The problem is not the spreadsheet. It is the data going into it.
Most department managers run their budgets in Excel.
It works for structure. Rows, categories, formulas - it does what you tell it.
The problem is not Excel. It is what you feed it.
When actuals come from memory, from forwarded emails, or from a finance report that is already two weeks old - the spreadsheet is only as good as that data.
Garbage in, garbage out. The tool is fine. The inputs are not.
Every time you update your budget spreadsheet manually, you introduce a lag.
An invoice arrives. You do not see it until someone forwards it - or until Finance closes the month.
By the time it lands in your spreadsheet, the period it belongs to may already be over.
The result: your actuals are always behind. And a budget built on delayed actuals is not a budget - it is a guess with formatting.
No manual entry. No waiting for the month-end report. The number in your budget reflects what has actually been charged.
You can click through from a budget category to the specific invoices behind it. Not a total - the actual charges, by Supplier, by date, by item.
When each actual is tied to an invoice line, you know whether a cost is structural or exceptional - without calling Finance.
Onpoint does not replace Excel. It connects to it. You keep your layout and formulas - the actuals just become real.
Onpoint is not a replacement for your spreadsheet. It is what makes the actuals in it trustworthy.
You upload your invoices. Onpoint reads them, maps the line items to your budget categories, and keeps your actuals current.
Your Excel stays exactly as it is. The numbers backing it are now real.
No. Onpoint is Excel-connected. You keep your spreadsheet exactly as it is. Onpoint feeds it actuals that are backed by real invoice data instead of manual entries.
Onpoint reads invoices regardless of format - PDF, scanned, email attachments. The line items are extracted automatically.
No. Onpoint maps invoice line items to your existing budget categories. You define the mapping once, and it applies automatically.
Onpoint splits them. A single invoice with charges across IT, marketing, and travel gets allocated to the right categories automatically.
A finance report gives you totals for a closed period. Onpoint gives you line-level detail in real time - before the month closes, not after.
Why your actuals are always wrong at month end - and what causes it.
VisibilityHow to see what your Department actually spent without asking Finance.
FinanceWhy your numbers never match Finance - and what closes the gap.
Onpoint connects to Excel and backs your actuals with real invoice data.