Rows vs Macabacus vs Shortcut vs Grist

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

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Rows
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Macabacus
Competitor 2
Shortcut
Competitor 3
Grist
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Rows
rows.com
Rows is a spreadsheet built around an AI data analyst.
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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 Shortcut
shortcut.ai
Shortcut is an AI agent for Excel that builds and edits spreadsheets and financial models.
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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
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134.9Kvisits/mo
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213Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 5.1%
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▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
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-27.9%
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+29.0%
Global rank web
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#316,413
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#184,784
Avg. last 3 months
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137.9K
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208.6K
Bounce rate lower is better
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45%
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43%
Pages / visit
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2.0
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3.4
Visit duration
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46s
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1m 43s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 75% · ● Referral 17%
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● Direct 74% · ● Referral 22%
RowsMacabacusShortcutGrist
053.3K106.5K159.8K213KMacabacus · 152.5KMacabacus · 199.3KMacabacus · 187.2KMacabacus · 184.9KMacabacus · 148.5KMacabacus · 136.6KMacabacus · 142.1KMacabacus · 134.9KGrist · 196.3KGrist · 208.7KGrist · 165.1KGrist · 183.4KGrist · 203.4KGrist · 207KGrist · 205.8KGrist · 213K100K1MMacabacus · 152.5KMacabacus · 199.3KMacabacus · 187.2KMacabacus · 184.9KMacabacus · 148.5KMacabacus · 136.6KMacabacus · 142.1KMacabacus · 134.9KGrist · 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
$6per month · free tier available
$16.67per month
$100per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreePlus $6/moPro $59/moEnterprise Custom
Basic $200/yrProfessional $360/yrEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $100/moTeams $320/moEnterprise Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextDocumentsData
DocumentsTextData
DataDocumentsText
TextData
Output
Data
CodeText
Data
DataApps
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI For Data AnalyticsAI Spreadsheet
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI For FinanceAI Spreadsheet
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI For Data AnalyticsAI For Finance+1 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
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