Full spreadsheet editor
Standard formulas, formatting and autosave about 1.5 seconds after you stop typing.
Sheets: an online spreadsheet for startups that lives with your other work
A built-in spreadsheet workspace. Build budgets, financial models and trackers with formulas and formatting without leaving Nautis. Import Excel, CSV or Google Sheets files, export to .xlsx or .csv, comment on exact cell ranges, and share a public, password-protected or email-locked link.
- ImportExcel + CSV + Google Sheets
- LinksPublic / Password / Email
- AutosaveAbout 1.5 s
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What is Sheets?
An online spreadsheet for startups is a browser-based grid for budgets, hiring plans and trackers that the whole team can reach. Nautis Sheets gives you a full spreadsheet editor with standard formulas inside your workspace. You can import Excel, CSV or Google Sheets files, export to .xlsx or .csv, comment on exact cell ranges, and share a public, password-protected or email-locked link with someone who has no Nautis account.
Every startup has a few spreadsheets that matter more than the rest: the hiring plan, the vendor list, the cohort table someone rebuilds each month. They usually sit in a personal drive, shared by a link nobody remembers sending. Sheets keeps them in the same workspace as your notes, data rooms and task boards, filed in folders, pinned to the top of the list, and searchable by title or content.
The editor works the way you'd expect. Type `=` to start a formula, format cells from the toolbar, and stop typing. Autosave writes your work about 1.5 seconds later and the pill by the title says Saved. Press Ctrl/Cmd + S if you don't want to wait. There's no form to fill in when you click New sheet: you get an Untitled sheet straight away, so rename it before it gets lost.
Sharing outside the company is where Sheets earns its place. Share creates a link that's public, password-protected or tied to one email, with an optional expiry of 1, 7, 30 or 90 days and a message at the top. Comments are on by default, editing and download are off, and Manage links shows view counts and lets you revoke any link. The Sheets guide covers every option.
Built for
- Founders sharing numbers with investors under control
- Teams keeping trackers next to their other work
- Operators moving old Excel files into one place
Capabilities
What you can do with Sheets
Everything ships out of the box. No setup, no plugins, no extra tools.
Import & export
Up to 10 .xlsx, .xls or .csv files at a time, or straight from Google Sheets. Export to Excel or CSV.
Share links
Public, password or email-locked links with expiry, view counts, and comment, edit or download switches.
Cell-anchored comments
Attach a comment to the exact cells it's about, and resolve it when it's answered.
Folders, pins & search
Colour-coded folders, pinned sheets on top, and search by title or content.
Use cases
How startups use Sheets
Sending a use-of-funds table to one investor
Create a Private link locked to the partner's email, set it to expire in 7 days and add a message: "Numbers as of this morning." Leave Allow download off. If the round moves on, revoke the link from Manage links.
Moving your old Excel models in
Click the upload icon, choose From system and drop in up to 10 .xlsx, .xls or .csv files, each up to 10 MB. Each file becomes its own sheet. Already in Google Sheets? Choose From Google Sheets, connect your Google account once and pick up to 10 at a time.
Reviewing a budget line by line
Select the marketing rows, open Comments, click Attach selected cells and write "Why does paid social triple in March?" The comment records the exact range. Resolve it once the owner answers, and hide resolved threads to see what's still open.
Keeping a tracker current without typing into it
AI assistants connected to your workspace, such as Claude or ChatGPT through the Nautis connector, can create sheets and add or update rows. Ask one to log this week's demo requests into your pipeline tracker. Removing rows always waits for approval.
Quick start
From zero to using Sheets
- 1
Click New sheet
Profile & Company, then Sheets, then New sheet. It opens straight away as Untitled sheet.
- 2
Rename and build
Set a title, then type = to start a formula. Work autosaves.
- 3
Comment and review
Select cells and attach a comment for teammates or guests.
- 4
Share or export
Create a controlled link, or download as .xlsx or .csv.
How AI works with Sheets today
There's no formula assistant inside the editor yet. The AI part sits outside it: assistants connected to your workspace can create sheets and add, update or delete rows. Deleting rows always waits for an owner or admin to approve it, even when other writes are set to run without asking. The setup is in Connect Claude and ChatGPT.
