Glide vs spreadsheets
Your spreadsheet did its best. Glide does the rest.
Spreadsheets are free and flexible, and most small businesses start with one. They begin to hurt when more people need to ask, approve and check. Here is what changes when your admin moves to Glide.
Side by side
| Job | In a spreadsheet | In Glide |
|---|---|---|
| Booking time off | Someone emails or messages you, and you update the sheet by hand. | They request it on their phone. You approve it from your inbox. |
| Time off balances | Worked out with formulas that break when a row moves. | Taken, booked and remaining update by themselves. |
| Who is off this week | Open the file and scroll. | A team calendar everyone can see. Sick days just show as off. |
| Payslips | PDFs attached to emails, one by one. | One tap sends a private payslip to everyone. You see who opened it. |
| Invoices | A template you copy, and a list you check for late payers. | Your details filled in. Paid and overdue shown as clear words. |
| Reminders | Your memory. | Due dates, expiring documents and late invoices arrive in your inbox. |
| History | Whoever saved last wins. | Every change shows who did it and when. Sent records never change. |
| On a phone | Hard to read, easy to break. | Made for the phone first, with apps for iPhone and Android. |
What you keep, what you lose
Moving to Glide is not about more features. It is about fewer messages, fewer mistakes and less time.
You keep
- Your allowances and your types of time off
- Your invoice numbers and payment terms
- An export for your accountant at year end
You lose
- Broken formulas and wrong balances
- “Which version is the latest?”
- Chasing people for answers they could find themselves
Questions about switching
Is Glide a good leave tracker spreadsheet alternative?
Yes. Glide does what a leave tracker spreadsheet does, and adds requests from a phone, approvals in one tap, balances that update themselves, and a calendar the whole team can read.
How do I move from my spreadsheet to Glide?
Add your people and each person’s yearly allowance and days already taken. From then on, requests go through Glide and the numbers keep themselves up to date.
When is a spreadsheet good enough?
If one person does all the admin, the team is very small, and nothing changes often, a spreadsheet can work. Glide helps most when several people ask, approve and need answers.
Leave the spreadsheet behind.
Join the waitlist and be among the first to use Glide. Early members hear first when it opens.