Google Sheets

Google Sheets

Google Sheets

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Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Google Sheets	Score 8.7 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

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Google Sheets
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Community Pulse
	Google Sheets
Considered Both Products	Google Sheets Verified User Contributor Chose Google Sheets Significantly easier to use and more dynamic than Smartsheet or Excel. Not complicated to use, especially for those with an understanding of spreadsheets and formulas. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager 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? Kaley White Data and Systems Analyst Chose Google Sheets My organization uses Google Sheets instead of Microsoft Excel because we are a Google shop. Sheets permissions are especially easy via existing Google Workspace groups. We're a very collaborative company that values easy browser-based simultaneous document editing and … Incentivized Helpful? Amanda McCombs Client Success Operations Analyst Chose Google Sheets We selected it for it's nearly universal integration capabilities to pull data from all the programs in our tech stack for deeper analysis in Tableau. It integrates with Tableau, which is the number one reason we decided to use it. It's a lot more user friendly than Excel, even … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Account Manager Chose Google Sheets I prefer the look of Google Sheets. I also love that it is easily shared. Incentivized Helpful? SC Steve Crawford Youth Pastor 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? Verified User Contributor 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? Kasey Williamson Associate Chose Google Sheets Microsoft Excel is very similar, I don't have much to say in comparison. I have not tried using formulas in Google Sheets. OneDrive is also very similar but it autosaves so you don't have to worry about saving information or forgetting to save and losing data. It is also … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee 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? Verified User Executive 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? Sushant goyal Analyst 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? Tigran Petrosyan Risk Management Specialist 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? Verified User Employee Chose Google Sheets Microsoft Excel has more in-depth formulas you can use, but overall it can get quite confusing and overwhelming. Google Sheets is more approachable, and easier to learn and collaborate with. Incentivized Helpful? Anabel Serrano Bargalló Directora 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 Professional 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? DC Dan Costellow General Education Services Director 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? JT Jordan Temple Account Executive 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? Valerie Curry Manager, Compliance Communications & Billing Chose Google Sheets I only used it not evaluate Google Drive. Helpful? carlos ibarra Director Operaciones 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 Director Chose Google Sheets We originally selected Google Sheets for its easy to use interface and seamless connection throughout using Google for all of our business. We love how all the different google apps connect and make it easy to share things with the team. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Project Manager 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? Verified User Team Lead 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? Verified User Employee Chose Google Sheets On Microsoft, we can't edit the documents at the same time with our friends and co-workers, we need to save everything on the computer memory. I find Google Sheets to be a lot superior, by allowing us to save everything up in the cloud, to read, share and edit whatever document … Incentivized Helpful? Jennifer Spivey Payroll Manager Chose Google Sheets Sheets is more collaborative and allows multiple users to access the spreadsheet at once, but Excel allows for more formulas and tends not to "stick" as much when difficult or multiple formulas are used at once. The capabilities of sheets are robust enough for our purposes and … Incentivized Helpful? JS Joshua Silverstein Sales Manager Chose Google Sheets Excel is a bit more user friendly Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	Google Sheets
Likelihood to Recommend	9.2 (42 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (2 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (4 ratings)
Availability	8.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	8.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	8.0 (1 ratings)
Configurability	9.0 (1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	9.0 (1 ratings)
Ease of integration	9.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.0 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Google Sheets
Likelihood to Recommend	Google Google Sheets is great for just recording tabular information that needs to be shared with and/or edited by multiple people. Sharing and collaborating is especially convenient because Sheets is designed to be browser-based; while Excel has a browser version, it's limited compared to the desktop app. Google Sheets's editing, suggesting, commenting, and viewing permissions settings are absolutely perfect for my department. Google Sheets does not handle large datasets well. It does not load in a timely manner and often freezes. Apps Scripts fail to process large amounts of data. Incentivized Kaley White Data and Systems Analyst Read full review
Pros	Google It is a cloud-based platform. You can work in the same file simultaneously with your colleagues. It allows you to share files much faster. It allows you to access your Google Sheet files whenever you like and wherever you like if you have stable internet connection. It has great integration with other Google software. Google Sheets is very user-friendly and very intuitive to use. Incentivized Tigran Petrosyan Risk Management Specialist Read full review
Cons	Google Pivot tables are different but could be improved upon; sort, totals, filters When entering negative numbers as the first in a formula you need to remember to "+-100+25" instead of "-100+25" The power of the internet of course makes it easy to find solution, but the help function is not easily available Color coding changes on the cell, but there is not an easy way to click on a cell and use the selected color; like excel Incentivized Jeff Gullang Comptroller Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Google It is easy to use, free of charge for basic functionality, and easy to share with people within or outside your team or company Incentivized Omar Abdelrehim CEO/President Read full review
Usability	Google Overall the formula functions could improve but there's workarounds for them. Utilzing different formulas or approaches for building out accounting schedules. While collebrating with multiple team members and different departments being able to go in and see where others are on the sheets is helpful. Google Sheets overall is a great product Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Reliability and Availability	Google Like most Google products, Google Sheets rarely has outages or slowness, and when it does, connection is always momentarily restored. I can't recall a time when I've been unable to access Google Sheets but able to access other sites just fine. That said, errors aren't uncommon when handling large data volume. You know what they say about using spreadsheets as databases, but sometimes it's just the most convenient option, especially for smaller or one-off projects, and not being able to store large amounts of data hampers our ability to move quickly with scrappy prototypes or full solutions. It would be great if we could better integrate our data manipulation (Apps Script) with big data in the sheet. Incentivized Kaley White Data and Systems Analyst Read full review
Performance	Google Again, Google Sheets is no exception to Google's general high speed and reliability, but load times can be slow for larger amounts of data. I've used Sheets with Zapier and have used the Python API, and speed has never been an issue. Incentivized Kaley White Data and Systems Analyst Read full review
Support Rating	Google I have never contacted Google Sheets support, but Google Sheets makes it very easy to report an issue or suggest a feature from Sheets itself (Help > Help Sheets improve), and I've had mostly good experiences with support for other Google products. Incentivized Kaley White Data and Systems Analyst Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Google 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 Excel or Numbers spreadsheet back and forth as email attachments. Incentivized SC Steve Crawford Youth Pastor Read full review
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	Google I'm not involved with the purchase, but I assume everything goes smoothly and that the pricing structure is predictable and reasonable. We do not get surprise fees. Incentivized Kaley White Data and Systems Analyst Read full review
Scalability	Google Google Sheets works very well with multiple users. It's convenient to see in real-time who is collaborating in a sheet, down to the specific cell that they're viewing/editing. Linking Sheets across departments is convenient with the IMPORTRANGE function. Incentivized Kaley White Data and Systems Analyst Read full review
Return on Investment	Google We've used it to prepare quick budgets, presentations for funds that have helped raise money It has helped us quickly analyze raw data, collaboratively. it has helped us work more efficiently by making it easier to work from one sheet and not lose track of versions by passing around attached documents Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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