Alternatives to Excel

Microsoft Excel is a software used by many for maintaining data and calculation. However, it is a licensed software that needs you to make a payment so as to use it. If you do not have Excel, you can try some of these alternative open source software that work surtilar to Excel in terms of functionalities

Alternatives to Excel

Excel web application 

MS Excel has a web application like several of its competitors. It has the familiarity of MS Excel, however. unlike the downloadable version, the web version does not offer a wide range of features. You can open create and edit spreadsheets and collaborate on them with your friends using the web application.

WPS Office Spreadsheet 

Supporting all major file formats, the WPS Office Spreadsheet offers most of the features that MS Excel does. It is available across several platforms such as Windows, Mac Linux iOS and Android and has cloud service. The application is also highly compatible with other software making it easy for you to import and export files in different formats. Since it offers a cloud service, you can also access your data on the smartphone

 Apache OpenOffice Calc 

This open source software is used by many individuals and organisations as an alterative to Microsoft Excel it is a downloadable software that you can find on the OpenOffice website. Its functionality is similar to Excel in many ways and it can be used on Windows Mac Os and Linux Because it is a downloadable software you do not need access to the Internet to itse it

 LibreOffice Calc 

This software is free to download and is a part of the LibreOffice suite. While it doeurt contain extensive visualisation tools like MS Excel it does offer basic features. It supports several file formats, including Excel The software is constantly updated but does not have cloud support hence you cannot collaborate on it online

Google Sheets 

Google Sheets is a popular open source alternative to MS Excel. It is a cloud based service that allows for real time collaboration. It offers features such as data visualisation and pivot table and supports many file formats. Since it is a cloud service. Google Sheets can be accessed from anywhere. It can also be downloaded in various file formats making it highly compatible with other software Apart from accessing Sheets online, you can download it to your phone or tablet and view it. However, any change you make to the downloaded file will not reflect in the online copy

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