Snap the receipt. It's logged.
Send a photo of a receipt on WhatsApp or iMessage and Cicada reads the shop, the date, the total and the tax, files it in your expense sheet under the right job or category, and keeps the photo. At month end, ask what you spent.
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Expenses without the shoebox.
Reads the receipt
Shop, date, items, total and tax, from a photo, a screenshot or a PDF. Crumpled and faded is fine as long as the numbers can be read.
Files it where you want
A Google Sheet, an Excel file or an Airtable base with your own columns, by job, client or category. Your accountant's layout works too.
Keeps the original
The photo is kept with your agent, so the receipt is there when someone asks for it.
Or just say it
No receipt? A voice note like "twenty dollars parking, Hartley St" is logged the same way.
Answers in plain words
"What did I spend on materials for Hartley St?" "How much GST this quarter?" Answers come from the sheet, with the total and the count.
Month end, handled
"On the 1st, email the sheet to my accountant" becomes a scheduled email from your own inbox, with your OK if you want one.
Set up in minutes, in plain English.
Make or connect the sheet
Point it at your expense sheet, or ask it to make one with the columns you want.
Text it receipts
Photos, screenshots or PDFs, one at a time or a batch. Add the job or client in the message if you like.
Ask, or schedule the summary
"What did I spend this month?" any time, or a summary on the 1st.
Questions, answered.
Where do the expenses go?
Into a Google Sheet, an Excel file or an Airtable base you choose, with the columns you want. If you split costs with others in Splitwise, it can add them there instead.
What if it can't read a receipt?
It tells you which part it couldn't read rather than guessing, and asks you for the missing number.
Can I send a batch?
Yes. Several photos in one message, or a PDF with many receipts. Each one is read and logged on its own.
Does it handle my currency and tax?
Yes. It reads the currency and the tax printed on the receipt, whether that's VAT, GST or sales tax, and works in your language. Cicada is open to sign up in any country.
Can my team send receipts too?
Yes. Add it to a WhatsApp or iMessage group with your crew and anyone can tag it with a receipt, and every file posted there is kept. Or give each person their own agent in your workspace.
What does it cost?
Every workspace starts with 300 free credits. You add a card at sign-up and nothing is charged until you run low; then it's $25 for 200 credits, automatically, with no subscription. Credits meter the work agents actually do, and plans start at $99 a month.
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