gridmoo · for solo operators, small businesses, and people who'd rather own their tools
Excel templates.
Instead of subscriptions.
$7–19 an .xlsx file. Paid once. You keep it.
Instead of
$2,400/yr
in subscriptions the average small business barely opens.
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.XLSX opens in Excel, Sheets, and Numbers. No login. No subscription. Works offline.
Stripe checkout. 30-day refund.
The free planner. Real cells.
| Date | Category | Money In | Money Out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-01 | Salary | $120.00 | $0.00 |
| 2026-03-01 | Groceries | $0.00 | $38.50 |
| 2026-03-02 | Transport | $0.00 | $12.00 |
This is what every workbook in the catalog looks like. Grab this one free if you want to try one before paying.
The catalog
60 workbooks, by industry.
60, not 600. The other 540 didn't survive our own use.
Food & Hospitality
Independent Business
Retail & Commerce
Personal Finance
Blog · 22 long-form pieces
Why we ditched each SaaS.
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Restaurant · Anti-subscription · 8 min
Stop Paying Toast $79/mo for Food Cost Reports. Use Excel.
Toast charges $79–$165/mo for inventory, food cost and labor reports that are two spreadsheet tabs. Here's the Excel workbook that gives you the same numbers — paid once.
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Salon · Anti-subscription · 7 min
Cancel Vagaro. Run Your Solo Salon in Excel.
Vagaro is $30–$50/mo for booking + reporting most solo stylists barely use. The actual chair economics are two Excel tabs. Here's the workbook + the free booking stack.
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Construction · Anti-subscription · 8 min
BuilderTrend Is $399/mo. Job Costing Is Two Excel Tabs.
BuilderTrend charges $399/mo for project management most small builders use 20% of. The job-costing math is two spreadsheet tabs. Here's the Excel workbook — paid once.
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Coffee Shop · Anti-subscription · 7 min
Square Charges $45/mo for Coffee Shop Reports. Excel Is Better.
Square for Restaurants Plus + Loyalty stacks to $80+/mo. The actual cafe numbers — bean cost, daily sales, shift labor — are a one-time workbook. Here's the stack.
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Questions
Things people ask.
What is gridmoo?
60 .xlsx files. Each replaces a specific SaaS subscription. $7–$19. Paid once.
How is this different from a Notion template?
Notion can't do real formulas. No SUMIFS across databases, no NPER for debt payoff, no live stock prices. Our workbooks compute natively, work offline, and cost $7–$19 once instead of $120/yr. (longer post.)
Do I need Microsoft Excel?
No. The files open free in Google Sheets, Apple Numbers, or Excel Online.
What happens after I pay?
Email with a download link. No account, no expiring license. Back it up wherever you want.
Refund?
30 days, no questions. Reply to your purchase email.
Who runs gridmoo?
One operator. AI in the loop. More on the about page.
Why Excel.
You already have it.
It opens offline.
Your data stays on your machine.
Every formula is readable.
No subscription. No login. No platform.
Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, and Apple Numbers all open .xlsx files for free. Sheets and Numbers are free outright.
What this isn't: a phone app, a quick-tap logger, or a real-time collaboration tool. These are desk-and-keyboard files for weekly reviews and monthly numbers.