Landara vs Dext
Dext captures receipts and pushes them to accounting. Landara costs every Shopify order with perpetual FIFO and hands you a ready-to-post COGS journal.
What Dext does well
Receipt scanning
Excellent OCR for receipts, invoices, and bills. Mobile app for quick capture.
Accounting push
Seamless integration with Xero and QuickBooks. Bills appear ready for approval.
Expense management
Great for utilities, subscriptions, office supplies (standard business expenses).
The gap for Shopify sellers
Dext gets your bills into Xero. It never tells you what each Shopify order cost you in stock.
With Dext
Upload freight invoice → Extract total → Push as bill to Xero → Done
You still don't know your cost per product, or your COGS when it sells.
With Landara
Land freight + duty into cost layers → Sync Shopify orders → Cost each sale FIFO → Get a ready-to-post COGS journal
You know what each SKU cost to land, and what it actually cost you on every order.
No allocation
Dext doesn't split freight costs across your products. You need to do that manually.
No PO linking
Your freight invoice and PO are separate records. No way to connect them.
No running COGS
No FIFO or moving-average engine. When a Shopify order ships, Dext can't tell you the cost of goods sold.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Dext | Landara |
|---|---|---|
| Document extraction | ||
| Push to Xero | ||
| Push to QuickBooks | ||
| Mobile app | ||
| Cost allocation across products | ||
| Per-unit landed cost | ||
| Perpetual FIFO COGS per Shopify order | ||
| Ready-to-post COGS journal (Dr COGS / Cr Inventory) | ||
| Shopify inventory + order sync | ||
| Import-specific workflows |
Use both?
Yes. Many importers use Dext for general expenses and Landara for import documents.
Keep using Dext for:
- • Office supplies & subscriptions
- • Travel & meals
- • Utilities & phone bills
- • General accounts payable
Use Landara for:
- • Landed cost per product (freight + duty)
- • Perpetual FIFO COGS on every Shopify order
- • A ready-to-post COGS journal each month
- • Life after Shopify Stocky
“Landara has made it much easier to keep track of my actual product costs. I really like that it takes things like shipping and duties into account instead of just showing the basic cost. Simple app, easy to use, and I’m already getting a much clearer idea of my real margins.”
“I installed Landara because I was getting tired of guessing what my inventory was actually costing me. What I liked most was being able to see the product cost together with things like shipping and duties, I've been trying to keep a closer eye on my margins, so having those costs in one place has made things much easier for me. It didn't take me long to get setup either, which was a nice bonus.”
“I honestly didn’t expect Landara to make this part of my store that much easier. I installed it mainly to get a better handle on my actual product costs, and I was pleasantly surprised by how everything comes together. I’m still exploring it, but so far it’s been really useful and I’m impressed with how it works.”
“I've just started using Landara, and so far I'm impressed with how it handles landed costs. I especially like being able to account for things like freight and duty instead of treating the supplier price as the whole cost. Still exploring the app, but it already looks like it could save me a lot of spreadsheet work.”
Need running COGS on every Shopify order?
Dext captures expenses. Landara costs every sale FIFO and hands your bookkeeper a ready-to-post journal.