Where Excel is still reasonable
A single store, a short product list, one person updating stock, and no expiry-critical goods. If that is your operation, a well-kept spreadsheet can work.
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Sphereventory vs Excel for Inventory Management
Excel is familiar, flexible and inexpensive. Sphereventory is inventory management software: live quantities, POS deduction, warehouse transfers, lots, and reports that more than one person can trust at the same time. This page explains the trade-offs without pretending spreadsheets have no place.
Where Excel starts to fail
Two cashiers, two locations, purchase orders, credit customers, or medicines with expiry dates. Concurrent edits, missing audit trails and no POS link are the usual breaking points.
- Sphereventory updates stock when you sell or receive — Excel updates when someone remembers
- Sphereventory stores lots and expiry; Excel needs extra columns everyone must honour
- Sphereventory attributes cashiers and discounts; Excel rarely does
- Sphereventory reports by location; Excel is usually one tab that drifts
Choosing without drama
If you are still reconciling last week’s sheet to this week’s till, you have already paid for software in staff time. Sphereventory exists for that moment.
Frequently asked questions
- Can I import from Excel into Sphereventory?
- Product and operational imports are part of onboarding conversations. Talk to us about your current spreadsheet structure.