Spreadsheets are "free" — but they cost you in time, errors, and frustration. Cloxbi automates everything for one flat price.
Spreadsheets look free on paper. But every hour your manager spends manually building, fixing, and communicating schedules is time they could spend running your business.
From $29/mo for up to 30 users
One price covers your whole team — no hidden costs. Snap a photo of your existing schedule and we build it. Clone a week. Approve PTO. Ask Cloxbi™ to fill a gap in plain English. No manual conflict checking, no double-booking, no spreadsheet chaos.
"Free" — but at $20/hr, 3 hrs/wk = ~$260/mo in hidden labor costs
A spreadsheet costs nothing upfront. But every week someone has to build the schedule, check for conflicts, communicate changes, approve PTO manually, and pray nobody calls in sick. No mobile access. No AI. Just a grid and a prayer.
Spreadsheets are free if your time is worth nothing. Most managers spend 3+ hours a week on scheduling.
A spreadsheet can do anything — if you build it yourself. Cloxbi does the work for you.
| Feature | Cloxbi | Spreadsheets |
|---|---|---|
| Shift scheduling | ✓ Built in | Manual — build from scratch |
| Mobile apps (iOS & Android) | ✓ | ✗ No mobile app |
| Team messaging | ✓ All plans | ✗ Separate tool needed |
| PTO / time-off management | ✓ All plans | Manual tracking |
| AI scheduling assistant | ✓ All plans — Ask Cloxbi™ | ✗ Not available |
| First-party hosted MCP | ✓ All plans — app.cloxbi.com/mcp | ✗ N/A |
| Claude Coworker / Claude Desktop | ✓ HTTP MCP — all plans | ✗ N/A |
| ChatGPT MCP connector | ✓ Custom connector — all plans | ✗ N/A |
| Multilingual (UI languages) | ✓ All plans — English, Spanish & French | ✗ N/A — depends on spreadsheet tool |
| Photo / snap-to-schedule import | ✓ All plans | ✗ Manual data entry |
| Clone previous week | ✓ One click | Copy-paste manually |
| Conflict detection | ✓ Automatic | ✗ You check manually |
| Employee availability | ✓ Tracked | Manual spreadsheet |
| Multi-location support | ✓ Same plan price | Separate sheets or files |
| Free plan | ✓ Up to 10 users, unlimited locations | ✓ Free — but costs time |
| 14-day free trial | ✓ No credit card | ✓ Always free |
AI / MCP note: Spreadsheets have no API or MCP surface. Cloxbi publishes a first-party hosted MCP on all plans.
Multilingual note: Spreadsheet language support varies by tool (Excel, Google Sheets, etc.) and is not a built-in scheduling feature. Cloxbi ships English, Spanish, and French on web, iOS, and Android.
✓ Included · ◐ Partial or add-on · ✗ Not available
Spreadsheets work — until they don't. Here's when each approach makes sense.
14-day free trial. No credit card. Every feature unlocked from day one — snap a photo of your bulletin board and you're live in minutes.
Free forever for teams up to 10. Paid plans from $29/mo.
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