Multichannel Temperature Logging System

I’m looking to get some advice on getting a multi-channel data logger for measuring surface temperatures. Different people (all engineers or similar) will be using it over time, so I’m hoping to get one that is relatively easy to set up. Ideally, we’d have at least 12 channels we could use at once. We don’t plan to use this for anything besides temperature, but being able to use it for other analog inputs would be nice. We need to be able to easily share out reports, so exporting to some sort of spreadsheet is necessary. Our budget isn’t huge, ideally under $1000, but probably up to $1500. I’ve never set up a DAQ before, so I’d love some advice (ELI5 level would be most helpful, haha)! Any videos/how tos you’d suggest would also be very helpful. Thanks!