Macabacus vs Rows vs Sourcetable 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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Sourcetable
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Grist
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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 Sourcetable
sourcetable.com
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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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22.5Kvisits/mo
213Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 5.1%
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▼ 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
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25.8K
208.6K
Bounce rate lower is better
45%
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40%
43%
Pages / visit
2.0
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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%
MacabacusRowsSourcetableGrist
053.3K106.5K159.8K213KMacabacus · 152.5KMacabacus · 199.3KMacabacus · 187.2KMacabacus · 184.9KMacabacus · 148.5KMacabacus · 136.6KMacabacus · 142.1KMacabacus · 134.9KSourcetable · 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 · 213K10K100K1MMacabacus · 152.5KMacabacus · 199.3KMacabacus · 187.2KMacabacus · 184.9KMacabacus · 148.5KMacabacus · 136.6KMacabacus · 142.1KMacabacus · 134.9KSourcetable · 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
$6per month · free tier available
$29per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
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Basic $200/yrProfessional $360/yrEnterprise Custom
Free FreePlus $6/moPro $59/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $29/moMax $100/mo
Free Free
Capabilities input → output
Input
DataDocumentsText
DataDocumentsText
DataText
DataText
Output
CodeText
Data
Data
AppsData
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI For FinanceAI Spreadsheet
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI For Data AnalyticsAI Spreadsheet
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI ChartingAI For Data Analytics+2 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI SpreadsheetNo-Code & Low-Code
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Spreadsheets
Data analysis
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Excel formulas
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Financial modeling
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Excel data analysis
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Excel
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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.