Macabacus vs ProFormaGen vs Grist 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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ProFormaGen
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Grist
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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 ProFormaGen
proformagen.io
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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 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
58visits/mo
213Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 5.1%
▼ 77.1%
▲ 3.5%
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6-month growth
-27.9%
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+29.0%
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Global rank web
#316,413
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#184,784
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Avg. last 3 months
137.9K
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Bounce rate lower is better
45%
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Pages / visit
2.0
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Visit duration
46s
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1m 43s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 75% · ● Referral 17%
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● Direct 74% · ● Referral 22%
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MacabacusProFormaGenGristRows
053.3K106.5K159.8K213KMacabacus · 152.5KMacabacus · 199.3KMacabacus · 187.2KMacabacus · 184.9KMacabacus · 148.5KMacabacus · 136.6KMacabacus · 142.1KMacabacus · 134.9KProFormaGen · 76ProFormaGen · 405ProFormaGen · 253ProFormaGen · 58Grist · 196.3KGrist · 208.7KGrist · 165.1KGrist · 183.4KGrist · 203.4KGrist · 207KGrist · 205.8KGrist · 213K101001K10K100K1MMacabacus · 152.5KMacabacus · 199.3KMacabacus · 187.2KMacabacus · 184.9KMacabacus · 148.5KMacabacus · 136.6KMacabacus · 142.1KMacabacus · 134.9KProFormaGen · 76ProFormaGen · 405ProFormaGen · 253ProFormaGen · 58Grist · 196.3KGrist · 208.7KGrist · 165.1KGrist · 183.4KGrist · 203.4KGrist · 207KGrist · 205.8KGrist · 213KDec '25Jan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$16.67per month
$9.99per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
$6per month · free tier available
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Basic $200/yrProfessional $360/yrEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $9.99/moEnterprise $49.99/moSingle Model $19.99
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Free FreePlus $6/moPro $59/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
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DataDocumentsText
Text
DataText
DataDocumentsText
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Skill level
Intermediate
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Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI For FinanceAI Spreadsheet
Research & AnalyticsAI For Finance
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI SpreadsheetNo-Code & Low-Code
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI For Data AnalyticsAI Spreadsheet
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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