Use cases

Turn one spreadsheet workflow into a focused app

Choose the outcome you need, connect the source data, and give each person a view designed for the decisions they make.

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Dashboard apps

Live dashboards built on the sheets you already maintain

Turn reviewed spreadsheet data into focused decision views with clear definitions, owners, filters, and refresh expectations.

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Inventory apps

Inventory management that keeps itself current

Give people a safer way to find, count, receive, and adjust inventory while maintaining one understandable source of record.

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Project apps

Project management that starts from your spreadsheet

Keep the project structure your team understands, then add focused views and workflows for contributors, owners, and clients.

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Ready for Approval Workflow Software That Skips Migration?

Most approval processes don't start in dedicated software. They start in a spreadsheet, an email chain, or a stack of sticky notes on someone's monitor. Requests get submitted, someone forwards them along, and approvals happen whenever the right person happens to check their inbox.

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Build CRM Software for Small Business From Your Google Sheet

Almost nobody starts with a CRM. They start with a contacts tab: some names, a status column, maybe a "last contacted" field that gets ignored after week two. It works fine when it's just you. Add a second person to the mix and things get murky fast, whose lead is that, and what actually happened on the last call?

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Customer Portal Software Clients Actually Use

Clients ask for the same things over and over: "What's the status of my project?" "Can you resend that document?" "Where are we on this?" Answering those questions one email at a time is a full-time job nobody signed up for.

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Dashboard Software That Updates Itself, Not You

Most reporting starts the same way: a spreadsheet full of numbers, and someone building a chart by hand whenever leadership asks for an update. It works, until the ask comes more often than the sheet gets updated, and the chart is out of date before anyone opens it.

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Database Software for Small Business, No Migration Needed

A spreadsheet of records works fine until you need to find one fast. Then it's Ctrl-F, scrolling, guessing which tab it's in, and hoping the person who filed it used the same spelling you're searching for.

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Google Sheets Project Management, Minus the New Software

Most project tracking starts the same way: a spreadsheet with a task list, a status column, maybe a due date nobody updates. It works fine for a week or two. Then a deadline slips, nobody notices until it's already late, and the sheet that was supposed to keep everyone aligned is the last place anyone thinks to check.

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Inventory Management for Small Business Without New Software

A stock spreadsheet works right up until two people update it at the same time, or nobody notices an item's run low until a customer asks for it. By then the sheet isn't tracking inventory anymore. It's just guessing alongside everyone else.

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5 Departments, 1 Spreadsheet: Operations Management Software

Workflows, approvals, and tracking across every department already live in spreadsheets your team trusts. GoodTaco turns them into real business operations software, no new platform required. No credit card required.

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Project Budget Tracking That Catches Overruns Early

Most budgets live in a spreadsheet with columns for planned and actual, updated whenever someone remembers to enter the latest invoice. It works fine until spend outpaces the updates, and by the time anyone notices, the budget's already blown.

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Connect an approved spreadsheet and generate a focused first version in minutes. Your team can review the app before it becomes part of the process.