The Selection Schedule Spreadsheet Alternative
You got into design and building to create beautiful spaces — not to wrestle with spreadsheets. Swatcha replaces your manual Excel process with an AI-powered workflow.
What Spreadsheets Does Well
- Universally available — everyone has Excel or Google Sheets
- Completely flexible — you can structure data however you want
- Free (if you already have Office/Google Workspace)
- Familiar interface most people already know
Common Pain Points
Hours of manual data entry
Copying product names, SKUs, prices, and quantities from supplier quotes into spreadsheet cells one by one. A single home can have 200+ selections.
How Swatcha helps:
Upload a supplier quote (PDF, image, or spreadsheet) and Swatcha's AI extracts every product automatically — names, SKUs, quantities, and prices.
No product images
Spreadsheets aren't built for images. You either skip them entirely or spend hours downloading, resizing, and inserting product photos.
How Swatcha helps:
Swatcha searches for product images automatically. One-click background removal creates consistent, professional visuals.
Ugly, unprofessional output
No matter how much formatting you do, a printed spreadsheet never looks professional. Clients see a wall of text, not a curated selection.
How Swatcha helps:
Export branded PDFs with your logo, colours, and layout. Every selection schedule looks like it came from a design studio.
Version control chaos
Selection_Schedule_v3_FINAL_FINAL(2).xlsx — sound familiar? Tracking changes across revisions is a nightmare.
How Swatcha helps:
One source of truth. Edit selections in real-time, and every export reflects the latest version.
No collaboration
Emailing spreadsheets back and forth between designers, builders, and clients leads to conflicting versions and lost changes.
How Swatcha helps:
Share a link to your selection schedule. Everyone sees the same, up-to-date information.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Swatcha | Spreadsheets |
|---|---|---|
| AI data extraction from quotes | ||
| Automatic product image search | ||
| Background removal | ||
| Branded PDF export | ||
| Custom data structure | ||
| Free tier | Free trial | |
| Works offline | ||
| Pivot tables & formulas |
