New hire onboarding
"Where's the team list?" lands in week one, every hire.
Name, Role, Department, Email, Slack, Timezone
One bookmarkable link. Searchable cards. Add a row, get a new teammate on the site.
Stop emailing the org chart PDF every time someone joins
You already track names, roles, and emails in Google Sheets. Publish them as a searchable card directory on yoursite.bettersheets.co. Edit the Sheet. The site updates on the next visit.
Turn my Sheet into a site
Free preview. Paste a public Sheet URL. No code
Compare sheet-to-site buildersEach row becomes a card with optional photo and labeled fields. Visitors search the list. You keep editing the Sheet; they get a clean URL instead of a docs.google.com link.
The hidden cost of "just share the Sheet"
You know the drill. Someone asks for the team list. You paste a Google Sheets link. Then:
- 15 minutes explaining which tab to open and which rows to ignore
- 3 Slack threads asking "is this email still right?"
- 1 awkward moment when a client scrolls into your draft columns
- 45 minutes rebuilding a PDF org chart because someone changed teams
That is roughly an hour, every time the roster shifts. A directory site fixes the format once. The data stays in Sheets, where you already work.
Team directories, speaker lists, vendor rosters
Client-facing partner directory
Clients should not see internal notes or pricing columns.
Public columns only. Use column start to skip internal fields.
A professional directory URL instead of raw Sheet access.
Conference speaker list
The event site is late. Speaker bios live in a Sheet right now.
Name, Headshot URL, Talk title, Bio, Twitter, Website
Publish tonight. Photo cards. Visitors search by name.
Vendor and contractor roster
Procurement wants an updated contact list every month.
Company, Contact, Category, Phone, Contract status
Same URL every month. They bookmark it. You update rows.
Community resource library
200 links in a Sheet nobody scrolls to the bottom of.
Title, Description, Category, URL
Search finds the right resource in seconds.
Built for lists of people and places, not product SKUs
- HR and ops teams maintaining org charts in Sheets
- Agencies publishing partner or freelancer directories
- Event organizers with speaker, sponsor, or attendee lists
- Membership communities sharing curated resource lists
- Anyone who updates a contact list more than once a quarter
Cards, not columns
Each row becomes a card: optional image on top, name as the title, then labeled fields (role, email, location, links). On mobile, cards stack in one column. Turn on search and visitors filter by any text in the row.
How it works in three steps
- Paste your Sheet URL at bettersheets.co/sites (set sharing to "Anyone with the link can view")
- Choose Directory as your template
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Preview free
then publish to
yoursite.bettersheets.cowith a Better Sheets membership
How to structure your directory Sheet
Recommended columns
Name, Photo URL, Role, Department, Email, Phone, LinkedIn, Location
Tips
- Put headers in row 1, or set a custom header row in site settings
- Missing name? The card still shows (defaults to "Directory Listing")
- No photo URL? Turn on Unsplash to auto-fill stock images with photographer credit
- URLs in cells become clickable links automatically
- Skip checkbox or ID columns with column start
Included with Directory
- Visitor search
- People find the right person without you building filters
- Image column
- Pin a photo column or let the template auto-detect image headers
- Custom branding
- Title, subtitle, header colors, and fonts match your org
- Live Sheet data
- Site reads your Sheet on each visit, so updates show up fast
- Hosted subdomain
- Share
yoursite.bettersheets.coanywhere, no hosting setup
FAQ
- Do I need to code?
- No. Paste a Sheet URL, pick Directory, preview.
- Will the site update when I edit the Sheet?
- Yes, as long as the Sheet stays publicly viewable. The site pulls fresh data on each visit.
- Can visitors search the directory?
- Yes. Enable search in site settings. Directory, Catalog, and Simple support it. Dashboard does not.
- What if I don't have photos for everyone?
- Add image URLs in a column, or enable Unsplash fill for rows missing images.
- Is preview free?
- Yes. Saving drafts and publishing a live
*.bettersheets.cosite requires a Better Sheets membership (from $9/month when billed monthly). - Can I hide internal columns?
- Yes. Use column start to skip columns you do not want public.
Good fit
- You already maintain the list in Google Sheets
- The list changes often enough that PDFs feel painful
- You want a clean public URL without a web project
Not a fit
- You need login gates, role-based access, or private member areas
- You need shopping carts and checkout (see Catalog + our SpreadSimple comparison)
- You need a multi-screen mobile app (Glide or Softr are better fits)
Your directory is already in the Sheet
Paste the URL. Pick Directory. See the preview in under a minute.
Turn my Sheet into a site
Free preview. No code. yoursite.bettersheets.co
Publish the directory once. Update it in Sheets forever.
Stop re-sending links. Give people one URL they can search.
Create my Directory site
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Preview any template free. Save drafts and publish a live *.bettersheets.co site with Better Sheets membership (from $9/month when billed monthly). See pricing.