# Customers and projects, GrandTotal and MacBusinessSuite

> Customer records, sales pipeline, mailbox, projects and Kanban boards in GrandTotal and MacBusinessSuite, compared from official sources.

Both apps keep customers, contacts and projects. MacBusinessSuite goes further toward a CRM and project tool: a sales pipeline, a log of calls, mails and meetings, an IMAP mailbox that turns mail into tickets, and a Kanban board per project. For GrandTotal, a pipeline, tickets and a mailbox are not documented; it offers customer statistics, labels, project budgets and to-dos.

As of October 2026. https://macbusinesssuite.app/compare/grandtotal/customers-projects/

## Side by side

As of October 2026. GrandTotal from its vendor's official pages (see sources), MacBusinessSuite from its documentation. Not documented means the vendor's pages do not say, not that the feature is missing.

|  | MacBusinessSuite | GrandTotal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Customers and contacts | Customers and suppliers, contact persons, tax IDs, payment terms | Customers and contacts, edit several at once, vCard export |
| Apple Contacts | Import with a field comparison | Not documented; vCard export is documented |
| Sales pipeline | Inquiry, quote, negotiation, won or lost, follow-ups, win rate | Not documented |
| Activity log | Calls, mails, meetings and decisions per customer and project | Internal annotations and to-dos (XL edition) |
| Mailbox and tickets | IMAP mailbox, mail to ticket, inquiry or receipt | Not documented |
| Projects | Status, budget in hours or amount, profitability, contracts and retainers | Projects, revenue by project, project budgets |
| Task boards | Kanban board per project with tickets and subtasks | Not documented |
| Statistics and labels | Project and customer comparison, address labels | Customer statistics, labels, address labels |

## What GrandTotal offers here

- Customer statistics and filters by client group, country and revenue.
- Labels and address labels.
- Project budgets and revenue by project.
- Import of customers and catalog from SevDesk and LexOffice.

## What MacBusinessSuite offers here

- A sales pipeline from inquiry to won or lost; one step creates customer, quote draft and project.
- A customer and project log with calls, mails, meetings and decisions.
- Your own IMAP mailbox: a message becomes a ticket, an inquiry or an inbound receipt.
- A Kanban board per project with tickets you can assign to yourself, the customer or a team member.

## Questions and answers

### Is GrandTotal a CRM?

GrandTotal manages customers and contacts with statistics and labels. A sales pipeline, tickets or a mailbox are not documented on Media Atelier's pages. MacBusinessSuite includes these.

### Can I manage tasks in either app?

MacBusinessSuite has a Kanban board per project with tickets, subtasks, due dates and recurring tickets. GrandTotal lists internal annotations and to-dos in its XL edition.

## Sources

- [GrandTotal, product page with the S, M, L and XL feature lists (mediaatelier.com)](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/GrandTotal/)
- [GrandTotal, German product page (mediaatelier.com)](https://www.mediaatelier.com/de-DE/GrandTotal/)
- [GrandTotal 10, release article](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Posts/GrandTotal10)
- [Support and release notes](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Support/)
- [Licenses](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Licenses/)
- [Collaboration](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Collaboration/)
- [Integrations](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Integrations/)
- [Time tracking](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Posts/Time-Tracking)
- [XRechnung](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Posts/XRechnung-E-Invoice-Germany)
- [E-invoices in Belgium and the Peppol network](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Posts/E-Invoices-Belgium)
- [Inbound invoices](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Posts/Inbound-Invoices)
- [Web Access](https://www.mediaatelier.com/Posts/Web-Access)
- [Interactive estimates](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Posts/Interactive-Estimates)
- [CAMT import](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Posts/CAMT-Import)
- [Compatibility and version history](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Compatibility/)
- [PDF/A archive format](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Posts/PDF-A-Archive-Format)
- [Swiss QR bill](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Posts/Swiss-QR-Bill)
- [SEPA QR codes](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Posts/SEPA-QR-Codes)
- [Cumulative partial invoices](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Posts/Cumulative-Partial-Invoices)
- [Customer care, statistics and labels](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Posts/Customer-Care)
- [Migration](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Migration/)
- [New file format](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Posts/New-File-Format)
- [Sync setup](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Posts/Sync-Setup)
- [Making Tax Digital](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Posts/making-tax-digital-vat-mac)
- [Swiss VAT return](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Posts/Swiss-VAT-Net-Tax-Rate)
- [Send to bookkeeping](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Posts/Send-To-Bookkeeping)
- [Ask GrandTotal](https://www.mediaatelier.com/Posts/Ask-GrandTotal)
- [MCP server](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Posts/MCP-Server)
- [Privacy policy (connections to Media Atelier servers)](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Privacy/)
- [Imprint](https://www.mediaatelier.com/en/Imprint/)

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