AI Invoice Parser

Send any invoice to QuickBooks, Xero, or your AP system — no templates, no typing.

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Accurate Lock and Hardware
ArchTrade
BikBoom Trucks
Carrefour
Dubai Land Department
Fixico
InfoQuest
LUV Car Wash
Miracle Method
NatureGreen
Power X
Span America
Takhlees
Walthamstow Academy
Accurate Lock and Hardware
ArchTrade
BikBoom Trucks
Carrefour
Dubai Land Department
Fixico
InfoQuest
LUV Car Wash
Miracle Method
NatureGreen
Power X
Span America
Takhlees
Walthamstow Academy
Accurate Lock and Hardware
ArchTrade
BikBoom Trucks
Carrefour
Dubai Land Department
Fixico
InfoQuest
LUV Car Wash
Miracle Method
NatureGreen
Power X
Span America
Takhlees
Walthamstow Academy
Accurate Lock and Hardware
ArchTrade
BikBoom Trucks
Carrefour
Dubai Land Department
Fixico
InfoQuest
LUV Car Wash
Miracle Method
NatureGreen
Power X
Span America
Takhlees
Walthamstow Academy
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Powered by Google's most accurate multimodal model
99%
Extraction accuracy on production documents
9 sources
Independent benchmarks cited in our research
30 sec
From signup to first extraction

What is an invoice?

An invoice is the document a vendor sends asking to be paid — it carries the vendor name, invoice number, line items, totals, and payment terms. Parsing an invoice means turning that document into structured rows your accounting software or AP system can actually use, without anyone typing them in.

How invoice parsing works

Three steps from an invoice in your inbox to clean rows in your tools.

Step 1

Send your invoices

Forward them to a Parsli inbox, drop them into the dashboard, or post them via the API. Email, PDF, scan, or photo — it all works.

Step 2

Parsli reads every field

Powered by Google Gemini 2.5 Pro, Parsli pulls vendor name, invoice number, due date, line items, taxes, and totals — even from messy scans and handwritten notes.

Step 3

Clean data lands in your tools

Send the structured rows straight to QuickBooks, Xero, Excel, Google Sheets, or your ERP. Your team reviews exceptions instead of typing every field.

What Parsli reads from an invoice

Every field below ships out of the box. Add custom fields anytime — Parsli reads them too.

Header

FieldTypeExample
Vendor nameTextAcme Supply Co.
Vendor addressText1201 N State St, Chicago, IL 60610
Vendor tax ID / VAT numberTextEU-VAT-DE123456789
Customer / bill-to nameTextParsli Inc.
Customer addressText30 N Gould St, Sheridan, WY
Invoice numberTextINV-2026-04827
Invoice dateDate2026-03-22
Due dateDate2026-04-21
Purchase order (PO) numberTextPO-77124
CurrencyTextUSD
Payment termsTextNet 30

Line items

FieldTypeExample
DescriptionTextQuarterly hosting — March 2026
SKU / item codeTextHOST-Q1-2026
QuantityNumber1
Unit priceAmount$249.00
Line totalAmount$249.00
Tax rateNumber8.25%

Totals

FieldTypeExample
SubtotalAmount$1,247.00
Tax amountAmount$102.88
DiscountAmount-$50.00
Shipping & freightAmount$25.00
Total amount dueAmount$1,324.88

Payment details

FieldTypeExample
Bank account / IBANTextDE89 3704 0044 0532 0130 00
SWIFT / BICTextCOBADEFFXXX
Payment referenceTextINV-2026-04827
Remittance addressTextPO Box 9921, Chicago, IL

See invoice parsing in action

Real input on the left, real extracted output on the right.

Input — INVOICE

Acme Supply Co. · INV-2026-04827

Bill to: Parsli Inc. Date: 03/22/2026 Due: 04/21/2026 PO #: PO-77124 Quarterly hosting — Mar 2026 1 $249.00 Migration services 4 $625.00 Premium support add-on 1 $373.00 Subtotal $1,247.00 Tax (8.25%) $102.88 Discount -$50.00 Shipping $25.00 ───────────────────────────── Total due $1,324.88
Extracted by Parsli
vendor_nameAcme Supply Co.
invoice_numberINV-2026-04827
invoice_date2026-03-22
due_date2026-04-21
po_numberPO-77124
subtotal1247.00
tax_amount102.88
total_amount1324.88
currencyUSD

Goes straight into QuickBooks, Xero, or Google Sheets.

