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Microsoft Excel

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What is Microsoft Excel?

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application available as part of Microsoft 365 (Office 365), or standalone, in cloud-based and on-premise editions.

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Pricing

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Excel with Microsoft 365

$6.99

Cloud
per month

Excel for 1 PC or Mac

$139.99

On Premise
perpetual license

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.microsoft.com/en…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $6.99 per month
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Product Demos

Barcode Add-In for Microsoft Excel

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How to Create MIS Report in excel | Impressive and Interactive MIS Report In Excel | Simplilearn

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Excel 2016 - MOS Certification Exam - Microsoft Office Specialist Test - Core Testing Practice in MS

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Product Details

What is Microsoft Excel?

Microsoft Excel Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Mac
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone

Frequently Asked Questions

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application available as part of Microsoft 365 (Office 365), or standalone, in cloud-based and on-premise editions.

Microsoft Excel starts at $6.99.

The most common users of Microsoft Excel are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Brijesh Jaiswal | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft Excel is easy to use and usually the first place where data crunching starts. When instead of a single admin or few people in a team, there are large number of stakeholders, it is advisable to use Microsoft Excel along with tools like Tableau/Cognos Analytics that give each user a different workspace to play with the numbers/file data.
Josh Dempsey | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
In my experience, it is best suited to situations where regular and unitized data is present which allows for the application to easily apply its power to. Where data is not regular or unitized it provides a challenge for the application to easily apply its power. There is limited AI built into the application at the moment, however this can be improved through the introduction of 'add-in's'.
Rahul Badgujar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
For tasks like financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and data visualization, I frequently use Microsoft Excel. I can develop financial models, use pivot tables to examine enormous datasets, and produce eye-catching visualizations thanks to its comprehensive features. I have, however, also come across circumstances in which Excel isn't the best tool.Excel falls short of alternatives like Google Sheets when I need to collaborate with my team in real-time. I favor employing robust database management systems or data analysis tools like SQL, Python, or R for managing very big data sets or sophisticated calculations. I use specialized tools like SPSS, SAS, or programming languages for better outcomes when complex statistical analysis or machine learning are necessary. And finally, for formatting elaborate reports, In conclusion, even though I consider Excel to be a great tool for many finance jobs, there are some limits in collaborating, processing big amounts of data, performing complex analysis, and creating documents that I take into account when choosing the best tool for the job.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Well-Suited Situations
In circumstances where analysis of a large and potentially complex set of data is required, this is where the capabilities of Microsoft Excel are well suited. For example, the in-built functions to prepare formulas to perform calculations and prepare tables becomes incredibly useful when handling large sets of financial data, and allows the work process to be more streamlined and efficient.


Mohamed Adil Shaikh | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft Excel is well suited for analyzing smaller data sets, once we move on to large data sets it is less appropriate to use. It should not be used as a means to store or analyze large data sets. It is good if there are requirements of repetitive data analysis where we can use macros or VBA to automate the task.
Shehroz Akram | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Excel is best suitable when the user is maintaining the records, monthly summaries, and statements of their businesses.
It could be less appropriate to draft a message/memo or any other written document.

Besides, the options and available tools in [Microsoft] Excel cover most of the needs of the users which is remarkable.


Gary Ceder | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It's very good for list creation as part of my new lead generation/new client business development and research efforts. It's also very good as comparison financial implications of a given deal or deals in as much or as little detail as I'd like to show. Where Excel is less appropriate or relevant is in anything that involves presenting information in any sort of engaging manner. The visual interface is simply very 'vanilla' and blah.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
we use Microsoft Excel to create data in a tabular format, we resolve the problem of removing duplicate key-Value pairs from a list of 1000+ entries which would have been a very hectic and time-taking task else if done manually. we use Microsoft Excel to represent the data of our findings in front of our client it helps in maintaining it in a very neat and organised way which is easy to explain for us and easy for even the client to understand. Database entries are stored in an Excel sheet. We work on a B-2-B Ecommerce site, so we send the request and response in form of Excel sheets, in our website the order bills, invoices, price details, order summary page, etc. are downloaded in a Excel format only. hence in every small to big activity, there is a co-relation with Microsoft Excel.
Angel Monjarás | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Good for quick, ad hoc reporting and on-the-fly calculations. Also good for providing examples and extracts of data from other systems. Not so good when trying to be used as a database, since it lacks governance.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
As a reporter, Microsoft Excel is user-friendly and smoothes the process of collating, sorting, and graphical representation of data, which allows us to use it to understand the trends of the industry and ensure that readers are also able to understand the data from a layman point of view. Microsoft Excel is not only well-suited for experts but also for a beginner trying to use data for their respective purposes.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft Excel is well suited and best used for spreadsheets, financial reporting, accounting information, mathematical data, calculations, formulas, statistical reporting, and using wide and various types of data like Strings, Numbers, Dates, Times, Booleans, Money, Text, etc.

