# WiseOCR

Aiolum story: https://aiolum.com/story/wiseocr/ · added 2026-11-12 · updated 2026-11-12

**In short.** WiseOCR (Receipt and invoice reader that returns JSON, Not stated): US$1.84K all-time verified revenue, October 2026. Evidence grade A: disclosed by a company or a filing, or verified by a payment processor. Team: Headcount not published; TrustMRR lists one founder and the blog posts carry the byline Kamil. Launched 23 November 2024; still running, revenue falling.

Receipt and invoice reader that returns JSON · Not stated · AI-native · solo founder · still running, revenue falling · group: Finance, risk and compliance

- Outcome: US$1.84K all-time verified revenue, October 2026 (evidence grade of the headline number: A; headline in US dollars: 1840)
- Launch: 23 November 2024; months from launch to the outcome: 23
- Team: Headcount not published; TrustMRR lists one founder and the blog posts carry the byline Kamil
- Outside funding: None found
- Main factor: Niche
- Meters, 1 to 4: evidence strength 3, copyable pattern 3, capital needed 1
- Tags: AI-native, Solo founder, Bootstrapped, Running, B2B, Finance

Links:

- Visit wiseocr.com: https://wiseocr.com/
- Verified revenue on TrustMRR: https://trustmrr.com/startup/wiseocr

**The product.** A user sends a photo, a PDF, a link to a file or plain text of a receipt or invoice. WiseOCR returns the vendor, date, line items, tax and total as JSON. The service runs through an API, through the Make and Zapier automation tools, or through an MCP server for AI assistants.

**Why it worked.** It does one narrow job and returns the same fields for every document. A developer or an automation builder can call it without writing a parser. It sells credits by the page, and a credit pack needs no subscription. Revenue is small, and the verified record shows it falling from its January 2026 peak.

Evidence grades: A = disclosed by a public company, a filing or a payment processor, or verified by one; B = two or more independent reports agree, or a journalist confirmed it; C = a founder claim that no one else verified; D = reported, not verified: one founder claim or a third-party estimate with no second source; E = no revenue figure found, so the headline is a non-money fact and the other facts carry their own grades; calc = computed on this page from graded facts.

## Summary

WiseOCR turns receipts and invoices into JSON, a text format in which every value sits in a named field. The terms of service say the product reads a document with OCR and with AI models. OCR (optical character recognition) is software that reads text from an image. The same fields come back for every document: vendor, time, currency, country, line items, tax and total. Customers reach it through an API, which lets one program call another. They can also use Make and Zapier. A third route is an MCP server, a small program that lets an AI assistant such as Claude or Cursor call the service.

The TrustMRR profile lists one founder, Kamil, and gives 23 November 2024 as the founding date. The registry record shows that the domain wiseocr.com was registered on 14 April 2025. The earliest copy of the home page in the Internet Archive is from 19 May 2025 and already shows prices. The blog is signed Kamil in all four posts, from September 2025 to November 2026. No source gives a surname, a company name or a headcount.

The headline figure comes from the payment processor. TrustMRR read the company's Polar account through an API key. On 12 October 2026 it reported US$1,840 of all-time revenue, US$18.50 of monthly recurring revenue and 3 active subscriptions. The profile text, the founding date and the founder name are founder-written and are not verified.

## Why did WiseOCR work?

### It sells one narrow job with a fixed output shape

WiseOCR handles only receipts and invoices. The home page says vendor, date, line items, tax breakdown and total always sit in the same place. Code that imports the result never changes. The product returns documents that are not receipts or invoices without using credits, according to the pricing page.

### It prices by the page and needs no subscription

The first screen of the home page says from US$0.03 per page and no subscription required. Credit packs last 1 year. In May 2025 the FAQ said no subscription plan was offered. By September 2026 the terms describe subscriptions at half the monthly price when billed yearly.

### It offers the same credits through several ways of calling it

One credit balance works for the API, for the Make and Zapier apps and for the MCP server, according to the company's pages. Make lists the app as maintained by the vendor. Which of these routes brings paying customers is not stated by any source.

## How it was built

These details come from the company's own pages and from the platform pages that list the product. They are grade B and C.

