EASA

Many companies run critical calculations in Excel long after the spreadsheet has outgrown being a personal tool. EASA takes a different route from rewriting that logic in new code: it publishes the spreadsheet itself as a web application, with the original formulas, VBA, macros and add-ins still doing the work. The vendor's pitch is that the business logic stays in the spreadsheet where its owners understand it, while the platform adds version control, authorized access and secured sharing.

Spreadsheets as controlled web apps

Users reach the app through a browser instead of passing files around by email, which removes the confusion of several versions circulating. An audit trail and access controls record who used what, error prevention guards against bad inputs, and the vendor says the approach protects the intellectual property sitting inside the model because the file itself is not handed out. A companion product, EASA Sheets, is aimed at managing spreadsheets that are deployed inside an organization.

Quoting and pricing tools

One main use is configure, price, quote work. A business can build a quoting tool for customers in Excel and link it with Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics or other CRM platforms. The vendor argues that when a product is highly customizable, standard CPQ tools fall short, and a spreadsheet can carry the pricing rules directly. Related applications on its list include proposal generation and management and online calculators built from Excel.

Specialist applications

EASA names insurance rating and scenario modeling, engineer-to-order, financial modeling and forecasting as typical deployments. Its case study titles cover an insurer deploying rating spreadsheets with database integration, a corporate-wide deployment of modeling technology at a drug maker, a leasing firm turning spreadsheets into enterprise web apps, and a manufacturer managing spreadsheets through digital transformation.

Engineering and legacy work

The platform is also used to put simpler interfaces on simulation, CAD and structural analysis models so non-experts can run them, to deploy standard Mathcad and Excel calculations as web apps, and to wrap an old process in a modern web front end. Pages on high-performance computing workflows and on embedding Excel processes in low-code platforms sit in the same area.

Newer material

The current site adds a guide to connecting EASA web apps to AI models through an API, on the grounds that data from a structured web app is already labeled and validated. A free consultation is offered to discuss a particular spreadsheet process.

EASA is a software platform that publishes Excel spreadsheets as web applications. It keeps formulas, VBA, macros and add-ins working while adding version control, restricted access and secure sharing.

Main features

• Excel to web app: deploys a spreadsheet online without rewriting its business logic.
• Configure, price, quote applications: lets businesses build quoting tools for customers in Excel, with links to CRM systems such as Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics.
• Spreadsheet management: audit trails, access control and error prevention for internal files.
• Specialist applications: insurance raters, engineer-to-order, financial modelling and proposal generation.
• Legacy and simulation work: wraps old processes and simulation models in simpler web interfaces.

Who it serves

Organisations in insurance, engineering and finance. Its case studies name Zurich, Pfizer and Ingersoll Rand.

Key facts

• Compatibility: full Excel support including VBA and macros
• Integration: database and CRM connections