Has your business outgrown its spreadsheet?

Spreadsheets are a great way to start a process and a risky way to run one. This check looks at how your spreadsheet or Access database is used today and tells you whether it is fine as it is, whether a ready-made tool would do, or whether a custom web app is worth scoping.

It is meant to give an honest answer, including "keep the spreadsheet" when that is the right call.

Who it is for: Owners and operations managers whose quotes, jobs, stock, orders or client records live in Excel, Google Sheets or Microsoft Access.

Free tool · about 2 minutes

Spreadsheet Replacement Check

You will get:

  • A recommendation: keep, switch to a product or build custom
  • The answers that drove the result
  • Suggested next steps

No sign-up needed to see your result. This is an indicative estimate based on the information provided. Final pricing depends on features, integrations, design complexity and project requirements.

How the check reaches its result

Each answer nudges the result toward keeping the spreadsheet, moving to a ready-made product or building a custom web app, with the reason shown. The option with the most support wins; an even split points to a ready-made product as the lower-risk next step.

What replacing a spreadsheet costs

Ready-made tools cost a monthly subscription. A custom replacement is a web application: DevGlim web apps start from $1,200, and the first module usually replaces the most critical part of the file.

Frequently asked questions

Will this always recommend custom software?

No. It can recommend keeping the spreadsheet or using a ready-made tool, and often does.

Does it work for Google Sheets and Microsoft Access?

Yes. The questions are about how the file is used, not which program it runs in.

What happens to our data if we replace the file?

It is cleaned and imported into the new system, and the original is archived. Running both side by side before switching over confirms the numbers match.

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