The MCA Broker Stack Platform

One platform from lead to funded deal.

Branded intake, AI underwriting, one-click submission to every funder, and full pipeline visibility — engineered for modern MCA brokerages.

All reps ▾All stages ▾
🔴 3 stale
New
Acme CoA
Blue DinerB
Underwriting
Sun AutoB
Pine MfgC
Submitted
Oak LogisticsA
Cedar CafeD
Funded
River HVACA
Maple SalonB

Broker teams submit to funders like

Bitty AdvanceFortress CapitalFora FinancialVault CapitalWall FundingIdea Financial

Explore the platform

Eight areas. One system of record.

Jump straight to what matters to your team — every capability below is live in the product today.

ApplyClever

Your brand on every application, not ours.

Give every rep a white-labeled apply link on your own vanity domain. Every submission is tracked back to the rep, entity, and campaign that sourced it — with e-signature-ready forms built in.

Branded rep links

Rep-specific apply links on custom vanity domains

Every rep gets a personalized URL merchants recognize — no MCA Broker Stack branding anywhere in the funnel.

  • Custom vanity domains per organization
  • Per-rep and per-entity apply URLs
  • E-signature and consent capture built in
applyclever.com/your-iso/sarah
1Business
2Owner
3Bank
Riverside Diner LLC
Domain Registry
apply.loanmasters.com ● Active
Status: DNS verified · SSL active
Rep links auto-routed ✓
Campaign Links
summer-push applyclever.com/loan-masters/summer-push
trade-show-26 applyclever.com/loan-masters/trade-show-26
[Copy] [Analytics]

AI Underwriting & OCR

Deal intelligence in seconds, not hours.

OCR, paper grading, fraud detection, stacking checks, and suggested pricing — every deal, every time. No consultants required.

AI Paper GradingKnow where every deal stands before you make a single call.+

OCR runs automatically on every uploaded statement and assigns an A–F paper grade based on true revenue, ADB ratio, NSF count, and active MCA positions.

Riverside Diner LLCA
True Revenue (3mo avg) $148,200
ADB / Revenue 12.4%
NSFs (total) 0
Active MCAs 1
Merchant ScorecardA single scorecard that tells the whole story of a deal.+

Revenue, deposits, NSFs, stacking, and paper grade — reconciled into one shareable scorecard every underwriter can read at a glance.

≥$50k revenue ADB threshold No stacking ≥6 months⚠️ Low NSF risk ≥3 months
OCR Bank Statement AnalysisTurn stacks of statements into structured deal intelligence.+

Drop in bank statements and let AI extract deposits, negative days, and holdbacks in seconds — with a re-run OCR loop for edge cases.

OCR files: 6 Completed: 6
Jan_statement.pdf
Feb_statement.pdf
Mar_statement.pdf
Monthly Revenue AnalysisMonthly trends that catch problems before they become risks.+

Visualize revenue trends month over month with true revenue vs. deposits — spot the drop-offs and step-ups underwriters need to see.

MonthRevenueDepositsNSFsNeg Days
Jan$121,540$134,20000
Feb$132,860$148,90011
Mar$148,210$162,40000
MCA Stacking DetectionNever miss a stacked deal again.+

Automatic detection of active MCA positions from statement patterns — flagged on the deal before it ever reaches a funder.

Stacking Check — Complete
Bitty Advance Active ✓
Idea Financial Active ✓
Result: ⚠️ 2nd position — stacked
AI Fraud DetectionCatch fraud signals your team would spend hours chasing.+

AI flags altered statements, mismatched identities, and suspicious deposit patterns — surfaced as fraud signals on the deal.

⚠️ Fraud Signals — 2 detected
• Inconsistent business name on deposits
• Large round-number withdrawals (3×)
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Suggested Pricing EnginePricing you can defend, generated in seconds.+

Suggested pricing derived from paper grade, revenue, and active positions — ready to send as a formal offer.

Grade A · Prime Tier
Factor Rate 1.15 – 1.25
Term 5 – 8 mo
Advance % 12% – 15% of rev
Max Broker Pts +3 pts
Downloadable ScorecardSend a scorecard your funders will actually read.+

Every scorecard downloads as a branded PDF you can drop into an email or share via secure link.

