Zorowire vs Excel spreadsheets
Fast jeder Kabelbaum-Betrieb arbeitet mit Tabellen: Verbindungsliste, Leitungsliste, Stückliste, Kalkulationsblatt. Sie sind flexibel und leicht zu ändern, aber jede wird einzeln gepflegt — eine Kundenänderung muss überall nachgetragen werden. Zorowire liest Ihre Excel-Liste und erzeugt daraus Brett, Leitungsliste, Stückliste und Angebot, damit nichts auseinanderläuft.
— · geprüftKurz gesagt
Für einen Einzelkabelbaum reicht eine gute Tabelle. Wenn Kabelbäume wiederkehren, sich ändern und Brett, Leitungsliste und Angebot zusammenpassen müssen, behalten Sie Excel für Import und Export und lassen Zorowire den Kabelbaum führen.
Was Sie mit Zorowire bekommen
- One entry for every document: a change to a wire updates the cut list, the BOM, the board and the quote.
- Cut lengths computed from branch lengths and your allowances, not typed.
- A 1:1 formboard drawn for you.
- Zoro checks before anything is built: empty cavities, wrong gauge for the terminal, missing seals and part numbers.
- A revision diff instead of comparing two sheets by eye.
Wo Excel stark ist
- Everyone has it and knows it.
- Completely flexible: any column, any format.
- Fast for one-offs: one builder bills a complete harness in about 30 minutes with his own sheet.
- No lock-in.
Plan für Plan
| Excel spreadsheets | Zorowire | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funktion | Your own sheets | Free | Starter | Shop | Pro |
| Preis laut Liste | Your Excel licenceQuelle: Zorowire test, 2026-10-30 · geprüft | €0 | €24 a month or €190 a year | €79 a month or €790 a year | €149 a month or €1,490 a year |
| Nutzer | Anyone with the fileQuelle: Zorowire test, 2026-10-30 · geprüft | 1 | 1 | 5, plus unlimited read-only viewers | 15, plus unlimited read-only viewers |
| Grenzen | NoneQuelle: Zorowire test, 2026-10-30 · geprüft | Unlimited harnesses × 150 connections; 3 quotes a month | 1,000 connections per harness; unlimited quotes | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Plattform | Windows, macOS, browserQuelle: Zorowire test, 2026-10-30 · geprüft | Browser on macOS, Windows and Linux; nothing to install | Browser on macOS, Windows and Linux; nothing to install | Browser on macOS, Windows and Linux; nothing to install | Browser on macOS, Windows and Linux; nothing to install |
| Formbrett 1:1 | No; connectors drawn by hand or in VisioQuelle: hpacademy.com · geprüft | Automatic 1:1 layout; tiled A4/A3/Letter/Tabloid with overlap, registration marks and a 100 mm check ruler, or one piece; peg coordinates | Automatic 1:1 layout; tiled A4/A3/Letter/Tabloid with overlap, registration marks and a 100 mm check ruler, or one piece; peg coordinates | Automatic 1:1 layout; tiled A4/A3/Letter/Tabloid with overlap, registration marks and a 100 mm check ruler, or one piece; peg coordinates | Automatic 1:1 layout; tiled A4/A3/Letter/Tabloid with overlap, registration marks and a 100 mm check ruler, or one piece; peg coordinates |
| Leitungsliste und Leitungslängen | Typed by hand; lengths worked out by handQuelle: Zorowire test, 2026-10-30 · geprüft | Your allowances per connector and splice end, loops, slack, rounding; strip length, terminal and seal per end | Your allowances per connector and splice end, loops, slack, rounding; strip length, terminal and seal per end | Your allowances per connector and splice end, loops, slack, rounding; strip length, terminal and seal per end | Your allowances per connector and splice end, loops, slack, rounding; strip length, terminal and seal per end |
| Etiketten | Typed again into the label printer's softwareQuelle: Zorowire test, 2026-10-30 · geprüft | Wire-end, connector and bundle labels: PDF sheets and CSV for label software | Wire-end, connector and bundle labels: PDF sheets and CSV for label software | Wire-end, connector and bundle labels: PDF sheets and CSV for label software | Wire-end, connector and bundle labels: PDF sheets and CSV for label software |
| Stückliste | By hand; one builder calls the material tick-sheet “a real PITA”Quelle: hpacademy.com · geprüft | BOM CSV, wire and covering in metres | BOM CSV, wire and covering in metres | BOM CSV, wire and covering in metres | BOM CSV, wire and covering in metres |
| Angebot und Kalkulation | Home-made sheets; no harness quoting template for sale foundQuelle: Zorowire test, 2026-10-30 · geprüft | Labour from operations, setup, quantity breaks, margin, customer PDF: 3 a month | Same, unlimited; your labour table and price list | Same, for 5 users; quote PDF with your logo | Same, plus NRE lines and several price lists |
| Fehlende Angaben vor dem Angebot | NoQuelle: Zorowire test, 2026-10-30 · geprüft | Missing part numbers and prices flagged | Flagged; basic RFQ checklist | Full RFQ checklist: missing customer information, unidentified parts, supplier price requests | Full RFQ checklist |
| Revisionen | By hand: every sheet updated after each changeQuelle: hpacademy.com · geprüft | Last 2 revisions | Full history; diff of inputs, cut list, BOM and operations | Full history with diff | Full history with diff |
| Importe | —Quelle: Zorowire test, 2026-10-30 · geprüft | Excel and CSV with column mapping | Excel, CSV and WireViz YAML | Excel, CSV and WireViz YAML | Excel, CSV and WireViz YAML |
| Export für Schneidmaschinen | CSV saved by handQuelle: Zorowire test, 2026-10-30 · geprüft | Generic metric cut-list CSV | Generic metric cut-list CSV | Generic metric cut-list CSV | Saved machine column profiles (planned)geplant |
| Sprachen | Excel's ownQuelle: Zorowire test, 2026-10-30 · geprüft | 32 interface languages; native text in English, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian | 32 interface languages; native text in English, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian | 32 interface languages; native text in English, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian | 32 interface languages; native text in English, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian |
| Testen und Support | —Quelle: Zorowire test, 2026-10-30 · geprüft | Free plan, no card; community support | E-mail support | E-mail support | Priority support |
Preisunterschied pro Jahr
| Licence | Excel, which most shops already pay forQuelle: Zorowire test, 2026-10-30 · geprüft | €0 on Free; €190 a year on Starter | Not stated: the comparison is time and consistency, not the licence |
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We do not compare against the price of Excel, because shops keep using it alongside Zorowire: imports and exports stay in Excel and CSV.
Wachsen Ihnen die Kabelbaum-Tabellen über den Kopf?
Importieren Sie die Liste, die Sie schon haben; Zorowire hält Brett, Leitungsliste, Stückliste und Angebot synchron.
Wechsel von Excel?
Zeigen Sie uns eine bezahlte Lizenz oder Rechnung von Excel, und Sie erhalten das erste Jahr Shop zum Gründungspreis von 49 € statt 79 € im Monat. Wir helfen beim Import Ihrer ersten Kabelbäume.
So wechseln Sie
- Import your from-to sheet as it is (.xlsx or .csv); map the columns once.
- Add the branch lengths in a Segments sheet, or keep the lengths you have as fixed lengths.
- Read the findings and fix the source sheet or the harness.
- Export the cut list and BOM as CSV whenever you need them back in Excel.
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