Numbers you know
Excel is costing your company 2 hours every day
A team of 8 people spends 10 hours a week on manual spreadsheet work. Move your data to databases and get that time back.
Where it hurts
Six problems Excel will never solve.
It costs time
Two hours wasted every day.
08:00
Morning update
You re-enter yesterday's data from emails into the spreadsheet.
-30 min
10:00
Version conflict
Jana overwrote your morning entry.
-20 min
14:00
Broken formulas
You added a row — VLOOKUP broke.
-40 min
16:30
Export for the boss
Copy, format, send. Every Friday.
-30 min
Total lost today — just because of Excel
2 hours = wasted productivity
Upload your data
Apexloop recognises dates, numbers and categories automatically. Replace VLOOKUP with a relation in one click.
Every row is a full record.
In Excel a row is just cells. In Apexloop every record has a detail view with relations, history and attachments.
What you can build
Your spreadsheets become a real tool.
A database is the foundation. Pick a template and have a complete solution for your process within an hour.
Every template ready to import your data from Excel.
Everyone sees only what they should.
Set access at the column level — who reads, who edits, who sees nothing at all.
Paul Kratochvil
Sales rep
Jane Small
Manager
Tom Novak
Director
Ready to say goodbye to messy spreadsheets?
- No credit card required
- Your data stays fully yours
- Czech support
Detailed comparison
Feature by feature.
| Funkce | Apexloop | Microsoft Excel |
|---|---|---|
| Data and tables | ||
| Number crunching and formulas | Advanced JS formulas | Best in class |
| Pivot tables and charts | Views and Chart view | Native, very powerful |
| Column types (date, select, files…)15+ types including relations, people, addresses | Limited cell formatting | |
| Versioning and change history | OneDrive versions only | |
| Databases and relations | ||
| Relations between tablesSelect, Multiselect, Record links | VLOOKUP / Power Query | |
| Multiple databases in one workspaceCRM, inventory, HR, projects… | Separate files | |
| Rollup / aggregation across relations | Macros and Power Query | |
| Column-level access permissions | ||
| 9 views (Kanban, Calendar, Gantt…) | ||
| Automation | ||
| Node-based automationtriggers, branching, conditions | ||
| Scheduled automationrecurring, time-based triggers | ||
| Macros and scripts | JS formulas + automation | VBA / Office Scripts |
| Webhooks and HTTP requestsSlack, Teams, external APIs | ||
| Trigger on record change | ||
| Forms and data collection | ||
| Public forms for data collection | Microsoft Forms (separate) | |
| Anonymous forms without login | Yes, but a separate tool | |
| Form data goes straight to database | Manual connection | |
| Documents and PDFs | ||
| PDF templates with placeholdersinvoices, quotes, contracts | Word + manual export | |
| Print directly from record data | ||
| Rich text editor in records | ||
| Emails and communication | ||
| Send emails from the system | Outlook (separate) | |
| Newsletters and bulk emails | ||
| Email templates from customer data | ||
| Track incoming emails in DB | ||
| Collaboration and workspace | ||
| Simultaneous editing by multiple users | Online version, with limits | |
| Chat and comments on records | ||
| Permission and group management | File sharing | |
| Mobile access | Web, PWA | Native iOS/Android |
Apexloop vs Excel. An honest comparison.
Excel is a great tool for numbers and tables. Apexloop is an operational platform — it adds relations between data, automation, forms, PDF templates and an email module. If a shared spreadsheet is no longer enough, here's the difference.
Apexloop
Microsoft Excel