Is Excel good enough to track sales activity?

For one person who fills it in daily, yes. For a team, the sheet is only as current as the last person who updated it.

Can I keep using Excel with ActivityTracker?

Yes. Export the week's log to a spreadsheet whenever you want it in Excel.

Do I lose my client list if I switch?

No. Upload the spreadsheet, and nothing you've already entered is overwritten.

ActivityTracker vs Excel

ActivityTracker vs Excel: when the spreadsheet stops being enough

Excel does almost anything, as long as someone keeps it filled in. Here's where it still wins, and where a team is better off logging as they go.

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The short version

Keep Excel for models, commission sums and anything you build yourself. Use ActivityTracker for the week's calls and meetings, which the team logs as they happen instead of typing up on Friday.

Who should stay with which

Stay with Excel if

you sell alone and like building your own sheets
you need a custom model nobody sells
one person keeps the sheet and actually enjoys it

Pick ActivityTracker if

the sheet is always a week behind
you spend Friday or Monday chasing people for their numbers
the team fills it in at the end of the month from memory

Side by side

Compared on	Excel (from microsoft.com, 27 September 2026)	ActivityTracker	Source
Price	Excel for the web is free; the desktop app comes with Microsoft 365	See pricing	Microsoft Excel site
How the week gets in	Someone types it	Each rep taps a call or meeting as it happens
Working together	Co-authoring with a Microsoft 365 subscription	Each rep logs on their own phone	Microsoft Excel site
This week's rankings	A formula someone keeps working	A weekly board that starts every Monday
A quiet rep	You spot the empty rows	On your Gone quiet list after 7 days
Friday update	Someone rebuilds it	Check-ins with the numbers filled in
Your own models	As many as you want	No
Templates	Templates for 40+ categories	Our free sales templates, if you stay with Excel	Microsoft Excel site
Export	It's already a spreadsheet	The week's log exports to a spreadsheet

Where Excel is strong

Excel does anything you can build. Microsoft says Excel for the web is free for anyone, colleagues can co-author the same workbook with a Microsoft 365 subscription, and there are templates for over 40 categories. For a commission model or a one-off analysis, keep using it.

The three differences that matter

Nobody types up the week

In a sheet, the numbers are only there once someone fills them in. In ActivityTracker a rep taps a call as they hang up, and the week adds up while it's happening.

You see it on Wednesday, not month end

The weekly board, each rep's pace and the Gone quiet list are there midweek, while a slow week can still change.

The spreadsheet still comes with you

Upload your client spreadsheet once, and one tap undoes it if anything looks wrong. When you want the week in Excel, export it.

Switching in three steps

Upload the spreadsheet you keep now.
Set your activities and what each is worth.
Invite the team and let them log from their phones.

Questions

Skip Friday's spreadsheet

Book a walkthrough and bring the sheet you keep now. We'll load it with you.

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Sources

Every page read on 27 September 2026. Nothing about a competitor on these pages comes from anywhere else.

Microsoft Excel: Excel for the web free, templates for 40+ categories. www.microsoft.com/en-sg/microsoft-365/excel
Microsoft Excel: Co-authoring needs a Microsoft 365 subscription. support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/collaborate-on-excel-workbooks-at-the-same-time-with-co-authoring-7152aa8b-b791-414c-a3bb-3024e46fb104