Microsoft Copilot in Excel vs Grist vs Macabacus vs ProFormaGen

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

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Microsoft Copilot in Excel
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Competitor 1
Grist
Competitor 2
Macabacus
Competitor 3
ProFormaGen
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Microsoft Copilot in Excel
microsoft.com
Instead of hunting for the right function, you describe the change you want in plain language and the assistant edits formulas, tables and formatting for you, while you review each change and stay ...
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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 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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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213Kvisits/mo
134.9Kvisits/mo
58visits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 3.5%
▼ 5.1%
▼ 77.1%
6-month growth
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+29.0%
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Global rank web
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#184,784
#316,413
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Avg. last 3 months
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208.6K
137.9K
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Bounce rate lower is better
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43%
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Pages / visit
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3.4
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Visit duration
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1m 43s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 74% · ● Referral 22%
● Direct 75% · ● Referral 17%
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Microsoft Copilot in ExcelGristMacabacusProFormaGen
053.3K106.5K159.8K213KGrist · 196.3KGrist · 208.7KGrist · 165.1KGrist · 183.4KGrist · 203.4KGrist · 207KGrist · 205.8KGrist · 213KMacabacus · 152.5KMacabacus · 199.3KMacabacus · 187.2KMacabacus · 184.9KMacabacus · 148.5KMacabacus · 136.6KMacabacus · 142.1KMacabacus · 134.9KProFormaGen · 76ProFormaGen · 405ProFormaGen · 253ProFormaGen · 58101001K10K100K1MGrist · 196.3KGrist · 208.7KGrist · 165.1KGrist · 183.4KGrist · 203.4KGrist · 207KGrist · 205.8KGrist · 213KMacabacus · 152.5KMacabacus · 199.3KMacabacus · 187.2KMacabacus · 184.9KMacabacus · 148.5KMacabacus · 136.6KMacabacus · 142.1KMacabacus · 134.9KProFormaGen · 76ProFormaGen · 405ProFormaGen · 253ProFormaGen · 58Dec '25Jan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
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Freemium
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$8per month · free tier available
$16.67per month
$9.99per month · free tier available
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Free Free
Basic $200/yrProfessional $360/yrEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $9.99/moEnterprise $49.99/moSingle Model $19.99
Capabilities input → output
Input
DataText
DataText
DataDocumentsText
Text
Output
CodeData
AppsData
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
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Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI For Data AnalyticsAI Spreadsheet
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI SpreadsheetNo-Code & Low-Code
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI For FinanceAI Spreadsheet
Research & AnalyticsAI For Finance
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Spreadsheets
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Excel formulas
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Financial modeling
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Excel
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Excel data analysis
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Finance
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