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title: "Onepage.live vs Tracking Stocks in a Spreadsheet"
description: "A spreadsheet gives you full control over how you track a stock"
source: "https://onepage.live/compare/onepage-vs-spreadsheet-tracking/"
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## Why people track stocks in a spreadsheet

A spreadsheet is flexible: pull in a price, set a formula for percentage change from whatever baseline you want (opening price, a moving average, your own cost basis), and you’re in full control of the math. For anyone who’s been burned by fixed-price alerts, building your own percentage formula in a sheet is a completely reasonable workaround.

## Where it breaks down

The formula only tells you something the moment you open the sheet and look. There’s no notification — if a stock crosses your threshold overnight or while you’re not checking, you find out whenever you happen to open it next, which defeats the point of setting a threshold in the first place. Keeping the data fresh also means either manually updating prices or wiring up a live data connection yourself.

## What Onepage.live does differently

Spreadsheet

Onepage.live

Percentage-from-baseline math

You build the formula yourself

Built in — pick a baseline, no formula

Live price data

Manual updates or a data-connection add-on

Built in

Notification when threshold is hit

None — you have to check

Pings you the moment the condition fires

Combining conditions

Possible with more formulas

Layer up to 5 logics into one watcher, no formulas (Hobbyist)

## When to use which

If you want a fully custom model — cost basis, multiple tickers, your own calculations — a spreadsheet still has a place. If what you actually want from the spreadsheet is just “tell me when this hits a % move,” Onepage.live does the same math and does the checking for you.

Further reading: [Percentage-Based Stock Alerts: The Complete Guide](/concepts/percentage-based-stock-alerts).

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