The Hidden Cost of Spreadsheet-Based Contract Tracking
A side-by-side comparison for government contracting professionals
| Category |
Spreadsheets
⚠ Risk
|
Purpose-Built Tracking
✓ Solution
|
|---|---|---|
| Data Calls |
1+ hour per week to compile
|
3 minutes with live dashboards
|
| Option Year Alerts |
Manual date monitoring
|
Automatic alerts before deadlines
|
| Version Control |
Multiple conflicting copies
|
Single system of record
|
| Audit Trail |
No record of who changed what
|
Every action timestamped
|
| Leadership Reporting |
Half-day to assemble
|
Real-time, always current
|