Shortcut vs Rows vs Grist

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

Your tool
Shortcut
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Competitor 1
Rows
Competitor 2
Grist
Competitor 3
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Shortcut
shortcut.ai
Shortcut is an AI agent for Excel that builds and edits spreadsheets and financial models.
Competitor Rows
rows.com
Rows is a spreadsheet built around an AI data analyst.
Competitor Grist
getgrist.com
Spreadsheets meet databases in Grist, and the result sits somewhere between Excel and a full database system
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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213Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
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+29.0%
Global rank web
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#184,784
Avg. last 3 months
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208.6K
Bounce rate lower is better
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43%
Pages / visit
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3.4
Visit duration
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1m 43s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 74% · ● Referral 22%
ShortcutRowsGrist
053.3K106.5K159.8K213KGrist · 196.3KGrist · 208.7KGrist · 165.1KGrist · 183.4KGrist · 203.4KGrist · 207KGrist · 205.8KGrist · 213K100K1MGrist · 196.3KGrist · 208.7KGrist · 165.1KGrist · 183.4KGrist · 203.4KGrist · 207KGrist · 205.8KGrist · 213KDec '25Jan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$100per month · free tier available
$6per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreePro $100/moTeams $320/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreePlus $6/moPro $59/moEnterprise Custom
Free Free
Capabilities input → output
Input
DataDocumentsText
DataDocumentsText
DataText
Output
Data
Data
AppsData
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Spreadsheets
Financial modeling
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No-code
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Databases
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Excel formulas
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Formulas
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Self hosted
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Data analysis
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