Grist vs Macabacus vs PropelRx

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
PPropelRx
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Grist: Baserow80% Airtable AI72% Coda AI70% Sourcetable68% Microsoft Copilot in Excel64% Gemini in Google Sheets64% GPT for Work (Sheets, Docs, Slides)63% Softr62%
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3 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 PPropelRx
propelrx.ai
Founders get an actual readiness score before emailing investors
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
213Kvisits/mo
134.9Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 5.1%
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6-month growth
+29.0%
-27.9%
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Global rank web
#184,784
#316,413
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Avg. last 3 months
208.6K
137.9K
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Bounce rate lower is better
43%
45%
0%
Pages / visit
3.4
2.0
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Visit duration
1m 43s
46s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 22%
● Direct 75% · ● Referral 17%
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GristMacabacusPropelRx
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 · 134.9K100K1MGrist · 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 · 134.9KDec '25Jan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
$16.67per month
$199per month · free tier available
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Plans
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DataText
DataDocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
AppsData
CodeText
Data
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI SpreadsheetNo-Code & Low-Code
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI For FinanceAI Spreadsheet
Research & AnalyticsAI For Finance
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Excel formulas
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Formulas
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Spreadsheets
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Financial modeling
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No-code
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Startup fundraising
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Databases
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Excel
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Excel automation
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Finance
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Fundraising strategies
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Investor outreach emails
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Self hosted
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CRM
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Charts
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Data analysis
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PowerPoint presentations
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Presentations
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Venture capital advice
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