バクラク
: How to use it, features, and the business problems it solves
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What is バクラク?
Bakuraku is a back-office SaaS suite for businesses from LayerX (Japan). Its AI-OCR automatically digitizes invoices and receipts, and connects invoice receiving, expense reimbursement, approval workflows, corporate cards, and electronic bookkeeping compliance — all the way to attendance and payroll — under a single ID. Adopted by over 20,000 companies with a retention rate above 99%. Pricing is unpublished (contact sales) and a free trial is available. Japanese-made with a Japanese UI; expense and approval screens can also be switched to English.
Business problems it solves
About "バクラク"
What is Bakuraku?
Bakuraku (バクラク) is a back-office SaaS suite for businesses developed and provided by LayerX, Inc. (Japan). Its AI-OCR and AI agents automatically read documents such as invoices and receipts, and connect and automate accounting-related work — from invoice receiving, expense reimbursement, approval workflows, corporate cards, and electronic bookkeeping to attendance and payroll — under a single ID.
The official tagline is "AI does the work for you, so people can focus on decisions." The design philosophy running through the whole suite is to leave data entry and journal-entry drafting to AI, while people concentrate on reviewing and approving. Since its launch in 2021, the product line has kept expanding and now covers not only spend management but also the HR domain.
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Bakuraku is not a single product — a suite spanning accounting to HR
There is no single app called "Bakuraku"; it is a suite where you pick and combine the products you need. As of August 2026, the official site lists the following lineup.
01Spend management (the core of the suite)
Covers outgoing-money workflows end to end, from receipt to storage.
- Bakuraku Invoice Receiving — digitizes invoices in any form (paper, email PDF, partner portals) with AI-OCR and connects them to journal entries and payment requests
- Bakuraku Expense Reimbursement — streamlines submission, approval, and reimbursement with AI reading and auto-entry of receipts
- Bakuraku Application — workflow for internal approvals and requests
- Bakuraku Business Card — a corporate card whose usage data flows straight into accounting
- Bakuraku Electronic Bookkeeping — document storage compliant with Japan's Electronic Bookkeeping Act
- Bakuraku Invoice Issuing, Spend Analytics, Receivables Management — extends to the issuing side, spend visibility, and payment collection
02HR & labor management
Starting with attendance management in November 2024, the suite has been expanding into HR.
- Bakuraku Attendance, Payroll, HR — handles time tracking through payroll and labor procedures under the same ID as the accounting products
03AI agents & BPO
Beyond software, Bakuraku is also moving toward taking on the work itself.
- Receiving BPO & AI approval — outsourced services that take over invoice receiving and application checks
- Contract management & help desk — agents specialized in contract management and internal inquiries
How to use
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Request materials or contact sales
From each product page on the official site, download the pricing sheet or send an inquiry. Since prices are not published, the starting point is to share which products you need and your company size, then receive a quote.
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Check the screens in a free trial
The official site states you can try the screens and features in a trial before adopting. The surest way to evaluate the AI-OCR is to test it on your own invoices and receipts.
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Connect your accounting software
Bakuraku integrates with more than 10 accounting packages — freee Accounting, Money Forward Cloud Accounting, Kanjo Bugyo Cloud, Yayoi Accounting, and more — via API or CSV. There is no need to switch accounting software.
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Bring in your documents
Feed in invoices in any form — paper scans, email PDF attachments, partner portals — and the AI-OCR automatically reads the vendor, amount, date, and other fields.
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Review AI drafts for journal entries, payments, and storage
AI agents trained on your past data draft journal entries, payment requests, and approval checks; people review and approve them. Processed documents are stored in compliance with the Electronic Bookkeeping Act.
Key features
- Automatic AI-OCR reading — digitizes vendors, amounts, dates, and more from invoices and receipts; manual entry is not the default
- AI agents (journal entries and applications) — learn from past processing data to automate journal-entry input, payment-request creation, and approval checks
- Invoice System (qualified invoice) support — automatically validates qualified-issuer registration numbers and flags documents that fail the requirements
- Electronic Bookkeeping Act support — JIIMA-certified; meets the requirements for electronic storage of transaction documents
- Foreign-currency reading — AI-OCR reads receipts in 35 currencies and converts them to yen with automatically fetched rates (announced Oct 2024)
- Internal controls — duplicate-processing alerts, view restrictions, journal-entry and output locks, and more
- Accounting software integrations — freee Accounting, Money Forward Cloud Accounting, Kanjo Bugyo Cloud, Yayoi Accounting, and 10+ others via API/CSV
- Data flow across the suite — the products connect under one ID, carrying data from application through reimbursement and storage
Pricing
Prices are not published; each product is individually quoted (contact sales). As of August 19, 2026, the official pricing pages use a "download the price sheet" format with no amounts shown directly.
| Item | Details (as of August 19, 2026) |
|---|---|
| Pricing model | Unpublished (contact sales; individually quoted by product and company size) |
| Official guidance | Price-sheet documents available for download per product |
| Reference (third-party) | Invoice Receiving listed from JPY 40,000/month (BOXIL listing, checked Aug 19, 2026) |
| Free plan | None (per BOXIL listing) |
| Free trial | Available (stated on the official site; length and terms unpublished) |
The monthly figure above is from a SaaS comparison site, not an official announcement. Actual pricing varies by products and scale — confirm exact costs through an official quote.
