Version control for spreadsheets
Anchor every change inside a complete version timeline.
Explore version control Spreadsheet Change Tracking
Track changes,
Track changes,
but for spreadsheets.
Word has it. Google Docs has it. Your financial models never did. Until now. Rockhopper is spreadsheet change tracking software that shows exactly what changed between any two versions, sessions, AI agents, or users at the cell-level.
Rockhopper Excel and Google add-in showing cell-level change tracking with user attribution.
Cell-level Diff across any two versions
Per-user Every edit attributed
Threshold Filter by materiality
Audit-ready Timestamped & compliant
Use Cases for Spreadsheet Change Tracking
Built for teams where every number has a consequence.
The same feature, different stakes. Here's how FP&A and Capital Markets teams put cell-level tracking to work and how they track and validate critical spreadsheets and models to have greater alignment and trust.
FP&A Spreadsheet Tracker
Budget cycles, operating models, board decks
“Who changed the revenue assumption before I sent the board deck?”
Situation
CFO review in 2 hours. Revenue is $8M lower than the version you presented last week. You need the answer in 30 seconds, not 30 minutes of Excel forensics.
What Rockhopper shows
Rockhopper's Microsoft Excel Add-in highlights every changed cell directly inside your spreadsheet and surfaces a full change log with quantitative impact — so you see both where it changed and what it cost you.
Capital Markets Spreadsheet Tracker
Deal models, investor materials, live transactions
“Did anyone touch the model after I locked it for the management presentation?”
Situation
Your LBO model was locked Monday evening. The management presentation is Tuesday at 9am. You need certainty that no analyst touched the returns table overnight — before it goes in front of the CEO and the sponsor.
What Rockhopper shows
Rockhopper's Microsoft Excel Add-in flags every post-lock edit in red directly on the returns table and surfaces the full change log — including the analyst who made the edit, the exact cells touched, and the IRR impact — before anyone distributes the deck.
Core Features of Rockhopper's Spreadsheet Change Tracking Software
Four capabilities. One complete picture. Every feature in this spreadsheet change tracking software exists to answer the same question finance teams ask a hundred times a year: what exactly happened in this spreadsheet since I last picked it up?
01 — Cell-Level Change Tracking
Every change, preserved indefinitely
Every change to every cell, preserved indefinitely. Compare any two versions side by side. Never lose a prior assumption, a corrected formula, or an overridden input.
Side-by-side compare Infinite retention Cell-level diff
02 — User Attribution
Every edit tagged to its author
Every edit is tagged to the person who made it. Not the file, not the session. Know immediately whether a change came from the Controller, a junior analyst, or an AI agent, all captured in a single Excel audit trail.
Per-user tracking Role visibility Agent attribution
03 — Materiality Filters
See only what moves your numbers
Set your own dollar or percentage threshold. Filter your change log to show only what crosses it. Stop reviewing every cell. Start reviewing the changes that actually require sign-off.
Dollar threshold Percentage filter Sign-off routing
04 — Excel Audit Trail Logging
Reconstruct how a model evolved
Every change carries a precise timestamp - date, time, and sequence order - feeding a complete Excel audit trail. Reconstruct exactly how a model evolved from first draft to final sign-off.
Precise timestamps Sequence order Audit trail
Track Formula Changes in Excel: Full Edit History in Depth
Every cell. Every version. Side by side.
Rockhopper captures a complete cell-level diff every time a version is created: including every place a formula changed, not just a hardcoded input. So you can compare any two points in a model's history without opening both files.
- Compare any two versions side by side with changes highlighted inline
- Every changed cell shows the old value, new value, and percentage impact
- Formula changes are called out separately from input changes, so structural risk is never buried in a long change log
- Changes are grouped by sheet and section for fast navigation
- Filter by user to see exactly what each contributor touched
- Full version timeline with descriptions and commit context
Materiality Filters in Depth
Filter by what matters. Ignore what doesn't.
Not every change deserves a review. Set your materiality threshold — by dollar amount or percentage — and Rockhopper surfaces only the changes that cross it, so you can track and validate critical spreadsheets and models without reviewing every untouched cell.
- Set thresholds by dollar amount, percentage, or both
- Filter by team member to isolate specific contributors' changes
- Changes below threshold are hidden — not deleted — and always recoverable
- Apply filters to any version comparison, not just the latest
- Export filtered change logs for audit review and sign-off documentation
The Excel Tracker for Side-by-Side Comparison
Two versions. One screen. Every difference highlighted.
Rockhopper's split view puts two versions of your spreadsheet next to each other with every change highlighted — so you can verify edits in context without switching between files. It's the spreadsheet tracker finance teams keep open as their day-to-day Excel tracker for anything sent up the chain.
- Side-by-side view of any two versions with inline change markers
- Edit history panel shows the author, timestamp, and cell-level impact for each change
- Navigate between changed cells with a single click
- Works with multi-tab workbooks — every sheet comparison in one view
- Highlighted changes maintain the original spreadsheet formatting and structure
“I cannot wait for my teams to start using these features so we can save time and focus on what really matters.”
Dan Carlin
Director Of Finance
VISE
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do you track changes in Excel?
Excel's native "Track Changes" feature is limited and largely deprecated in modern versions. It doesn't reliably show cell-level history across a shared workbook. Rockhopper adds real change tracking directly into Excel or Google as an add-in: every edit is captured at the cell, formula, row, column, and sheet level, tagged to the person who made it, quantified if its numerical, and timestamped, so you can see exactly what changed without relying on Excel's temporary built-in memory.
How do you track changes in Google Sheets?
Google Sheets' built-in version history shows that something changed, but not a clean, attributed change log finance teams can review or export. Rockhopper works alongside Google Sheets to give you the same cell-level change tracking as Excel — old value, new value, author, and timestamp — so you're not manually comparing revision history entries.
What's the difference between version control and change tracking?
Version control tells you which version of a file is the correct one. Change tracking tells you what specifically changed between any two versions — down to the individual cell. Rockhopper does both: full contextual version history plus a cell-level change log, so you always know the right file and exactly what's different about it.
Does spreadsheet change tracking cover AI agents, not just people?
Yes. Rockhopper's user attribution applies to any editor of the file. A Controller, an analyst, or an AI agent like Excel Copilot or Claude for Excel. Every change carries an Excel audit trail entry regardless of who or what made it, so AI-assisted edits are just as visible and reversible as human ones. Great for regulated environments.
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Stop hunting for what changed.
Stop hunting for what changed.
Just know.
Rockhopper gives every number in your model a complete, attributed, timestamped history — from first draft to final sign-off. Trust your spreadsheets.
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