Send invoice data anywhere

One-click integrations to the tools your team already uses. No middleware, no glue scripts.

Who parses invoices with Parsli

Invoices live in different parts of the business — Parsli works for all of them.

Accounting firms

Drop client invoices into Parsli and post clean line items into QuickBooks or Xero. Review exceptions instead of re-keying every field — billable hours go to advisory, not data entry.

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AP and finance teams

Route vendor invoices from your shared inbox into your ERP automatically. Match PO numbers, flag duplicates, and approve only the line items that need a human eye.

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Small business owners

Skip the bookkeeping pile. Forward invoices to Parsli, get clean rows in Google Sheets or QuickBooks, and close the month in hours instead of days.

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Why pick Parsli for invoice parsing

Three reasons teams move off manual entry, templates, or traditional OCR.

vs. manual data entry

A clerk at $25/hr enters about 6 invoices per hour. Parsli reads thousands per hour at $0.08/page — and doesn't transpose digits at 4pm on a Friday.

vs. template-based tools

Template tools (Docparser, Mailparser, Parseur) need a new template every time a sender changes their invoice layout. Parsli reads any layout on day one — nothing to maintain.

vs. traditional OCR (Textract, Tesseract)

Traditional OCR gives you raw text. Parsli reads the meaning — the actual fields you care about — and outputs structured rows your downstream systems can use. See the full LLM OCR vs traditional OCR comparison.

Get started in 30 seconds

No demo call. No sales cycle. Drop an invoice and you'll see structured data the same minute.

1

Sign up free

20 pages free to start. No credit card.

2

Drop your document

Email, PDF, scan, or photo — any format works.

3

Get clean data

Lands in QuickBooks, Xero, Excel, Google Sheets, or your API.

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Frequently asked questions

How accurate is Parsli on invoices?
Parsli runs on Google Gemini 2.5 Pro, which scored 96% on text-based PDF invoices and 94% on scanned invoices in independent 2026 benchmarks. On the messy real-world end (low-DPI scans, faxes, phone photos), it still beats traditional OCR by 10-15 percentage points. See the head-to-head benchmark in our LLM OCR vs traditional OCR analysis.
Can Parsli extract line items from invoices?
Yes. Use the table field type to extract multi-row line items including description, quantity, unit price, and line total. Parsli also handles multi-page invoices and tables with merged cells.
How does Parsli send invoice data to QuickBooks, Xero, or Excel?
Three options. (1) Native integrations: one-click connections to QuickBooks, Xero, Google Sheets, and Excel. (2) Zapier or Make: send extracted invoice data into any of 6,000+ tools. (3) Webhooks or REST API: post invoices and receive structured JSON for your own ERP.
Is my invoice data secure?
Parsli never uses your documents to train AI models. Invoices are processed and the source files are deleted after extraction. EU and US hosting options are available for teams with regional data-residency requirements.
What is a invoice parser?
A invoice parser reads invoices the way a person would — visually, layout-aware — and outputs structured data fields ready to flow into your accounting software, CRM, or spreadsheet. Unlike template-based OCR, an AI invoice parser doesn't need a fresh template every time a sender changes their layout.
Can I process invoices in bulk?
Yes. Three options: drag-and-drop multi-file upload in the dashboard, forward a batch of emails to your unique Parsli inbox address, or POST documents via the REST API. The output is the same structured JSON regardless of how the invoices arrived.
Does Parsli work with invoices in other languages?
Yes. Parsli runs on Google Gemini 2.5 Pro, which is multilingual out of the box — over 100 languages including all major European, Asian, Arabic, and Cyrillic scripts. Extraction accuracy is highest in English but stays usable across the rest.