DocTable
Convert receipt to Excel online — instant, AI OCR
Updated October 2026
DocTable turns a paper or photographed receipt into a clean Excel, Word or CSV file with merchant, date, line items, tax and total. Your first 3 pages are free — scan and download, no card needed. Try your first page without an account — sign in only to download it. After that, $3 buys 20 pages (one-time, no subscription). It reads photos and scans with no text layer, rebuilds true rows and columns, and handles Arabic, Persian and mixed-script documents.
| Item | Qty | Price (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| Flat white | 2 | 7.00 |
| Blueberry muffin | 1 | 3.50 |
| Tax | 0.84 | |
| Total | 11.34 |
Corner Cafe · 2026-09-21 · receipt no. 0412
How it works
- Upload a photo or PDF of the receipt.
- DocTable's AI OCR reads merchant, date, line items, tax and total.
- 3 free pages, download included — see the extracted fields first.
- Download as Excel, Word or CSV — included in your 3 free pages.
What gets extracted from a receipt
Receipts are shaped differently from invoices and are read that way. The merchant name, date and time, and payment method come back as fields; the purchased items become rows with description, quantity and price; tax lines, discounts, tips and the total are read as their own group rather than as extra items. Item names on a till receipt are often abbreviated or truncated by the printer — those are transcribed as printed, not guessed into full product names.
Thermal paper, curled edges and phone photos
Most receipts arrive as a photo of a small, glossy, curved strip rather than a flat scan. Images smaller than 1100 pixels on the long side are automatically enlarged before the OCR call, which measurably improves reading on small receipt photos. What no software can recover is ink that is no longer there: faded thermal paper, a crease straight through a total, or heavy glare will produce gaps or misreads. Verify amounts against the paper before filing an expense claim.
Batching a month of expenses
Upload a whole stack at once instead of one receipt at a time. Each receipt is one credit, and related scans are grouped into a single spreadsheet so an expense report becomes one file rather than thirty. Export as Excel to keep formatting, or CSV to feed an expense or accounting tool directly.
Why DocTable
- Reads photos, scans and PDFs of receipts in any language or script
- Extracts merchant, date, line items, tax and total automatically
- 3 free pages, download included; no card needed
For teams: bulk receipt processing
Converting one receipt at a time doesn't scale for expense reconciliation across a whole team. The Business pack is a bigger one-time top-up built for that: $99 for 2,800 pages — a lower per-page rate than the packs above — with an official PayPal receipt for expensing and a Data Processing Agreement available on request. Uploads are still grouped automatically, so a batch of receipts comes back as one clean file, not one file per page.
Get the Business pack — $99 for 2,800 pagesOne-time credit, not a subscription — top up again whenever you need to. No contract, no setup fee.
Frequently asked questions
Is converting a receipt to Excel really free?
Your first 3 pages are free — scan and download, no card needed. Your first page needs no account; sign in only to download it. After that, $3 buys 20 pages (one-time, no subscription).
What does DocTable extract from a receipt?
Merchant name, date, each line item, tax and the total — laid out as spreadsheet rows you can edit.
Do I need to install anything to try it?
No software to install, and the first page needs no account; sign in (Google or a verified email) to download it.
How accurate is the extraction?
It depends far more on the receipt than on the tool. Faded thermal paper, a crease through a total, glare and handwriting are what cause errors. On a 12-document test set (invoices, bank statements and receipts, including 2 degraded photos and 2 Arabic documents) DocTable read 97.5% of 521 values exactly (October 2026); real photos with blur or glare score lower, so always check amounts against the paper before filing an expense claim.
How do I scan receipts into Excel?
Photograph or scan the receipt and upload it; DocTable returns Excel, Word or CSV with merchant, date, line items, tax and total.
Is DocTable a receipt scanner app?
There is no app. DocTable works in the browser on a phone or computer, so you take or pick a photo and upload it, with nothing to install.
Can I put all my expense receipts into one spreadsheet?
Yes. After you sign in, upload up to 100 files at once; files that hold the same kind of document are grouped into one Excel file.
What is receipt OCR?
Receipt OCR reads the text on a receipt photo or scan and turns it into data. DocTable returns the line items and totals as rows and columns.
Can I scan receipts to a spreadsheet from my phone?
Yes. Open DocTable in your phone's browser, upload the photo and download the Excel file; no app to install.
Related pages
Temporary processing — receipts are not archived. Always verify OCR output before financial use. Default OCR model is the same for every language. See Privacy in the app.