A custom Excel template, built for you.
Get an Excel template built around your actual data and workflow, and the audience you report to, not a generic file with your logo dropped on top.
Joshua Cottrell-Schloemer · 3× Microsoft Excel MVP · helped brands like Microsoft, Kellogg's, Philips, Novo Nordisk
If the template needs to fit an unusual data structure, a real reporting workflow, or a whole team, it is a bespoke build. I scope that work as a consulting engagement, with project minimums typically starting at $5,000. The only $1,000 option is a narrow Brand + Setup add-on for someone who has already chosen a compatible Big Excel Energy template.
Build it, or set up a template you already chose
A custom template is a real design engagement. Brand + Setup is a deliberately limited add-on, not a cheaper way to commission one.
Commission a bespoke build
A new template designed from a blank file, around your exact data and workflow. Scoped as a consulting engagement. What's included:
- A template structured around your specific data model
- Custom dashboard, report, and chart design from scratch
- A reusable, brand-consistent system you can update yourself
- Timeline and scope set during a short scoping conversation
Brand + Setup add-on
Only when you have already chosen a compatible Big Excel Energy template. It covers:
- Your brand applied: colors, fonts, logo
- A short, named list of light changes
- Clean setup around data that already fits the template
- No new logic, no data cleanup or automation, no redesign
A recolor is the smallest part of it.
The real outcome is a workbook whose hierarchy, layout, charts, and brand all feel deliberate, while staying native and editable in Excel.
When a custom template is worth it
Brand + Setup is the right call only when one of the ready-made templates already does what you need and you just want it to look like it belongs to your company. I apply your palette and typeface, drop in your logo, and work through a short list of light changes. It is a flat $1,000 and lands in 5 business days.
A bespoke build is for the cases an off-the-shelf file can't cover: an unusual data structure, a multi-report reporting system, or a workbook that has to match strict brand guidelines across an entire team. Every one of these is a different amount of work, so I scope a bespoke template as a consulting engagement rather than selling it at a fixed price. Some teams eventually outgrow the workbook itself, and when that happens I can turn the workbook into a web application.
Not sure which fits? If you already chose a compatible template and only need it branded, see if Brand + Setup fits. If you are describing something that does not exist yet, scope it as a build.
Prefer a ready-made template?
If you don't need anything custom, the library has dashboards, charts, and report templates you can buy once and use immediately.
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Custom template questions
Can I get a custom Excel template built for my brand and data?
Yes. I design a bespoke template from scratch around your specific data and workflow, and around the audience who will read it, then scope it as a consulting engagement with project minimums typically starting at $5,000.
What's the difference between Brand + Setup and a bespoke build?
Brand + Setup starts from a compatible, ready-made Big Excel Energy template. I apply your colors and fonts, add your logo, and make a short list of light changes for a flat $1,000. A bespoke build starts from a blank file and designs a new template around your specific data, layout, and workflow, handled as consulting.
How much does a custom Excel template cost?
A bespoke template designed from scratch is consulting work, with project minimums typically starting at $5,000 depending on scope.
How long does a custom Excel template take?
The narrow Brand + Setup add-on is delivered in 5 business days. A bespoke build timeline is set during scoping, since it depends on the complexity of your data and the number of views and reports involved.
Do you have ready-made Excel templates I can just buy?
Yes, there's a library of ready-made Excel dashboards, charts, and report templates you can buy once and use immediately. If you already chose a compatible template, the narrow Brand + Setup add-on may be a fit.