[Download Scorecard PDF]
Generating... ████████ 100%
✓ Scorecard ready — opens in new tab

Lead capture & submission

Capture leads anywhere. Submit everywhere.

From Facebook landing pages to bank statement drops, MCA Broker Stack turns raw intake into fully-packaged submissions to your entire funder network.

Lead API + statements intake

Push leads from any source and start a deal instantly

Wire your funnels, forms, and marketing partners into the Lead API — or drop in bank statements to auto-create the deal.

  • Lead API Submission Wizard with attribution tokens
  • Create-from-Statements intake with OCR
  • Full campaign and rep attribution
Submission package
Bitty Advance
Idea Financial
Fora Financial
FunderAdvanceFactorNet
Bitty Advance$120K1.32$98.4K
Idea Financial$115K1.28$96.2K

Direct funder API

Connect once, submit everywhere

Direct API integrations with funders like Bitty Advance and Fortress Capital — plus polished PDF packages for everyone else. Every submission is logged with a full audit trail.

  • One-click submission to your entire funder list
  • Direct API push to Bitty, Fortress, and more
  • Branded PDF funder packages with watermarks
  • Complete API push audit log
Submissions Queue
Riverside Diner Bitty Advance Sent 2h ago
Blue Diner Co Idea Financial Offer received
Pine Mfg Fora Financial Pending

Document security

Every document ships protected.

Merchant PII stays yours. Watermarks, encryption, and redaction are built into every funder send — not bolted on.

Automatic watermarking

Every PDF sent to a funder is watermarked with your brand and the recipient funder.

Signed-URL encrypted storage

Documents live behind time-limited signed URLs — never publicly addressable.

PDF redaction

Redact sensitive fields from outbound PDFs before they leave your organization.

Stips & checklist tracking

Track outstanding stips per deal and per funder with a live document checklist.

Pipeline & deal management

See every deal. Never chase an update again.

A real-time kanban tied to a full merchant CRM, pre-qualification, deal calculator, and multi-scenario pricing — with commissions and renewals reconciled automatically.

Live kanban pipeline

Drag deals through your stages in real time

Stage filters, stale-deal detection, and rep views make pipeline standups a five-minute glance.

  • Real-time stage-based kanban
  • Stale-deal detection with visual alerts
  • Rep, stage, and funder filters
All reps ▾All stages ▾
🔴 3 stale
New
Acme CoA
Blue DinerB
Underwriting
Sun AutoB
Pine MfgC
Submitted
Oak LogisticsA
Cedar CafeD
Funded
River HVACA
Maple SalonB
OverviewBank StatementsIntelligenceCommunicationDocumentsSubmissions
Merchant
Riverside Diner LLC
Rep
Sarah Mitchell
Riverside Diner LLC
Applications: 4 Funded: 2
Last funded: Mar 2026
Rep: Sarah M.
Scenario 1
Funded $100,000
Factor 1.30
Payback $130,000
Daily $619
Scenario 2
Funded $100,000
Factor 1.25
Payback $125,000
Daily $595 ← Best
Payoff Jun 2026 · Jun 2026

Renewals, portfolio & commissions

Full visibility into every dollar — from funded to renewed

Deal maturity tracking, renewal alerts, and a live commission ledger tie every payout back to the rep and deal that earned it.

  • Automatic renewal eligibility and alerts
  • Portfolio & risk exposure by funder
  • Rep commission ledger with paid/pending status
  • Offer letters with built-in e-signature
Portfolio — 14 active positions
Riverside Diner $100k 1.30 Payoff: Jun 26
Blue Diner Co $75k 1.25 Payoff: Jul 26
Oak Logistics $200k 1.20 Payoff: Aug 26
Total active: $1.2M
Acme Capital
$3,200Paid
River HVAC
$1,850Paid
Maple Salon
$2,475Pending

Dialer & outreach

Every call, every follow-up — in one place.

Click-to-call powered by Aloware, threaded outreach campaigns, and Cmd+K natural language search that finds any merchant, deal, or thread in a keystroke.

Aloware + outreach automation

Talk to more merchants without leaving the deal

A live call banner, threaded email history, and outreach campaigns keep reps working the phones — with every touch logged back to the deal.

  • Aloware click-to-call directly from any deal
  • Live call banner and full call history
  • Rep email follow-up automation & campaigns
  • Cmd+K natural language search across the platform
Q2 renewals blast
Sent: 248Open: 42%
New merchant intro
Sent: 120Open: 38%

Arlo agents

A team of AI agents that never sleeps.

