Free receipt OCR and data extraction

Upload a receipt and extract the merchant, date, tax, total and every item as structured data, free. It reads phone photos of paper receipts as well as PDF and emailed receipts, with no app to install and no account needed.

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Download as Excel, CSV or JSON

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Sample sales receipt from Market Hall Grocers — Sample. Every value is invented.

Any layout, no template
It works out the fields from the page itself, so there's nothing to set up.
Scans and phone photos
Digital PDFs, scanned pages and photos all go through the same way.
Structured, not just text
Named fields and table rows you can download as Excel, CSV or JSON, not a wall of OCR text.
An API when you need it
The same data from your own code, as the sample call further down shows.

What the free receipt scanner reads

Merchant: store name, branch, address, phone and tax number.
Purchase: receipt number, date, time and cashier or till.
Items: description, quantity, unit price and amount.
Totals: subtotal, tax, tip, discount and total paid.
Payment: cash or card, last four card digits and change given.

Types of receipt you can upload

Receipt sub-types and what matters on each

Receipt type	Also called	Fields people want
Shop and supermarket	Till receipt, cash memo, sales receipt	Items, tax, total
Restaurant	Bill, check, food receipt	Tip, service charge, total
Fuel	Petrol or gas receipt	Litres or gallons, price, pump
Taxi and ride	Trip receipt, fare receipt	Route, date, fare
Hotel	Folio, hotel bill	Nights, room charges, tax
Payment proof	Bank transfer receipt, POS slip	Reference, amount, date
Rent and fees	Rent receipt, donation receipt	Payer, period, amount

Receipts by region

What receipts are called and the tax details they print

Region	Names	Tax details printed
Pakistan	Cash memo, sales receipt, FBR POS invoice	NTN, STRN, FBR invoice number
India	Cash memo, bill of supply, tax invoice	GSTIN, CGST, SGST
UAE, Gulf	Tax invoice, simplified tax invoice	TRN, VAT
United Kingdom, EU	Till receipt, Kassenbon, ticket de caisse	VAT number, VAT rate
United States, Canada	Sales receipt	Sales tax, GST or HST
Latin America	Recibo, ticket, boleta	RFC, RUT, IVA

Tips for a faded or crumpled receipt

Thermal paper fades, so photograph receipts early. Flatten the receipt on a dark surface, get the whole strip in frame and avoid shadows from your phone. For a long receipt, photograph it in one image if the text stays sharp, or split it across pages of a PDF and use a free account to read them all.

For expenses at volume, the receipt field list covers all 35 fields, and an account exports to CSV and XLSX for your bookkeeping.

Sample API call

This is how the same receipt looks from your own code. wf_demo_receipt is a dummy workflow id and every value below is invented, so the call won't run as written. A real run reads every page and adds a confidence score and page position to each field.

Run a workflow, then read the result

curl -X POST "$DOCREFINERY_API/v1/workflows/wf_demo_receipt/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOCREFINERY_API_KEY" \
  -F "[email protected]"

# Take trace_id from the answer, then poll until status is "fulfilled"
curl "$DOCREFINERY_API/v1/runway/9f1c0a7e" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DOCREFINERY_API_KEY"

Response (invented values)

{
  "trace_id": "9f1c0a7e",
  "status": "fulfilled",
  "document_type": "receipt",
  "result": {
    "fields": [
      {
        "key": "receipt_id",
        "alias": "Receipt ID",
        "text": "R-55120",
        "field_confidence": 0.99,
        "location": { "page": 1, "bbox": [0.08, 0.12, 0.46, 0.14] }
      },
      {
        "key": "receipt_date",
        "alias": "Receipt Date",
        "text": "2026-10-21",
        "field_confidence": 0.98,
        "location": { "page": 1, "bbox": [0.08, 0.17, 0.46, 0.19] }
      },
      {
        "key": "supplier_name",
        "alias": "Supplier Name",
        "text": "Market Hall Grocers",
        "field_confidence": 0.97,
        "location": { "page": 1, "bbox": [0.08, 0.22, 0.46, 0.24] }
      },
      {
        "key": "items",
        "alias": "Items",
        "table": [
          [
            { "key": "item", "alias": "Item", "text": "Oat milk 1L" },
            { "key": "qty", "alias": "Qty", "text": "2" },
            { "key": "amount", "alias": "Amount", "text": "4.40" }
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "extraction_approval": "auto",
    "low_confidence_fields": []
  }
}

Make it run on your own receipt

Create a free account.
Upload one sample under Workflows, keep the fields you want and save. That gives you a real workflow id.
Create an API key under Settings. Keys are switched on per account, so ask us if you don't see the option.
Set DOCREFINERY_API and DOCREFINERY_API_KEY as in the quickstart, and swap in your id.

Free try or free account?

Free try and free account, compared

Feature	Free try	Free account
Pages read	Page 1	Every page
Allowance	5 tries a day	100 pages a month
File size	Up to 10 MB	Up to 100 MB
How it reads	Finds the fields on the page	Built-in receipt fields, or your own workflow
Checking	Compare with your page	Confidence scores and page citations
Output	Fields on screen, download as Excel, CSV or JSON	Excel, CSV and JSON for every page, and API keys on request

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Common questions

Is this receipt scanner free?

Yes. You get 5 free tries a day with no account, no card and nothing to install. Each try returns the receipt's fields and items as structured data.

Can I scan a receipt from my phone?

Yes. Open this page on your phone, take a photo of the receipt and upload it. Good light and a flat receipt give the cleanest read.

Can it read the items on a receipt, not just the total?

Yes. Items come back as rows with their description, quantity and amount when the receipt prints them. Check abbreviated item names, which shops often shorten.

Can I export receipts to Excel for expenses?

Yes. Use Download after a free try to save the receipt as Excel (.xlsx), CSV or JSON. A free account reads up to 100 pages a month, keeps your results in one place and exports many receipts together.

Try it on your own receipt.

Free, with no sign-up and no card.