Comparison of spreadsheet software
Spreadsheet is a class of application software design to analyze tabular data called "worksheets". A collection of worksheets is called a "workbook". Online spreadsheets do not depend on a particular operating system but require a standards-compliant web browser instead. One of the incentives for the creation of online spreadsheets was offering worksheet sharing and public sharing or workbooks as part of their features which enables collaboration between multiple users. Some on-line spreadsheets provide remote data update, allowing data values to be extracted from other users' spreadsheets even though they may be inactive at the time.
General
Name | Developer | Initial release | Platform | Latest release | License | |
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Version | Date | |||||
Apache OpenOffice Calc | Apache Software Foundation | 2012-05-08 | Linux | 4.1.15[1] ![]() | 2023-12-22 | Apache-2.0 |
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
AppleWorks | Apple Inc. | 1991 | macOS | 6.2.9[2] ![]() | 2004-01-14 | Proprietary |
Windows | 6.2.2[3] ![]() | 2004-01-20 | ||||
Calligra Sheets | KOffice KSpread Team | BSD | 3.2.1[4] ![]() | 2020-05-14 | LGPL | |
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
Collabora Online Calc | Collabora | 2019[a] | Android | 23.05[5] ![]() | 2023-09-21 | MPL-2.0 |
2021[b] | BSD | Build your own | Build your own | |||
2019[a] | ChromeOS | 23.05[5] ![]() | 2023-09-21 | |||
2019[a] | iOS | 23.05[6] ![]() | 2024-01-29 | |||
2019[a] | iPadOS | 23.05[6] ![]() | 2024-01-29 | |||
2016[c] | Linux | Online server: 24.04.5.4[7] ![]() | 2024-08-09 | |||
2015[d] | Desktop app: 24.04.4[8] ![]() | 2024-07-12 | ||||
2015[d] | macOS | 24.04.4[8] ![]() | 2024-07-12 | |||
2015[d] | Windows | 24.04.4[8] ![]() | 2024-07-12 | |||
Google Sheets | 2006[e] | Android[f] | Rolling | Rolling | Proprietary | |
ChromeOS[g] | ||||||
iOS[f] | ||||||
Linux[g] | ||||||
macOS[f] | ||||||
Windows[f]} | ||||||
GNU Oleo | Tom Lord | 1992 | Linux | 1.6.16[9] ![]() | 1999-03-10 | GPL-3.0-or-later |
Gnumeric | GNOME community | 1998[h] | BSD | 1.12.57[10] ![]() | 2024-02-12 | GPL-2.0-only or GPL-3.0-only |
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Windows[i] | ||||||
Gobe Productive | Gobe Software | 1998-08 | BeOS | 2.0.1[11] | 2000-02-29 | Proprietary |
2001-12-12[12] | Windows | 3.04[13] | 2003-07-08 | |||
IBM Lotus Symphony | IBM | 2008 | Linux | 3.0.1 FP2[14][15] ![]() | 2012-11-29 | Proprietary |
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
LibreOffice Calc | The Document Foundation | 2011-01-25[j] | BSD | 24.2[16] ![]() | 2024-01-31 | MPL-2.0 |
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Unix | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
Mariner Calc | Mariner Software | 1989[k] | iOS? | 5.6.0 | Dropped | Proprietary |
Microsoft Excel[l] | Microsoft | 2015-06-25 | Android | 16.0.15128.20206 | 2022-09-30 | Proprietary |
2017-11 [17] | ChromeOS | ? | Dropped 2021-09-18 [18] | |||
2013-06 [19] | iOS | 2.66 | 2022-10-10 | |||
2014-02 [20] | iPadOS | ? | ? | |||
1985 | macOS | 16.65 | 2022-09-13 | |||
1989 | OS/2 | 3.0 | Dropped | |||
1987 | Windows | 2209 | 2022-09-26 | |||
Microsoft Works | Microsoft | 1987-09-14 | DOS | 3.0b ![]() | 1993 | Proprietary |
1988 | macOS | 4.0b ![]() | 1994 | |||
1991 | Windows | 9[21] ![]() | 2007-09-28 | |||
Numbers | Apple, Inc. | 2010-01-27 | iOS | 12.1 | 2022-06-21 | Proprietary |
2007-08-07 | macOS | 12.1 | 2022-06-21 | |||
