Spensy Blog

Guides for Smarter Spending

Practical guides on AI receipt scanning, budget setup, and spending analytics — written around the features you actually use in Spensy.

How AI Receipt Scanning Works: From Photo to Categorized Expense

Learn how Spensy uses GPT-4o Vision to extract merchant names, dates, totals, and individual line items from receipt photos — with automatic category assignment and built-in quality checks.

How to Set Up a Monthly Budget That Actually Works

Recurring vs one-time budgets, per-category spending limits, over-budget alerts, and workspace-level tracking. A practical guide to Spensy's budget management features.

How to Read Your Spending Analytics and Take Action

Monthly category breakdowns, 12-month trends, grocery subcategory tracking, month-over-month comparisons, and CSV export. How to use Spensy's analytics to change your spending habits.