A build-to-order ERPNext application that uses OCR and AI extraction to turn supplier PDFs, scans, and emailed bills into draft Purchase Invoices — with line items, taxes, supplier matching, and duplicate detection ready for AP review. ECOSIRE scopes, builds, installs, and supports it for your instance. Built to order by ECOSIRE for ERPNext v15, v16 — indicative price from $599.00 USD; request a quote for a scoped proposal.

A build-to-order ERPNext application that uses OCR and AI extraction to turn supplier PDFs, scans, and emailed bills into draft Purchase Invoices — with line items, taxes, supplier matching, and duplicate detection ready for AP review. ECOSIRE scopes, builds, installs, and supports it for your instance.
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Accounts Payable teams still key bills in by hand. A supplier PDF arrives by email, someone opens it, reads the header for the supplier and invoice number, copies each line, re-enters quantities and rates, works out which tax template applies, and finally creates a Purchase Invoice in ERPNext. Multiply that across hundreds of bills a month and you get slow close cycles, transposition errors, missed early-payment discounts, and duplicate payments that only surface at reconciliation. ERPNext core gives you an excellent Purchase Invoice DocType and the accounting engine behind it, but it has no native OCR or document-understanding layer — the data entry is entirely manual, and the stock Email Inbox and file-attachment features stop at storing the PDF, not reading it.
OCR extraction from PDF, image scans (PNG/JPG/TIFF) and multi-page supplier documents, with a monitored-mailbox intake polled by a Frappe `scheduler_events` job
AI parsing of header fields — supplier, invoice number, invoice date, due date, currency and payment terms — mapped to Purchase Invoice fields
Line-item extraction with description, quantity, UOM, unit rate and line amount, reconciled against the document subtotal and grand total
Tax parsing that resolves per-line and document-level tax into the correct `Purchase Taxes and Charges Template` and account heads
Supplier auto-match against existing `Supplier` records using tax ID, email domain and fuzzy name matching, with create-new fallback
Item and expense/GL account suggestion, tunable per supplier so recurring bills map to consistent accounts
ECOSIRE builds a proper Frappe application (installed via bench get-app / bench install-app, not a fragile customization) that adds an ingestion and extraction pipeline in front of the standard Purchase Invoice. Bills enter through three doors: direct upload/drag-drop, a monitored mailbox that a scheduler event polls, and the Frappe REST API for programmatic feeds. Each document lands as a new staging DocType (for example AI Bill Capture) with the original file attached, then an OCR + AI extraction step parses the supplier identity, invoice number and date, currency, line items, per-line and document-level taxes, and the grand total. Extracted fields are mapped to real ERPNext masters — Supplier, Item, Purchase Taxes and Charges Template, and the correct expense/GL accounts — with confidence scoring so low-confidence fields are flagged rather than silently trusted.
Technically, the engine runs off hooks.py doc events and scheduler_events so ingestion and extraction happen server-side without blocking the user; long-running OCR calls are pushed to the Frappe background job queue. Supplier auto-match uses tax IDs, email domains and fuzzy name matching against existing Supplier records; item and GL suggestions can be tuned per supplier so recurring bills map consistently. A whitelisted server method (@frappe.whitelist()) exposes the "create draft Purchase Invoice" action, and a client script adds a clean review-and-approve panel to the capture DocType so an AP clerk can correct any field before submission. Duplicate-bill detection runs on a composite of supplier + invoice number + amount + date and warns before you create a second Purchase Invoice for a bill you have already booked. Everything is governed by Frappe permissions and Role Profiles, so an AP clerk can review and draft while only a finance approver can submit.
Because this is build-to-order, there is no instant download — we build it against your actual bill formats, chart of accounts, tax templates and approval rules. Engagement starts with a short scoping call, after which we confirm scope, sample your real supplier documents, and deliver a working app on a staging site for UAT before go-live. Typical delivery is 2–4 weeks from confirmed scope, and we support Frappe/ERPNext v15 and v16. You receive the full source in a Git repository along with install and configuration docs, so the app is yours to run, extend, or maintain independently.