If you have the sheet open while an assistant adds rows, a yellow banner says the sheet was changed elsewhere and autosave pauses. Copy any edits you care about, click Reload, then paste them back. That banner is what stops an AI write and your own edit from quietly overwriting each other.
Nautis Sheets vs Google Sheets or Excel vs a financial model tool
For heavy modeling, a dedicated spreadsheet still wins, and for a three or five year projection the Financial Planner does the statements for you. Sheets is for the tables in between.
| Need | Google Sheets or Excel | Nautis Sheets | Nautis Financial Planner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formulas and formatting | Full, with years of depth | Standard spreadsheet formulas | You enter assumptions, it builds the statements |
| Live co-editing | Yes | No. Refresh data to see others' saves | Not a free grid |
| Locked links with expiry and view counts | Varies | Public, password or email links, 1 to 90 days | Export to Excel or PDF |
| Comments on cell ranges | Yes | Yes, also for guests on a link | Not the main job |
| Filed with notes, data rooms and tasks | No | Same workspace | Same workspace |
| Starting templates | Many | None yet. Start blank or import | Industry templates such as SaaS |
Plans and limits
- Sheets must be enabled on your plan, and your plan may cap how many sheets you can create each month. Duplicating and importing count toward the same limit. See pricing for plan details.
- Sharing a sheet with specific teammates needs an organization. Personal sheets can't be shared with a team.
What Sheets doesn't do
- No live co-editing. You see a teammate's changes only after Refresh data, and if they saved first, your save is held back. Take turns on shared models.
- No templates yet, and no AI formula help inside the editor.
- Imports are limited to .xlsx, .xls and .csv, 10 MB each and 10 files per batch.
- The spreadsheet engine downloads the first time you open a sheet in a session, which can be slow on a weak connection. Corporate firewalls that block CDN traffic can stop it loading.
- Delete is permanent. There's no trash to restore from.
Sheets questions
Is an online spreadsheet for startups enough, or do I still need Excel?+
For shared trackers and tables, Sheets is enough: it handles standard formulas, formatting and imports. For heavy financial modeling, keep Excel or Google Sheets and move files between them as .xlsx or .csv.
How do I share a spreadsheet with a password?+
Open the sheet, click Share and choose Private with a password. Nautis generates the password for you to copy. Set an expiry if you want, decide whether the viewer can comment, edit or download, and send the link.
Can people outside my company comment on a sheet?+
Yes, if the link allows it. Allow comments is on by default for new links. Guests open the sheet on a public page without a Nautis account, and their comments show in the same sidebar as your team's.
Can I organize sheets into folders?+
Yes, in an organization. Use Manage folders to create colour-coded folders and a sheet's ⋯ menu to move it. Pin keeps a sheet at the top of the list, and everything else sorts by most recently updated.
Can I export a sheet back to Excel?+
Yes. Click the download icon in the editor toolbar and choose Excel (.xlsx) or CSV (.csv). The file downloads straight away.
Does Sheets work on a phone?+
Yes. The list is the first screen, and tapping a sheet opens a full-screen editor with a Back button. Editing works, but spreadsheet work is far more comfortable on a big screen.
Do my changes save automatically?+
Yes. Sheets autosaves shortly after you stop typing, and the pill next to the title confirms Saved. You can also press Ctrl/Cmd + S to save instantly.
Can two people edit the same sheet at once?+
Not live. Both of you can have the sheet open, but you only see each other's changes after clicking Refresh data. If the other person saves first, your next save is held back and a banner asks you to reload, so nobody's changes are silently overwritten.
Can I import my existing Excel files?+
Yes. .xlsx, .xls and .csv files up to 10 MB each, up to 10 at a time. You can also connect your Google account and import straight from Google Sheets.
Can I share a sheet with an investor who doesn't use Nautis?+
Yes. Click Share and create a link: public, password-protected, or locked to a specific email. You control whether they can comment, edit or download, and you can revoke the link at any time.
Does Sheets have AI features?+
There's no formula assistant inside the editor yet. AI assistants connected to your workspace can create sheets and add, update or delete rows. Deleting rows always waits for approval.
Are there templates?+
Not yet. Every sheet starts blank, or you can import an existing file to use as a starting point.
Why can't I create a new sheet?+
Either you don't have create permission for Sheets, or you've hit your plan's monthly sheet-creation limit. Duplicates and imports count too.
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