Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel

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Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
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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Microsoft Excel

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

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

No setup fee

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	Microsoft Excel
Considered Both Products	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? Ed Bremer II Controller in Finance and Accounting at Weckesser Brick Co., Inc. (Wholesale, 11-50 employees) Chose Microsoft Excel I find Microsoft Excel easier to use than either LibreOffice Calc or Google Docs because I use Excel regularly and know where to find the functions that I need. I find that other companies have an easier time opening Excel files than others. 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 Excel is one of the tools I use for everyday work but fits alongside all the other programs I use. I keep Excel as a way of tracking projects from start to finish as well as document content strategy and audits. There are not many programs like Excel that I can think of other … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Excel Microsoft Lists allows for users to keep lists, but the functionality cannot be compared to Microsoft Excel. There are far more options for data manipulation, analysis, and creating outputs in Excel. Anything that can be done in Lists can be done easily in MS Excel. The key … 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? 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? 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 Microsoft Excel is superior to these as it has a wider range of functions and is used corporately 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? 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? 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? Josh Dempsey Head of Procurement in Corporate at Wellcome Trust (Hospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Microsoft Excel I think it stacks up very well, ClickUp ha a better user interface however Microsoft Excel has a more sophisticated back end and formula approach. In my opinion, ClickUp however does provide less of a need to 'learn' formulas as there is more of a click application approach … 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? Verified User Chose Microsoft Excel No any comparison, Excel are far better. 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? Angel Monjarás Practice Manager - Business Analytics in Professional Services at Sellcom Solutions (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Microsoft Excel Compatibility is the main issue. It is frustrating to send an Excel workbook to someone who can't open it. Also, user interfaces are not as slick and intuitive. Incentivized Helpful? shaurya jain digital tech developer associate in Research & Development at Accenture (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose Microsoft Excel i have used many Microsoft products like Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams, Windows, Yammer etc., but I can say that every product is different from each other and each product solves different professional day-to-day work problems quite efficiently, although I … Incentivized Helpful? Brennan Stewart Senior Accountant in Finance and Accounting at The Holdsworth Center (Non-profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees) Chose Microsoft Excel I find that Microsoft Excel ranks higher than Microsoft Powerpoint because of it's ability to handle large amounts of data the fact that it has keys tools to helps streamline information. It does however not have the same capabilities as Microsoft Powerpoint when it comes to … Incentivized Helpful? Charlotte Blair Controller in Corporate at Rockwood Capital (Real Estate, 51-200 employees) Chose Microsoft Excel Microsoft Excel is much easier to use, but CloudDRIVE is much safer from hackers. Sometimes I create a spreadsheet in Excel and then upload it to CloudDRIVE. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Microsoft Excel Much easier to edit the data that is imported for a report. Adobe has limited choices for font and styling. 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? Verified User Chose Microsoft Excel Microsoft Excel stands out amongst its peers for the service they provide and with every latest update, they tend to ensure that even the minor issues impacting their users are managed to make the software efficient for people like me to use. The software's user-friendly … Incentivized Helpful?
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User Ratings
	Microsoft Excel
Likelihood to Recommend	9.1 (58 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.0 (6 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (2 ratings)
Availability	10.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	10.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.0 (1 ratings)
Configurability	9.0 (1 ratings)
Ease of integration	9.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	10.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.0 (1 ratings)