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Introducing Dreamapi.io

Accountingbuilt for the UAE,powered by AI

Dreambooks is double-entry accounting for UAE companies: invoices, bills, expenses, bank reconciliation, fixed assets, VAT 201 returns and UAE e-invoicing on one general ledger. AI reads your vendor invoices and bank statement PDFs, so you check entries instead of typing them. Moving from Zoho Books or Odoo? Bring your books with you.

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English and 中文 • UAE VAT 201 and e-invoicing built in • Import from Zoho Books or Odoo

Dreambooks analytics dashboard

Problem

Generic accounting apps leave UAE businesses doing the extra work.

Typing what's already on paper

Vendor invoices and bank statements arrive as PDFs. In many setups someone still keys them in line by line, or pays for a separate OCR tool and connects it.

VAT 201 by spreadsheet

When the VAT return isn't built from the same records as your invoices and bills, every quarter ends with exporting, reconciling and re-checking figures before you file in EmaraTax.

Locked in by your history

Years of invoices, bills and journals sit in your current system. Re-keying them is why most teams never switch, even when the tool no longer fits.

One language for a bilingual team

Many UAE teams work across English and Chinese. Owners and staff should be able to read the same books in the language they think in.

How it works

Switch to Dreambooks in 3 steps

    1. Set up your company

    Enter your base currency, fiscal year, TRN and VAT tax codes in Settings.

    2. Bring your books

    Import from Zoho Books or Odoo, or start fresh and let AI read your bills and bank statements.

    3. Reconcile, e-invoice and file

    Reconcile the bank, send your e-invoices, clear the VAT checks, submit VAT 201 in EmaraTax and mark it as filed in Dreambooks.

Features

Everything a UAE business needs, on one ledger

    Analytics dashboard

    See how the business is doing the moment you log in: income, expenses, profit, cash, receivables, payables and your top customers and vendors for any period, read straight from the ledger with no exports or spreadsheets.

    UAE VAT compliance and VAT 201

    Every posted invoice, credit note, bill and expense writes its VAT records, so the VAT 201 boxes always add up. Checks flag problems before you file, reverse charge is handled, and marking a return as filed locks the period.

    Built-in UAE e-invoicing, sent and received

    Link your books to your DreamAPI e-invoicing company once, then send posted invoices and credit notes as e-invoices, one at a time or in bulk from the invoice list. Payment details come from your bank accounts, every invoice shows that it was sent or why it failed (a missing emirate or city, say), and the VAT return checks that every invoice in the period went out. E-invoices your vendors send you come in automatically as draft bills (or vendor credits for credit notes), matched to the vendor by TRN, with tax codes mapped, the original file attached and duplicates skipped. Nothing to type.

    AI reads your vendor invoices

    Drop in a vendor's PDF or Excel file and each invoice becomes a draft bill with the file attached. Vendors are matched by TRN, VAT is mapped to your tax codes, and duplicates are caught.

    AI-read bank statements and reconciliation

    Import PDF statements read by AI, or CSV, OFX and CAMT.053 files. Each line is checked against the statement's running balance, then matched to your books and reconciled to a statement date.

    Sales, purchasing and projects

    Quotations convert to invoices and purchase orders convert to bills. Recurring invoices, bills and expenses, credit notes, receipts, payments, customer and vendor statements, and AR/AP aging. Projects track time at per-person rates and bill hours or fixed fees.

    Fixed assets, journals and reports

    Asset register with depreciation runs, sales and write-offs. Manual and reversing journals and fiscal period close. Balance sheet, P&L, cash flow and trial balance with drill-down and Excel export.

    Import from Zoho Books or Odoo

    Bring your chart of accounts, customers, vendors, invoices, bills, expenses and journals. Imports run month by month, post through the same rules as manual entries, and can be re-run without duplicates.

AI assistant

Your books, right inside Claude and ChatGPT

Dreambooks has a built-in MCP server that brings the whole app into the AI assistant you already use. Ask in plain words and reports and documents open as interactive screens in the chat.

Ask in plain words

Ask for "the P&L for Q3" or say "draft an invoice for Gulf Retail for 3 hours of consulting", and the assistant looks it up or prepares the draft in your books.

Real screens in the chat

Invoices, bills, quotations, purchase orders, journals, the profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow, trial balance, dashboard, VAT, bank reconciliation, fixed assets, projects and timesheets open in the chat with the same screens as the web app. Click a report line to drill into the ledger.

AI drafts, you post

The assistant can look things up and save drafts. Posting, voiding and deleting only happen when you click the button yourself.

Your sign-in, your permissions

Add Dreambooks as a connector, sign in with your Dreamapi.io account and pick the company. Each person sees and does exactly what their Dreambooks role allows, in the chat as in the app.

English and 中文

Screens follow your chat app's language, English or Chinese.

Where it works

  • ClaudeAvailable now

    claude.ai, the desktop app and the mobile apps

  • ChatGPTAvailable now
  • Other AI assistants that support MCPAvailable now
Dreambooks profit and loss shown in an AI assistant

Why Dreambooks

A UAE-first alternative to Zoho Books, QuickBooks and Odoo

Dreambooks was designed for UAE businesses from day one. VAT, AI document reading and English/Chinese are part of the product, not add-ons.

Built around UAE VAT

VAT 201 comes straight from the ledger, with reverse charge, TRN-matched vendors and the emirate on every customer address for e-invoicing.

AI included

Reading vendor invoices and bank statement PDFs is built in. There's no separate OCR app to buy and connect.

Works inside your AI assistant

Connect Claude or ChatGPT over MCP, ask about your books in plain words, and get reports as interactive screens in the chat, with the same permissions as the app.

Switch without re-keying

Import directly from Zoho Books and Odoo. Imports can be run again without creating duplicates.

English and 中文

The whole app and its user manual come in English and Chinese, and each user picks their own language.

You decide who sees what

Admin, Accountant and Viewer roles out of the box, plus custom roles chosen module by module. Access is given per company, so one person can have different roles in different companies.

UAE e-invoicing built in

Send posted invoices and credit notes as UAE e-invoices through DreamAPI, one by one or in bulk, and receive your vendors' e-invoices automatically as draft bills, matched by TRN.

How it compares

FeatureDreambooksZoho BooksQuickBooks OnlineOdoo
UAE VAT 201 return prepared from the ledgerVAT summary report
Built-in UAE e-invoicing (send and receive)Needs a providerNeeds a connector
AI reading of vendor invoice PDFsReceipts review onlyPaid credits
AI reading of bank statement PDFsListed banks onlyPaid credits
Full English and Chinese interfaceLimited
Custom roles, module by moduleAdvanced plan
Projects and timesheetsPlus plan and up
Fixed assets and depreciationAdvanced planEnterprise

Competitor details are from each vendor's public product and help pages, checked October 2026. Features and plans change, so check with each vendor.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Still have questions? Email us at support@dreamapi.io

See Dreambooks with your own books

Book a demo and we'll walk you through the dashboard, VAT returns, e-invoicing, AI bill reading and importing from your current system.

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