Collector comparison

Spreadsheets alternative for Pokemon card collectors

A spreadsheet is flexible and portable, but it becomes painful once variants, wanted cards, values, images, and set completion all need to work together. Cardography keeps CSV portability while adding a proper card index and member collection tools.

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Quick take

Spreadsheets

Complete custom control.
Offline backups and personal formulas.
Collectors who only need a few rows.

Cardography

Collections large enough to need search, filters, and card links.
People who want free audit before importing.
Set builders who want checklist and master completion without hand-built formulas.

Specific comparison

Area	Spreadsheets	Cardography
Main angle	Manual rows and custom columns.	Structured card catalogue with owned/wanted records and import/export.
Import confidence	Highest when columns include card name, set, number, quantity, condition, grade, and notes.	High for clean CSVs; medium for messy set names; low for image-only or description-only sheets.
Where Cardography differs	Manual flexibility.	Automated matching, free audit preview, card pages, completion modes, and paid member tools.
Trade-off	Most flexible but more manual maintenance.	Less free-form, but faster for repeated collector workflows.

Spreadsheet comparison is based on common collector-owned CSV/XLSX workflows.

Import reality

Audit first, then import with confidence

Cardography imports best from CSV files that contain a card name, set name, card number, and quantity. Every external service labels exports differently, so the free audit checks the file before anyone pays.

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Fair comparison

Independent and descriptive

This is not an affiliation, endorsement, or claim that another service's current pricing, data, export options, or features will remain unchanged. Brand names are used descriptively.