Owns a high-volume bill inbox and wants clerks reviewing draft Purchase Invoices instead of typing them from scratch. Needs accurate line-item and tax extraction, duplicate protection, and a review step that keeps a human in control before submission.
Cares about cycle time, error rates and duplicate-payment risk at month-end. Wants extraction confidence scoring, an audit trail on every captured bill, and Role Profile separation so only approvers can submit Purchase Invoices.
Runs the bench and is responsible for what gets installed. Wants a real Frappe app (not brittle customizations), clean `hooks.py` and scheduler usage, REST endpoints for feeding bills in, and full source in a Git repo for v15/v16.
Processes payables for multiple entities and needs consistent, supplier-aware mapping of items and GL accounts, programmatic intake via the REST API, and permission controls that scope reviewers by role and company.
Buy the license on ecosire.com and download the AI Invoice Capture — OCR Bills to Purchase Invoice app ZIP from your account dashboard.
Extract the ZIP into your bench's apps folder, or run `bench get-app` with the path to the extracted app.
Run `bench --site SITE_NAME install-app APP_NAME` followed by `bench migrate` to install AI Invoice Capture — OCR Bills to Purchase Invoice and apply its schema.
Open the ECOSIRE License settings on your site and activate your license key. Requires the free ecosire_connect and ecosire_license_client apps.
| Criterion | ECOSIRE | Custom Build | Competitor | Odoo Native |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill data entry | OCR + AI drafts the Purchase Invoice for review | Depends entirely on what you build | Basic OCR, often generic field mapping | |
| ERPNext fit | Purpose-built Frappe app for your chart of accounts and tax templates | Fits if scoped well; risk of scope drift | Generic mapping, limited per-instance tuning | |
| Duplicate detection | Supplier + number + amount + date composite warning | Only if you build the logic | Sometimes, usually invoice-number only | |
| Supplier / GL mapping | Auto-match with per-supplier item and account rules | Buildable but you design and maintain it | Limited, rarely supplier-specific | |
| Human review control | Confidence scoring + Role Profile-gated approval | Whatever you specify | Varies; review depth often shallow | |
| Source code ownership | Full Git repo handover, yours to extend | You own it but also built and debugged it | Closed-source, licensed per seat/site | |
| Delivery | 2–4 weeks from confirmed scope, UAT on staging | Unbounded; depends on your team's roadmap | Instant install but generic out of the box | |
| Support | Post-go-live window + optional retainer | Self-supported by your team | Vendor tickets, roadmap not yours to steer |
This is a build-to-order application, not an instant download. After a short scoping call we confirm scope and sample your real supplier documents, then build against your ERPNext instance. Typical delivery is 2–4 weeks from confirmed scope, including UAT on a staging site before go-live.
We build and test against Frappe/ERPNext v15 and v16. The app is delivered as a standard Frappe app installed via `bench get-app` and `bench install-app`, so it lives alongside your existing apps rather than modifying core.
Every engagement includes a post-go-live support window for defect fixes and extraction tuning. Because you receive the full Git repository, your team can maintain or extend the app independently, and we can quote a longer support or enhancement retainer if you prefer we continue to maintain it.
No. The pipeline always creates a draft Purchase Invoice staged for review. A person confirms supplier, line items and taxes before submission, and Frappe Role Profiles let you separate capture/review (AP clerk) from submission (finance approver).
Accuracy depends on document quality and consistency, which is why we tune against your real bills during the build. Every field carries a confidence score; low-confidence values are flagged for mandatory reviewer correction rather than silently trusted, so a human always closes the gap.
Duplicate detection runs on a composite of supplier, invoice number, amount and date. If a matching bill has already been captured or booked, the app warns before you create a second Purchase Invoice, closing a common source of duplicate payments.
Three ways: direct upload/drag-drop, a monitored mailbox polled by a Frappe scheduler event, and the Frappe REST API with whitelisted methods for programmatic feeds from external systems or scanning workflows.
A build-to-order ERPNext application that uses OCR and AI extraction to turn supplier PDFs, scans, and emailed bills into draft Purchase Invoices — with line items, taxes, supplier matching, and duplicate detection ready for AP review. ECOSIRE scopes, builds, installs, and supports it for your instance.