- Payments run through Polar. The terms call Polar the merchant of record that issues invoices, while the TrustMRR profile says merchant of record: No. This page does not resolve that difference.
- The company site is a Next.js application, visible in its page source. The documentation at developers.wiseocr.com is built with Docusaurus.
- The demo on the home page asks the visitor to tick a Cloudflare Turnstile box before it processes a file.
- The terms say the service uses OCR and AI models. No page names the model provider.
- The MCP server is a free npm package named wiseocr-mcp. It runs on the user's computer, reads files by path and sends each document to the API.

Sources: [2, 4, 5, 10]

## Who tried this before WiseOCR, and why did they fail?

Three companies in our database of failed startups tried to automate paperwork in finance, lending or hospital administration before language models could read a document. The values below are from that database and are not independently verified.

The failed startups come from our database of dead startups, retold here in our own words; Its entries are AI-assisted summaries of public sources, so they carry no evidence grade.

### Sway Finance (2016 to 2019; funding US$2.0M; cause: Competition)

- Promise: An automated platform for expense tracking, budgeting and forecasting for small and medium-sized businesses.
- Why it died: The record says it could not differentiate itself in a market led by QuickBooks and Xero, and that customer acquisition was costly.
- Record: 

### Lendsnap (2016 to 2019; funding US$500K; cause: Competition)

- Promise: Automatic collection of a borrower's financial documents for mortgage applications.
- Why it died: The record says it struggled to stand out in fintech and that integrations with a fragmented banking sector were hard to scale.
- Record: 

### Olive AI (2012 to 2023; funding US$852.0M; cause: Overpromising)

- Promise: Software bots that automate the administrative work of hospitals, such as prior authorizations and billing.
- Why it died: The record says the company promised autonomous AI and that each hospital needed heavy customization, so the economics did not scale.
- Record: 

## What changed

WiseOCR's own blog describes a first wave of deep learning OCR from 2018 to 2023. In that wave, companies such as Mindee, Veryfi and Tabscanner trained specialized neural networks on receipts. It describes a second wave of multimodal language models from 2024 that read a document without receipt-specific training.

A one-person product can now sit on top of those models. WiseOCR's blog says specialized receipt APIs charge US$0.05 to US$0.15 a page, and its own largest pack costs US$0.03 a page. The blog also warns that a language model can report a wrong total. The terms of service tell the user to review results before relying on them.

## Can one person copy WiseOCR now?

**Verdict: The product can be copied. The revenue so far is small.**

The method is simple: one document type, one fixed output and a price per page. The verified record shows US$1,840 in 23 months, and the last 30 days to 13 October 2026 brought US$82.32. A copy needs a reason for buyers to choose it. The company's blog compares it with cloud OCR services and specialized receipt APIs.

1. Pick one document type and return the same fields every time, so the code of the buyer never changes.
2. Publish the price per page on the first screen, and sell credit packs before subscriptions.
3. List the product where automation builders already work: Make, Zapier and MCP servers.
4. Read the revenue from the payment processor and publish it, as TrustMRR does for this product.

**What is still open.** Narrower versions are open: receipts for one country's tax rules, invoices for one accounting program, or fuel and travel receipts for one industry.

## How much revenue does WiseOCR make? The numbers, graded

US$1,840 of all-time revenue in 23 months, read by TrustMRR from the company's Polar account, with a small and uneven monthly record

