Microsoft Excel Alternatives

Microsoft Excel is described as 'Part of the Microsoft 365 Copilot, is Microsoft's spreadsheet application. With the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface, rich data visualization, pivot table views, and professional-looking charts are easier to create' and is a leading Spreadsheet app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Microsoft Excel for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, SaaS, Mac and Linux apps. The best Microsoft Excel alternative is LibreOffice - Calc, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Microsoft Excel are ONLYOFFICE, Google Sheets, Apache OpenOffice and Proton Sheets.

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Microsoft Excel alternatives are mainly Spreadsheet Apps, but if you're looking for Team Collaboration Tools or Office Suites you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free, Windows, Android + Free, Windows + Free, Android, Linux and iPad. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Microsoft Excel.
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  1. Koia icon
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    Create graphs online with CSV, Excel or JSON data. Choose from different chart types, pivot tables and relationship graphs. Easy, user-friendly, open- source.

    73 Koia alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  2. Canva Sheets icon
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    Canva Sheets revolutionizes spreadsheets by integrating visual-first design, AI-driven data insights, and real-time collaboration within Canva's Visual Suite. Users can import CSV data, utilize Magic Features like Charts and Formulas, and enable cloud syncing for seamless access, creating compelling content.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  3. ZK Spreadsheet is a Google Spreadsheet like collaborative online spreadsheet. Unlike Google Spreadsheet, ZK Spreadsheet can be self-hosted in-house and easily installed in just a few clicks.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  4. Calcpad icon
     10 likes

    Calcpad is a lightweight mathematical platform for cloud and desktop. It parses simple text scripts and converts them into professional Html reports. Supports complex numbers, variables, functions, graphing, units and numerical methods.

    52 Calcpad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  5. CubeWeaver icon
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    CubeWeaver is a collaborative multidimensional spreadsheet software especially useful for financial planning, financial modelling, budgeting, reporting and what-if simulations.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. FlowCog icon
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    Financial modeling software for SaaS companies. Gain insight into your cash trajectory. SaaS projections battle-tested with investors and boards.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. From business intelligence to financial performance and strategy management to analytics applications, Cognos software can provide what your organization needs to become top-performing and analytics-driven.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. Luckysheet icon
     4 likes

    Luckysheet is an online spreadsheet like excel that is powerful, simple to configure, and completely open source.This site contains official configuration document, API, and tutorial.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  9. Zen gives you all the missing tools you never knew you wanted in Google Sheets. Zen is an overlay that adds SQL-like capabilities to Google Sheets.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Google Workspace
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  10. Flexmonster icon
     7 likes

    Flexmonster Pivot is a feature-rich JavaScript library for web reporting. The component connects to any data source and perfectly visualizes data from MongoDB, Elasticsearch, OLAP cubes, SQL, NoSQL databases, or JSON / CSV files up to 1GB.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  11. MODLR is business modelling and planning software that provides everything needed to enable connected corporate modelling. Accessible from anywhere, simple to use, the platform empowers you to set your goals and execute better than ever.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Microsoft Office Excel
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  12. Starhive icon
     3 likes

    Starhive is an asset management and CMMS system that helps you track and maintain everything. By unifying your assets, inventory, and tasks in one place you can always stay one step ahead of critical to-dos and bring order to chaos.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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