Meet Arlo and the crew — Flynn, Scout, Vera, Rex, Sable, and Nova. Each agent owns a slice of the deal lifecycle, from qualification to funder matching to follow-up. Build your own custom agent when you need something specific.

Agent Library
iso_deal_summary ● Active
uw.fraud_scan ● Active
uw.stacking_check ● Active
iso.deal_packager ● Active
Agent Builder
Name: My Renewal Checker
Trigger: Application funded
Action: Analyze renewal eligibility
Output: Tag + notify rep
[Save Agent]
Agent Activity — Riverside Diner
iso_deal_summary Ran 9:42a ✓ Complete
uw.fraud_scan Ran 9:44a ⚠️ 2 signals
uw.stacking_check Ran 9:45a ⚠️ Stacked

Funder portal

Give funders their own workspace — with your rules.

A dedicated portal for funder partners with a deals inbox, pricing matrix, kanban, and portfolio views. Manage ISOs, track stips, and keep a compliance-grade audit log on every action.

Funder workspace

Purpose-built for the funders you send to

Everything a funder needs to underwrite, price, and respond — without ever leaving your ecosystem.

  • Deals inbox with pricing & underwriting matrix
  • Funder kanban and portfolio risk exposure
  • Full reports suite and ISO management
  • Stips tracking and compliance audit log
Funder Matrix — Bitty Advance
Grade A: 1.15–1.25 · 5–8mo · 12–15% adv
Grade B: 1.25–1.35 · 4–6mo · 10–12% adv
Grade C: 1.35–1.49 · 3–5mo · 8–10% adv

Team, roles & white-label

Structure your brokerage exactly how it runs.

Rep management with role-based access, sub-ISO management, flexible commission structures, and multi-entity support — all under your brand.

Reps — 8 active
Sarah M. 14 apps $420k funded
James K. 9 apps $280k funded
Priya L. 11 apps $390k funded
Entities
Loan Masters LLC ● Active 12 reps
Capital Bridge Group ● Active 8 reps
Metro Funding Co ● Active 5 reps
  • Role-based access control (RBAC)
  • Sub-ISO management with commission splits
  • Configurable commission structures
  • Branding controls across every touchpoint
  • Multi-entity support under one login
  • Custom application form builder

Integrations

Plays well with the tools your team already runs.

Bring deal data into Salesforce, verify banks with Plaid, collect payments with your processor, and push updates into Monday.com — no glue code required.

Salesforce

Two-way sync deals, contacts, and stages.

Plaid

Instant bank verification and asset reports.

Payment Processor

Collect ACH and card payments in-platform.

Monday.com

Push deals into your team's existing boards.

Security & compliance

Enterprise-grade controls, out of the box.

Two-factor auth, granular audit logging, soft-delete recovery, IP allowlisting, and session policies — the controls your compliance team expects to see.

2FA / MFA

Enforce two-factor authentication and recovery codes for every user account.

Audit log

Every destructive action, submission, and role change lands in a searchable audit log.

Soft-delete & trash recovery

Deletes go to trash first — restore any deal, document, or user within the retention window.

IP allowlisting & sessions

Restrict access by IP and enforce session lifetimes to match your security policy.

Enterprise reporting

Answers to the questions your operators actually ask.

A full reports suite plus a custom report builder — with admin insights that surface pipeline health, funder performance, and rep productivity without exporting to a spreadsheet.

Admin insights

Dashboards built for the people who run the business

Pipeline health, funder mix, rep productivity, and portfolio risk — reconciled in real time.

  • Prebuilt reports for pipeline, submissions, and payouts
  • Custom report builder with saved views
  • Admin insights dashboard with drill-down
Admin Insights — Jun 2026
Funded volume $1.8M ↑12%
Avg deal size $82k
Top rep Sarah M. — $420k
Close rate 41%

Renewals & merchant portfolio

Your best next deal is already in your book.

A dedicated renewal kanban, an eligibility rules engine, automated maturity alerts, and a standalone merchant CRM keep every funded deal working for you a second time.

Renewal pipeline

A visual kanban built only for deals approaching maturity

Separate from your main pipeline, the renewal board tracks eligibility stages, maturity dates, and rep ownership in a drag-and-drop view.

