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IT Asset Tracking · Excel Alternative

Your spreadsheet is not
an asset management system.

It's a spreadsheet. It has no idea who edited row 47, when the warranty on that Dell expired, or where the MacBook from the last round of layoffs went. It just sits there, quietly lying to you.

Exhibit A

You've seen this. You may have made this. At some point, someone with good intentions created a tab called "IT Assets" and it has been slowly degrading ever since.

📊 IT_Assets_FINAL_v3_USE_THIS_ONE.xlsx — last modified by someone who no longer works here
Asset
Assigned To
Status
Warranty
Notes
MacBook Pro
Sarah J??? Sarah K?
maybe active
exp 2022
she left, idk where it went
Dell XPS 13
Marcus T.
Active
exp 2025
marcus is good
Monitor 27"
???
somewhere
no idea
think it's in the closet
iPad Pro
DELETED
#REF!
--
mike deleted the row by accident
Laptop (old)
nobody
??
lol
we should probably deal with this

The spreadsheet works fine. Until it doesn't.

Excel isn't bad software. It's just not asset management software. The gaps only become visible when something goes wrong.

Scenario 01 // The Audit

Finance wants a depreciation report by end of week

Your spreadsheet has purchase dates in three different formats across two tabs, no purchase prices for anything bought before 2021, and a "Notes" column that says "expensive" next to the server rack. You spend Thursday and Friday recreating data from old email receipts.

Scenario 02 // The Departure

Someone quits and takes their laptop home "temporarily"

You check the sheet. The last update was four months ago. You know they had a laptop. You're not sure which one. HR is asking. You are not having a good day.

Scenario 03 // The Edit

Someone "helped" by updating the spreadsheet

A well-meaning coworker added twelve rows, changed three statuses, and deleted the warranty column because it "felt redundant." There is no version history. This is your life now.

What you actually need

Assignment //

Assets assigned to real people

Track who has what, not "Sarah J??? Sarah K?"

Lifecycle //

Lifecycle timelines

See when assets were purchased, deployed, and when warranties expire — on a timeline, not in a cell.

Finance //

Depreciation tracking

Finance gets a read-only view of asset values. No more end-of-week report scrambles.

Audit //

Audit trail that isn't vibes

Every change logged. No more "someone deleted the warranty column and I don't know who."

Import //

Import your spreadsheet

Bring your existing data over. Yes, even the messy one.

Cloud //

Cloud-hosted, nothing to install

It's a URL. Your team gets a link. Done.

Pricing

Starter //
$29/mo
Up to 100 assets, 3 users
  • Full asset tracking
  • Lifecycle & depreciation
  • Finance read-only role
  • 14-day free trial
  • No credit card to start

The spreadsheet had a good run.

14-day free trial. No credit card. Import your existing data. You can be set up in the time it takes to find which version of the spreadsheet is the right one.

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