The spreadsheet was right — two years ago.

Every equipment spreadsheet starts accurate and quietly rots. KitLog keeps the same simple table — and adds the reminders, history and audit exports a spreadsheet can never do.

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KitLog vs Excel, side by side

	KitLog	Excel / Google Sheets
Cost	From £9/mo + VAT	Free (beyond your Office/Google licence)
Set-up	Import your existing sheet; most teams are live in about 15 minutes	Instant — it's already open
Staying accurate	Register updates itself at every assign and return	Only as accurate as the last person who remembered to edit it
Chasing returns	Automatic due-back reminders, escalating leaver chasers	You, manually, by email
Leaver offboarding	Return checklist per leaver with reminders at 14, 7 and 2 days	Ctrl+F their name and hope
History & audit trail	Every assignment, return and condition note kept forever	None — cells overwrite silently
QR labels	Printable labels; any phone camera scans them	Not without add-ins and effort
Cyber Essentials register	One-click export in the format assessors expect	Manual reformatting, every time

Honestly, when Excel / Google Sheets is the better pick

You have fewer than about 20 items and they never leave the building.
One named person genuinely owns the sheet and keeps it current.
You only need a snapshot for a one-off count, not a living register.

And when KitLog is

Kit is loaned to people and has to come back — especially when they leave.
Cyber Essentials, insurers or funders keep asking for a current register.
Nobody can say who has what without asking around on Slack.

KitLog in one line: a simple equipment register for small businesses — assign kit, chase returns automatically, export an audit-ready asset register in one click. From £9/mo + VAT, unlimited users, 14-day free trial with no card.

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