Budgeting without spreadsheets
A budgeting spreadsheet is great, right up until it's Sunday night and you're copy-pasting transactions again.
Spreadsheets give you total control. They also give you homework. Fall behind for a week and the numbers stop being trustworthy, so you stop opening the file.
The trade-off you're making
| OnTheBuck | A spreadsheet | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | ✓ Yes, free to start (no card) | ✓ Free (manual) |
| Price | Free; Pro CAD $8/mo or $72/yr | Free |
| All accounts in one place | ✓ Yes | Manual entry |
| Budgets & spending | ✓ Yes | You build it |
| Cashflow view | ✓ Yes | You build it |
| Investment tracking | ✓ Yes, incl. TFSA & RRSP | Manual |
| Auto-categorization | ✓ Yes | ✕ No |
| Multi-currency | ✓ Yes, USD and CAD in one base currency | Manual formulas |
| Shared households | ✓ Yes | Shared file |
| Multiple Spaces | ✓ Yes, keep personal, business & family separate | Separate files |
| Bank connections | Read-only via Plaid (Canadian banks) | ✕ No (CSV import) |
| Platforms | Web, iOS & Android | Any spreadsheet app |
Keep the control, drop the chore
OnTheBuck is built for spreadsheet people. You still decide how everything's organized, you just set it up once. Make a rule ("anything from this merchant is Groceries," "tag this account as Business") and it applies from then on. Your accounts sync in the background (read-only, so we never see your password), and the picture stays current without you touching a cell.
What you get back:
- Net worth across every account, updated automatically.
- Budgets and spending insights that don't depend on your data-entry discipline.
- A cashflow view that shows money in vs money out, and forecasts next month from your history.
- Rules and tags: spreadsheet-level control without the maintenance.
You don't have to give anything up
Your data is still yours: export everything to CSV anytime. If you love the ritual of a spreadsheet, keep it for the deep dives and let OnTheBuck handle the day-to-day, so the numbers are always right when you look.
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