Cloud Based Coin Collection/Inventory Software

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I use a spreadsheet. If you wanted to do the same you can share them in something like Google Drive or Dropbox.

I'm leaning towards one of the collection softwares over excel. It doesn't have to be cloud based necessarily but something with multiple licenses so that it can be shared and updated automatically.

Excel is good - however google sheets is good as well. That will allow you to share. I moved from excel to Google sheets and have found it able to do everything I need.

I tried out some of the software solutions, but because my collection is reasonably small, decided to create a customized Excel Spreadsheet.
But you could certainly use Google Sheets to do something similar.
If you are really concerned about privacy, you could potentially "password protect" the Google Sheet itself.
See this link:
https://www.questioncage.com/how-to...oogle-sheet/

Regards,
Michael

My take on security of data is that unless you know Google ID/PW, it will be difficult to access your files in Google Sheets. Same for any clould based files using ID/PW. I tend to think it will be easier to hack your computer than Googles database.

Therefore, Google Sheets would be my first choice. Also, these spreadsheet file format can easily be transferred to other spreadsheet programs. A dedicated software's data will be useless if the program is not working in future with different operating systems or upgrades. I ran into this many times before working in computer industry for 25 years.

There are now more then 1 Billion Google Accounts out there.

The chances of someone deciding to hack yours and then search through it and find a "coin inventory' file is pretty darn slim.. and then what? They would need to find out where you live and then try to steal it?
People are hacking sites for stealing things link massive lists of bank accounts, personal data, and credit card information....

That said, put a solid password on your account, and if you want, put an additional password on any truly sensitive files that you want to keep from any "prying eyes". And if you are really paranoid, you can actually purchase additional software that will "encrypt" the data further...

Otherwise, if someone wants to find people that have nice coin collections, sorry to say it would be a lot easier for them to just join these forums and watch the posts.. And even then, they would need to actually target someone physically.. and since most of these hackers are in foreign countries, not really a big concern for most people.... just avoid sending money to Nigerian princes or for foreign lotteries you mysteriously won without entering and you should be fine...

Instead, I would actually be more careful about posting things to your social media accounts where "friends of friends" may see things you may not want.. that is probably more of a "real" concern to keep things from prying eyes that may be more "local"..

Regards,


Michael

On the other hand, someone could break into your house and steal the computer or had disk that has your spreadsheets.

MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) for anything cloud-based is always a good idea in this day and age (as jbuck mentioned earlier).

Yes you can, I just got my first cell phone 1 1/2 years ago and told them I wanted excel on my phone. You then email the excel coin file to your phone and you have it where ever you go, one reason I got a cell phone.
Mine is a read only on the phone, just update when needed.