Macabacus vs Grist vs Microsoft Copilot in Excel vs Rows

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

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Macabacus
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Grist
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Microsoft Copilot in Excel
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Rows
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool 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 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 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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Competitor Rows
rows.com
Rows is a spreadsheet built around an AI data analyst.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
134.9Kvisits/mo
213Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 5.1%
▲ 3.5%
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6-month growth
-27.9%
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Global rank web
#316,413
#184,784
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Avg. last 3 months
137.9K
208.6K
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Bounce rate lower is better
45%
43%
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Pages / visit
2.0
3.4
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Visit duration
46s
1m 43s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 75% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 22%
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MacabacusGristMicrosoft Copilot in ExcelRows
053.3K106.5K159.8K213KMacabacus · 152.5KMacabacus · 199.3KMacabacus · 187.2KMacabacus · 184.9KMacabacus · 148.5KMacabacus · 136.6KMacabacus · 142.1KMacabacus · 134.9KGrist · 196.3KGrist · 208.7KGrist · 165.1KGrist · 183.4KGrist · 203.4KGrist · 207KGrist · 205.8KGrist · 213K100K1MMacabacus · 152.5KMacabacus · 199.3KMacabacus · 187.2KMacabacus · 184.9KMacabacus · 148.5KMacabacus · 136.6KMacabacus · 142.1KMacabacus · 134.9KGrist · 196.3KGrist · 208.7KGrist · 165.1KGrist · 183.4KGrist · 203.4KGrist · 207KGrist · 205.8KGrist · 213KDec '25Jan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Freemium
Starting price
$16.67per month
$8per month · free tier available
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$6per month · free tier available
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Plans
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Free FreePlus $6/moPro $59/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextDocumentsData
TextData
TextData
TextDocumentsData
Output
TextCode
DataApps
DataCode
Data
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI For FinanceAI Spreadsheet
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI SpreadsheetNo-Code & Low-Code
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI For Data AnalyticsAI Spreadsheet
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI For Data AnalyticsAI Spreadsheet
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Spreadsheets
Excel formulas
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Data analysis
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Excel
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Formulas
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Excel automation
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Excel data analysis
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Financial modeling
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Finance
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.