Grist vs Macabacus vs Private Equity List vs Microsoft Copilot in Excel

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
Microsoft Copilot in Excel
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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 Microsoft Copilot in Excel
microsoft.com
Instead of hunting for the right function, you describe the change you want in plain language and the assistant edits formulas, tables and formatting for you, while you review each change and stay ...
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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
2.0
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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 ListMicrosoft Copilot in Excel
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
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Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
$16.67per month
$99per month · free tier available
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Plans
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Basic $200/yrProfessional $360/yrEnterprise Custom
Basic FreePro $99/moPro+ $209/moPro Max $319/mo+1 more
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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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