Google Sheets vs. Microsoft Excel

Google Sheets

644 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft Excel

1,620 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Google Sheets	Score8.8 out of 10	N/A	Google Sheets is the spreadsheet app available on Google Workspace, or standalone, with a free plan for personal use and accessible via mobile apps for iOS and Android.	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

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Google Sheets

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
Google Sheets	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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	Google Sheets	Microsoft Excel
Considered Both Products	Google Verified User Chose Google Sheets Microsoft Excel might be good for large-scale local work, but Google Sheets is so fast and clean. I have also used other systems like Air Table, and Excel online, but honestly Google Sheets is so ubiquitous and easy to use I always start there first. Other software products I … Incentivized Helpful? Tigran Petrosyan Risk Management Specialist in Finance and Accounting at ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK (Banking, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Google Sheets Microsoft Excel is much more functional and has more functions/capabilities than Google Sheets. It is also faster compared to Google Sheets. On the other side, Google Sheets is better for collaboration and saves you a lot of time. As I usually do not work with big files I … Incentivized Helpful? Anabel Serrano Bargalló Directora at Bristol Academy Learning Motivation (Education Management, 1-10 employees) Chose Google Sheets clearly a win-win situation by using Google sheets, [especially] for remote work and teamwork! Microsoft Excel does not allow any of that unless you have a pay version of it. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Sheets I find Google Sheets much simpler and easier to use than Microsoft Excel. It is free which can make a huge difference if you are on a budget. It is also entirely web-based which makes sharing and collaborating much easier as well as ensuring that there is only one version of … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Sheets Google Sheets allows for all of the capabilities of Microsoft Excel, but with real-time edits that can create a collaborative experience across teams. By being able to access people's changes in real-time, it makes for an easier work experience, especially in the remote world … Incentivized Helpful? Steve Crawford Youth Pastor at Grace Bible Church of Hutchinson, KS (Religious Institutions, 1-10 employees) Chose Google Sheets The major reason I use Google Sheets over Microsoft Excel and Apple Numbers is for its ability to allow multiple users to access and work on the same spreadsheet at once. This is incredibly more efficient and effective than updating and sending copies upon copies of the same … Incentivized Helpful? Jordan Heffler Business Development Representative in Sales at Zoom Video Communications (Telecommunications, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Google Sheets I prefer Microsoft Excel's functionality because I think it is slightly more user-friendly than Google Sheets, but because of the cloud storage and sharing capabilities of Sheets, I literally always opt to use Sheets over Excel. I really think the only advantage that Microsoft … Incentivized Helpful? Connor O'Hanlon PPC Operations Manager in Marketing at SmartSites (Marketing & Advertising, 201-500 employees) Chose Google Sheets We have used Microsoft Excel as an alternative to Google Sheets Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Sheets Google Sheets is better than smartsheets and excel when it comes to integrating into different applications for automation as well as for team collaboration. While excel is better for analysis and higher level formulas/Marcos when working in a team environment or involving … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Sheets I prefer the look of Google Sheets. I also love that it is easily shared. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Sheets From my experience, Google sheets doesn't compare to excel. It suffices for basic spreadsheet needs but does not compare in terms of functionality. An organizational change led me to the opportunity to use Excel and I'm happy to have made the switch and have not looked back. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Sheets In my opinion, based on my own experience, I believe that Google Sheets stands in the second position in my list of spreadsheet software largely because of things such as ease to share and access data, multiple edits simultaneously and keep a track of the real-time changes, … Incentivized Helpful? Sushant goyal Analyst in Finance and Accounting at Airtel International LLP-Airtel Africa (Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees) Chose Google Sheets Google Sheets is newest of all and is easy to understand. It has better UI or display then rest all. Minimal design helps to focus more on work. In built chat features is one that makes it stand out of league then rest of all. Unlike MS Excel and LibreOffice it is available … Incentivized Helpful? Dan Costellow General Education Services Director in Professional Services at Green River Regional Educational Cooperative (Education Management, 11-50 employees) Chose Google Sheets Google sheets has a clear advantage. It is more simple to use for daily applications, allows for easier collaboration, and has portability (offline working). It allows for easy sharing and integration with other Google online programs such as Gmail, Google Drive, Google Docs, … Incentivized Helpful? carlos ibarra Director Operaciones in Marketing at Posicion Uno (Marketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees) Chose Google Sheets I enjoy the ease of access and sharing information with anyone, google sheets is great for that. You can easily send a link in an email or text message which makes it easier than other programs because you have to purchase separately if their software doesn't come included at … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Sheets Google Sheets is very good in performance and can be accessed from anywhere being a cloud application. That is the major differentiator for it. Sharing of documents is not a difficult task anymore and no need to use space from our personal devices. It is very simple to access … Incentivized Helpful? Jordan Temple Account Executive in Sales at MilkMoney (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Google Sheets The biggest kicker here is that Google Sheets is free. On top of that, it is way easier to share the file with other users who are not within our company, with easy controls over how they can access and what exactly they can do with the file. Also, being able to see who all has … Incentivized Helpful? Joshua Silverstein Sales Manager in Sales at Get The Referral (Telecommunications, 11-50 employees) Chose Google Sheets Excel is a bit more user friendly Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Sheets I feel Google Sheets is better compared to the many available competitors thanks to its many features and also easy integration with Google products. It is also easy to use and is available online. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Sheets Excel certainly is very robust and is perfect for power users who need to conduct complicated formulations. However, the program is so feature-rich, it's possible that it may be confusing to users. And most users will never need or use 60% of the features available. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Sheets I think that Sheets has much better collaborative features that work well across teams and on documents that need to be shared. However, it is lacking some of the more robust and important features that Excel offers its users. I would almost say that Sheets is a stripped-down … Incentivized Helpful? Omar Abdelrehim CEO/President in Corporate at A-Z Services, LLC (Management Consulting, 1-10 employees) Chose Google Sheets It is easy to use and better for collaboration than excel. It is missing several things as compared to Excel, but most organizations are not advanced excel users, so they will not feel the difference. I would also say that it does make it easier to integrate with other systems … Incentivized Helpful? Mark Michelson Founder/Principal in Corporate at Threads Qualitative Research (Research, 1-10 employees) Chose Google Sheets Much easier to share and collaborate with Sheets than Excel. Also I can access from any computer anywhere because everything is in the cloud. I love the fact I can access Sheets form my mobile devices. This isn't possible with Excel. Love all the Google work apps. Wish I could … Incentivized Helpful? Omkar Marne Software Engineer in Information Technology at University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Google Sheets It has very simple interface, so individuals with beginner computer skills would feel more comfortable working in Google Sheets. Everything is saved automatically, no need to worry whether your computer will crash. If you have a slow or old computer, Google Sheets is a safer … Incentivized Helpful? Richie Narain Senior Manager in Sales at Vonage (Telecommunications, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Google Sheets Google Sheets when compared to Excel for me is just below in terms of comparison. The product covers almost everything you could need but the workflow and usability is where it is lacking. I would call it a pay for what you get. This review is coming from someone who made … Incentivized Helpful?	Microsoft Marcos Vinícius Costa de Carvalho Business Analytics Analist in Human Resources at ACE (Financial Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Microsoft Excel Microsoft Excel It's the choice of professionals who delve into intricate financial models, statistical analyses, and other complex analysis. Its strength lies in its depth, offering a vast array of functions and features that can handle the most demanding tasks. Its pivot … Incentivized Helpful? Mitchell Resk Marketing Associate in Marketing at WizKids (Entertainment, 51-200 employees) Chose Microsoft Excel My preference will always be Google Sheets, however, as the interface in Sheets is faster, smoother, and more aesthetically pleasing. Excel is part of the package with Outlook, and that tends to be the main reason why I’ve encountered companies who choose Excel over Sheets, but … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Excel The integration Microsoft Excel has within the other Microsoft applications makes it top choice for me. I have worked in Google Sheets, however I prefer working in desktop version of software with full capabilities. Microsoft Excel provides this. Incentivized Helpful? Lucas Fernandes Ferreira Onboard User Experience Strategy in Information Technology at Stellantis (Automotive, 10,001+ employees) Chose Microsoft Excel Microsoft Excel has its "niche" use cases, but it was the other way around. Its been many years since Microsoft Excel became the niche, while Google Sheets now is the mainstream data analysis application. I use Microsoft Excel today only because I am forced by my company to do … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Excel Like I've put in previous questions, Microsoft Excel seems more advanced. I'm always going to prefer using Microsoft Excel if it's just me working on a task. If I have to work with other then Google Sheets is going to be preferred. The online version of Microsoft Excel seems to … Incentivized Helpful? Brijesh Jaiswal Director in Corporate at TNS Securities Pvt. Ltd. (Financial Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Microsoft Excel Google Sheets sync nicely with Google Workspace and can be accessed easily online. But Google Sheets is clunky and no where near the gold standard which is Microsoft Excel. Incentivized Helpful? 