Microsoft Excel Alternatives

Apps similar to Microsoft Excel include ONLYOFFICE, which is free and open source. Other options are LibreOffice - Calc, Apache OpenOffice, Proton Sheets and Google Sheets. You're spoiled for choice with Spreadsheet Apps like Microsoft Excel: we list more than 100 alternatives for the web, Windows, Mac, Linux and Android.

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  1. Calligra Sheets is a fully-featured calculation and spreadsheet tool. Use it to quickly create and calculate various business-related spreadsheets, such as income and expenditure, employee working hours, etc.

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    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  2. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  4. 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

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  5. Calcpad icon
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    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.

    54 Calcpad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  6. 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.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. 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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  8. 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

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. Flexmonster icon
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    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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  10. 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.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Google Workspace
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  11. Luckysheet icon
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    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)

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  12. 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

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Microsoft Office Excel
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