OnlyOffice | Ascensio System SIA | 2014[m] | Linux | 8.1.1[22] ![]() | 2024-07-17 | AGPL-3.0-only |
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
OpenOffice.org Calc | Sun Microsystems[n] Oracle Corporation[o] | 2002-05 | BSD | 3.3.0[23] ![]() | 2011-01-17 | Apache-2.0 |
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Solaris/Illumos | ||||||
Unix | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
PlanMaker | SoftMaker Software GmbH | 1994[24][25] | Android | 2024 | 2023-06-20 | Proprietary |
Linux | ||||||
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
Pyspread | Martin Manns | 2008[p] | BSD | 2.2.3[26] ![]() | 2023-12-22 | GPL-3.0-or-later |
Linux | ||||||
Unix | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
Quattro Pro | Corel | 1988[k] | Windows | 2020 | 2020 | Proprietary |
Resolver One | Resolver Systems | 2008-01-16[q] | Windows | 1.9 | 2010-06-04 | Proprietary |
sc | James Gosling et al | 1981 | 7.16[27] ![]() | 2002-09-20 | Public domain | |
Siag | Ulric Eriksson | [r] | BSD | 3.6.1[28] ![]() | 2006-11-10 | GPL-2.0-or-later |
Linux | ||||||
Unix | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
StarOffice StarCalc | Sun Microsystems | 1994 | Linux | 9.0U3[29][30][31] ![]() | 2009-09-09 | Proprietary |
macOS | ||||||
Windows | ||||||
WPS Office | Kingsoft | 2012-03-23 | Android | 16.3.7 | 2022-07-22 | Proprietary |
1988 | DOS | Dropped | ||||
2014 | Linux | 11.1.0.11664 | 2022-06-08 | |||
2014 | iOS | 11.24.1 | 2022-07-14 | |||
2019 | macOS | 4.2.1 | 2022-07-15 | |||
1995? | Windows | 11.2.0.11191 | 2022-07-05 | |||
Name | Developer | Initial release | Platform | Latest release | License | |
Version | Date |
Operating system support
The operating systems the software can run on natively (without emulation). Android and iOS apps can be optimized for Chromebooks and iPads which run the operating systems ChromeOS and iPadOS respectively, the operating optimizations include things like multitasking capabilities, large and multi-display support, better keyboard and mouse support.
Name | Windows | macOS | Linux | BSD | Unix | Android | ChromeOS optimized | iOS | iPadOS optimized |
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Apache OpenOffice Calc | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Calligra Sheets | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Collabora Online Calc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[32] | Yes | Yes |
Google Sheets | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Gnumeric | Old versions | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
IBM Lotus Symphony | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
LibreOffice Calc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Mariner Calc | No | Unsupported | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Microsoft Excel | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Dropped 2021-09-18 [33] | Yes | Yes |
Numbers | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
PlanMaker | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | No | No |
Pyspread | Yes | Unsupported | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Quattro Pro | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Resolver One | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Siag | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
WPS Office | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? |
Supported file formats
This table gives a comparison of what file formats each spreadsheet can import and export. "Yes" means can both import and export.
