Macabacus vs Grist vs ProFormaGen vs ClosingWTF

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

Your tool
Macabacus
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Competitor 1
Grist
Competitor 2
ProFormaGen
Competitor 3
ClosingWTF
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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
Competitor Grist
getgrist.com
Spreadsheets meet databases in Grist, and the result sits somewhere between Excel and a full database system
Competitor ProFormaGen
proformagen.io
Competitor ClosingWTF
closingwtf.com
A homebuyer receives their loan estimate from a bank and sees $15,000 in closing costs, but the document runs eight pages with dozens of line items in dense mortgage terminology
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
134.9Kvisits/mo
213Kvisits/mo
58visits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 5.1%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 77.1%
▲ 17.9%
6-month growth
-27.9%
+29.0%
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Global rank web
#316,413
#184,784
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Avg. last 3 months
137.9K
208.6K
238
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Bounce rate lower is better
45%
43%
40%
0%
Pages / visit
2.0
3.4
1.1
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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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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 · 213KProFormaGen · 76ProFormaGen · 405ProFormaGen · 253ProFormaGen · 58ClosingWTF · 112ClosingWTF · 132101001K10K100K1MMacabacus · 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 · 213KProFormaGen · 76ProFormaGen · 405ProFormaGen · 253ProFormaGen · 58ClosingWTF · 112ClosingWTF · 132Dec '25Jan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$16.67per month
$8per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
$1per month · free tier available
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Plans
Basic $200/yrProfessional $360/yrEnterprise Custom
Free Free
Free FreePro $9.99/moEnterprise $49.99/moSingle Model $19.99
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DataDocumentsText
DataText
Text
Documents
Output
CodeText
AppsData
Data
DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Financial modeling
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Excel formulas
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Formulas
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Spreadsheets
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Loan comparison
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Mortgage analysis
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No-code
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Business forecasting
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Cash flow analysis
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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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Financial planning
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Forecasting
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Home buying assistance
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Mortgage advice
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Self hosted
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Startup financial advice
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Apps
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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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Real estate
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Startup fundraising
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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.