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Custom Google Sheets vs Delphina for Budgeting

Comprehensive comparison for expense tracking, budget management, and financial categorisation.

Budgeting Features

Custom Google Sheets

Real-time collaboration
Accessible anywhere
Custom formulas
Manual data entry required
No automatic categorisation

Delphina

Automated bank sync
Intelligent auto-categorisation
Goal-based budgeting
20+ UK bank integrations
Comprehensive reporting

Budgeting Capabilities

Expense Tracking & Categorisation

Custom Google Sheets

Manual expense tracking with spreadsheet formulas. Requires manual data entry and categorisation without intelligent auto-categorisation or machine learning improvements.

Delphina

Advanced expense tracking with intelligent auto-categorisation, custom categories, and detailed transaction analysis with machine learning improvements.

Budget Creation & Management

Custom Google Sheets

Manual budget creation with spreadsheet formulas. Requires building complex budget templates from scratch without goal-based budgeting or intelligent recommendations.

Delphina

Comprehensive budget creation with goal-based budgeting, custom categories, spending limits, and intelligent budget recommendations.

Reporting & Analytics

Custom Google Sheets

Manual reporting with spreadsheet charts and formulas. Limited to manual analysis without comprehensive trend analysis or predictive budgeting features.

Delphina

Advanced reporting with detailed analytics, trend analysis, predictive budgeting, and comprehensive financial insights for better decision-making.

Bank Integration & Sync

Custom Google Sheets

No bank integration features. Manual data entry required for all financial data with CSV imports but no real-time transaction updates.

Delphina

Comprehensive bank integration with 20+ UK banks, real-time sync, automatic transaction updates, and secure open banking connectivity.

UK Budgeting Features

Custom Google Sheets

  • • Manual UK financial tracking
  • • No UK-specific categories
  • • No UK tax budgeting
  • • No HMRC deadline planning
  • • Limited UK regulatory features

Delphina

  • • 20+ UK bank integrations
  • • UK-specific budget categories
  • • Tax-aware budgeting
  • • HMRC deadline planning
  • • UK regulatory compliance

Choose Your Budgeting Tool

Choose Custom Google Sheets if you:

  • • Need real-time collaboration
  • • Want accessibility anywhere
  • • Prefer familiar interface
  • • Don't mind manual data entry
  • • Have advanced spreadsheet skills

Choose Delphina if you:

  • • Need comprehensive budgeting tools
  • • Want goal-based budgeting
  • • Require intelligent expense categorisation
  • • Need UK-specific budgeting features
  • • Want automated data sync

Ready for comprehensive budgeting?

Experience Delphina's advanced budgeting tools with intelligent categorisation and UK-specific features.