You're invited
to a spreadsheet funeral service. 

Q2 - 2026_Comp_Final_v37_USE_THIS_ONE.xlsx.
Born simple. Renamed 41 times. Load-bearing to the end. Press play to pay your respects. 

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The eulogy

A few words for the file that got us this far. 

He was born simple. He did not stay simple. He paid 423 reps. He held the company through two reorgs. He was load-bearing. He crashed on a Sunday.

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Survived by the teams who moved on.

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In lieu of flowers

Take home the memorial booklet.

Report cover titled The Hidden Costs of Spreadsheets showing 60% of US software firms use them for commissions.

The Hidden Cost of Spreadsheets

A full accounting of what the spreadsheet quietly cost you. The hours it ate every quarter, and the 3 to 8% that leaked out in errors nobody caught. Leave your work email and we'll send it over.

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The Records

Everything the spreadsheet left behind.

You would’ve heard this a number of times before, but it’s worth mentioning it again. 9 out of 10 spreadsheets have errors.

10 Reasons Why Calculating Commissions in Spreadsheets is a Nightmare

To the Finance Department

MAR 16
2026

March 16, 2026 6 min read

If you’re still employing spreadsheets to calculate your commissions, here are 5 solid reasons why you should ditch the sheet before the ‘sheet’ hits the fan.

5 Solid Reasons to Ditch That Spreadsheet and Move to a Commissions Automation Software

To whomsoever it may concern

APR 21
2026

April 21, 2026 8 min read

A Word From the Mourners

The Pallbearers

We asked teams who moved from spreadsheets to Everstage how they remember the file.

100M+ Users

Software

“Before Everstage, commissions were completely manual. It was stitched together by spreadsheets and it was a tedious task. It was a process that didn't really provide a lot of transparency, and so we knew that we needed to focus on building the right foundation, and that's when Everstage came along.”

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Brian Le

Building RevOps @ Notion

1,000+ Employees

MANUFACTURING

“Our calculation process was incredibly complex, and each cycle involved over 5,000 VLOOKUPS across multiple data tables with calculators. Given that invoices often contain multiple line items, a single calculation could take anywhere from 20 minutes to over an hour, – just for one rep. And sometimes we had formatting issues such as customer numbers not aligning properly, and then we’d have to start the whole calculation over.”

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James Allison

Business Analyst @ Hood Container

1,000+ Employees

Software / SaaS

“I’d spend 40 to 50 hours each cycle just trying to verify everything. The risk of something being wrong was always high. We had issues like copy-paste errors or incorrect formulas that would sometimes go unnoticed until a rep pointed it out.”

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Daniel Devine

Commissions Analyst

100M+ Users

Finance

“It’s extremely time-consuming with all the small exceptions and adjustments. There’s a high risk of errors… I spend at least 10 days per quarter just on commission calculations.”