  • Dedicated renewal kanban with eligibility stages
  • Maturity dates and payback percentage on every card
  • Rep assignment and handoff inside the board
Upcoming renewalsThis week
Acme CapitalMar 12Eligible
Blue Diner CoMar 18Eligible
Pine ManufacturingApr 02Watch

Merchants CRM

Every merchant, every funding they've ever taken

A standalone merchant CRM — funding history, statements, contacts, and rep attribution in one unified profile, independent of the applications list.

  • Unified merchant profiles with full funding history
  • Bank statements and documents attached to the merchant
  • Rep attribution carried across every deal
Search merchants…

Riverside Diner LLC

Restaurant · Funded $185,000 · Last app Jun 12

Metro Auto Parts

Automotive · Funded $92,000 · Last app May 28

Sunrise Dental Group

Healthcare · Funded $64,500 · Last app Jun 3

Renewal rules engine

Define renewal eligibility from payback percentage, deal age, funder, and merchant tier — no manual review needed.

Renewal alert settings

Set days-to-maturity and payback thresholds that trigger automated rep and manager notifications.

Merchant profile view

Drill into a single merchant to see positions, statements, and every touch your team has logged.

Forecasting, pre-qual & quotas

Know what's coming — and who's going to close it.

Forecast funded volume from live pipeline data, pre-qualify merchants in seconds, and hold every rep to a clear quota with real-time pacing.

Deal forecasting

Project funded volume from the pipeline you already have

Stage distribution, historical close rates, and pacing roll into a forecast your operators can plan against.

  • Forecast dashboard driven by live stage distribution
  • Close-rate modeling from historical performance
  • Rep, team, and org-level forecast views

Funded volume forecast

Projected Actual
Mar
Apr
May
Jun

Quota management

Quotas with pacing indicators reps actually watch

Set weekly, monthly, and annual targets per rep or team — with time-zone-aware weeks, per-rep overrides, and automated midweek and recap alerts.

  • Application and offer quota targets per rep or team
  • Real-time attainment percentage and pacing
  • Manager roll-ups, leaderboards, and attainment trends
  • Automated midweek nudges and end-of-week recaps

Weekly quota attainment

On quota

2 / 4

Team pct

81%

Week ends

Fri 5p

J. Kagan14/12 apps · 117%
M. Rivera11/12 apps · 92%
D. Osei8/12 apps · 67%
S. Lang6/12 apps · 50%

Pre-qualify merchant

Monthly Revenue

$42,000

Time in Business

3 years

Credit Score range

650 – 699

Industry

Restaurant

Likely Qualifies — Up to $85,000

Saved reports

Funded This MonthTable
Rep Performance Q2Chart
Renewal OpportunitiesTable

Pre-qualification tool

Score a merchant against your funding thresholds before anyone invests time in a full application.

Quota settings

Configure targets, week start day, and time zone per org — with rep-level overrides where you need them.

Follow-up effectiveness report

Measure open rates, reply rates, and conversion impact of every rep's outreach sequence.

Deal desk, DIP & offers

One command center from packaging to signed offer.

Deals stage in DIP, ship through the guided submission wizard, and come back as side-by-side offers — with a timestamped timeline behind every move.

Submission wizard

A guided path that won't let a deal go out incomplete

Step by step: deal review, funder match, documents and stips, then send. Missing fields are surfaced by name with a fix-and-retry loop for API submissions.

  • Step-by-step packaging with completeness checks
  • Funder matching against your live criteria
  • Direct API submission with fix-and-retry on rejections

Arlo submission wizard

Deal review

Complete

Funder match

Complete
3

Documents & stips

In progress
4

Review & send

Pending

Funders matched

9

Docs attached

6

Blocking stips

0

DIP — deal in progress

A staging area for deals between intake and submission

DIP tracks every funder response by wave, auto-separating wave one from wave two, so you always know how many funders have answered.