Microsoft Excel is less appropriate when the work needs more word processing or formatting features like font, color, alignment, spacing, dividing the text into paragraphs, drawing and painting features, in addition to database features like query, insert, delete, create, and drop transactions.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Microsoft Excel is great for data analysis, grouping, summarizing, and reporting and also good for basic graphs and charts. I wouldn't use it for complex financial reporting or complex graphs and charts.
Sushant goyal | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is well suited in scenarios where data you are working upon is small, which is considered if someone wants to keep a record of employees or items. If graphs need to be generated. If someone depends heavily on data, like millions of rows then it is not recommended as it gets hung with a large amount of data.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
When analyzing large amounts of data, specifically how it related to putting together financials statements, Microsoft Excel is well suited to handle large data and be able to organize and format according to our specific needs. Microsoft Excel would not be as useful as Microsoft Powerpoint when putting together transitional slides for presentation, which could be used in conjunction with Microsoft Excel.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
For approved continuing education courses that we approve, Excel helps to not only log the data, but also to formulate exactly (customize) what you would like for your report to look like. We also use Excel to create easy templates for invoicing, receipts, and continuing education calculations throughout the reporting year.
Kristen Robinson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft Excel is great when you need to track items and share the document with multiple people who are involved. For example, if you are tracking lead generation efforts from Facebook Ads, you would want to know which Facebook Ad performs best and how many leads are coming from each ad. This would be a great example of how to use Microsoft Excel in your business.
Ahmed Abdelrhim | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I am the director of human resources at Unicode. It helps me in the program in daily and monthly work in my field like Calculating the turnover of the labor, make employees' specifications and calculations, make it easier for job applicants to filter, facilitate monitoring of monthly increases in the company and the progress of employees
Muhammad Waleed | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft Excel is great for data collection and making spreadsheets. Its very well suited for small data sets and for a quick analysis of that data. Its built-in bar charts, pie charts and etc. makes it very convenient to report the data and analyze it. However, if you have large data sets to work with, extra care is needed since the chance of error grows.
March 16, 2022

good review!

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Excel is very good at running spreadsheets, calculating, and organizing. I don't like to use excel for writing texts, there are other better platforms.
C.Eng (India) Kumar Bhanushali | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
The product Microsoft Excel which is also known as MS Excel can be useful in creating Data, Managing the Data, Visualising the data in the graphs, etc.

This product is less appropriate who doesn't know the basic of this product, like formulas, functions, etc.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
From my experience, Microsoft Excel is well-suited for storing data we gather from participants, cleaning the data, tracking key metrics, and basic descriptive analyses. It's less suited for complex analyses such as for ANOVA, MANOVA, Factor Analysis, Multiple Linear Regression, and other more complicated statistical analyses. Additionally, it isn't the most user-friendly for building dashboards or complex visuals. For complex analyses, I recommend SPSS and for the latter, I recommend Power BI.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
As part of the Microsoft Office suite, using Excel is a given. Try to use it beyond a basic list, and the true power of Excel shines through, from the graphical elements to the statistical analysis. Unlike other Office tools, Excel is weak for reviews and [shows] redlines from reviewers. There are many functions to Excel, likely more than one can imagine, which you can glimpse at via any of the many training videos available online.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
[Microsoft] Excel is great for quick spreadsheet application development, especially for a single user. Great for combining data and graphic presentations, modeling, forecasting and analysis. As with any spreadsheet program, it can be difficult to pick up a complex application from another developer, and it [Microsoft Excel] does not have the level of accounting control in a formal accounting system.
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