Apple Numbers vs. Microsoft Excel

Apple Numbers

28 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft Excel

1,620 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Apple Numbers	Score7.8 out of 10	N/A	Numbers is a spreadsheet application developed by Apple Inc. as part of the iWork productivity suite. It is available for Mac and iOS, or for Windows in a browser via its cloud edition.	N/A
Microsoft Excel	Score8.7 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application available as part of Microsoft 365 (Office 365), or standalone, in cloud-based and on-premise editions.	$6.99 per month

Pricing

Apple Numbers

Microsoft Excel

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Excel with Microsoft 365: $6.99
per month
Excel for 1 PC or Mac: $139.99
perpetual license

Pricing Offerings
Apple Numbers	Microsoft Excel
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Key User Insights
	Apple Numbers	Microsoft Excel
Considered Both Products	Apple Christine Sako Head of Internal Ops and BI at XY Labs (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Apple Numbers I think Apple Numbers is inferior to both Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets. Google Sheets is more readily available for everyone and does not have the requirement that someone be on a MacOS system. Microsoft Excel, being the industry standard for spreadsheet management, has … Incentivized Helpful? Steve Crawford Associate Pastor at Grace Bible Church of Hutchinson, KS (Religious Institutions, 1-10 employees) Chose Apple Numbers Apple Numbers is more aesthetically appealing than Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets. I would say, however, that Microsoft Excel seems to have more tools and bells and whistles than Apple Numbers does. In that same vein, however, Apple Numbers has more bells and whistles than Go… Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Apple Numbers I would say excel is top tier, but you are going to pay a premium price for it. A small step down is a price savings and two tools that are really similar: Google Sheets and Apple Numbers. If I had to pick one I would pick sheets as it is easier to collaborate with. For … Incentivized Helpful? François Lavallée president in Human Resources at Aliter Concept (Education Management, 1-10 employees) Chose Apple Numbers Free software Free upgrades Easy of use Incentivized Helpful? Josh Edney Executive Pastor in Corporate at Bridge Church (Religious Institutions, 1-10 employees) Chose Apple Numbers If you're an Apple user, Apple Numbers is for you. If you primarily operate on PC and Android, you will find more compatibility with Excel. Both platforms perform similar functions -- you can create charts, graphs, and figures. Excel was the pioneer spreadsheet software but … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Apple Numbers Numbers is every bit as good and functional as Excel. Incentivized Helpful? Vijendr Warankar Insurance Professional in Sales at Vila Consulting (Insurance, 1-10 employees) Chose Apple Numbers We all work with Apple devices in this organization. So we mostly use this software. It is very well synced in Apple ecosystem and provide very attractive data representation by its graphics and charts. In few scenarios we use MS Excel also but we always try to stick on Apple … Incentivized Helpful?	Microsoft Rahul Badgujar Finance and Operations in Finance and Accounting at Special Situation Advisors (Financial Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Microsoft Excel Excel stands out from Google Sheets and Apple Numbers with its extensive range of advanced functions, including financial, statistical, and data analysis tools, surpassing the capabilities of its competitors. As the universally recognized industry standard, Excel offers better … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Excel Excel will always be selected because it's part of the Office Suite. We started to use Smartsheet, but the onboarding and training process took too long when compounded with licensing setup & costs. Apple Numbers works well, but without the maturity of Excel. Since Apple … Incentivized Helpful? Jason Hartigan Business Analyst in Information Technology at Bowling Green State University (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Microsoft Excel I've used a few of the mobile spreadsheet programs that you can find on the app store and found them to be inferior to Excel, even the mobile version. Access is better than Excel for certain situations but it is largely overkill much of the time and requires a time investment … Incentivized Helpful? Crystal Miller Assistant Buyer in Product Management at Atlantic Precision Resource (Logistics & Supply Chain, 11-50 employees) Chose Microsoft Excel Microsoft is more user friendly in my opinion. More applications and systems are compatible with excel versus Apple Numbers. More companies we do business with use Excel for invoicing and warehouse management which makes Excel stand out from other software like it. It is … Incentivized Helpful? Gary Ceder Managing Director - Transaction Advisory in Corporate at Cushman & Wakefield (Real Estate, 10,001+ employees) Chose Microsoft Excel PowerPoint is excellent for displaying information in a far more visually engaging, relatable manner. However, where it is lacking is the ability to get to that point in analyzing competing deal information, building formulas around it, things of that nature. Apple has its own … Incentivized Helpful? Dan Costellow General Education Services Director in Professional Services at Green River Regional Educational Cooperative (Education Management, 11-50 employees) Chose Microsoft Excel Excel is a far superior product compared to Numbers as far as it's usability, simplicity, and functions. I do like the ease of sharing that Google Sheets offers and that's an advantage, but otherwise, very similar. Often I use Excel over Google because of how user friendly it … Incentivized Helpful?
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User Ratings
	Apple Numbers	Microsoft Excel
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (5 ratings)	9.1 (58 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (6 ratings)
Usability	7.7 (3 ratings)	10.0 (2 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)