It has our purpose over the last 16 Years to provide an inexpensive alternative to the large expensive estimating programs.  Frankly these large systems are generally great, but for those of you already using Excel there is an easier way.

While we don't know the actual figures, it is obvious that many Electrical Estimators are using Microsoft Excel as their primary estimating system. Even those who own one of the powerful (expensive) estimating systems frequently revert to Excel because they find it easier, especially for small jobs. 

Excel is a great estimating medium, but most of those using home grown estimating spreadsheets don't get Excel's full benefit.  There are usually some problems with home grown estimating spreadsheets. Of these problems, the main one is lack of a meaningful database (or any database), which can be updated from a national pricing service. Other shortcomings are formulas that are geared to single units (not per/100 or per/1000) and ease of use in finding items in the database.

Basically, home grown estimating systems, while frequently very clever, fall short of using Excel to its maximum.

This is where The Spreadsheet Tool comes in. We provide the electrical estimating database and functions. We offer a lot of Electrical Estimating Power at a very reasonable price.

For those of you who already use Excel, there is very little to learn.

For those not familiar with Excel, there is a modest learning curve, mostly learning Excel. Our system does not require extensive knowledge of Excel, the complicated stuff is already done, so beginners can concentrate on the basics.