AutoEntry (by Sage) and Dext are strong general document-capture tools. But for the specific job of turning PDF bank statements into clean, reconciled ledger data, the credit meter and the edge-case misses add up. Here's an honest comparison.
AutoEntry (by Sage) bills by credits, and bank statements are the credit-heavy document type: a single page of bank statements consumes 3 credits (AutoEntry Help Center: what are credits). Crucially, unused credits do not roll over, which makes the model awkward for practices with variable monthly volume, and prices rose across plans as of 1 September 2025 (AutoEntry pricing). On the accuracy side, reviewers report the system entering random invoice numbers, duplicating charges, and picking wrong suppliers or tax codes even after correction (AutoEntry on Trustpilot), and G2 users describe time saved on entry being partly eaten by "ironing out" wrong code attributions (AutoEntry reviews, G2).
Dext draws the most consistent complaint on price: G2 reviewers repeatedly call it expensive with tiered pricing that escalates quickly and lacks transparency, and at least one flags that line-item extraction carries an extra charge (Dext reviews, G2). On statements specifically, users note that bank-statement extraction "can be hit and miss" and that some PDFs come through unreliably (same).
| BankTidy | AutoEntry (Sage) | Dext | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model for statements | Flat plans + one-time credit pack that never expires | Credits; 3 per statement page; unused credits don't roll over | Tiered; line-item extraction can cost extra |
| Reconciliation proof on every file | Yes — ties to the penny or flags it | No | No |
| Bank-statement reliability | Benchmarked on real statements | Wrong codes / duplicates reported | "Hit and miss" reported on statements |
| Credit-union, scanned & international | Yes | General capture | General capture |
Competitor rows sourced to AutoEntry Help Center, AutoEntry pricing, Trustpilot, AutoEntry G2 and Dext G2. Claims that couldn't be verified were left out.
General capture tools are optimized for invoices and receipts, where a small miss is a nuisance. On a bank statement, a dropped line or a flipped sign quietly breaks the month — and you only discover it when reconciliation won't balance. BankTidy makes that impossible to miss: it reconciles the whole statement to the printed closing balance and flags anything that doesn't tie, so you never import a broken extraction.
See the reproducible proof — 14 real statements, 7 institutions, 3 countries, 100% reconciled to the penny, including a scanned US statement and a 79-transaction Spanish-language Ecuadorian statement — on the BankTidy accuracy benchmark.
Try BankTidy on the statements your current tool meters or fumbles. Three full conversions a month are free with no card, and the $9 pack's credits never expire.
How is BankTidy's pricing different from AutoEntry's credits?
BankTidy uses flat monthly plans plus an optional one-time $9 50-page pack whose credits never expire. AutoEntry meters by credits — three per statement page — and unused credits don't roll over (source).
Is BankTidy cheaper than Dext?
It depends on volume, but BankTidy avoids Dext's two most-cited cost issues: tiered pricing that escalates and an extra charge for line-item extraction (source). Line items and reconciliation are included in every BankTidy conversion.
Does BankTidy handle odd bank formats?
Yes — credit-union, scanned and non-English international statements, the formats general capture tools handle least reliably. See the benchmark.
See how BankTidy compares with the other converters bookkeepers weigh: DocuClipper · Hubdoc · CapyParse · Statemently · BankStatementLab · Suparse.