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BARITA AI vs spreadsheets

A spreadsheet is the quickest way to keep numbers for one person or a small group, and BARITA AI is for when the work has grown into a process that needs sign-in, permissions and approvals. BARITA AI builds that app from a plain description, and the crew can answer questions about your numbers.

Comparison

QuestionBARITA AIA spreadsheet
How do you start?Describe the business in plain words in the chat.Open a blank sheet and design the columns and formulas yourself.
Who sees what?Each person signs in and sees only what they are allowed to see.People who have the file usually see all of it, and limiting views takes manual setup.
How are approvals and follow-ups handled?They are part of the app, as routines with a history and approvals in the Inbox.By hand, or with scripts that you maintain.
How do you change it?Ask the crew in the chat; earlier versions of your apps are kept.Edit the sheet yourself; undoing depends on the file’s history.
How do you ask about the numbers?Ask the data analyst in plain words.Build formulas, tables or charts yourself.

A spreadsheet fits when

  • You need a quick calculation or a short list.
  • One person, or a few people who trust each other, touch the data.
  • The process is not likely to need sign-in, approvals or routines.

BARITA AI fits when

  • The sheet has become the process, and several people depend on it.
  • Different people should see different things.
  • You want reminders, follow-ups and approvals to happen without chasing.

Common questions

Can BARITA AI replace my spreadsheets?

It can take over a spreadsheet that has become a process, as an app with sign-in and permissions. You decide which sheets that applies to.

Do I have to give up spreadsheets completely?

No. Keep using a spreadsheet wherever it is enough.

Related answers

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Describe it in your own words. You approve what goes live.

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