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? Kristen Robinson Lead Generation Specialist in Corporate at KRDMarketing (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Microsoft Excel Google Sheets is a comparable product to Microsoft Excel and it's more flexible when it comes to sharing because it can be shared with anyone who has the link or Google Drive access to it. However, Google Sheets does not have all the functions, especially when it comes to … Incentivized Helpful? Sushant goyal Analyst in Finance and Accounting at Airtel International LLP-Airtel Africa (Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees) Chose Microsoft Excel Microsoft Excel is legacy software and no one till now had matched the functionality of Excel. We can even automate daily tasks easily with help of macros. Also one can connect various data base to it and you are good to go without any other hassle. Google Sheets is … Incentivized Helpful? Muhammad Waleed Digital Marketing Manager in Marketing at Medinostic Health Care (Pvt) Ltd. (Pharmaceuticals, 11-50 employees) Chose Microsoft Excel Microsoft Excel is very easy to use and very very user friendly. While Google Sheets is also very simple, Microsoft Excel takes the lead when it comes to reporting and analysis with its different types of charts (line, pie, bar etc.). The only reason to use Google Sheets … Incentivized Helpful? Lexi Brunner Research and Development Consultant in Research & Development at Humance (Research, 51-200 employees) Chose Microsoft Excel Out of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power BI, IBM SPSS, and Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel is by far the most common tool used for anything data-related across organizations. Accordingly, our organization has also implemented Microsoft Excel as a first-step tool. We recently … Incentivized Helpful? Nafisha Labiba Customer Relationship Manager in Marketing at NAC No Chinta Ltd. (Hospital & Health Care, 501-1000 employees) Chose Microsoft Excel Though Google Sheets is a good application but it requires additional effort from the users for doing the data related issues. Having the requirement of data connection made the sheets bit of tough for the users. Incentivized Helpful? Eli Jay Project Engineer at DPR Construction (Construction, 10,001+ employees) Chose Microsoft Excel Google Sheets is a good spreadsheet software for it's online sharing capabilities, but Microsoft Excel is a much more loaded program with a lot more capabilities and functions. Excel to Google Sheets is like a MOAB compared to a bottle rocket in terms of functionality and … 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? Geovane Ricken Sr. Spclst, Fin. Planning & Analysis in Finance and Accounting at Allflex - MAHI (Plastics, 501-1000 employees) Chose Microsoft Excel Actually, Power Bi and Planful can be [used] with Excel, each solution has strengths, Power Bi is more focused on graphics, and Planful is more on the financial database, but compared with Google Sheets, Excel is better, first, you can use out of browser, it has a specific … Incentivized Helpful? Bala Subramanian Data Scientist in Information Technology at PayPal (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose Microsoft Excel Excel is much better than Google Sheets. It has better features and compatibility, especially for windows. For mac, I don’t see a big difference as excel needs some significant improvement for mac os. The Cloud version of excel is very similar to mac and I don’t see a lot of … Incentivized Helpful? Snigdha Sanganeria Legal Intern in Legal at ALL INDIA HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION (Legal Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Microsoft Excel I use Google Sheets when there is small [amounts of] data that i have to enter and share with somebody over my Google account. Other than that, i always prefer Microsoft Excel since it provides way more ease of use when compared to [Sheets]. It is a very good tool and I will be … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Excel It isn't as collaborative or detail oriented as other platforms, or at least it doesn't market itself to be used that way. But it is still useful in its own ways Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Excel Microsoft Excel is superior to these as it has a wider range of functions and is used corporately Incentivized Helpful? Akshay Dashora Senior Account Manager in Marketing at Dentsu (Marketing & Advertising, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Microsoft Excel Microsoft Excel is a powerful tool that is used for analyzing and organizing complex data. It offers advanced capabilities for data analysis, financial modelling and complex calculations. Excel can be used in offline form making it use flexible for users who want to use it … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Excel We prefer [Microsoft] Excel because it integrates with other Microsoft applications we use and our employees are more familiar with it. We also find it to have vastly more capabilities in areas such as graphics, functions, formatting, statistical and analytical tools. We need … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Excel We utilize Tableau and Alteryx in addition to Excel. We use Excel since we have a data dump that could be utilized in feeding for these two solutions. We select Excel for some manual work then plug the data into the other two tools for further analysis around text analytics … 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? Mujtaba BALOCH Freelancer in Professional Services at Freelance (Writing & Editing, 1-10 employees) Chose Microsoft Excel In [Microsoft] Excel, a stacked column chart is a very basic [Microsoft] Excel charts type that permits from a piece to whole assessments concluded time, or through Incentivized Helpful?
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User Ratings
	Google Sheets	Microsoft Excel
Likelihood to Recommend	8.9 (40 ratings)	9.1 (58 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (2 ratings)	9.0 (6 ratings)
Usability	9.5 (2 ratings)	10.0 (2 ratings)
Availability	8.0 (1 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	8.0 (1 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	8.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)
Configurability	9.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	9.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.0 (1 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)