Layer - The connective tissue for spreadsheets

Hey Product Hunt 👋 Thanks, @chrismessina, for hunting us. I’m Mo, CFO, and Co-Founder at Layer. Back when I was CFO at Helpling, I was not too fond of the forecasting process—distributing Excel templates among 20+ team members, collecting their inputs, and consolidating it all. It was very clunky, error-prone, and time-consuming, That’s when I met Consti, CEO and Co-Founder at Layer, and we came up with an idea. We wanted to free anyone who deals with spreadsheets frequently, literally hundreds of millions of people, from menial tasks or tedious processes like the ones I had to manage. 🤔 The solution? A collaboration platform for spreadsheets that works on top of existing files addressing the shortcomings of Excel and Google Sheets without forcing the user into a new tool. Limitless applicability and use cases worldwide leveraging the most well-known interface for quantitative work. 📊 How does Layer do that? Think of Layer as the GitHub for spreadsheets. You can: 🗂 Manage Access: Share parts of your spreadsheet via Excel, Google Sheets, or Layer Sheets, our own web-based spreadsheet editor, and assign individual reading and editing permissions. 🔎 Review & Track: Spot changes easily and choose to accept or reject them, and keep previous file versions and restore them if needed. 🤝 Collaborate: Define, assign, and monitor recurring tasks, and keep discussions, actionable feedback, or context all in one place. 🏁 How to get started? - Sign up for free (Sign up today for a free 1-month Pro Plan worth €299 🚀) - Schedule your personal onboarding tour if needed so we can help you set up your custom flows. For more insights on why we started Layer in the first place and our learnings from the past three years, check out: https://blog.golayer.io/product/... Would love to hear your feedback and thoughts! Mo

This is an exciting addition to my GSheet arsenal!

Can't say how proud we are of everyone that made it possible! A big thank you to every client that took this journey with us so far!

Super excited for the launch. We've been waiting for this day for a long time and are extremely glad and humbled to showcase our product to the world now. All feedback is welcome.

I’ve been part of the Layer journey for nearly a year now – joining as a Founders’ Associate intern and making it all the way to the Product team. It was so exciting to see how the product evolved over the last month and to finally share it with you. I hope you’ll enjoy it and Layer will help you take your spreadsheet workflows to the next level 🚀

wish you all the best with your product!

Your tool addresses so many of the issues that both GSheets and Excel bring to team collaboration. Layer might be a game-changer for me - super exciting!

I'm so happy and excited about the whole team Layer for what's to come. This has been a journey, and it's only a beginning!

Happy launch day! Love the spreadsheet trivia in the video 🤓

Very proud and excited about showcasing the product to the world! Both the goal to reinvent teamwork for spreadsheets, and the process to get there are very rewarding. Looking forward for to all the feedback!