This post compares Google Sheets and MS Excel.
There are 750 million to 2 billion people worldwide using either Google Sheets or Excel — askwonder.
What is a Google Sheet
Google Sheets is a spreadsheet program included as part of the free, web-based Google Docs Editors suite offered by Google.
Its most outstanding feature is that it lets you create and collaborate on online spreadsheets in real time and from any device.
What is Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel is the industry-leading spreadsheet software program, a powerful data visualization, and analysis tool.
It has existed for a longer time if you are to compare it to Google Sheets.
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Google Sheets VS MS Excel
| Category | Microsoft Excel | Google Sheets |
| Developed by | Microsoft Corporation developed MS Excel. | Google LLC developed Google sheets. |
| Part of | MS Office. | G Suite. |
| Launching Year | 1987 | 2006 |
| Supported Languages | 91 | 83 |
| Performance | Great for a high volume of data. | Great for low volumes of data (less than 400,000) cells. |
| Collaboration | Compared to Google sheets, Excel is a not favorable application for collaboration. | Google sheets are the preferred application for collaboration. |
| Tools for statistical analysis and visualization | Excel is a superior product in the case of statistical analysis and visualization. | If you want to perform any analysis, you have to do it manually. |
| Online offline usability | We can use Excel in offline mode. | We can use Google Sheets in both online as well as offline modes. |
| Chatting facilities | Excel does not have this facility. | In Google Sheets, a chatting facility is available on the sidebars. |
| Macros | Yes | No |
| Scripting | VBA | Apps Script |
| Price | $8.25/users/month | Free for individuals.$5/user/month for business. |
| Cloud Drive | One Drive | Google Drive |
Conclusion
Personally, I use both Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets. I mostly use Google Sheets when collaborating with others on the same file. Whereas with Excel, I use it for encrypting my files and also for data analysis.
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Which of the two, between Excel and Sheets, should you be using? It depends on what you are using them for. Google Sheets is perfect for collaboration whereas Excel is perfect for calculations since it has extensive features.
Let us know in the comments which of the two you mostly use and for what tasks.
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