Bookkeeping capture
Thaw vs Dext or Hubdoc
Small businesses whose accountant asked them to snap receipts into a bookkeeping capture app that feeds QuickBooks or Xero.
Dext and Hubdoc are built for one job: get receipts and bills into the ledger with the right supplier and amount. They are good at it. They are not built for the rest of the paper a business and its owner accumulate: formation documents, licenses, contracts, insurance, the owner's own household. Thaw covers both; ledger export is a candidate for the Business plan, not a promise.
Side by side
| Thaw | Dext / Hubdoc | |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | Every document a household or business keeps: legal, insurance, licenses, contracts, tax, and receipts too. | Receipts, bills and statements headed for the books. |
| Extraction | Facts with roles per type: amounts, dates, identifiers, parties. Category lines for receipts arrive with the Business plan. | Supplier, date, total, tax, line items, tuned for accounting. |
| Accounting sync | Not today. QuickBooks and Xero export is a candidate for the Business plan. | Publishes to QuickBooks Online and Xero. This is the product. |
| Deadlines and checkup | License renewals, annual state filings, contract notice periods, insurance terms; a business expectation set for the year-end package. | None outside the bookkeeping flow. |
| Household | A family and a business in one account, kept apart, with the CPA invited to one and not the other. | Business only. |
Stay with Dext / Hubdoc if
- Your accountant runs your books through it and it works.
Move to Thaw if
- You want one place for all the paper, business and personal, with the year-end package assembled for the CPA.
Point it at the pile and walk away.
Early access is open to a small group of households and owner-run businesses. Tell us a little about your paper and we will send an invitation.