  • Automatic wave detection across submission rounds
  • Response counts, declines, and offers per wave
  • Term structuring and approval workflows before sending

Deal in progress

Wave 1

4/9 responses
1 offers3 declines5 awaiting

Wave 2

2/5 responses
0 offers2 declines3 awaiting

Offers received

FunderAdvanceFactor
Bitty AdvanceBest$85,0001.32
Fora Financial$75,0001.29
Fortress Capital$60,0001.26

Arlo feed

Offer received — Bitty Advance

2:41 PM

Submitted to 9 funders (Wave 1)

1:12 PM

Bank statements OCR complete

11:58 AM

Application v2 regenerated

11:40 AM

Application received from apply link

9:03 AM

Submission desk

A deal-level command center for every funder submission, status, and re-submission — without leaving the deal.

Deal-level offers view

Compare funder responses side by side on factor rate, advance amount, term, and net payout.

Application timeline

Every status change, upload, submission, offer, and message — timestamped and auditable.

Lead operations

Build the form, import the list, prove the source.

Custom lead forms you can embed anywhere, bulk CSV import with column mapping, campaign-level attribution, and a lead report builder with saved views.

Lead forms builder

Design lead capture forms without touching code

Drag fields into place, publish to any external site, and route each form's submissions to the right rep or campaign.

  • Drag-and-drop field ordering and required rules
  • Embed on external sites with per-form tracking
  • Route submissions to specific reps or campaigns

Lead form builder

Business nameRequired
Legal entity typeRequired
Monthly revenueRequired
Requested amountRequired
Owner phoneRequired
Drop a field here

Lead import

Bring a list in and map it once

Upload a CSV or spreadsheet, map columns to deal fields, set rep attribution, and push straight into the pipeline.

  • Bulk CSV and spreadsheet import
  • Column-to-field mapping with validation
  • Rep attribution applied on import

Import leads

q3-lead-list.csv

1,248 rows detected

Mapped
companyBusiness name
cellOwner phone
gross_revMonthly revenue
owner_emailEmail

Lead reports builder

Filter, group, and save custom lead reports — scoped to your lead pipeline with scheduled views.

Campaign apply links

Campaign-specific apply URLs that track attribution separately so you can measure lead volume by source.

Resume application flow

Merchants pick a partially completed application back up where they left off, cutting drop-off on multi-step intake.

Team workflow & inbox

Everything your team owes a merchant, in one queue.

An operations board for processing handoffs, action items for every rep, a threaded brokerage-level inbox, and a welcome page that gets new reps producing on day one.

Operations board

Run processing like an assembly line

Track deal handoffs, processing queues, and operational bottlenecks across the whole org in one internal view.

  • Handoff tracking between reps and processors
  • Processing queue with bottleneck visibility
  • Org-wide operational throughput at a glance

Operations board

Intake QC

6
Sunrise Deli
Metro Auto Body

Processing

4
Cleannex LLC
Harbor Freight Co

Ready to submit

3
Tacos Tiscareno
Bright Dental

Action items

No follow-up falls through the cracks

Pending tasks, follow-up reminders, and required deal actions surfaced for every rep and manager in a single list.

  • Task layer at the broker and deal level
  • Follow-up reminders with due dates
  • Manager visibility into every rep's open items

Action items

Collect 4th bank statement

Tacos Tiscareno LLC

Overdue

Follow up on Bitty offer

Cleannex LLC

Due

Send signed offer letter

3rd Ave Variety Corp

Open

Confirm funding wire

You Enhanced LLC

Done

Inbox

Riverside Diner LLC10:42a

Thanks, I'll send the voided check today.

Metro Auto Parts9:18a

Can you confirm the advance amount?

Sunrise Dental GroupYesterday

Statements uploaded — ready for review.

Riverside Diner LLC

Merchant
Hi, I uploaded the bank statements.
10:30a
Sarah (Rep)
Got them — reviewing now. Any update on the voided check?
10:35a
Merchant
Thanks, I'll send the voided check today.
10:42a
Sarah (Rep)
Perfect, I'll flag the deal for underwriting.
10:44a

Welcome, Jordan

Your apply link

applyclever.com/yourbrand/jordan

Claim your apply link
Connect your mailbox
Add your first merchant
Run the submission wizard

Configuration & controls

Configure the platform to your credit box.

Application layout, funder pricing, blacklists, industry eligibility, PDF packages, and per-tenant module flags — all editable without an engineer.

Application layout builder

Reorder, toggle, and preview your merchant application

Drag sections into the order you want, hide fields you don't collect, and preview the live form before publishing.