| Fact | Value | Grade | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-time verified revenue, synced 12 October 2026 | US$1,840 | A | TrustMRR reads the Polar account through an API key. The profile says its revenue metrics come from the payment provider. | [1] |
| Revenue, last 30 days to 13 October 2026 | US$82.32 | A | TrustMRR shows a change of minus 23.2% against the 30 days before. The daily table shows revenue on three days: US$54.00 on 14 September, US$19.71 on 21 September and US$8.61 on 27 September. | [1] |
| Monthly recurring revenue, October 2026 | US$18.50 | A | TrustMRR shows 3 active subscriptions. Monthly recurring revenue (MRR) is the subscription revenue of one month. | [1] |
| Annual run rate of the subscriptions | US$222 | calc | Calculated: 18.50 multiplied by 12 equals 222. | [1] |
| Best month in the 12-month table | US$285, January 2026 | A | The table shows November 2025 to October 2026. The other full months run from US$27.43 in May 2026 to US$177 in December 2025. October 2026 shows US$0.00 up to 13 October. | [1] |
| Revenue from May to October 2026, from the monthly table | US$372.98 | calc | Calculated: the monthly figures of May to October 2026 add up to 372.98. The six months before that (November 2025 to April 2026) add up to 841.85. TrustMRR's own rolling figure for the last 6 months is US$404, because it starts in the middle of April. | [1] |
| Revenue before November 2025 | about US$625 | calc | Calculated: 1,840 minus the 1,214.83 that the monthly table shows for November 2025 to October 2026 leaves 625.17. The profile gives no monthly split for the earlier period. | [1] |
| Founding date | 23 November 2024 | C | Stated in the TrustMRR profile, whose free text is written by the founder. No other downloaded page gives a start date. | [1] |
| Domain wiseocr.com registered | 14 April 2025 | B | Registry record of the .com zone. The date is about five months after the founding date in the TrustMRR profile. No page says where the product was offered before that. | [12] |
| Earliest copy of the home page | 19 May 2025 | C | Internet Archive copy. It shows credit packs from US$9 to US$799 and says no subscription plan was offered. | [6] |
| Founder | Kamil, first name only | C | TrustMRR lists the founder as Kamil. The company blog carries the byline By Kamil on all four posts. No page gives a surname or a company name. | [1, 7] |
| Subscription plans added | by September 2026 | C | The May 2025 FAQ says no subscription plan existed. The terms of 26 September 2026 describe monthly and annual subscriptions. | [4, 6] |
| Make app | listed as Verified, maintained by the vendor | B | Make's own page for the app says it is supported and maintained by the official vendor WiseOCR. | [8] |
| Zapier app | listed | B | Zapier's page for WiseOCR lists triggers, actions and a Schedule by Zapier template. | [9] |
| MCP server | free npm package wiseocr-mcp | C | The company's MCP page says the package is free and uses the same credits as the API. | [10] |
| Document limits | up to 5 PDF pages, 4 MB a file | C | Stated in the terms of service. | [4] |

How to read this table: a grade A value was read by TrustMRR from the payment processor. A grade B value comes from an independent company's own page. A grade C value is a statement of the company or the founder. A "calc" value was computed on this page from the rows above it.

## Pricing

WiseOCR prices in November 2026, from the company's pricing page read on 12 November 2026 (grade C)

| Plan | Per month, billed yearly (US$) | Per month, billed monthly (US$) | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Credit pack, 130 credits | 9 one-time |  | 1 year validity, US$0.069 a page |
| Credit pack, 320 credits | 19 one-time |  | 1 year validity, US$0.059 a page |
| Credit pack, 1,000 credits | 49 one-time |  | 1 year validity, US$0.049 a page |
| Credit pack, 3,500 credits | 139 one-time |  | 1 year validity, US$0.040 a page |
| Credit pack, 10,000 credits | 299 one-time |  | 1 year validity, US$0.030 a page |
| Subscription, 130 credits | 4.50 | 9 | 130 pages a month |
| Subscription, 320 credits | 9.50 | 19 | 320 pages a month |
| Subscription, 1,000 credits | 24.50 | 49 | 1,000 pages a month |
| Subscription, 3,500 credits | 69.50 | 139 | 3,500 pages a month |

One credit scans one page. A three-page PDF uses three credits. Credit packs are one-time payments, and the credits last 1 year. A subscription adds credits every month, and unused credits roll over while the plan is active. The annual price is half of the monthly price. Prices exclude VAT. The terms say a full refund is possible within 7 days of a purchase if no credit was used.

## When did WiseOCR launch, and how did it grow? Timeline

From a first page in 2025 to a small paid product with an MCP server in 2026. Each entry carries its grade.

- **23 November 2024** (grade C [1]): TrustMRR gives this date as the founding date of WiseOCR.
- **19 May 2025** (grade C [6]): The earliest Internet Archive copy of the home page lists four credit packs from US$9 to US$799. The page says the Make integration is coming soon.
- **13 September 2025** (grade C [7]): A blog post by Kamil describes a native Make integration.
- **November 2025 to January 2026** (grade A [1]): Monthly revenue of US$86.85, US$177 and US$285.
- **11 April 2026** (grade C [7]): A blog post compares traditional OCR, receipt APIs and multimodal AI models for receipts.
- **26 September 2026** (grade A [1, 4]): The terms of service are updated and describe credit packs and monthly or annual subscriptions. September revenue is US$159, of which US$54.00 arrived on 14 September.
- **12 October 2026** (grade A [1]): TrustMRR syncs all-time revenue of US$1,840, monthly recurring revenue of US$18.50 and 3 active subscriptions.
- **1 November 2026** (grade C [7, 10]): A blog post shows how to turn a folder of receipts into one CSV file with Claude and the WiseOCR MCP server.

