Top 7 Tools To Replace Excel – Excel is an essential tool for every individual and organization. Various features and commands make Excel a comprehensive tool for storing and organizing information for planning and data analysis purposes. However, Excel has some limitations, such as lack of security and difficulty controlling different versions of the same file.
Below is a list of top tools that are likely to replace Microsoft Office Excel. This list contains both open source (free) and commercial (paid) software.
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Google Docs Spreadsheet
Google Docs is probably the most manageable alternative to Excel. It has the same layout as Excel and pretty much the same features, except that it’s free for all Google account owners (if you have a Gmail account, you also get access to Google Docs).
Advantages of Google Docs Spreadsheets:
- Cloud storage: this means you can access Google Docs from your computer or phone anywhere.
- Share: Instead of working with an Excel file on one device and then sharing it with everyone via Email or Skype, you can share the document you’re working on with others to make edits at the same time together.
- Apps Script: Like Excel has VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), Google Apps Script allows Javascript-based programming. You can run scripts and connect to APIs.
Apache OpenOffice
Businesses are increasingly using this free data analysis tool. It is a comprehensive tool and the perfect alternative to Excel whenever you need to manage a dataset smaller than 10,000 lines.
Apache OpenOffice runs well on Windows, MacOs and Linux.
LibreOffice
Also derived from Openoffice.org just like Apache OpenOffice, these two open-source Excel alternatives are quite similar. In fact, this is an alternative to the entire Microsoft Office application package, not just Excel.
Excel features such as pivot table or text-to-column are available in LibreOffice. But it lacks the kind of extended format. It also tends to crash sometimes, so it’s more suitable for personal use than business.
LibreOffice is pre-installed software on some open-source operating systems like Ubuntu.
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Hancom
This free Excel alternative is quite similar to Google Drive and allows you to create different online documents. The three main tools of Hancom Office, Word, Cell and Show (write documents, create spreadsheets and presentations) are compatible with other office software.
Additionally, Hancom offers users 1GB of free online storage (though compared to Google Drive’s 15GB, it can’t compete).
Excel Web Application
Microsoft has built a web application to allow users to store their documents in the cloud and share them with other users – namely colleagues, project members, or managers. MS Excel Web App is similar to Google Spreadsheet, allowing unlimited sharing and working on the same document. Instead of emailing an Excel spreadsheet, you can upload it to the Excel Web App and share it faster.
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Zoho Sheet
Zoho Sheet is a free cloud-based Excel alternative that enhances productivity and allows working in an Excel-like environment. It provides functionality that Excel users are already familiar with, and you can conveniently switch between .xlsx, .xls, .csv and .ods without any problems.
Like Google Docs and Hancom, you can access your documents from anywhere with Zoho Sheet.
Numbers for Mac
Apple has created an app called Numbers that is intended as an alternative to Excel. Numbers for Mac is the perfect spreadsheet for creating beautiful visual presentations with small amounts of data.
Apple has also added built-in templates and more than 250 comprehensive analytics support functions. If you’re an iPhone or iPad user, you can access Numbers documents from anywhere. You can also edit documents with the participation of other team members. Numbers even have the option to save the document as an Excel spreadsheet.
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