  • Drag-and-drop section ordering
  • Field visibility toggles per section
  • Live preview before you publish

Application layout

Business details
Ownership & PII
Funding request
Existing positions
E-signature & consent

Funder pricing settings

Default pricing per funder, overridable per deal

Set default factor rates and advance percentages by funder, lock in contract pricing, and override at the deal level when you need to.

  • Default factor rate and advance percentage per funder
  • Funder-specific pricing contracts
  • Deal-level pricing overrides

Funder pricing

FunderBuySell
Bitty Advance1.181.32
Fora Financial1.151.29
Fortress Capital1.121.26

Blacklist management

Flag or auto-reject merchants and SIC codes on your blacklist before they ever enter the pipeline.

Industry / SIC settings

Mark industries as eligible, restricted, or manual review — enforced across intake and funder matching.

PDF funder package settings

Control watermarks, cover pages, field inclusion rules, and per-funder PDF customizations.

Module toggle settings

Feature flags per tenant — turn Arlo agents, commissions, or forecasting on and off from one panel.

Integrations & connectivity

A Salesforce sync you can actually operate.

Visual field mapping, conditional sync rules, a full push/pull log, and a live health monitor — plus lender API credentials, mailbox routing, and a platform domain registry.

Salesforce integration suite

Mapping, rules, logs, and health — not a black box

Map every field visually, gate syncs behind conditional rules, and diagnose any record with the push/pull log and live health monitor.

  • Visual field mapping editor
  • Conditional sync rules per object
  • Complete push/pull log with per-record detail
  • Live integration health monitor

Salesforce field mapping

Healthy
Business nameAccount.NameSynced
Funded amountOpportunity.AmountSynced
CloserOpportunity.OwnerIdSynced
Paper gradeOpportunity.Grade__cReview

Mailbox settings

Org-wide and per-rep mailboxes, cleanly separated

Connect a shared submissions mailbox and individual Microsoft 365 rep mailboxes — different accounts, one threaded history.

  • Shared org submissions mailbox plus per-rep mailboxes
  • Custom domains for outbound rep email
  • Routing rules and reply-to addresses for outreach

Mailboxes

submissions@yourbrand.com

Org-wide submissions

Synced

rep@yourbrand.com

Rep mailbox (Microsoft 365)

Synced

leads@yourbrand.com

Inbound lead capture

Not connected
Domain Registry
apply.loanmasters.com ● Active
Status: DNS verified · SSL active
Rep links auto-routed ✓
Funder Matrix — Bitty Advance
Grade A: 1.15–1.25 · 5–8mo · 12–15% adv
Grade B: 1.25–1.35 · 4–6mo · 10–12% adv
Grade C: 1.35–1.49 · 3–5mo · 8–10% adv

Lender integrations

Manage credentials, endpoints, and data mapping for each lender API beyond the core funder network.

Threaded email sync

Outbound sends and inbound replies stitch into one thread on the deal, alias-aware across shared mailboxes.

Domain registry

Platform-level control of every vanity domain — DNS verification, SSL status, and org-to-domain mappings.

Platform ops & AI governance

Watch the machine that runs your deals.

OCR parsing health, AI inference spend, and Arlo agent usage — the admin dashboards that keep automation accurate and costs predictable.

OCR health

Success rate

97.4%

Avg parse

4.1s

In queue

3

Chase_Oct2025.pdfParsed
BOA_Sep2025.pdfParsed
Wells_Aug2025.pdfRetry
Chime_Jul2025.pdfFailed

AI spend — this month

Total

$345

Per deal

$1.18

Runs

12.4K

Statement OCR$186.40
Funder matching$79.10
Report insights$48.60
Follow-up drafting$31.20

Arlo agent usage

Scout — qualification3,180 runs99.1%
Vera — funder match2,412 runs98.4%
Flynn — follow-up1,905 runs97.8%
Rex — renewals864 runs99.6%

OCR health dashboard

Spot failed extractions, reprocess statements, and monitor parsing success rates across the org.

AI cost analytics

Break down inference spend by model, agent, and deal volume so AI costs stay predictable.

Arlo usage analytics

See which agents fire most, per-tenant usage, and where agent workflows can be tuned.

Run your entire brokerage on one platform.

From branded intake to funded deal — MCA Broker Stack replaces the spreadsheets, PDFs, and patchwork tools your team is stitching together today.