/ comparison
DeliverOps vs Spreadsheets
— for firms ready to graduate from Excel
Excel is free and everyone knows it — which is exactly why 40% of small GovCon firms still run delivery out of it. The problem is that the costs of Excel show up in CPARS findings, missed deliverables, and institutional knowledge walking out the door. This is the honest comparison.
Deliverables = Submitted + In Review + Accepted
97%
On-time CDRL submissions
0
Open compliance findings
12 d
Avg invoice → payment
$1.84M
Burned of $4.2M
23
Active deliverables
4 / 4
CPARS narratives drafted
100%
DD-1423 coverage
3
Subs flow-down compliant
Very Good
Projected CPARS
/ feature by feature
Side by side, honestly.
No marketing fluff. The features that matter for delivery — and how each side stacks up.
/ what hurts
Why GovCons leave Spreadsheets
- Version conflicts — 'CDRL_Tracker_v2_FINAL_FINAL_REAL.xlsx'
- No audit trail — who changed what, when, why? Nobody knows
- Reminders live in someone's head, not in the system
- When the PM leaves, institutional knowledge leaves with them
- CPARS prep means 40 hours of reconstruction from email chains
- A DCAA audit becomes a week of archaeology instead of a CSV export
- Cross-reference between SharePoint, Outlook, Excel, and Costpoint is manual
- Errors are invisible until a CDRL misses acceptance
/ what helps
Why they pick DeliverOps
- Every change logged with who, what, when, and why
- Deliverable-level version control — always know which version you submitted
- Automated reminders tied to deliverable due dates, not someone's calendar
- Staff turnover doesn't break delivery — next PM picks up the canvas as it is
- CPARS narrative builds in real time — zero closeout reconstruction
- DCAA package is a one-click export
- One system connects to Costpoint, SharePoint, and PIEE — no manual cross-reference
- Errors surface before they become CPARS findings
/ make the switch
Built for the way you actually deliver.
Founding cohort locks in $59/mo for life — 40% off Starter, every Pro feature included.