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What is Google Sheets?

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.

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Google Sheets Over Excel Any Day!

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December 15, 2022
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What is Google Sheets?

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.

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What is Google Sheets?

Google Sheets Video

Watch this quick overview to see how the mobile app puts all of your spreadsheets at your fingertips so that you can create, open, and edit from anywhere. The app works even when you don't have a data connection, and you can edit Excel files, too. For free. Learn more at: ht...
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Google Sheets Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
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Kasey Williamson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We share files with one of our clients so we can always easily access and edit the files. It has worked out very well for the work we are doing so far. Everyone is able to contribute on their own time, which is particularly helpful since we are in different time zones.
  • Allows multiple users to edit
  • Allows you to customize the look of your page/ the rows and columns
  • Offers a convenient way to coordinate with people in a different time zone
  • No spell check
  • Could be easier to move rows or columns
When trying to coordinate files and data with multiple users in different organizations, it is a very valuable tool. This works really well with my clients who are located in various time zones. We share with candidates that we have sources in the Google Sheets and they can comment at their convenience.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I regularly use Google Sheets in reporting, planning, and organizing information. It's fast, simple, and easy to use and collaborate on. I honestly don't know why anyone wouldn't use Google Sheets at this point. For example, the staff I work with use Google Sheet for project planning. For a simple high-level overview like this, it's great. I use Google Sheets for other projects such as creating lists for specific supporters, and where supporters are in their engagement with our organization. We use this to monitor progress toward goals in developing volunteer leaders. What's great though is that Google Sheet integrates well with other tools so reporting easily syncs with other systems like Profit.co and EveryAction.
  • collaborative data collection
  • simple reporting
  • easy instructions on formulas
  • pivot tables and report presentation
  • notes on rows... I'd love to be able to have a row show the latest status from another row on a different sheet.
Google Sheet is well suited for creating fast, collaborative, spreadsheets. Whether working on a budget with others on your team, tracking a task list toward completion, or importing complex tables, Google Sheets is a great option. Also, dropping in data and creating interactive pivot tables and visualizations is easy too. Google Sheets doesn't offer more complex tracking. It isn't a database and there are limits on what visualizations it can do on your data. For more complex reporting visualizations I have linked Google sheets to other products.
Sanjay kumar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I have been using Google Sheets for the last two years. This is very helpful for maintaining the attendance records, viva, examination and plotting the graph, etc. Google sheets are highly secure and they can be easily integrated with another platform. It supports various formats that makes the user interact easily. Google sheets are in a growing phase, it has a huge scope in the future for many purposes like education and business.
  • It helps me in generate the graph on given data.
  • it helps me in maintaining the records of students sheets evaluation.
  • It helps in searching the records by using the shortcut command.
  • There should be integrations with other online tools
Google Sheets is well suited when someone wants to keep track of records in a systemic manner. Google Sheets is also helpful in working as a team by giving access to other teammates for some specified task. It is highly secure and one of the best tools to work with.
Sushant goyal | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Google Sheets is used in many different departments in my organization . Few of them which i know is HR dept, finance dept, sales dept, etc. The main problem that is taken care of is working remotely, everyone remains on same page thus less complexity and confusion while working from home.
  • Automatically saving documents
  • Working both in offline and online mode
  • Document can be accessed through phone ,web , pc.
  • In built chat feature.
  • Missing macros
  • Limited analytical functionality
  • Starts to lag when data is heavy
  • Glitches when data from another sheet is copied
Google Sheets can be very helpful in a small organization. Where there is less use of analytical function and only need is to store data it can be used. It is also useful for the person who is working remotely as its autosaving and online accessibility feature is helpful. It is not recommended in large organisations where data is huge and requires a lot of formulas to be applied. Also where analytical skills are required it won't work well.
Amanda McCombs | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Google sheets to track and update projects in real time by multiple people in various locations. We also use it as a bridge between other applications and Tableau via Zapier.
  • Easier than Excel to create formulas and conditional formats, etc
  • Integrates with almost anything so can be easily used as a workaround to link two programs that aren't integrated with each other
  • Makes sharing work and updates very seamless
  • Would love to see better AI that takes more of the guesswork out of formulas, especially for newer users
  • Sometimes there are glitches with the horizontal scrollbar
Google Sheets is suitable for just about every standard Excel task (though I haven't tried to use it for visual analysis or pivot tables). It is particularly strong as the middleman connection point between programs via Zapier. It's extremely useful for sharing and updating information among multiple, geographically dispersed coworkers.
December 14, 2021

