Use cases

Creator income tracker

Track YouTube AdSense, Patreon, course sales, brand deals and creator expenses in Google Sheets. SheetLink syncs when you press Sync now, on your schedule.

Free for one bank and your last 7 days. No card needed.

Press Sync now and new transactions land at the end of your Google Sheet.

The multi-platform income scramble

Revenue from 7 platforms, expenses on 3 cards, and quarterly taxes looming.

Revenue stream chaos

A YouTube AdSense deposit. A Patreon payout. A Gumroad course sale. A brand sponsorship wire. An affiliate commission from Amazon. Which revenue source is growing, and which is declining?

Business expense mess

Camera gear on one card. Adobe on another. A freelance video editor paid through PayPal. Podcast hosting. Email marketing. Are these all deductible? Which card did you use?

Quarterly tax panic

Q1 estimated taxes are due. How much did you make from YouTube? Patreon? Courses? What about deductible expenses? You need clean numbers, and you need them now.

Track all your creator revenue and expenses

Every income stream and business expense, synced on your schedule.

Creator revenue streams

  • Platform ad revenue: YouTube AdSense, TikTok Creator Fund, Twitch
  • Memberships and subscriptions: Patreon, YouTube memberships, OnlyFans
  • Course and digital product sales: Gumroad, Teachable, Kajabi, Thinkific
  • Brand deals and sponsorships: wire transfers, direct deposits, PayPal transfers to your bank
  • Affiliate income: Amazon Associates, creator tool referrals

Production expenses

  • Camera and audio equipment: cameras, microphones, lighting, tripods
  • Editing software: Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve
  • Contractor payments: video editors, thumbnail designers, VAs
  • Props and materials: product samples, set design, wardrobe

Creator tools and services

  • Hosting: podcast hosting, website hosting, email service
  • Design and creative tools: Canva Pro, Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Stock assets: music licenses, stock footage, sound effects
  • Marketing tools: TubeBuddy, vidIQ, social media schedulers

Business development

  • Education: creator courses, business coaching, masterminds
  • Conferences and events: VidCon, creator meetups, networking
  • Professional services: accountant, lawyer, business insurance
  • Office and workspace: home office setup, coworking space

How it works

Set up once, sync when you choose.

1

Connect your bank and business accounts

Link your bank accounts and business credit cards through Plaid, which covers more than 10,000 banks and credit unions in the US and Canada, so all your creator income and expenses are in one place.
2

Press Sync now

Every YouTube payout, Patreon payout, course sale, brand deal and business expense that reaches your accounts lands in your spreadsheet. You control when your data updates, which suits a weekly or monthly review.
3

Tag by revenue source and expense type

Add columns for Revenue Source (YouTube, Patreon, Courses, Sponsors), Expense Category or Tax Deductible. Your spreadsheet, your system.
4

Run recipes for tax prep

Install a recipe from the extension’s Recipes tab. The Financial Statements Suite builds an income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement, and Budget Tracker breaks your spending down by category. See the recipes ›

Professional creator bookkeeping workflow

Streamline tax prep for your content creator clients.

The 5-step process

1

The creator connects their accounts through Plaid

Bank accounts and business cards. No password sharing: Plaid handles the sign-in, so SheetLink never sees the bank password.
2

Transactions sync to a shared Google Sheet

Income and expenses from every connected account land in the sheet when the creator presses Sync now.
3

Run SheetLink recipes for summaries

The Financial Statements Suite builds an income statement, and Budget Tracker shows spending by category.
4

Review and adjust categories

Verify deductible expenses, separate personal from business, flag unusual transactions.
5

Prepare quarterly estimates or the year-end filing

Build Schedule C totals right in the sheet. No proprietary software lock-in.

Your Google Sheet becomes the system of record for creator finances. You own the data, and your client owns the data. No exports, no lock-in, just clean spreadsheet bookkeeping for quarterly taxes and annual filings.

Pricing

PlanPriceWhat you get
Free$01 bank, your last 7 days, Google Sheets
Pro$4.99/mo or $39.99/yrEvery bank you connect, up to 2 years of history, Google Sheets and Excel, priority email support
Max$10.99/mo or $99/yrEverything in Pro, plus investments, CLI automation, Postgres and SQLite output, and Claude

Compare every plan ›

Questions

How do I track income from multiple creator platforms?

SheetLink syncs your bank transactions when you press Sync now, so YouTube AdSense payouts, Patreon payouts, course platform deposits (Gumroad, Teachable, Kajabi), brand sponsorship payments and affiliate income land in one spreadsheet as they reach your accounts. A sync before each weekly or monthly review keeps it current.

Can SheetLink help me separate business expenses from creator income?

Yes. SheetLink syncs both income deposits and expense charges from your connected accounts. The amount column follows Plaid’s sign (money in is negative, money out is positive), so income and spending are easy to filter apart. Add columns to mark each transaction Income or Business Expense, and tag it by revenue source (YouTube, courses, sponsors) or expense type (equipment, software, contractors).

Is this useful for creators who need quarterly tax estimates?

Yes. Sync before each quarterly deadline and your income and deductible expenses are in one sheet, ready to total. The Financial Statements Suite recipe adds an income statement to the same spreadsheet, so your Google Sheet becomes your financial system of record for estimated tax payments and year-end filing.

See it work.

Free with one bank and your last 7 days. Pro and Max sync every bank, two years back. Add to Chrome ›

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Every revenue stream, in one sheet.

Free for one bank and your last 7 days. No card needed.