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Stacks Assistant
by Stacks TechnologiesMicrosoft 365Price not published
Posts ERP transactions from Excel and synchronizes ERP records and reports into spreadsheets.
PRICINGNot published
DEPLOYMENTCloud
CATEGORYAnalytics
UPDATED ON MARKETPLACE
What it does
Stacks Assistant supports ERP transaction posting and data synchronization from Excel. It maps spreadsheet data to ERP fields, identifies posting errors beforehand, provides links to posted journals, and permits changes to existing journals from Excel. Supported transaction types include journals, invoices, payments, and advanced intercompany journals. The synchronization functions retrieve ERP data and reports, including NetSuite saved searches and advanced queries.
Key capabilities
from the Microsoft Marketplace listingJournal entry posting
Sends journal entries from Excel to an ERP.
Transaction support
Supports invoices, payments, and advanced intercompany journals in addition to journal entries.
ERP field mapping
Creates a correspondence between Excel fields and ERP fields.
Journal updates
Permits existing journals to be updated from Excel.
ERP data synchronization
Brings ERP data and reports into Excel and allows refreshed data to be retrieved.
NetSuite query access
Supports NetSuite saved searches and advanced queries.
Use cases
- Finance teams can use Excel as a working sheet for posting several ERP transaction types.
- Reporting workflows can retrieve P&L, consolidated P&L, Income Statements, and FX reports into Excel.
- NetSuite workflows can bring saved-search results into Excel.
How it compares
Stacks Assistant and DataDear both use cloud deployment, while Stacks Assistant has unknown pricing and DataDear has paid pricing. Lantern | Model also has cloud deployment and unknown pricing. Stacks Assistant was updated on May 2025; the listed alternatives have update dates from Nov 2025 through Aug 2026.
| Name | Pricing | Deployment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| this plugin | Price not published | Cloud | |
| DataDear | Paid | Cloud | |
| Lantern | Model | Price not published | Cloud |
In the catalog
446 plugins in Excel · Analytics
Price distribution: 8 free, 17 freemium, 142 paid, 279 price not published
Pricing & deployment
Platform
Microsoft 365
Product
Excel
Deployment
Cloud
Pricing
Price not published
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What the vendor says
«Stacks Assistant is your companion. It runs as you work and provides recommendations to automate manual work. Its key goal is to make you efficient and reduce errors. It works with your current processes and templates, no configuration or messy changes are required. The assistant has two high-level functionalities - …»