Great for Remote Teams!

Victoria Smith | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Google Sheets for meeting notes and to organize our projects collaboratively with remote staff working in different locations. We also use Google Sheets in projects with our clients where they are able to send us updates and we can track the progress together. We also use it to create show schedules and organize our division of labour.
  • Collaboration.
  • Organization.
  • Remote work / easily share.
  • Easy to access.
  • User friendly.
  • Account seems to switch while I am working on a project.
  • Assigning actions needs work.
  • Default link sharing should stay consistent.
Great for remote teams and long-distance clients. Great way to organize work. A good way to make a schedule and share it with colleagues. Can easily see updates/changes that have been made. Can easily access your sheets on different devices. Some functions require Excel rather than sheets - specifically formulas and different accounting functions/cell formatting.
Anabel Serrano Bargalló | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
we use Google Sheets for most of our internal docs ( reports) which require a "sheets" format. It has solved a few very important problems: - formating- we can all now [easily] use the same format by creating templates which makes managing work a lot easier. -updates & versions- it saves the chaos and confusion of versions and attachments. - commenting- it makes team collaboration a lot easier through comments!
  • live update- no saving required
  • comments- it allows team work in a very easy & effective way
  • unique version- sharing a doc in real time means no confusions with final versions!
  • formatting- could allow some more options taking it from Microsoft Excel
  • views- it'd be great to be able to have different views of the sheet, just clicking a button ( graphics, charts, etc)
  • comments- it could be improved if a report of comments could be exported for each document ( to keep a record)
- any scenario where teamwork or multiple sites for remote working happen, make google sheets the perfect tool. - it'd be less appropriate to use if the use of the [Google Sheets] has a strong link for formulas as it has limitations compared to excel Microsoft
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our whole company uses Google Sheets for campaign tracking and accounting. Within Marketing we use it to target brands we need contacts for and who we have and have not reached out to. For our multiple campaigns, we use it to track which stage the campaign is in and update it for all departments to be able to check the progress at any time. It is also very useful for easily inputting multiple fields of data and then downloading as a .csv file so we can upload to our internal dashboard.
  • Track analytics from our newsletter user engagement
  • Track the progress and notes for our campaign progression
  • Make it so we can share files of data and update in real time
  • The various function could be more easily accessible at the top of the sheet
  • The sharing feature is a little hard to navigate to make sure the right people are able to access
Google Sheets is great for teams of colleagues who need to track and update analytics in real time from multiple locations. If you need to easily upload data you can input into Google Sheets, then download as a .csv file to then easily upload to internal databases. Basically, anywhere you need to input data across various cells and access the data from any location, Google Sheets works perfectly.
carlos ibarra | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Google sheets have been a lifesaver for me, as it allows me to collaborate with 2 or more team members. The best part about google sheets? It keeps records of my processes and creates reports automatically! Google sheets are a great tool for collaboration. They let you store data, organize agendas and calendars with ease of access anywhere in the world through permissions-based sharing features that will allow people outside your organization to view documents on Google Sheets too!
  • you can connect to third-party applications
  • Its Free
  • Collaborate with others on the same spreadsheet at the same time
  • All data in one place
  • Share with anyone you want, even if they don't have a google account.
  • You can see who's editing the spreadsheet in real time
  • Work on a project in real time, no matter where you are!
  • Spend less time doing manual tasks and more time being creative.
  • Great mobile apps
  • great integration with other google products like gmail and hangouts
  • you can't access information without internet connection
  • takes some time to load as is a cloud tool
  • desktop app is quite buggy
Google Sheets is an affordable and easy-to-use tool that can help you collaborate with others. It's free if you take out a Gmail account, but the business version allows for sharing data in bulk from entire organizations. Google sheets are not very recommendable when you don't have the opportunity to access an internet browser in order to work with data and download information.
October 25, 2021

