Does Evnty replace my accounting software?

No. Evnty reads invoices from SevDesk and assigns them to events and budget lines. Bookkeeping stays in your accounting software.

Can I try Evnty next to my current spreadsheets?

Yes. The 14-day trial needs no credit card, and budgets, timetables and timesheets export as CSV.

Festivals, clubs, promoters and event agencies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The solutions show how each of them uses it.

Comparison

Evnty compared with spreadsheets, paper and separate apps

Most events run on a mix of spreadsheets, paper lists, group chats and a few separate apps. This overview shows, topic by topic, what each way of working covers and where Evnty connects the pieces.

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Topic by topic

Topic	Evnty	Excel and Google Sheets	Paper and group chats	Separate apps
Artist booking and timetable	Included: Booking board, holds with reminders, timetable with conflict checks	Partly: Lists and grids you maintain by hand	Not included: Emails and chat threads	Partly: One tool per task, not linked to the budget
Event budget	Included: Planned, committed and actual per line, forecast and break-even	Partly: Formulas you build and maintain	Not included: Notes and a folder of receipts	Partly: Accounting software sees invoices, not the event plan
Invoices per event	Included: SevDesk sync, receipt recognition (Team plan and up), matching suggestions	Not included: Typed in from accounting	Not included: Receipts collected after the event	Partly: In accounting, not tied to budget lines
Shift planning	Included: Positions, headcount, suggestions, published to the staff portal	Partly: A grid per day, shared as a file	Partly: A printed plan and a group chat	Included: Shift planning apps
Working-time checks	Included: Rest periods, maximum hours, breaks, minimum wage, mini-job limit and 70-day rule under German law	Not included: Checked by eye	Not included: Checked by eye	Partly: Depends on the app
Time recording	Included: Phone or kiosk tablet, offline, chained correction history	Partly: Typed in from lists	Partly: Paper timesheets	Included: Time clock apps
Everything connected	Included: Bookings, hours and invoices land in the budget on their own	Not included: One file per topic, linked by hand	Not included: Nothing connected	Not included: Data copied between apps
Roles and access	Included: Eight roles, access per event, encrypted staff fields	Partly: Access per file or sheet	Not included: Whoever has the paper or the chat	Partly: Separate per app
Cost	From €49 a month per organisation, 14-day trial	Usually already paid for	Next to nothing	One subscription per app

Check: included, dashed circle: partly, dash: not included. As of November 3, 2026. The other columns describe general ways of working, not specific products. Excel is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation, Google Sheets a trademark of Google LLC.

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Excel and Google Sheets
What Excel and Google Sheets do well and where Evnty connects booking, budget and crew.

01The gaps cost more than the tools

Each tool can do its own job. The time goes into the gaps between them: a fee confirmed by email that never reaches the budget, a shift swapped in the group chat that the timesheet doesn't know about, an invoice that sits in accounting without an event. Evnty closes those gaps, because booking, budget, crew, time and invoices share one set of data.

02When the simple setup is enough

One small event, one or two people planning, no paid crew: a spreadsheet and a chat will do. The Excel comparison goes into detail, and the guides work with any tool.

Questions about the comparison

Next event already in the calendar?

Put it in Evnty: line-up, budget and the first shift. The team fills in the rest when it's time.

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