Macabacus vs Rows vs ClosingWTF vs Grist

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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Rows
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ClosingWTF
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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
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Competitor Rows
rows.com
Rows is a spreadsheet built around an AI data analyst.
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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
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
134.9Kvisits/mo
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213Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 5.1%
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▲ 17.9%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
-27.9%
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+29.0%
Global rank web
#316,413
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#184,784
Avg. last 3 months
137.9K
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208.6K
Bounce rate lower is better
45%
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Pages / visit
2.0
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3.4
Visit duration
46s
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1m 43s
Traffic sources
● Direct 75% · ● Referral 17%
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● Direct 74% · ● Referral 22%
MacabacusRowsClosingWTFGrist
053.3K106.5K159.8K213KMacabacus · 152.5KMacabacus · 199.3KMacabacus · 187.2KMacabacus · 184.9KMacabacus · 148.5KMacabacus · 136.6KMacabacus · 142.1KMacabacus · 134.9KClosingWTF · 112ClosingWTF · 132Grist · 196.3KGrist · 208.7KGrist · 165.1KGrist · 183.4KGrist · 203.4KGrist · 207KGrist · 205.8KGrist · 213K1001K10K100K1MMacabacus · 152.5KMacabacus · 199.3KMacabacus · 187.2KMacabacus · 184.9KMacabacus · 148.5KMacabacus · 136.6KMacabacus · 142.1KMacabacus · 134.9KClosingWTF · 112ClosingWTF · 132Grist · 196.3KGrist · 208.7KGrist · 165.1KGrist · 183.4KGrist · 203.4KGrist · 207KGrist · 205.8KGrist · 213KDec '25Jan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$16.67per month
$6per month · free tier available
$1per month · free tier available
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Free FreePlus $6/moPro $59/moEnterprise Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DataDocumentsText
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Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI For FinanceAI Spreadsheet
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI For Data AnalyticsAI Spreadsheet
Legal & FinanceResearch & AnalyticsAI For FinanceAI Real Estate
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI SpreadsheetNo-Code & Low-Code
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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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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Home buying assistance
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Excel data analysis
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