Big Fan of Google Sheets

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Google Sheets in our back of house operations to organize important data such as staff contact information, affiliate contact information, inventory of stock, and to plan out events / scheduling. We also use Google Sheets when sending reports & invoices to businesses. Googles sheets has helped our business keep organized.

  • Clean looking interface
  • Easily Shareable/Group-Editable
  • Mostly user friendly
  • Customizable Settings
  • Functions are hard to understand how to use
  • Could have a better 'help' / 'how to' section for difficult functions
  • Easier Exporting Option
Google Sheets is great for payroll as it's extremely easy to organizes the number of hours an employee works, their rate, the pay date range, in a good looking sheet that is easy for others to read.
September 24, 2021

About Google Sheets

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Google sheets is used by the whole company. I use it on a daily basis to save my documents, share it with my partners and pairs, we also use to share trainings and to make presentations for everyone to see. It is very used by us, we can transmit informations very easily to everybody.
  • Documents
  • Presentations
  • Spreadsheets
  • I don't see any room for improvement at this point
I find it very easy to save documents without using space in our computer. Also is very useful to edit documents at the same time by several different people, we can share whatever we need and discuss it, we can make presentations very easily, create spreadsheets to study data. I believe it doesn't fail at any subject.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Google Sheets offers some the best features when it comes to handling data. The software can import data from other software such as Google forms and also makes it easy to share data across departments or teams hence better collaboration. Google Sheets is easily accessible and using and understanding its different features is easy as well. Whether it is data management, presentations, manipulations, or data collaboration, Google Sheets never disappoints. It has been a resourceful software and is deployed across several departments.
  • Google Sheets makes data manipulations easy thanks to the many formulas
  • With Google Sheets, data sharing and presentation becomes easy
  • The software integrates well with other Google products
  • The software is web based and therefore can be accessed from anywhere
  • Not so many issues to complain about. However, I have noted that Google Sheets is not mobile friendly
Google Sheets is a great tool mostly for people in the finance department such as accountants who have to analyze hundreds of transactions. The software makes it easy to organize data and handle some analysis. Also, when it comes to data presentation, Google Sheets offers some of the best features. However, this is not to sat people outside the finance docket cannot benefit from this software. It is a great tool to have when handling data.
Jeff Gullang | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Long time heavy excel user...switched and utilize Google Sheets for most (but not all) spreadsheet work. The work from home (with the switching being in the office and home) has made [working] through the pandemic easier. It is used by accounting only. I also use the Google Suite with my home financials also.
  • Autosave
  • Multiple browser solution
  • Ability to work on Mac and Windows
  • Auto update of pivot tables
  • 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
  • Love that [Google Sheets] has an autosave feature when editing as we all have wasted recreating a spreadsheet in Excel when your computer restarts; which it always does but the one time you are working on a huge project and you forget to hit save before you go home
  • The ability to pull up through a browser at home, and one at work, doesn't require you to send emails back and forth; which needed to do with excel.
  • cannot think of an scenarios where it isnt appropriate.
  • Ditched Windows after the Vista debacle to Mac and hands down Google sheets is better than Sheets.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use all the Google products (Docs, Sheets, Slides) at my organization, primarily due to the ease of collaboration and sharing across teams. Specifically with Google Sheets, my team is able to track and analyze data collaboratively, allowing different members to add, edit, and comment within the spreadsheet. The features are robust and while not fully capable of what Excel can offer, will likely meet the spreadsheet needs of most users.
  • Collaboration and Sharing is intuitive and built into the program.
  • Easy to get started using for anyone familiar with spreadsheet applications.
  • Offers most all the features everyday users will need.
  • It's not Excel and doesn't have the full functionality it offers, which may be an obstacle for some power users.
For most office workers, Google Sheets offers sufficient capability and provides excellent collaboration and sharing for teams. And even because it has fewer features, it is likely even easier to use for some beginner spreadsheet users. I'm not familiar with the Enterprise cost but I feel it's likely better than Microsoft's. For small SMBs, they likely can use it for free or nearly free.

