The Best Excel Alternative on the Cloud
Whether it's the high cost, or the lack of collaboration features—whatever your reason to search for an Excel alternative, look no further. Introducing Zoho Sheet, the optimal spreadsheet solution.
The perfect blend of spreadsheet features.
Simple, collaborative, powerful, and free!
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Built for teamwork
Zoho Sheet provides you with all the collaborative features your team needs:
- Share spreadsheets online with user-specific permissions, and collaborate in real time
- Make cell and range-level interactive comments, or hold group discussions inside your spreadsheet
- @mention colleagues to make sure the right people see your comments
Have control over your files
Lock important cells, ranges, or sheets for each collaborator to avoid undesired edits. Turn off live collaboration at any point and work on your spreadsheets solo.
Keep your data clean
Too many collaborators can sometimes make your data a bit messy. Whether it's inconsistencies, duplicates, or missing values, you can fix all of it easily, using the data cleaning tool in Zoho Sheet.
Keep track of your data
Keep an eye on all that's happening inside your spreadsheet files, no matter how large your team is.
- With Audit Trail in Zoho Sheet, see every change that occurs in your spreadsheets
- Filter the changelog based on the date, user, sheet, or a specific range to learn what and when changes were done, and by whom
- Version History in Zoho Sheet automatically backs up older versions of your spreadsheet file, so you can view and revert them at any time
Pocket-friendly
Whether you're relying on Microsoft Excel for personal use, or using it in a small business for your data organization and analysis, Zoho Sheet can be the perfect replacement. No expensive bills, just great features—for free!
How Zoho Sheet compares with Microsoft Excel
- Features
Zoho Sheet
Microsoft Excel
Sort and filter
Formatting and styling
Conditional formatting
Spreadsheet functions
Custom/user-defined functions
(Deluge)
(VBA)
Basic and advanced chart types
Pivot table and chart
AI powered insights
Smart data cleaning tool
Data validation
Sharing with permissions
Real-time collaboration
Commenting on cells
User specific cell lock
Edit history
Automatic versioning
VBA Macro (Write & Record)
Data Connection
Merging data records from various sources
Create templates with dynamic fields, sync data from other sources, and share records in a unique and relevant way.
Tables
Shapes
Integrated web forms
Remote and Data APIs
Mobile apps
(iOS and Android)
(iOS, Android and Windows)
You can upload spreadsheets from your desktop or move them from Office365 to Zoho Sheet in an instant and get started right away.
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