## What could go wrong for WiseOCR?

- **Badges and the claim about stored files.** The home page shows two badges, Featured on There's An AI For That and a TinyLaunch badge, and no testimonial, rating or customer counter. This page does not verify either badge. The home page says a document is never stored and nothing is kept in the database. The privacy policy says document contents may briefly appear in technical logs that are deleted after a limited period.
- **Small and uneven revenue.** Monthly revenue in the verified table ran from US$27.43 to US$285. The months May to October 2026 total US$372.98 against US$841.85 in the six months before. September 2026, at US$159, was the best month since January. Monthly recurring revenue is US$18.50 from 3 subscriptions. TrustMRR shows an estimated user count of 0, which the profile does not explain.
- **Name, company and an earlier product name.** The founder is named only as Kamil. No page gives a surname, a company name or a legal entity. The May 2025 FAQ of the home page says ReceiptFlow is an advanced OCR solution inside the answer to the question what WiseOCR is. No page explains this, and it may be a leftover from a template or an earlier product name. The domain wiseocr.com was registered on 14 April 2025, after the stated start. The start date of 23 November 2024 comes from the profile text.
- **Pricing changed over time.** In May 2025 the FAQ offered credit packs of 130, 820, 5,000 and 20,000 credits at US$9, US$49, US$249 and US$799. The FAQ described lifetime validity, while the price card on the same page said 1 year validity. The FAQ said no subscription plan was offered. The terms now say credits last 1 year and describe subscriptions. The reason for the change is not stated.

## Sources

1. TrustMRR profile of WiseOCR, synced 12 October 2026 — https://trustmrr.com/startup/wiseocr.md (grade A). Read the cached markdown copy of October 2026. A live request on 12 November 2026 answered HTTP 500, so the copy is cited. Source for the revenue, the monthly table, the MRR and the subscriptions (grade A, read from Polar). The founding date, founder name and description are founder-written text (grade C).
2. WiseOCR home page, read 12 November 2026 — https://wiseocr.com/ (grade C). Read in full. Source for the product description, the prices from US$0.03 a page, the badges and the privacy claim.
3. WiseOCR pricing page, read 12 November 2026 — https://wiseocr.com/pricing (grade C). Read in full. Source for the credit packs, the subscription prices and the pricing questions.
4. WiseOCR terms of service, last updated 26 September 2026 — https://wiseocr.com/tos (grade C). Read in full. Source for the use of OCR and AI models, Polar as merchant of record, the limits per file and the refund rule. The privacy policy at https://wiseocr.com/privacy-policy was also read in full; it names no company and no person.
5. WiseOCR robots.txt and documentation at developers.wiseocr.com — https://developers.wiseocr.com (grade C). Read the documentation introduction. The robots.txt of wiseocr.com allows all agents except the dashboard and API paths. The documentation site is built with Docusaurus.
6. Internet Archive copy of the WiseOCR home page, 19 May 2025 — https://web.archive.org/web/20250519223733/https://wiseocr.com/ (grade C). Read in full. The earliest copy that the Internet Archive offers. Source for the May 2025 prices, the missing subscription plan and the ReceiptFlow sentence.
7. WiseOCR blog, four posts by Kamil, September 2025 to November 2026 — https://wiseocr.com/posts (grade C). Read the index and all four posts in full. Source for the byline, the Make integration post, the comparison of OCR approaches and the Claude MCP post.
8. Make: WiseOCR - Receipt & Invoice OCR integration — https://www.make.com/en/integrations/wise-ocr (grade B). Read in full. Make's own page says the app is supported and maintained by the official vendor WiseOCR.
9. Zapier: WiseOCR integrations — https://zapier.com/apps/wise-ocr/integrations (grade B). Read in full. Zapier's own page lists the app, its triggers and actions.
10. WiseOCR MCP server page — https://wiseocr.com/mcp (grade C). Read in full. Source for the free npm package wiseocr-mcp and its pricing in credits.
11. Database of failed startups, local export — /method/#dead (grade C). Record pages read on the website on 12 November 2026. AI-written summaries that are not independently verified. Source for the failed predecessors.
12. Verisign registry record (RDAP) of the domain wiseocr.com — https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/wiseocr.com (grade B). Read in full on 12 November 2026. Source for the registration date of 14 April 2025.

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