SaneSales vs Spreadsheets
Spreadsheets are flexible, but they make you do the work. Every morning you still have to pull numbers from LemonSqueezy, Gumroad, and Stripe, paste them somewhere, and hope yesterday's formula still points at the right cells.
The Spreadsheet Routine
- 1 Open each provider dashboard and copy today's numbers by hand
- 2 Fix date ranges and column labels that drift over time
- 3 Build your own trend views, refund logic, and exports
- 4 Keep maintaining the system instead of just checking how sales are doing
The SaneSales Model
- ✓ Free starts with today — connect one provider and see today's revenue and orders instantly
- ✓ Pro unlocks decision-making — yesterday, 7-day and 30-day trends, full history, and CSV export
- ✓ Multi-provider when you need it — add LemonSqueezy, Gumroad, and Stripe in one app
- ✓ Still local-first — no SaneApps server in the middle for your revenue data, and no third-party dashboard required
Feature Comparison
| Need | Spreadsheet | SaneSales |
|---|---|---|
| Today's revenue and orders | Manual copy/paste | Free |
| Yesterday, 7-day, and 30-day trends | Manual formulas and upkeep | Pro |
| Full order history | Import and maintain it yourself | Pro |
| CSV export | You build the export format | Pro |
| Multiple providers in one place | Manual merging | Pro |
| Privacy | Depends where the sheet lives | 100% On-Device |
Who Should Use What
If you love building your own dashboards and don't mind maintaining them, a spreadsheet is still fine. If you want to check today's sales fast, then unlock trends and history only when they become useful, SaneSales is the simpler system.
Start with the free tier. If you hit the point where you want to compare today vs yesterday, review the last 7 days, or export real order history, that is the moment Pro earns its keep.