Turn the spreadsheet into an app your whole team can use.
Almost every business I work with has one. The estimating sheet, the schedule, the job tracker. It works, mostly, and exactly one person really understands it. When they're out, things slow down. When two people edit it at once, something breaks. We turn that file into a real app with logins, permissions, history, and reports, and it runs in your business inside three weeks.
We've done this for estimating, budgeting, and operations: the Citadel estimating engine, a financial planning platform used across TurnPoint Services' 60+ home service brands, and operations apps for Launch Housing.
Signs it's time
One person is the only one who can update it. Versions get emailed back and forth. A formula breaks and nobody notices for a week. You can't tell who changed a number. Customers or crews need to see part of it and you can't share it safely. Reporting means copying tabs into yet another file.
What you end up with
A web app your team signs into from a phone or a laptop. Each person sees and edits what they should. Every change is recorded. The math lives in one place instead of forty copied formulas, and the reports build themselves. Your data comes over from the spreadsheet on day one, so nobody starts from a blank screen.
Why not just buy software?
Sometimes you should, and I'll tell you if that's the case. But if the spreadsheet exists because nothing on the market fits how you actually work, a small custom app usually beats bending your process around software built for somebody else. We build on common tools (React and Supabase), so any good developer can pick it up later.
What it costs
Most spreadsheet-to-app projects fit a Fix-it Sprint: $7,500 to $15,000, fixed, two to three weeks. If yours is really three spreadsheets and a whiteboard, that's a bigger build, and we'll quote that instead. The sprint price counts toward it.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does it cost to turn a spreadsheet into an app?
- Most single spreadsheets fit a Fix-it Sprint: $7,500 to $15,000, fixed price, two to three weeks. You get a written quote within two business days of a 30-minute call.
- Can we keep using Excel or Google Sheets during the switch?
- Yes. We bring your current data into the app, and your team can keep the sheet open until they trust the app. Most teams stop opening the sheet within a couple of weeks.
- Can our team change the app later?
- Yes. We write up how it works, and it's built on common tools (React and Supabase), so your team, another developer, or we can keep improving it.
- Why not use Airtable or another no-code tool?
- For some jobs that's the right answer, and we'll say so. Custom makes sense when you need real permissions, customer or crew access, calculations that have to be right every time, or connections to your other systems.
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