If you built a receipt tracker in Airtable and now spend more time maintaining it than using it, Slipsheet is the simpler path: send it receipt files and get date, merchant, total and tax rows back in one CSV. You can import that file into the same Airtable table, or skip the base and keep the rows in a sheet you own.
Why the Airtable receipt base gets heavy
An Airtable receipt base starts clean: an attachment field, a few number fields, a view per month. Then the upkeep arrives. Airtable's Vision extension, on paid plans, can use OCR to pull text from images in an attachment field, but setting it up means creating a Google Cloud project and an API key, and the result is text you still sort into date, merchant and total fields yourself. Every new field, view or category is something you keep in step by hand.
The same thing happens in Excel or Google Sheets built by hand, and an inbox folder never becomes rows at all. The receipts are there; the ledger isn't.
| Airtable base you built | Excel or Sheets by hand | Inbox folder | Slipsheet | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Getting a receipt in | Attach the file to a record | Read it and type it | It sits in a label | Upload the file, or forward the email on a paid plan |
| Turning it into fields | Vision extension pulls text; you map it to fields | You type every field | Not at all | Each receipt becomes a row you check |
| What you maintain | Fields, the extension, a Google Cloud API key | Columns and formulas | Labels and search terms | No fields or extensions; the nine columns stay fixed |
| Where the data ends up | Your base | Your workbook | Still in email | One CSV you own, or Google Sheets on Pro |
Airtable facts above are from Airtable's support docs, checked Oct 13, 2026.
What Slipsheet does instead
You give Slipsheet the receipt files: paper slips you photograph, emailed PDFs and phone screenshots. Upload a JPG, PNG, HEIC or PDF, or, on a paid plan, forward an email with receipt attachments from the address on your account. Each receipt becomes one row to review, and you fix anything before it goes into an export.
| Receipt | date | merchant | total_amount | currency | tax_amount | category | client_tag | notes | file_name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper slip, photographed and uploaded | 2026-09-04 | Corner Hardware | 42.18 | USD | 3.48 | Supplies | Studio | shelf brackets | IMG_3310.jpg |
| Emailed PDF, forwarded in | 2026-09-09 | Northline Hosting | 24.00 | USD | 0.00 | Software | monthly plan | northline-invoice.pdf | |
| Phone screenshot, uploaded | 2026-09-15 | Pier 7 Diner | 31.60 | USD | 2.69 | Meals | Client B | client lunch | IMG_3342.png |
The export is one CSV named slipsheet-YYYYMMDD.csv, saved as UTF-8 without a BOM, with the same nine columns every time: date, merchant, total_amount, currency, tax_amount, category, client_tag, notes, file_name. The column walkthrough explains each field. One receipt is always one row; Slipsheet doesn't merge receipts.
Keeping Airtable, or leaving it
Slipsheet has no Airtable integration. If you want to keep your base, import the CSV: in Airtable, open the table's menu, choose Import data, then CSV file, and map the nine columns to your fields. Airtable's docs list CSV import on all plan types.
If the base was only ever a receipt log, you may not need it. On Pro, rows sync to Google Sheets, and the same CSV opens in Excel; if names with accents look wrong there, this CSV guide shows the import steps. Excel and OneDrive sync are coming soon. For a log built in Sheets, see tracking receipts in Google Sheets.
Starter is $5/mo for 250 receipts. Pro is $12/mo for 1,500 receipts plus Google Sheets sync. Both start with a 14-day trial, no card needed. Try Slipsheet.
FAQ
Does Slipsheet connect to Airtable?
No. There is no Airtable integration. You export one CSV from Slipsheet and bring it into your table with Airtable's own CSV import.
How do receipts get into Slipsheet?
Upload a JPG, PNG, HEIC or PDF file, or on a paid plan forward an email with receipt attachments from your account address. Each receipt becomes one row you can check and edit.
What columns does the export have?
Nine, always in this order: date, merchant, total_amount, currency, tax_amount, category, client_tag, notes and file_name. The file is named slipsheet-YYYYMMDD.csv and saved as UTF-8.
What does it cost?
Starter is $5 a month for 250 receipts. Pro is $12 a month for 1,500 receipts and adds Google Sheets sync. Both start with a 14-day trial, no card needed.