud-based receipt and document management SaaS that captures digital and paper receipts (mail-in Magic Envelope), performs OCR with human verification, categorizes transactions using tax-focused categories, stores audit-ready records, supports mileage tracking, and integrates with common accounting systems to simplify expense reporting for freelancers and small businesses.
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| Company | Shoeboxed, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Year founded | 2007 |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | Durham, North Carolina, USA |
| Capabilities |
API
CLI
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|---|---|
| Segment |
Small Business
Freelancer
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| Deployment | Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Mobile Android, Mobile iPhone |
| Support | Email/Help Desk, Knowledge Base, Phone Support |
| Training | Documentation, Videos |
| Languages | English |
Shoeboxed Pros and Cons
- Supports both digital and paper receipts (mail-in Magic Envelope).
- Human-verified OCR improves data accuracy.
- Audit-ready documentation and tax category system geared to U.S. compliance.
- Multiple submission channels (app, email, Gmail plugin, mail).
- Public API and CLI tools for developers and power users.
- Can be costly for high paper-receipt volumes; per-scan overages apply.
- No built-in multi-level approval workflows.
- No clear multi-currency automatic conversion support verified.
- Not open source and cannot be self-hosted.
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We love that we can put any document in an envelope or send it electronically and it will be cataloged perfectly. It's easy to search for documents because of very good OCR. Often we search for a receipt or document that we dumped in an envelop at some point, and we find it instantly!
It takes a few days for documents to be entered when sending them. But, only days!
A lot of times we misplace the magic envelops and you only get so many. I wish we had more laying around the office.
The ease of uploading images and receiving completed reports.
There was nothing that I disliked. Great product. Met all of my needs.
Expense reports. This made my first year as a new business owner so much easier! I was able to focus on the jobs at hand and let shoebox help with the nitty gritty details. It made tax time so much easier!
They classify my receipts for tax purposes ...AND do the math :)
Would like more Schedule C tax categories for receipts
So much easier to keep small receipts (both amount and size) as well as to enter using my phone right when I get it.
It is so easy to submit receipts to HR now. I used to have a dedicated envelope that would get lost in my giant computer bag and then I would have a nest of crumpled receipts. I just snap a picture of my receipt while checking out and submit it quickly. No more receipt nests in my purse, car, desk or pocket.
The "Reimbursable" toggle is automatically set to reimbursable. Most of my expenses are made using a company card. I had to go into settings and change the settings so that I was no longer categorizing receipts incorrectly. It is not a HUGE issue, just needed to learn the fix after a couple of mistakes and notifying HR.
I'm not on the management side of my organization but ease of use has made a huge difference when communicating with our HR department and submitting expenses/receipts.
Shoeboxed just does 'everything' for me - it is a great way to offload all my expenses and paper clutter, I just send those to Shoeboxed and I'm done; my accountant loves me and I feel really good knowing everything is in its place and organized when I need it.
I had some problems with the iPhone app crashing a couple years ago, but seems all good now!
I need to keep all my receipts, invoices, credit card statements, delivery notifications etc. for my business. Without Shoeboxed that would be a painful "filing cabinet organization" or something like that, constantly trying to find things, and also - making collaboration with other people in the company, and my accountant much much harder. With SHoeboxed all of that is on autopilot.
I work out of my car and coffee shops, so it allows me to very quickly and conveniently report expenses.
I have to remember to toggle the reimbursement button off, as we have expense cards. However, when I was taking the login screenshot for this review, I saw the option to switch the default!
Previously, we had to turn in paper receipts each week. It was too easy to lose receipts, so Fetch allows us to immediately report the expenses.
I love the fact that you can take a picture of receipt and upload it right then and there. I also like how easy to select the type of expense.
Once you have a submitted receipt it is difficult to delete it or make changes.
It has been extremely easy to manage expenses and categorize them.
It is super easy to use and makes expense reporting on the go fast and accurate.
There isn't anything that we do not like about Fetch.
Ease of use with the app for expense reporting
Convinent and easy. It’s an app and we are an all driven world. It’s about time there was an easier way to file an expense report.
I wish it showed the option to send via email on the app with the emails address. I always forget.
I am able to turn in a full expense report. Previously I’d always forget my receipts and now it’s easy.
Fetch has simplified my expense reporting dramatically. Instead of spending hours submitting my expenses, it now takes me seconds The interface is dynamic enough to adapt to my organization's needs and helps us to easily process expenses. The fetch team is super responsive and can effectively troubleshoot any problem that arises.
Nothing! The product is fantastic and I highly recommend it.
Simplified the expense process.