Have you found any competitive softwares that you would say rival Excel for most functions? Not just Google Sheets but even other types of UX too.

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Google sheets is superior to excel and I’m tired of pretending it isn’t

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How do we vote them out of the bowl?

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Smartsheets is out there but excel is still way superior

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I’ll second that it depends on use-case. Programming languages like python, R, MATLAB are better in a lot of areas, and can do everything excel can, but if you’re not already a coder they’re not all that accessible.

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Depends on the use case but Airtable is my go-to for certain things.

Zoho Sheet can be very good, especially if you aren't an Excel power user. My favorite outside of Excel, but if you know Excel its generally easier to go with what you know.

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