Comparison
aldo or a Balanced Scorecard in Excel
Almost every company starts its Balanced Scorecard in a spreadsheet. It works as long as one person runs it. Here's what changes when the whole team uses it.
One version
- In Excel, each team keeps its own copy, and the full picture lives in the file of whoever builds the report.
- In aldo, every person has their own scorecard, and the whole team sees the same numbers.
Data that arrives on its own
- In Excel, someone copies the values by hand every week.
- In aldo, KPIs pull their data from HubSpot, Salesforce, ClickUp, Excel, Odoo, Google Sheets, Kommo and Monday. Anything without an integration is reported directly in aldo.
Attainment calculates itself
- In Excel, every cell has a formula someone has to maintain, and it breaks when a row moves.
- In aldo, attainment for every KPI, person and team is calculated with the same rules for everyone.
Cause and effect in plain sight
- In Excel, how KPIs relate lives in the head of whoever designed the file.
- In aldo, every KPI connects to its objective and to the company goal.
Weekly tracking
- In Excel, the review comes at month end, when it's too late to correct course.
- In aldo, every week you see what's on track, what's falling behind and what's at risk.
When Excel is enough
If one person runs your scorecard, with a few KPIs and no data from other tools, a spreadsheet is enough. aldo is for when the whole team moves the strategy.
And you don't throw your Excel away: aldo reads its data and turns it into KPIs. For the method behind it, read how we read the Balanced Scorecard.