The spreadsheet got you here. Is it getting you further?
Excel, a whiteboard and a clipboard run a lot of good dirt companies, and they cost next to nothing. They start to slip when there is more than one crew, because the hours, photos and changes live in too many places to add up by Friday.
TrackOver publishes Free at $0, Pro at $25/user/mo, Premium at $45/user/mo, Elite at $69/user/mo, with a three seat minimum on the paid tiers, so the smallest paid bill is $75 a month and the free plan needs no card. Spreadsheets and paper cost little or nothing in software; what they cost is office hours, missed hours on timecards and extras nobody wrote down. Excel, a whiteboard and a clipboard run a lot of good dirt companies, and they cost next to nothing. They start to slip when there is more than one crew, because the hours, photos and changes live in too many places to add up by Friday.
Nothing is faster to start or easier to change. Everyone already knows how a spreadsheet works, it never has an outage, a clipboard never needs a signal, and you own every cell. For a one-truck operation where the owner is on every job, that is often all it needs.
Who each one is best for
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Plenty of good companies run on spreadsheets and paper. The question is whether yours still fits.
How to switch from spreadsheets and paper
- 1Download your listsExport your customers, jobs and prices as CSV or Excel, or save each sheet as a file.
- 2Drop them into TrackOverStart free, go to Import, pick what the file holds and drop it in.
- 3Check every row, then importColumns are matched for you and every row is shown before it is saved. Undo takes it all back out for 24 hours.
The full guide: what comes over from your sheets and where it lands →
Moving off spreadsheets and paper: common questions
Excel, a whiteboard and a clipboard run a lot of good dirt companies, and they cost next to nothing. They start to slip when there is more than one crew, because the hours, photos and changes live in too many places to add up by Friday. It fits best when: You run more than one crew and the whiteboard is wrong by 7am; Hours, photos or change orders fall through the cracks between the field and the office; Invoices go out late because the notes are in three places; You want to try it on the free plan before spending anything.
You are a one or two person outfit and the owner is on every job; Your sheet already works and nobody is losing hours, photos or extras; Your crew won't carry a smartphone on the job. We would rather you pick the right tool than pick us.
Nothing is faster to start or easier to change. Everyone already knows how a spreadsheet works, it never has an outage, a clipboard never needs a signal, and you own every cell. For a one-truck operation where the owner is on every job, that is often all it needs.
Today's schedule: Every phone updates when the board changes. Crew hours: GPS clock-in against the job, added up for payroll. Site photos: Stamped with date and GPS, filed on the job. Markout tickets: 811 ticket numbers with expiration warnings. Getting paid: Invoice from the finished job with a pay link. Your data: Export everything anytime, in standard formats.
Export your customers, jobs and prices as CSV or Excel, or save each sheet as a file. Start free, go to Import, pick what the file holds and drop it in. Columns are matched for you and every row is shown before it is saved. Undo takes it all back out for 24 hours. The full guide is at trackover.io/switch/spreadsheet.
Yes. The free plan needs no card and doesn't expire, and every paid plan starts with a 7-day free trial.
The fastest comparison is a real job
Start free, run one job through it, and let the crew vote. No card, no contract, a 7-day free trial on every paid plan, and your data exports if you leave.
Comparing more than one?
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