Syncek vs Google Sheets
The sheet worked. Then it didn't.
Nearly every small business starts its CRM in Google Sheets. It's fast, it's free, and it's already there. The question is how long before 'contacts_v4_FINAL.xlsx' stops being funny.
Side-by-side comparison
Google SheetsThem
- Breaks when more than one person editsVersion conflicts, overwritten cells, and the eternal question: who changed row 47?
- No structure beyond what you enforcePhone numbers next to emails, dates in three formats, dropdown discipline that never quite holds.
- No pipeline, no activity logStages are columns, status is a colour, history is whatever you remember. That works until it doesn't.
- Fine at 30 rows. Painful at 300.Performance, findability, and trust in the data all degrade as the sheet grows.
SyncekSyncek
- Multi-user from day oneWorkspaces, permissions, and a shared source of truth — no copy-of-the-sheet branches anymore.
- Twenty-plus structured field typesPhone, email, currency, date, stage, relation — types the UI enforces so the data stays clean.
- Pipeline, record detail, activityKanban for deals, a real record page for every client, activity history baked in.
- Scales to teams of 1–50Add people without rebuilding the system. Permissions and views keep everyone in their lane.
Fair enough
When Google Sheets is still the answer.
If you're a team of one, you have fewer than ~50 clients, and nobody else is editing — the sheet is genuinely fine. You'll know when it stops being fine. That's the moment you move to Syncek, with your data intact.