Free plan / trial
There is no permanent free plan. The official site mentions a free trial that lets you try the screens and features before adopting, but its length, available features, and data-handling terms are not published. Confirm when you inquire.
Japanese language support
- UI: Japanese (a Japanese-made service). In Bakuraku Application and Expense Reimbursement, the submission and approval screens can be switched to English display from personal settings (announced Oct 2024)
- Input/output: reads Japanese invoices and receipts; foreign-currency receipts in 35 currencies are read by AI-OCR and automatically converted to yen
- Support: Japanese; the official site cites a 97% support-satisfaction rate
Reputation and adoption
Officially announced figures put cumulative adoption at 15,000 companies (announced April 4, 2025), with the official site stating over 20,000 companies as of August 2026. The retention rate is above 99%.
The official case studies feature companies across industries and sizes, by name (checked Aug 19, 2026).
- Imperial Hotel, Ltd. — streamlined processing of 2,000 invoices per month
- Oriental Motor Co., Ltd. — a 3,000-employee manufacturer achieving on-time leaving
- Peach Aviation Limited — AI digitizes invoices from Japan and abroad
- Belc Co., Ltd. — issued corporate cards across 141 stores and eliminated petty cash
- Yoshida Kaiun Co., Ltd. — cut 60 hours of work on 1,900 monthly invoices
- Shotokukai (social medical corporation) — cut overtime by 88%
- Chunichi Dragons Co., Ltd. — unified payment management
How it differs from other tools
Around invoice and expense processing, several kinds of services compete. What sets Bakuraku apart is that it is not a single-function tool but a suite connecting spend management through HR under one ID.
| Aspect | Bakuraku | invox Invoice Receiving | freee Accounting / Money Forward Cloud | BtoB Platform |
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| Coverage | Spend management + HR suite | Specialized in invoice receiving and digitization | Core accounting software (bookkeeping to closing) | Exchanging invoices and orders between companies |
| Role of AI | AI-OCR + journal/application agents | Digitization claiming 99.9% accuracy | Statement fetching and journal-entry suggestion | Digital-transaction platform (OCR is auxiliary) |
| Pricing disclosure | Unpublished (contact sales) | Published plans | Published plans | Free for trading partners |
invox Invoice Receiving specializes in digitizing received invoices and is the comparison if you want to start cheaply with receiving only. freee and Money Forward Cloud are core accounting packages — Bakuraku complements rather than replaces them. BtoB Platform digitizes the invoice exchange itself between companies, a different approach that removes paper at the source. As a general-purpose AI-OCR platform, DX Suite handles all kinds of forms, in contrast to accounting-focused Bakuraku.
FAQ
Q. How much does it cost?
Not published. Each product is individually quoted by scale; download the price sheet or contact sales via the official site. A third-party SaaS comparison site lists Invoice Receiving from JPY 40,000/month (checked Aug 19, 2026).
Q. Can I use it for free?
There is no free plan. A free pre-adoption trial is available (length and terms unpublished).
Q. Do I need to switch accounting software?
No. Bakuraku is designed to integrate with 10+ accounting packages — freee Accounting, Money Forward Cloud Accounting, Kanjo Bugyo Cloud, Yayoi Accounting, and more — via API or CSV, passing journal data to them.
Q. Does it support Japan's Invoice System and Electronic Bookkeeping Act?
Yes. It automatically validates qualified-issuer registration numbers and flags non-compliant documents. For the Electronic Bookkeeping Act, it holds JIIMA certification.
Q. Can it be used in English?
Bakuraku Application and Expense Reimbursement can be switched to English display from personal settings. Foreign-currency receipts in 35 currencies are supported with AI-OCR and automatic yen conversion. Not every screen of every product is available in English.
Q. What company sizes is it suited for?
Official case studies range from companies with dozens of employees to a 3,000-employee manufacturer, hotels, an airline, and a medical corporation. Since there is no free plan, it is not aimed at sole proprietors looking to start for free.
Provider
The provider is LayerX, Inc. (headquarters: Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; founded August 1, 2018). Led by CEO Yoshinori Fukushima and CTO Yuki Matsumoto, the Japanese startup's mission is "Digitalize all economic activity."
Besides the Bakuraku business, LayerX runs "Ai Workforce," which automates enterprise document work with AI; a fintech business through group company Mitsui & Co. Digital Asset Management; and a security business (AgenticSec, Inc.). In September 2025 it raised a JPY 15 billion Series B led by TCV, with investors including MUFG Bank and Mitsubishi UFJ Innovation Partners. It also has offices in Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka.
The information on this page is based on what is published on the official site as of August 2026. Features and pricing are subject to change — please check the official site for the latest information.
