Comparison of spreadsheet software
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Online versus desktop
Web-based spreadsheets do not in general depend on a particular operating system or similar constraints and are therefore generally more portable by their nature than desktop applications.
Collaborative spreadsheets
Generally, online spreadsheets offer spreadsheet sharing and public sharing as part of their features which enables collaboration between multiple users.
Remote data update
Some on-line spreadsheets provide remote data update allowing data values to be extracted from other users' spreadsheets even though they may be inactive at the time.
Gnumeric (listed below as a desktop spreadsheet) is also used as the "back-end" processor in at least one on-line spreadsheet application (Editgrid).
Online spreadsheets
The following tables only provide a comparison of desktop spreadsheet applications.
For a list and links to comparisons of online (web-based) spreadsheets, see List of online spreadsheets.
There is currently no list for online mainframe software such as the Works Records System.
Desktop spreadsheets
General
| Screenshot | Creator | Development started | First public release | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | License | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calligra Sheets |  |
KOffice KSpread Team | 2.9.11 (3 February 2016[1]) [±] | Free | LGPL | ||
| CellPro | Crystal Office Systems | 2008 | 2008 | 1.33 | Free | Proprietary | |
| Gnumeric | Gnumeric | GNOME community | 1998 | 1998 | 1.12.29 (May 7, 2016[2]) [±] | Free | GPL |
| IBM Lotus Symphony | IBM | 2008 | 1.3 / 2009 | Free | Proprietary | ||
| LibreOffice Calc | LibreOffice 4.4.2 Calc | The Document Foundation | 2010 | 3.3 / 2011-01-25 | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> | Free | LGPL |
| Mariner Calc | Mariner Calc | Mariner Software | 1988 | 1989 | 5.6.0 | $49.95 | Proprietary |
| Mesa | P&L Software | 1990 | 1991 | 3.1 / 2006-08 | $34 | Proprietary | |
| Microsoft Excel |  |
Microsoft | 1982 | 1985 | 15(64-bit) / January 2013 | $239 (Standalone price; also can be purchased in various Microsoft Office bundles with varying prices) | Proprietary |
| Numbers | Numbers | Apple, Inc. | August 7, 2007 | 3.5 / October 16, 2014 | $19.99 | Proprietary | |
| OpenOffice Calc |  |
Oracle Corporation | 2000 | Build 638c / October 2001 | 4.1.2[4] (October 28, 2015) [±] | Free | Apache License v2 |
| PlanMaker | SoftMaker Software GmbH | 1994[5][6] | 2012 | Free - 1 Month Test Version SoftMaker Office 2012, or € 69.95 - SoftMaker Office 2012 |
Proprietary | ||
| Pyspread | pyspread screenshot | Martin Manns | 2008 | 2008 | 1.0 / 2015-10-28 | Free | GPL |
| Quantrix | Quantrix | ? | Early 1990s | 5.1.2 / 2Q 2014 | Free 30 day full trial. Professional $1,549, Professional Plus $2,995 | Proprietary | |
| Quattro Pro | Corel | 1988 | 1988 | X7 | not separately from Corel WordPerfect Office | Proprietary | |
| Resolver One | Resolver One | Resolver Systems | 2005 | 2008-01-16 | 1.9 / 2010-06-04 | Free as part of an open source project or to create open source spreadsheet systems or $99 | open source / Proprietary |
| Siag |  |
Ulric Eriksson | 1996 | 3.6.1 / 2006 | Free | GPL | |
| Spready | 31 January 2015 | Free | LGPL | ||||
| SSuite Accel | Van Loo Software | 2002 | 2005 | 8.1 | Free | Freeware | |
| Tables | Daniel Schwill | 2004 | First Public Beta / 2005-12 | 1.5.3 / 2009-05-01 | $42 | Proprietary | |
| Screenshot | Creator | Development started | First public release | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | License |
Operating system support
The operating systems the software can run on natively (without emulation).
| Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CellPro | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Gnumeric | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IBM Lotus Symphony | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| KSpread | beta | beta | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| LibreOffice Calc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mariner Calc | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Mesa | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Microsoft Excel | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Numbers | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| OpenOffice Calc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PlanMaker | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Pyspread | Yes | Unsupported | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Quantrix | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Quattro Pro | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Resolver One | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Siag | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Spready | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| SSuite Accel | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Tables | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix |
Import/export capabilities
This table gives a comparison of what file formats each spreadsheet can import and export. "Yes" means can both import and export.
| CSV | Excel (xls) |
HTML | LaTeX | ODF (ods) |
OOXML (xlsx) |
DIF | OpenOffice.org XML (sxc) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CellPro | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Import | Export | No | |
| Gnumeric | Yes | Yes | Yes | Export | Yes | Yes | Export | Import | Import |
| IBM Lotus Symphony | Yes | Yes | Export | No | Yes | Import | Export | Yes | |
| KSpread | Yes | Import | Export | Export | Yes | No | Export | Yes | |
| LibreOffice Calc | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Export | Yes | Yes |
| Mariner Calc | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Export | No | |
| Mesa | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Export | No | |
| Microsoft Excel | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | Export | Import | No |
| Numbers | Yes | Yes | No | No | Import | Import | Export | No | |
| OpenOffice Calc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Export[7] | Yes | Import | Export | Yes | Yes |
| Quantrix | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Datalink | Export | Datalink | |
| Quattro Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Import | Export | No | |
| PlanMaker | Yes | Yes | Export | No | No | Import | Export | No | |
| Pyspread | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Import | Export | No | |
| Resolver One | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Siag | Yes | Import partial | Yes | Export | No | No | Export | Import partial | |
| Spready | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Tables | Yes | Yes | Export | Export | Yes | No | Export | Import partial | |
| CSV | XLS | HTML | LaTeX | ODF .ods | OOXML .xlsx | DIF | OpenOffice.org XML |
Spreadsheet comparison tools
Looking for changes in spreadsheets or checking to see if two copies of a spreadsheet have identical content can be a mind-numbing exercise, especially for the larger and more complex spreadsheets. For Microsoft Excel, at least, the data file is amended each time the file is opened and the position of actual (selected) cell is changed, even if there are no actual changes in the spreadsheet itself. For this reason; using file comparison will always show differences if the two files have different viewing (file opened) histories, even if the contents are identical. The following tools are helpful to find if there are any actual differences between different spreadsheet files.
| Creator | Development started | First public release | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | License | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DiffEngineX | DiffEngineX LLC | 1997 | 1997 | 2.28 / 2012-09-05 | $44 to $100 (30-day trial) | Proprietary |
| Spreadsheet Compare | 2004 | ? | 1.16 / 2010-11-10 | Free | GPL | |
| Compare Excel files | Spreadsheet Advantage | ? | ? | ? / ? | $299 (30-day trial) | Proprietary |
| Synkronizer | Synkronizer | 2000-07 | ? | 9.5 / 2008-02 | €29 to €149 | Proprietary |
| Spreadsheet Professional | Miricle Solutions | ? | ? | ? / ? | ? (30-day trial) | Proprietary |
| Excel Diff - Excel Compare Tool - | SUNTRAP SYSTEMS | 2005 | 2005 | 4.2.0 / 2013-04-03 | $78 to $98 (30-day trial) | Proprietary |
- Spreadsheet comparison functionality is part of LibreOffice Calc and Apache OpenOffice Calc using the Edit > Compare Document built-in feature.
See also
References
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