Grist vs Shortcut vs Sourcetable

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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Shortcut
Competitor 2
Sourcetable
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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
Competitor Shortcut
shortcut.ai
Shortcut is an AI agent for Excel that builds and edits spreadsheets and financial models.
Competitor Sourcetable
sourcetable.com
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
213Kvisits/mo
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22.5Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
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▼ 16.5%
6-month growth
+29.0%
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-63.3%
Global rank web
#184,784
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#1,193,845
Avg. last 3 months
208.6K
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25.8K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
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40%
Pages / visit
3.4
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1.4
Visit duration
1m 43s
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6s
Traffic sources
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 22%
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 7%
GristShortcutSourcetable
053.3K106.5K159.8K213KGrist · 196.3KGrist · 208.7KGrist · 165.1KGrist · 183.4KGrist · 203.4KGrist · 207KGrist · 205.8KGrist · 213KSourcetable · 186.3KSourcetable · 123.4KSourcetable · 131.2KSourcetable · 79KSourcetable · 61.3KSourcetable · 57.1KSourcetable · 43KSourcetable · 27.9KSourcetable · 27KSourcetable · 22.5K10K100K1MGrist · 196.3KGrist · 208.7KGrist · 165.1KGrist · 183.4KGrist · 203.4KGrist · 207KGrist · 205.8KGrist · 213KSourcetable · 186.3KSourcetable · 123.4KSourcetable · 131.2KSourcetable · 79KSourcetable · 61.3KSourcetable · 57.1KSourcetable · 43KSourcetable · 27.9KSourcetable · 27KSourcetable · 22.5KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
$100per month · free tier available
$29per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free Free
Free FreePro $100/moTeams $320/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $29/moMax $100/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DataText
DataDocumentsText
DataText
Output
AppsData
Data
Data
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Spreadsheets
Excel formulas
Financial modeling
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Data analysis
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Charts
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Excel
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Excel automation
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No-code
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Agents
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Data charts
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Databases
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Formulas
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Self hosted
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Apps
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Business analytics automation
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Data science
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Excel data analysis
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Finance
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Google sheets assistance
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