Why VunaBook
VunaBook vs. notebook and Excel
A notebook and Excel are where most businesses start. Here is what changes when your business grows.
| What you need | Notebook | Excel | VunaBook |
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Know your stock right now How many of each product are on the shelf, in every branch. |
Count it by hand
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Only if every sale is typed in
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Goes down by itself with each sale, with a low-stock alert
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Who owes you, and how much Customers who bought on credit, and suppliers you still have to pay. |
Pages to search
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One sheet, easy to break
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Every customer, with a statement to share
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Several branches in one place Each shop or store with its own stock and sales, seen together. |
A book per shop
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Files sent around
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All branches, live, from anywhere
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Several people working at once Cashiers, the store keeper and the manager, at the same time. |
One book, one pen
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One person edits at a time
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Each with their own login
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Each person sees only what they should A cashier sells; only the owner sees profit and costs. |
Whoever holds the book sees all
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Whoever opens the file sees all
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Permissions per user and group
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Who did what When a number looks wrong, you can find out why. |
Crossed-out lines
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No history of changes
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Every change is logged, with the time
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Receipts and invoices Papers your customers keep, with your name and logo. |
Written by hand
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Made one by one
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Printed or shared from the sale
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Mobile money, bank and cash Where the money went in, and what should be in each account. |
Mixed in one column
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Typed by hand
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Each account, with the daily cash-up
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Reports: profit, best sellers, expenses The numbers that tell you if the business is growing. |
Hours with a calculator
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If you build the formulas
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Ready, with charts and export
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Safe if the book or laptop is lost Fire, theft, water or a broken computer. |
Gone
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If someone made a copy
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Backed up every night
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Works on your phone Check the business when you are away from the shop. |
Only where the book is
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Hard on a small screen
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Phone, tablet or computer
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English and Kiswahili Everyone works in the language they know best. |
Any language you write
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Your own words only
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Each user chooses
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Keeping your notebook for a while is fine: many owners run both for the first weeks, then stop.
More reasons owners choose VunaBook
Bring your lists with you
Import products, customers and what they owe from Excel. VunaBook checks the file and shows what it will add before saving.
Easy to learn
If you can use WhatsApp, you can use VunaBook. The Help Centre shows every step with pictures.
Try before you pay
15 days free with everything of your plan. No payment to start.
Only what you use
Switch off the features your business does not need, and the menu stays short and simple.
Your data stays yours
Download all your data at any time, in files that open in Excel. No other company can see it.
Help when you need it
Chat with VunaBook Support inside the app, or send us a WhatsApp message.