Macabacus vs Grist vs Microsoft Copilot in Excel vs Shortcut

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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Shortcut
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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 Shortcut
shortcut.ai
Shortcut is an AI agent for Excel that builds and edits spreadsheets and financial models.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
134.9Kvisits/mo
213Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 5.1%
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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 ExcelShortcut
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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Starting price
$16.67per month
$8per month · free tier available
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$100per month · free tier available
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Plans
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextDocumentsData
TextData
DataText
TextDocumentsData
Output
TextCode
AppsData
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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 For Finance+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Spreadsheets
Excel formulas
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Excel data analysis
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