Your event budget in Excel, and in Yestivo.
Excel is a brilliant tool, and Yestivo is built to feel like it. The difference shows when several planners and a client work on the same budget for weeks.
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Feels like Excel
A grid with formulas like =180*75, paste from your spreadsheet, arrows, Tab and Enter.
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Starts from your Excel
Upload your current file. Yestivo turns it into categories, lines and totals.
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Ends in Excel
Download the budget as an Excel file whenever you want. Your data stays yours.
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Adds what sharing needs
One live version, client approvals and a reason for every change.
Side by side
| In Excel | In Yestivo | |
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| Versions | FINAL_v7 (2).xlsx, sent by email | One live budget per event |
| Who changed a number | Hidden in version history, if there is one | Name and time on every change |
| Why it changed | Usually not written anywhere | A reason is required after approval |
| Client approval | An email somewhere: "ok, go ahead" | One click, kept next to the line |
| Client questions | Long email threads | Notes on the exact line, sent together |
| What the client sees | Whatever is in the file you send | Only their event, through a private link |
| Formulas and typing | Yes | Yes: formulas, paste, arrows, Tab and Enter |
| Getting data out | It is already a file | Excel download at any time |
When Excel is enough
If one person builds the budget and the client only sees the final version, Excel is fine. Use our free template and keep going.
When it stops working
The trouble starts when the budget is shared: three planners, the client's event manager and procurement, for several weeks. Every question becomes an email hunt, and the final invoice turns into a negotiation.
Yestivo keeps the parts of Excel people like, the grid, formulas and paste, and adds what a shared budget needs: one version, approvals and a reason for every change.
Questions
Can I keep using Excel too?+
Yes. Import your Excel file to start, and download the budget as Excel whenever you want.
Does Yestivo work with Google Sheets?+
Download your Google Sheet as an Excel file and upload it. A live Google Sheets sync is on our roadmap, not built yet.
Will my formulas come across?+
Yestivo imports the values, quantities and prices from your file. In Yestivo you can type formulas like =180*75 in any number cell.
What does it cost?+
Yestivo is free while in early access, no card needed. Paid plans will be priced per agency, not per event or guest, and founding agencies keep a launch price for 12 months. We tell you well before anything changes.
Bring one real budget. See it under control.
Start free with your own Excel, or book a 20-minute demo and we set up your first event with you.