Microsoft Copilot in Excel vs Macabacus vs Private Equity List vs Shortcut

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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Macabacus
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Private Equity List
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Shortcut
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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 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 Private Equity List
privateequitylist.com
An actual investment team member with a work email.
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Competitor Shortcut
shortcut.ai
Shortcut is an AI agent for Excel that builds and edits spreadsheets and financial models.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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134.9Kvisits/mo
58.8Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▼ 5.1%
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6-month growth
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-27.9%
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Global rank web
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#316,413
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Avg. last 3 months
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137.9K
54.1K
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Bounce rate lower is better
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45%
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Pages / visit
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2.0
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Visit duration
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 75% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 97% · ● Referral 3%
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Microsoft Copilot in ExcelMacabacusPrivate Equity ListShortcut
049.8K99.6K149.4K199.3KMacabacus · 152.5KMacabacus · 199.3KMacabacus · 187.2KMacabacus · 184.9KMacabacus · 148.5KMacabacus · 136.6KMacabacus · 142.1KMacabacus · 134.9KPrivate Equity List · 43.6KPrivate Equity List · 47.9KPrivate Equity List · 71.9KPrivate Equity List · 57.3KPrivate Equity List · 55.4KPrivate Equity List · 55.1KPrivate Equity List · 49KPrivate Equity List · 54.5KPrivate Equity List · 58.8K10K100K1MMacabacus · 152.5KMacabacus · 199.3KMacabacus · 187.2KMacabacus · 184.9KMacabacus · 148.5KMacabacus · 136.6KMacabacus · 142.1KMacabacus · 134.9KPrivate Equity List · 43.6KPrivate Equity List · 47.9KPrivate Equity List · 71.9KPrivate Equity List · 57.3KPrivate Equity List · 55.4KPrivate Equity List · 55.1KPrivate Equity List · 49KPrivate Equity List · 54.5KPrivate Equity List · 58.8KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
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$16.67per month
$99per month · free tier available
$100per month · free tier available
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Basic FreePro $99/moPro+ $209/moPro Max $319/mo+1 more
Free FreePro $100/moTeams $320/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
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Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI For Data AnalyticsAI Spreadsheet
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI For FinanceAI Spreadsheet
Research & AnalyticsAI For Finance
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI For Data AnalyticsAI For Finance+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Spreadsheets
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Excel automation
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Financial modeling
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Data analysis
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Excel data analysis
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