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Alternatives to Google Sheets

Google's cloud spreadsheet.

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What is Google Sheets?
Google Sheets is Google's browser-based spreadsheet, part of Google Workspace.
What does it do?
Edits spreadsheets in the browser with real-time collaboration, comments and version history. Supports formulas, pivot tables, charts, imports from other sheets, and scripting through Apps Script.
What are the alternatives to Google Sheets?
Airtable and Rows treat the grid as a structured database with views and integrations. Baserow, NocoDB and Grist are open source and self-hostable, with Grist closest to spreadsheet formulas.

Top alternatives

Smaller, founder-led tools that quietly compete with Google Sheets.

Airtable website preview

Airtable

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No-code database.

Database + spreadsheet hybrid.

$20/seat/mo (Team)
Rows website preview

Rows

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AI-native spreadsheet.

A spreadsheet with connectors built in, so cells can pull from live APIs.

$59/mo (Plus)
Baserow website preview

Baserow

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OSS no-code DB.

Structured records with field types instead of free-form cells, and self-hostable.

$5/seat/moOSS
NocoDB website preview

NocoDB

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OSS Airtable alternative.

Puts a spreadsheet-style interface on top of an existing Postgres or MySQL database.

$10/seat/moOSS
Grist website preview

Grist

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OSS spreadsheet + DB.

Formulas are real Python, and the whole document can be self-hosted.

$8/seat/moOSS
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