Overview: WellyBox is a lightweight tool that scans users’ inboxes for receipts and invoices. It’s positioned as a quick fix for freelancers who want to save time hunting through email.

Audience: Freelancers and small businesses managing receipts primarily via Gmail or Outlook.

User Goal: Automatically extract emailed receipts into a single dashboard for export.

Strengths: Easy to set up, affordable, email scanning works well for digital purchases.

Limitations: WellyBox only searches email inboxes—no integration with photo libraries, digital wallets, or SMS. It doesn’t validate data against banking transactions, can’t distinguish between personal and business expenses, and lacks SOC 2 Type 2 certification. It also doesn’t offer mileage tracking, a major gap for freelancers who travel for work.

Why Terrapin Wins: Terrapin is a multi-source, compliance-first platform that automatically finds receipts from email, photo albums, wallets, and SMS while validating them against linked bank data to confirm authenticity. It supports both personal and business use, ensuring accurate tax classification for US, UK, and Canadian users. With SOC 2 Type 2 and UK Cyber Essentials compliance on its roadmap, Terrapin provides the security and audit integrity serious users expect.