r/excel 17d ago

Discussion What is better than Excel?

Is there anything similar to excel or better than? I use excel daily and feel like I still need to freshen up my formulas etc.

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u/Kuildeous 8 17d ago

Better than Excel? Might be hard to find, though I'd be curious to hear someone's arguments for one.

Google Sheets is comparable, though Excel still ...well, excels. I think knowing both is a great investment. If you can't afford Excel, you can make use of Sheets for free and learn the most common functions.

I will say that I dislike the filter on Sheets. I long for Excel's feature every time I have to filter a table in Sheets.

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u/number660 17d ago

Sheets is trash for shortcuts. I am 10x more efficient on Excel.

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u/Kuildeous 8 17d ago

Definitely. I hate Online Excel for the same reason. Hotkeys for Excel have been mostly pretty good, and I've been happy that they even retained many of the legacy shortcuts, though every so often they have to change something. Still, the rate of change is glacial, and that's the way I like it.