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, Mac, SaaS 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, Android + Free, Windows + Free, Android, iPad, Linux and Mac + Free. 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. Valispace icon
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    Valispace is a co-engineering platform that allows companies that develop complex products to bring them to market faster, helping engineers escape from document hell. It brings all loose engineering data into one central place and helps streamline engineers’ efforts from...

    34 Valispace alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  2. DataGraph icon
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    DataGraph is a simple and powerful graphing application for Mac OS X. It is a great companion for Excel, Numbers or any of the big statistical packages.

    42 DataGraph alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. Sheetster icon
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    Sheetster is a web-based spreadsheet (i.e. Excel) editing, viewing and sharing tool. Upload your spreadsheets (or create new ones), edit spreadsheets in Excel-like interface, and securely share them with others (friends, coworkers, family, etc).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. Socialcalc icon
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    wikiCalc is a wiki-based spreadsheet developed by Dan Bricklin and released under a GPL license. SocialCalc is co-developed with Dan and Socialtext, released under SPL and is being integrated with Socialtext Open.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  5. Excel Easy icon
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    We offer an easy to follow and fully illustrated Excel tutorial + 300 examples. The tutorial is divided into 5 sections (Introduction, Basics, Functions, Data Analysis and VBA). The 6th section called "300 Examples" explains everything in more detail.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Parabola enables non-technical users to work with their data as effectively as an engineer without needing spreadsheets or code. Save time by automating previously manual work, and find new, revenue generating ways to use your data.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Pry is finance for founders. Instead of using Excel, founders and business owners can use Pry to manage their budget, expenses, hiring plan, and cash runway.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. mtCellEdit icon
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    mtCellEdit is a lightweight spreadsheet program. It is a small, no frills program which is designed to handle simple day to day spreadsheet tasks.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. Hitomi icon
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    Hitomi opens CSV or data/logs in non-standard formats instantly and offers intuitive and powerful filtering and analysis options.

    51 Hitomi alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Lio icon
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    Be at ease when it comes to handling a large quantum of data with Lio business automation. With a vision to empower people to run their businesses smartly, Lio enables you to efficiently organize your business on your mobiles via intuitive solutions.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. Dryrun icon
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    Let Dryrun forecast your cash flow & sales so you can model 'what ifs' in your business & make the right moves.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. Matrify icon
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    Matrify is the middle way between spreadsheets and industry-specific software. Use Matrify to work on tables and lists with your team, e. g. for to-do lists, contacts, customers (CRM), inventory, licenses, real estates or tracking of issues, software requirements and software...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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