Brikt vs Excel
Same price. 10x smarter.
We get it. Excel is familiar and flexible. But when your first 10 customers demand faster estimates, fewer material mistakes, better margin confidence, and reliable estimate → PO → receive → match execution, spreadsheets start to fail quietly.
Faster estimates without formula wrangling
Fewer material mistakes before ordering
Better margin confidence on active jobs
Reliable estimate → PO → receive → match
We started with Excel too.
The founder of Brikt spent 15 years in construction. Every estimate started in a spreadsheet. Every PO was a modified version of last month's PO. Every invoice got matched by eyeballing two printed pages side by side.
Excel isn't the problem. It's just not the solution anymore.
When you have 3 projects, Excel is fine. When you have 8 projects, 4 crews, and 12 active POs — Excel starts breaking in ways you don't notice until it's too late.
The Things Excel Can't Do
Zero intelligence
Excel doesn't know that herringbone pattern wastes 12% more pavers. Or that you paid $4.50/SF for the same material last month. Or that your vendor's price just went up 8%. You have to know all of that — and remember it every time.
Formulas break silently
Someone accidentally overwrites a cell. A formula references the wrong row after you inserted a line. The total looks right but it's not. You don't find out until the project is $15K over budget.
No procurement workflow
You finish the estimate. Now you manually create POs in a different spreadsheet. Email them to vendors. Track shipments in your head. Match invoices by printing two things and squinting. It's 4 hours of work that should be 4 clicks.
No audit trail
Who changed that price? When? Why? Excel doesn't know. When there's a dispute with a vendor or a client questions a change order, you're digging through email chains and old file versions.
Single player mode
Your PM updates the estimate. Your foreman has a different version. Your office manager has last week's copy. Nobody's looking at the same numbers. Dropbox sync isn't a collaboration tool.
Zero integration
Your GC uses Procore. Your bookkeeper uses QuickBooks. Your Excel spreadsheet talks to neither. You're the human API — copying numbers between systems. Every copy is a chance for error.
The Path From Excel to Brikt
Start a 30-day free trial. See if it's better than your spreadsheet. Keep using it when you're ready.
Excel → Brikt Starter ($249/mo)
30-day free trial. Full workflow from day one.
- 5-slider estimate builder with real-time cost updates
- Pattern selection + waste factors (no more guessing)
- 11,000+ items in the catalog (no more Googling prices)
- Cross-manufacturer intelligence with neutral recommendations
- Clean PDF proposals (professional, not a printed spreadsheet)
- Revision tracking (know what changed and when)
- Unlimited users — bring the whole crew
Growing? → Pro ($599/mo)
AI automation and deep integrations.
- OCR invoice extraction with confidence scoring
- AI-powered insights + anomaly detection
- Procore deep sync (commitments, change orders, webhooks)
- Vendor scoring + performance analytics
- Custom rule engine + tolerance configuration
- REST API access — connect anything
- Unlimited users, 100GB storage
Quick Comparison
| Excel | Brikt Starter | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | $249/mo (30-day free trial) |
| Time to first estimate | 30-90 min | 90 seconds |
| Material intelligence | None | 11,000+ items + neutral recommendations |
| Waste factors | You calculate | Built in by pattern |
| Formula errors | Silent | Impossible |
| Revision history | File versions | Built in |
| PDF proposals | DIY formatting | One click |
| Procurement workflow | None | Estimate → PO → receive → match |
| Collaboration | File sharing | Real-time |
| Learning curve | You already know it | 5 minutes |
No pressure. Just try it.
Keep your spreadsheets. We're not asking you to burn them. Just build one estimate in Brikt and see how it feels. If Excel is still better for you, no hard feelings.
Excel got you here. Brikt takes you further.
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