Grist vs Macabacus vs Private Equity List vs Gemini in Google Sheets

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Grist
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Competitor 1
Macabacus
Competitor 2
Private Equity List
Competitor 3
Gemini in Google Sheets
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Grist
getgrist.com
Spreadsheets meet databases in Grist, and the result sits somewhere between Excel and a full database system
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Competitor Macabacus
macabacus.com
An investment banking analyst builds a valuation model in Excel with dozens of assumptions scattered across worksheets
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Competitor Private Equity List
privateequitylist.com
An actual investment team member with a work email.
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Competitor Gemini in Google Sheets
workspace.google.com
Sheets is part of Google Workspace, so the assistant sits next to everything else a team already uses: shared files, live co-editing and the same login.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
213Kvisits/mo
134.9Kvisits/mo
58.8Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 5.1%
▲ 7.8%
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6-month growth
+29.0%
-27.9%
+2.6%
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Global rank web
#184,784
#316,413
#628,791
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Avg. last 3 months
208.6K
137.9K
54.1K
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Bounce rate lower is better
43%
45%
55%
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Pages / visit
3.4
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Visit duration
1m 43s
46s
35s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 22%
● Direct 75% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 97% · ● Referral 3%
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GristMacabacusPrivate Equity ListGemini in Google Sheets
053.3K106.5K159.8K213KGrist · 196.3KGrist · 208.7KGrist · 165.1KGrist · 183.4KGrist · 203.4KGrist · 207KGrist · 205.8KGrist · 213KMacabacus · 152.5KMacabacus · 199.3KMacabacus · 187.2KMacabacus · 184.9KMacabacus · 148.5KMacabacus · 136.6KMacabacus · 142.1KMacabacus · 134.9KPrivate Equity List · 43.6KPrivate Equity List · 47.9KPrivate Equity List · 71.9KPrivate Equity List · 57.3KPrivate Equity List · 55.4KPrivate Equity List · 55.1KPrivate Equity List · 49KPrivate Equity List · 54.5KPrivate Equity List · 58.8K10K100K1MGrist · 196.3KGrist · 208.7KGrist · 165.1KGrist · 183.4KGrist · 203.4KGrist · 207KGrist · 205.8KGrist · 213KMacabacus · 152.5KMacabacus · 199.3KMacabacus · 187.2KMacabacus · 184.9KMacabacus · 148.5KMacabacus · 136.6KMacabacus · 142.1KMacabacus · 134.9KPrivate Equity List · 43.6KPrivate Equity List · 47.9KPrivate Equity List · 71.9KPrivate Equity List · 57.3KPrivate Equity List · 55.4KPrivate Equity List · 55.1KPrivate Equity List · 49KPrivate Equity List · 54.5KPrivate Equity List · 58.8KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Free Trial
Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
$16.67per month
$99per month · free tier available
€6.8per month
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Free Free
Basic $200/yrProfessional $360/yrEnterprise Custom
Basic FreePro $99/moPro+ $209/moPro Max $319/mo+1 more
Starter €6.80/moStandard €13.60/moPlus €21.10/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DataText
DataDocumentsText
Text
DataText
Output
AppsData
CodeText
Data
CodeData
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI SpreadsheetNo-Code & Low-Code
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI For FinanceAI Spreadsheet
Research & AnalyticsAI For Finance
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI For Data AnalyticsAI Spreadsheet
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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