Comparisons / Excel
Crumble and Excel
We're just a little different. How Crumble differs from Excel, what each has and who each suits.
In short
Who is who
Lightweight record-keeping for cafes, coffee shops and street food: stock, recipe cards, food cost, sales and analytics in the browser, offline too.
Best for
Places that want clear records without a long rollout or buying hardware.
Spreadsheets many places start with: stock, recipe cards and sales are written down and recalculated by hand.
Best for
The very beginning, while there are few items and everything can be recounted by hand.
Feature comparison
What Crumble and Excel have
- yes
- no
- by hand
- no data
You can write almost anything down, but by hand. "By hand" means nothing gets counted or written off by itself.
General
- Works in the browser on a phone, tablet and computerCrumble: yesExcel: yes
- Start without buying hardwareCrumble: yesExcel: yes
- Sales and stock work offlineCrumble: yesExcel: yes
- Open documented APICrumble: yesExcel: no
- Roles and permissionsCrumble: yesExcel: no
- Log of staff actionsCrumble: yesExcel: no
Stock
- Incoming goodsCrumble: yesExcel: by hand
- Write-offs with a reasonCrumble: yesExcel: by hand
- Stocktakes that record discrepanciesCrumble: yesExcel: by hand
- Expiry datesCrumble: yesExcel: by hand
- Minimum stockCrumble: yesExcel: by hand
- Stock never goes negativeCrumble: yesExcel: no
Recipe cards
- Recipe cards with quantitiesCrumble: yesExcel: by hand
- Automatic ingredient write-off on saleCrumble: yesExcel: no
- Automatic food costCrumble: yesExcel: no
- Changing a recipe does not alter past salesCrumble: yesExcel: no
Sales
- Item and order discountsCrumble: yesExcel: by hand
- Sales historyCrumble: yesExcel: by hand
- Sales cannot be rewritten after the factCrumble: yesExcel: no
Locations
- Separate stock per locationCrumble: yesExcel: by hand
- Transfers between locationsCrumble: yesExcel: by hand
- Staff see only their locationsCrumble: yesExcel: no
Analytics
- Sales reportsCrumble: yesExcel: by hand
- Cost and lossesCrumble: yesExcel: by hand
- Item popularityCrumble: yesExcel: no
- Location comparisonCrumble: yesExcel: no
Notifications
- Low stock notificationsCrumble: yesExcel: no
- Expiry notificationsCrumble: yesExcel: no
- Discrepancy notificationsCrumble: yesExcel: no
29 : 3
See the difference?
Let's move over from Excel. You can start in a few minutes, right in the browser.
FAQ
Crumble or Excel
Other comparisons