Your team needs to keep existing Excel inspection reports and primarily wants to reduce repetitive report entry without replacing the reporting format.
ACTUALinACTUALin VS FLOODLIGHT
Keep Excel as the report, or move the workflow into a digital NDT platform?
ACTUALin and Floodlight take different approaches to NDT reporting. ACTUALin is built around keeping existing Excel reports. Floodlight is a broader inspection-operations platform designed to connect digital field and office workflows.
THE PRACTICAL DIFFERENCE
Automate around the workbook, or replace spreadsheet-led operations.
WORKFLOW QUESTIONACTUALinFloodlight
Existing Excel reportKept as the reportPlatform-led workflow
Primary scopeReport-entry workflowBroader NDT operations
Human reviewBefore workbook generationDigital workflow controls
Spreadsheet migrationNot requiredMoving beyond spreadsheet-led operations is part of the approach
Buying modelMonthly workspace plansListed plans require annual contract
If Excel is a controlled deliverable you need to preserve, ACTUALin is designed around that constraint rather than treating the workbook itself as the system to replace.
PRICING STRUCTURE
Workspace pricing versus a broader annual platform commitment.
ACTUALin offers Free, Crew at C$79/month and Business at C$399/month with monthly billing and no annual lock-in. Floodlight currently lists Starter at US$250/month for up to five users, Standard at US$650/month for 10 users and Enterprise at US$1,500/month for 20 users, with an annual contract required on its listed plans. Check Floodlight directly for current pricing and terms.
CHOOSING BETWEEN THEM
Start with whether migration is part of the goal.
You want a broader digital NDT operations environment and moving away from spreadsheet-led workflows is part of the objective.
ACTUALin Free lets one user test real workbooks and evidence through the full review workflow in a rolling 24-hour Sandbox. The generated Excel can be viewed inside ACTUALin but not downloaded.
ACTUAL IN. REPORT OUT.