Macabacus vs ProFormaGen vs Sourcetable vs Grist

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
ProFormaGen
Competitor 2
Sourcetable
Competitor 3
Grist
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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 ProFormaGen
proformagen.io
Competitor Sourcetable
sourcetable.com
Competitor Grist
getgrist.com
Spreadsheets meet databases in Grist, and the result sits somewhere between Excel and a full database system
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
134.9Kvisits/mo
58visits/mo
22.5Kvisits/mo
213Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 5.1%
▼ 77.1%
▼ 16.5%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
-27.9%
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-63.3%
+29.0%
Global rank web
#316,413
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#1,193,845
#184,784
Avg. last 3 months
137.9K
238
25.8K
208.6K
Bounce rate lower is better
45%
40%
40%
43%
Pages / visit
2.0
1.1
1.4
3.4
Visit duration
46s
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6s
1m 43s
Traffic sources
● Direct 75% · ● Referral 17%
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 7%
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 22%
MacabacusProFormaGenSourcetableGrist
053.3K106.5K159.8K213KMacabacus · 152.5KMacabacus · 199.3KMacabacus · 187.2KMacabacus · 184.9KMacabacus · 148.5KMacabacus · 136.6KMacabacus · 142.1KMacabacus · 134.9KProFormaGen · 76ProFormaGen · 405ProFormaGen · 253ProFormaGen · 58Sourcetable · 186.3KSourcetable · 123.4KSourcetable · 131.2KSourcetable · 79KSourcetable · 61.3KSourcetable · 57.1KSourcetable · 43KSourcetable · 27.9KSourcetable · 27KSourcetable · 22.5KGrist · 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 · 58Sourcetable · 186.3KSourcetable · 123.4KSourcetable · 131.2KSourcetable · 79KSourcetable · 61.3KSourcetable · 57.1KSourcetable · 43KSourcetable · 27.9KSourcetable · 27KSourcetable · 22.5KGrist · 196.3KGrist · 208.7KGrist · 165.1KGrist · 183.4KGrist · 203.4KGrist · 207KGrist · 205.8KGrist · 213KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$16.67per month
$9.99per month · free tier available
$29per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
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Plans
Basic $200/yrProfessional $360/yrEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $9.99/moEnterprise $49.99/moSingle Model $19.99
Free FreePro $29/moMax $100/mo
Free Free
Capabilities input → output
Input
DataDocumentsText
Text
DataText
DataText
Output
CodeText
Data
Data
AppsData
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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9
Financial modeling
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Spreadsheets
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Excel formulas
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Formulas
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Data analysis
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Charts
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No-code
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Business forecasting
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Cash flow analysis
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Data charts
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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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Self hosted
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Startup financial advice
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Business analytics automation
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Data science
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Excel data analysis
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PowerPoint presentations
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Startup fundraising
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