Microsoft Excel

4.8 (19,073)
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Spreadsheet software for formatting and analysis.

About Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel is a software program, developed by Microsoft and sold as part of the Microsoft 365 suite. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications.

Features of the Microsoft Excel application include user friendly formatting options that make formatting numbers and data easier, pattern matching and value lists that save time when typing in information by using an interface similar to filling in a form, and custom number formats that allow users to add leading zeroes or change number separators.


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Overall rating

4.8 /5
(19,073)
Value for Money
4.6/5
Features
4.7/5
Ease of Use
4.3/5
Customer Support
4.3/5

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Samuel
Samuel
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  • Industry: Internet
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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Best Spreadsheet Software (Microsoft Excel)

Reviewed on 2024/05/23

Microsoft Excel is an excellent spreadsheet and productivity tool for Data entry, retrieval,...

Microsoft Excel is an excellent spreadsheet and productivity tool for Data entry, retrieval, analysis, inventory management.

Excel files can be exported to various format including .csv, xps, pdf, html, ods and other file format.

Pros

Customer support.
Ease of use and setup.
Collaborative features.
Flexible file sharing.
30 days free trial.

Cons

Maximum number of row is 1,048,576.
If data size is very large, pc can freeze.

Alternatives Considered

Zoho Sheet, LibreOffice and Google Sheets

Reasons for Switching to Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel is industry standard. The spreadsheet tool have huge community and users.
Charlie
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  • Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Easy to use, lots of features to make detailed Quality management Systems and easy to...

Reviewed on 2025/01/09

Really enjoy using the product and always my go to when working with QMS's or any data. Easy to...

Really enjoy using the product and always my go to when working with QMS's or any data. Easy to filter and analyse using Excel. Also used by so many staff that collaboration is simple.

Pros

So easy to use and so many functions. Ability to create really simple spreadsheets, but also to add features and functions to develop full Quality Management Systems. Easy to find support to develop knowledge on Excel. Easy to share documents and collaborate.

Cons

Lots of features which could be overwhelming, and with lots of small buttons, there isn't always a 'name' on the button, so sometimes needing to google or search the functions.

Chris
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  • Industry: Writing & Editing
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 2.0 /10

Not too bad.

Reviewed on 2024/08/07

It's an alright program but there's probably better. It does what it's supposed to do.

It's an alright program but there's probably better. It does what it's supposed to do.

Pros

It makes it easy for keeping track of money and stuff.

Cons

It's a little complicated to understand/use.

Amanda
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Excel by name and by nature

Reviewed on 2024/09/29

Pros

I couldn’t live without it! My go to for everything even vaguely commercial

Cons

I wish I could pay a subscription for excel alone rather than the whole Microsoft Office suite

Alternatives Considered

Google Sheets

Reasons for Switching to Microsoft Excel

It just works better - more familiar from years of experience
Tina
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  • Industry: Insurance
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Microsoft Excel User

Reviewed on 2024/12/21

I have used Excel for years both professionally and in my personal life. Excel os easy to use and...

I have used Excel for years both professionally and in my personal life. Excel os easy to use and provides so msny tools for data gathering, organization, automation and filtering. I specifically integrate Power Automate with Excel, along with using macros, SQL and formula functionality.

Pros

Ease of use, integration with Power Automate and common features.

Cons

Limits to automation with Power Automate.

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Microsoft Excel FAQs

Below are some frequently asked questions for Microsoft Excel.

Microsoft Excel offers the following pricing plans:

  • Starting from: US$6.00/month
  • Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
  • Free Trial: Not Available

Microsoft Excel is available as part of Microsoft 365 subscriptions. Office 365 Personal: $6.99/month or $69.99/year Office 365 Home: $9.99/month or $99.99/year Office Home & Student 2019: $149.99 one-time Office 365 Business: $8.25/user/month (annual commitment required) Office 365 Business Premium: $12.50/user/month (annual commitment required) Office 365 Business Essentials: $5/month (annual commitment required) Users can also access the web-based version of Microsoft Excel through the free OneDrive Basic 5GB, and the $1.99/month OneDrive 100GB subscription plans.

Microsoft Excel has the following typical customers:

Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

Microsoft Excel supports the following languages:

Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian

Microsoft Excel supports the following devices:

Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)

Microsoft Excel integrates with the following applications:

123FormBuilder, ActiveCampaign, Acuity Scheduling, Airtable, Alchemer, Any.do, Asana, Basecamp, CRM Analytics, Cascade Strategy, ClickFunnels, ClickUp, Clio, Constant Contact, Discord, Dropbox Business, Eventbrite, Evernote Teams, FastField, Firebase, Formidable Forms, Formsite, Formstack Documents, Freshdesk, GoCanvas, Google Contacts, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Forms, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Gravity Forms, HubSpot CRM, InstaPage, Instagram, Jira, Jotform, Kajabi, Knack, Landingi, LinkedIn for Business, Mailchimp, ManyChat, Microsoft 365, Microsoft OneNote, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft To Do, Miro, MySQL, Ninja Forms, OneDrive, Paperform, Parserr, PayPal, Pipedrive, Pipefy, Podio, RingCentral Contact Center, Shopify, Slack, Smartsheet, Squarespace, Stripe, SurveyMonkey, Todoist, Trello, Twilio, Twitter/X, Typeform, Unbounce, Venngage, WPForms, Wave, Webflow, Wix, WooCommerce, WordPress, Wufoo, Xero, Zapier, Zendesk Suite, Zoho Forms, Zoom Workplace, mailparser.io, monday.com

Microsoft Excel offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support

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