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Google Sheets vs. Microsoft Excel: Which is better?
- Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel are both excellent spreadsheet applications.
- Both applications offer functions and formulas, conditional formatting, data validation, and other basic tools you would expect.
- Google Sheets is a web-based application with a mobile version, while Microsoft Excel is a desktop application with a mobile and web version.
- Excel offers additional data features, such as goal seeking, scenario managers, and creating forecast sheets, coupled with the ability to use slicers or timelines for advanced filtering.
- Google Sheets has a good collection of easy-to-use graphs and charts that can be customized and saved as an image outside of your sheet.
- Excel has a much larger selection of charts and more customization options, in addition to allowing you to create chart templates for reuse and save charts outside of your spreadsheet.
- Google Sheets wins when it comes to collaboration, with real-time communications, seamless sharing, and robust collaboration tools.
- Google Sheets is a free application, while Microsoft Excel has a one-time upfront cost or monthly subscription plans with Microsoft 365.
- There are differences between the two applications when it comes to speed, data limitations, and storage.
- Other spreadsheet platforms include Airtable, Apple Numbers, and more.
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