Name | CSV | Excel (xls) | HTML | LaTeX | ODF (ods) | OOXML (xlsx) | DIF | OpenOffice.org XML (sxc) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apache OpenOffice Calc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Export[34] | Yes | Import | Export | Yes | Yes |
Calligra Sheets | Yes | Import | Export | Export | Yes | No | Export | ? | Yes |
Collabora Online Calc - online and mobile | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Export | No | No |
Collabora Online Calc - desktop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Export[35][36] | Yes | Yes | Export | Yes | Yes |
Google Sheets | Import | Import | No | No | Yes | Yes | Export | No | No |
Gnumeric | Yes | Yes | Yes | Export | Yes | Yes | Export | Import | Import |
IBM Lotus Symphony | Yes | Yes | Export | No | Yes | Import | Export | Yes | |
LibreOffice Calc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Export[37][38] | Yes | Yes | Export | Yes | Yes |
Mariner Calc | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Export | No | |
Microsoft Excel | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | Export | Yes | No |
WPS Office | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | Export | Import | No |
Numbers | Yes | Yes | No | No | Import | Import | Export | No | |
Quattro Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Export | No | |
PlanMaker | Yes | Yes | Export | No | No | Yes | Export | No | |
Pyspread | Yes | Yes | No | No | Import | Import | Export | No | |
Resolver One | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Siag | Yes | Import partial | Yes | Export | No | No | Export | Import partial |
Rows and Columns
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008) |
Program | Rows (per sheet) | Columns (per sheet) | Total cells (per sheet) | Sheets | Total cells (per workbook) |
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Collabora Online 22.05, or later versions – Online, Desktop, Tablet, Mobile | 1,048,576[39] | 16,384 | 17,179,869,184[40] | 1,024 | 17,592,186,044,400 |
Gnumeric | 16,777,216 | 16,384 | 274,877,906,944 | 142,648 | 603,103 |
Google Sheets | 1,048,576 | 18,278 | 10,000,000 | 200 | 10,000,000 |
KSpread | 32,767 | 32,767 | 1,073,676,289 | 130,645 | 953,923 |
LibreOffice Calc 5.4.5 – 7.3 | 1,048,576 | 1,024 | 1,073,741,824 | 1,024 | 1,099,511,627,776 |
LibreOffice Calc 7.4, or later versions | 1,048,576[41] | 16,384 | 17,179,869,184[42] | 1,024 | 17,592,186,044,400 |
Lotus 1-2-3[43] | 65,536 | 256 | 16,777,216 | 256 | 4,294,967,296 |
Microsoft Excel 2003 | 65,536 | 256 | 16,777,216 | 65,531 | 1,099,427,741,696 |
Microsoft Excel 2007, or later versions[44][45][46] | 1,048,576 | 16,384 | 17,179,869,184 | Limited by available memory | Limited by available memory |
OpenOffice.org Calc 2[47] | 65,536 | 256 | 16,777,216 | 256 | 4,294,967,296 |
OpenOffice.org Calc 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2[48][49] | 65,536 | 1024 | 67,108,864 | 256 | 17,179,869,184 |
OpenOffice.org Calc 3.3[50] | 1,048,576 | 1024 | 1,073,741,824 | 256 | 274,877,906,944 |
Pyspread | ~80 000 000 (limited by sum of row heights) | ~30 000 000 (limited by sum of column widths) | Limited by available memory | Limited by available memory | Limited by available memory |
Resolver One | limited by machine memory* | limited by machine memory* | limited machine memory* | limited by machine memory* | limited by machine memory* |
-* 32-bit addressable memory on Microsoft Windows, i.e. ~2.5 GB.
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d The app uses LibreOffice kit technology and is based on Collabora Online for which development started in 2013.
- ^ Version 21.11. Using LibreOffice kit technology, development started in 2013.
- ^ Version 1.0. Using LibreOffice kit technology, development started in 2013.
- ^ a b c Version 4.4.
- ^ Development started 2006.
- ^ a b c d Offline editing when used with Chrome or Edge web browser.
- ^ a b Offline editing when used with Chrome web browser.
- ^ Development started 1998.
- ^ Old versions.
- ^ Version 3.3. Development started 2010.
- ^ a b Development started 1988.
- ^ Started as Multiplan in 1982.
- ^ Development started 2009.
- ^ 1999 – 2009.
- ^ 2010 – 2011
- ^ Development started 2008.
- ^ Development started 2005.
- ^ Development started 1996.
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