That all changed when I discovered Tiller. Fast forward four years and I still haven’t shared a spreadsheet. I didn’t want to share a budgeting spreadsheet until I solved this key piece of the puzzle. No two financial institutions seem to export data in the same format. I have a number of credit cards due to credit card churning, plus throw in a bank account and you can see why it would take quite a bit of time to reformat everything. The biggest issue with spreadsheet budgeting is getting all the data in the proper format. When I share spreadsheets and tools I want them to be as easy to use as possible. I’ve had the same spreadsheet for over four years now. I’m an Excel nerd so using a spreadsheet to budget was a no-brainer for me. But first let me tell you a bit about the budgeting process I’ve used in the past.
Today we finally have a budget spreadsheet in Excel that is automated and easy to update. The more people I talk to about budgeting, the more I hear that people desire a spreadsheet-based budget without all the manual work that comes with it. Many people find them useful, and there’s no denying that there are a ton of good ones out there.īut I personally have used a budget spreadsheet for years and have found it useful. Spreadsheets offer control and flexibility to users, and allows them to look closer at the transactions going through their accounts. There are a ton of budgeting apps out there, but many people end up using some sort of a spreadsheet for their budget.