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Layer — Share parts of your spreadsheet, automate your processes
Layer is an add-on that equips teams with the tools to increase efficiency and data quality in their processes on top of Google Sheets. Share parts of your Sheets, monitor, review and approve changes, and sync data from different sources – all within seconds.
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flo merian
Neat product — congrats on the launch, ?makers!
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Thanks, Flo. We’re looking forward to your feedback on how we can improve the tool!
We're excited to launch a product that considerably improves any google sheets based data collection and data sharing process! Big thanks of the team Layer who has brought us here.
I am so excited for the launch and can't wait to see how the Product Hunt community puts Layer into action. 🚀
Thanks, Mowafy. We hope Layer meets your expectations, and can’t wait to hear your feedback!
Do you provide an API for access control? I was looking for a way to grant access to google sheet programmatically but their official API does not have an endpoint for access control.
@fabian_maume At the time, we do not expose any APIs. However, I'd be really interested to understand your use case.
@ernestskarlsons
The use case is simple: info product based on a google sheet.
There is no API to manage access to a google sheet at the moment, so it isn't possible to make an automated checkout process that would grant access to the google sheet. The only way to proceed at the moment is to make the spreadsheet available to anybody with the link and share the link with the buyer once the checkout is completed.
Incredible team, a lot of work put into developing a solid product and solving a not-so-obvious use case that could free loads of time from Finance folks. Congratulations on the public launch!
Hey Product Hunt 👋
Thanks, @kevin, for hunting us!
Google Sheets is one of the most popular applications in the world, and for a good reason. It offers a free online user-friendly interface that is easy to navigate with countless features and functions, making it a versatile tool for a wide range of tasks.
And while it makes it easy for users to access and share their spreadsheets with others, it can fall short when it comes to sharing, collecting, and updating critical data with others in real time, making it inefficient and prone to error.
🤔 The solution?
An add-on that equips teams with the tools to increase efficiency and data quality in their processes on top of Google Sheets. You can share parts of your Google Sheets, monitor, review and approve changes, and sync data from different sources – all within seconds.
📈 How does Layer do that?
Think of Layer as the GitHub for your Google Sheets. You can:
🤝 Share Parts of Your Spreadsheet: Define individual access permissions for sheets and even cell ranges.
✅ Monitor and Approve Changes: Accept or reject edits before merging them with your main file.
⚙️ Automate the Process: Sync an unlimited number of files with your master spreadsheet.
🗂 Sync All Your Data in One Place: Connect to your tech stack and import your data.
🏁 How to get started?
- Install the add-on and get started with a forever-free plan.
- Create a connection to share parts of your sheets and review input.
- Schedule your personal onboarding tour if needed so we can help you set up your first connections and integrations.
📊 Use cases
Layer is versatile and flexible that we've seen it cater to all kinds of use cases and processes running on Google Sheets across different teams, domains, or industries, including:
- Finance: Budgeting, forecasting, portfolio reporting, investor reporting, financial analysis.
- Sales: CRM, sales, outreach, compensation, performance, and lead management.
- Marketing: Campaign management, performance tracking, lead scoring, KPIs reporting.
- Human Resources: Payroll reporting, time tracking, headcount planning, recruitment.
- Project Management: Planning, OKRs tracking, admissions and enrollment, Procurement.
and more!
📣 Product Hunt Special Offer
- Install Layer this week and get a free Pro account with unlimited access for 2 weeks.
- Use promo code "golayer-ph25" before February 1st for 25% off on all plans for one year!
We would love to hear your feedback and thoughts on how we can continue improving Layer for you!
Constantin
@shivam1337 Thanks a lot. Let us know what we can improve after you have tried it out ;)
Top Hunter
@constantin_schunemann1 oh hey! What's new since your launch last April?
@chrismessina We have built a new product exclusively for the Gsheet ecosystem.
Top Hunter
@constantin_schunemann1 ah — I thought your previous product was also built on top of GSheet? No?
Spreadsheets are amazing with superb functionality but on their own, they are not always enough. Let's say you need to set up recurring workflows, or you need to integrate multiple data sources while having control over what data is merged into your spreadsheets and when. Sounds familiar?
Should you then give up on your spreadsheets and migrate to a completely different product that kind of looks like your spreadsheets but it's not quite it?
Not anymore. Layer helps you stay in your beloved spreadsheet environment and augments it by adding everything missing for you to be more productive without you being forced to give up on your existing tools.
An excellent add-on that works reliably and fills the gap in Google's approval rounds which unhelpfully shares the whole sheet. Layer is so much better, enabling users to share just part of the sheet, target it, and have meaningful exchanges between users on what matters to them. Layer saves a lot of copy and paste and reduces the opportunity for shared data errors to become expensive mistakes.
Wow, thank you for such a thoughtful review of Layer! We're thrilled to hear all the ways it benefits you.
Your feedback is invaluable to us and we're so glad you're enjoying using Layer!
Thank you so much, Anna, for your continued unwavering support and for being a part of our journey! 🙏
That's a very nice idea! To share only a part of the doc. Do you plan to focus on smth else except Google sheets?
@alexey_sytnikov thanks a lot! For now, our full focus lies on Google Sheets ;)
Super happy to share the solution with Product Hunt community and hear the feedback! It has been such a rewarding journey, from early sketches and all the way into where we are now! 🚀🔥
Super excited for this! Can't wait to see all the use cases that you will come up with to make spreadsheets better than ever using Layer! 🚀
Thanks, Maurice. Can't wait to see what we can accomplish together! 🙌
Super proud of the entire Layer team on how fast we shipped this product and can't wait to hear users' feedback and thoughts!