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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Sheets

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AGoogle 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

    Scoro

    Score8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Scoro is a professional services automation (PSA) software purpose-built for consultancies, agencies, IT firms, architecture companies, and other professional services businesses. It unites projects, resources, and finances in one system, combining functionality for planning, tracking, and billing. Features include: - CRM & pipeline – A complete overview of a sales funnel and upcoming…

    $23.90

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Google SheetsScoro
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Core
    $23.90
    per month per user
    Growth
    $38.90
    per month per user
    Performance
    $59.90
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google SheetsScoro
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Up to a 16% discount available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Google SheetsScoro
    Considered Both Products
    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
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    Happy with the feature set
    96%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
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    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google SheetsScoro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (93 ratings)
    4.1
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    8.7
    (55 ratings)
    -
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    Availability
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Product Scalability
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    Google SheetsScoro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    Google Sheets is well suited in two main areas: is free to use and you don't need to buy a license to use it, comparing to the most direct competitors ; collaboration is in my opinion the best advantage, with multiple people working together and seeing others working in real time. It's less appropriate in low connectivity environments (offline capabilities)
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    Scoro
    Scoro would be ideal for a larger business who is truly interested in developing a stronger and more efficient workflow. I honestly would have recommended it had it not been for the cost, the hidden fees, and the fact that I'd have to upgrade to an even more expensive plan if I wanted to get the most of the program for our level. We only needed one item, so would have ended up paying much more to not use a great deal of additional features. So, if you want to increase your workflow and have the funds, use them - absolutely. You will not regret it. But I cannot recommend it to someone who is on a tight budget
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    Pros
    Google
    • Collaborative planning : In the initial phase of project, Team leads and architects create a permission matrix along with the naming convention simultaneously, seeing who is editing / adding the details in real-time.
    • Cost tracking : We use this tool to track cloud resource usage monthly costs, so that we can analyse it and send out comms for high cost based resources. By storing cost data here, it's easy for use to store data of last couple of years.
    • Flexible documentation : For change logging of different scenarios we would need different / ad-hoc columns to be added on the fly, which makes using this tool much simpler then reputed third party tools.
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    Scoro
    • Great interface and user experience
    • Fast, informative and compact platform
    • Great invoicing and reminders system
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    Cons
    Google
    • Ease of use - I collaborate with a lot of folks on these and a lot of them have trouble using it.
    • Would love more live features; for example, being able to have cells react to other inputs (checkboxes, etc) with reactive formatting
    • More cross-usability with other Google products; it's hard to think of drawbacks honestly, this is a pretty seamless software.
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    Scoro
    • Cost. I ended up not recommending this product simply because of the cost alone. There are hidden costs you will not know about until it is too late. Their pricing model is geared for bigger businesses, and can cripple smaller ones. The pricing is by user. If you get the most basic of plans (with a 900 onboarding charge), you will realize that all the things you actually need to make the program effective are on the next tier up...
    • Quickbooks. At the time I was exploring this, Quickbooks was not very well integrated. If you wanted to include billing (which they do show promise for), then you will have issues here.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    I am not involved in the purchase/selection process, but my organization is a Google shop, and Sheets meets most of our spreadsheet needs and works seamlessly with our other tools. I don't anticipate our switching anytime soon.
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    Scoro
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Google
    It can easily handle most uses and functions. It is only for very large datasets or advanced analysis that it either lacks the proper functions or performance begins to slow. Most employees who continue to use competitors' products do so out of preference, familiarity with the user interface, or other surface-level reasons.
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    Scoro
    No answers on this topic
    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.
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    Scoro
    No answers on this topic
    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.
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    Scoro
    No answers on this topic
    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.
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    Scoro
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    I have found that I can do almost everything I could have done in Microsoft Excel faster and easier in Google Sheets. We recommend Google Sheets in 99.9% of our use cases and feel it meets the needs of our workers very well. I am sure there are other spreadsheet creation programs out there, but because we are already in the Google environment, adopting Google Sheets in very easy.
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    Scoro
    We prefer Scoro as it's faster and easier to use and learn. Also the fee structure makes a lot of sense for a smaller company.
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    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.
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    Scoro
    No answers on this topic
    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.
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    Scoro
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Google
    • Don't need to pay for windows 365 license as it is free
    • Has a positive impact since I am not cursing excel for annoying problems(I don't want the new Pivot table format, I want to use Classic and I don't want to expand/collapse arrows. "x$#%")
    • [Haven't] looked at return on investment on work, but has "simplified" for basic and medium spreadsheets.
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    Scoro
    • Scoro could have had a wonderful impact on the workflow of the business. It allows for integrations most programs don't, including accounting and time tracking, and could have easily eliminated the need for an FTE through the streamlining of tasks alone.
    • If we had implemented this program, we would have saved time, but all of the gains would have gone to pay for Scoro. It would not have balanced out, especially if they ever were to raise their rates.
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    ScreenShots

    Scoro Screenshots

    Screenshot of an example of the customizable real-time dashboards that provide an overview of progress across the business, and monitor KPIs and key metricsScreenshot of a dynamic Gantt chart for planning, allocating resources based on availability, and monitoring project performance in real time in terms of time and moneyScreenshot of a monitor of cost burn, used to forecast profit while the projects are ongoing to detect signs of overservicing early enough to do something about itScreenshot of where to track billable and non-billable utilization across the team to understand how resource utilization, and how much time is spent on revenue-generating workScreenshot of where Scoro forecasts revenue automatically based on pipeline and committed projects, to support smarter and more strategic business decisions that support growthScreenshot of the accounting tools Scoro can integrate with to sync bills, invoices, and payments automatically, reducing manual work and minimizing the risk of human error