# Speed comparison with `plater::read_plate()`

The `plater` package was an inspiration for me to write `tidyplate`. There are two issues with `plater::read_plate()` function that I wanted to fix. These are:

1. Performance.
2. Incompatibility with excel files.

`tidyplate::tidy_plate()` can accept excel files as input and after running several performance tests I can say that `tidyplate::tidy_plate()` was significantly faster than `plater::read_plate()`. The benchmarking code is in the `inst` folder.

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