BalancedStatement VS StatementSheets

BalancedStatement's answer

I’m a software engineer, and I kept running into the same problem: the converters I tried either wanted a monthly subscription for something I needed occasionally, or gave me a spreadsheet I couldn’t trust without checking every row by hand. So I built a converter that does the checking itself, comparing every row against the balances the bank printed, and charges per statement. It started with banks in Cyprus and Europe (Bank of Cyprus, Eurobank, Revolut, Wise) and learns new bank layouts as people use it.

StatementSheets's answer:

I created it as an experiment to see if Claude could come up with a product that could make $1000. You can read more on artificialinvestment.substack.com

BalancedStatement's answer

It checks every conversion against the opening balance, the closing balance and every running balance on the statement, and shows you the result in a balance-check sheet inside the Excel file. You pay per statement instead of a monthly subscription, and credits never expire. It also reads phone photos, not just PDFs. Statements from banks in its template library are read by its own parser, with no AI involved.

StatementSheets's answer:

It does all the processing offline. No personal information ever leaves your device

BalancedStatement's answer

Most converters charge a monthly subscription, which doesn’t make sense if you convert statements a few times a year. BalancedStatement costs €0.65–1.20 per statement of up to 10 pages, with no subscription and nothing to cancel. Your first statement is free, and if a complete statement doesn’t reconcile, you don’t pay. You get Excel, CSV, QuickBooks (QBO) and Xero files, so you can import straight into your accounting software.

StatementSheets's answer:

StatementSheets values your privacy and only charges for what you use. No subscription.

BalancedStatement's answer

Bookkeepers, accountants and small business owners who need to get bank transactions from PDF statements into Excel, QuickBooks or Xero. That includes catching up on old periods, onboarding a new client, or working with a bank that only gives out PDFs. It also suits individuals who need a spreadsheet of their transactions for taxes or a loan application.

BalancedStatement's answer

Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL (Supabase), pdfplumber for template-based parsing, Claude (Anthropic) for statements from banks that aren’t in the library yet, Stripe for payments, and Fly.io for hosting.