However, if your team needs more complex formulas and functions and conducts more complicated data analysis, Sheets may not offer you enough.
August 11, 2021

Google Sheets

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Google Sheets provides a great way to share documents across departments, and even within different companies. I currently use it in my job to keep organized and also outside of the work environment as well.
  • Create reports.
  • Share data.
  • Present data in an easy to read manner.
Google Sheets is great for college students to compile data and easily share with teachers and other classmates. It is also great within the workplace.
August 10, 2021

Sheets & You

Richie Narain | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We made the switch as a whole organization about 5 years to GSuite which includes Google Sheets. We used it to replace Microsoft Office. It was an easier way for us to get everyone on the same platform after multiple acquisitions.
  • low cost alternative to Office Suite
  • Great for collaboration and working on spreadsheets with others
  • Good way to keep others updated in the org on the report because they can look in real time for updates
  • pivot table functions are not quite the same as Excel so if making the switch prepare for some learning curve
  • Different formatting isn't as easily available
  • minor but if used to working in separate windows because it is web based makes it difficult to quick switch between websites
Google Sheets is a great alternative to Office365 at a cheaper price tag. The platform works for almost anything you would need to do within spreadsheets. However the GSuite as a whole which works with Google Hangouts as a chat tool is where the overall suite of products lacks against Office365.

It covers all the functions you would need and has a great collaboration aspect.
Rebekah Longenecker | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Google Sheets daily for accounting, reports and tracking. Love that we can make real-time changes with our team members and being able to use the same shortcuts as you do in Excel! Has tons of formulas and helps our entire team stay up to date and organized. We are extremely satisfied with Google Sheets and will continue to use it daily!
  • Formulas.
  • Organizing.
  • Tracking projects.
  • Formulas can be difficult to navigate
  • Being able to save when not connected to the internet
  • Being able to access files when the internet is down
Google Sheets is very well suited for accounting, tracking staying on top of projects.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Google Sheets is my favorite way of organizing information. I can access it from my work computer, personal computer and phone with ease. My favorite aspect of Google Sheets is the ability to "share" the document in real time for others to view and/or collaborate on. It streamlines the process seamlessly for all involved. And, it's free!
  • Ability to share docs with others
  • User friendly
  • affordable alternative to microsoft excel
Google Sheets is best when sharing data in real time with others. It may not be appropriate to use with sensitive information, since it is stored in the cloud and can easily be accessed from various devices, as opposed to having a spreadsheet saved locally on one computer's hard drive.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Wonderful for sharing and updating teams on the status of collection accounts and other projects. That it is web-based and easily accessible by all team members is the most useful part.
  • Multiple users
  • Web-based product
  • Multi-column V-lookup is handy. Type formula once, multiple columns returned.
  • Shifting to Sheets after years and years of Excel is like learning to crawl after I've been running for years. Some sort of translator document. Such as if you use XYZ in Excel, the same function can be found here in Sheets
  • Functionality shuts down after 5K or so lines are used. I work in finance. We have hundreds of thousands of transactions we need to analyze.
  • If Big Query is the answer to large amounts of data, it needs to be as easy to use as Sheets is.
Would recommend it for anything that Excel does *EXCEPT* working with large amounts of data. If you are working with large amounts of data, you will still need to analyze in Excel then share results with Sheets. In my company, we do not all have access to Big Query to accommodate this.
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