For Operations teams
Retire the spreadsheet, keep the process
Point Chamfer at the sheet or describe the process it runs. You get an app with real field types, checks on every entry and a record of every change. The data can stay in Google Sheets or move to Stockroom.
Checks on every entry
Real field types, required fields and validation rules stop the typo that used to break the month-end totals.
Edits by role
Each person edits the rows and columns that are theirs. Everyone else can read them, or can't see them at all.
History by name
Every change records who made it, the old value and the new one, so nobody compares two copies of a file again.
01 — In production
How Kettleby Freight retired 14 spreadsheets in a quarter
“We replaced 14 spreadsheet processes in one quarter, and every app had a named approver before it went live.”
Dana Okafor
Finance Operations Lead, Kettleby Freight
Read the story
02 — Example apps
The sheets teams turned into apps first
03 — What it includes
Everything the sheet did, and what it couldn't
Import in one step
Connect Google Sheets, Excel or Airtable, and the Bench reads headers and sample rows to propose field types.
Keep the sheet or move on
Run the app on the sheet while people switch, then move the data into Stockroom when the file gets slow.
Formulas become logic
Totals, lookups and conditional flags become app logic you can read, test and change in review.
Approvals where they matter
Changes above a limit, such as a rate increase over 5%, wait for a named approver.
Comments on the record
Discuss a row in the app instead of a cell note, and keep the thread with the record's history.
Exports for the holdouts
Schedule a nightly export back to Sheets or CSV for anyone who still wants a file.
05 — FAQ
What teams ask before retiring a sheet
Do we have to move our data out of Google Sheets?
What happens to our formulas?
Can people still use the sheet during the switch?
How many people can use the app?
Can finance keep an Excel copy?
Who owns the app once it's built?
06 — More use cases
