Microsoft Excel vs Google Docs Comparison

I love how organized it keeps my data for my jobs. I work for a chiropractic office and it’s helpful for keeping track of numbers, collections, etc. I also have my own jewelry business and I swear by excel for it! If not for it, it would take me forever to keep track of my sales

I wish I could use it on my phone now too. I have excel but I also have google docs because I can use google docs on my phone.

Great for mid-sized and larger datasets, endless features and a huge community of users.

Collaboration still feels like an afterthought compared to Google Docs

I like how I can easily make sheets for mailing, and can see many house numbers and names at once.

I don't like the price, I like how google docs is free.

Very easy to use and have been using it for a long time.

Expensive. Google docs is free and although not as easy to use.

Easy and simple to use for a wide variety of applications.

Excel is best used as an electronic spreadsheet. The application is also touted as being good for building database applications, but data base applications are not a strong suit for Excel. Its rather like using a small car for towing. You can do it, but... it's clunky and limited.

It integrates with google docs and google drive, so I can access it anywhere.

I am having challenges manipulating cells and rows via my iPad when using it via google drive.

High level of integration of EVERYTHING! DB integration? Backend code support? Its got it.

High cost when more basic functionality is available for free via apps like google docs.

Excel is one of the most inclusive suite with plenty of tools to get any work established. It has made the layman user enabled to link their data and easily filter, sort or automate through it without a steep learning curve

The pricing for individual needs to brought down since enterprises pay hefty prices. The advanced tools are difficult to navigate with.

Excel is simple as long as you focus on the basic platform.

Excel needs to provide more training and less backend issues.

When it comes to understanding numbers, Microsoft Excel has been there from the beginning of spreadsheeting. It is extremely easy to tabulate information and visualise it through graphs. Even for beginners. The true power comes together when using formulas to truly crunch the numbers, Excel even comes with packaged with a suite of maths helpers to simplify how data is organised and manipulated. You can quickly bring together datasets, then even embed them into a Word Document which updates graphs as you make your changes, bringing the cleanest and most understandable documents from your home accounting to that important boardroom meeting.

It is true that Excel by far exceeds the offerings of competitors like Apple's Numbers or Libre/Open Office. For me personally, the only drawback is the portability of google docs. Though google docs most certainly is not as feature rich as Microsoft Excel

Compatibility and widely used. Lots of features and easy to use. Better than Google docs.

Multi-user editing. Every time have to close the excel file so others can edit. office 365 package is not the real solution.

Excel sheets are user friendly. It enables functions like tabulation, calculation with in built formulas. Data can be presented using pie charts and bar diagrams. Massive amounts of data can be stored and read easily. Easy to edit, read & solve complex financial problems makes it a great business tool.

Lack of collaboration & slow decision making in excel proves to an important aspect of people shifting to google docs

It has all the features one would expect from a spreadsheet, it's familiar, it works, it's functional

Nothing particularly bad to say, it does the job, I just prefer docs as I use Google drive for everything

Flexibility is still the best feature. Easy to set-up, easy to use and can be used for complicated models or simple spreadsheets.

It costs money. With Google Sheets, you get 80% of Excel at no costs. Also, sharing docs is more difficult.

makes it possible to create the most professional spread sheets . it's endless on how the long list of all of the possible add-ins you can add, it's great accounting software. nothing beats a good spreadsheet

it's not free. you can just go, and use Openoffice,or Google Docs as a good Excel alternative for free!.

Microsoft Excel is super efficient! Great way to make spreadsheets and to make graphs, etc. Great collaborative tool, easy to share, track changes. Good for beginners to advanced users.

There are a few features that google docs/spreadsheet has that I would love to see added to Excel. No complaints.

Compatibility, speed, endless uses and ability. Speed of offline use is obviously a leg up on google docs.

Expensive, some issues with docs sent to users who run older versions and wishing for easier tutorial options

Solid spreadsheet software for data processing, it set the standard for a reason.

It’s too expensive in the age of free google docs, sheets, and slides. It requires too many updates that take time.

Very simple to pick up. Sharing files, creating and filtering. Use everyday.

I wish it worked more like google docs when used on 365. It seems to have limitations when it comes to collaboration.

Everything is a formula. You can do almost anything by just starting a cell’s value with a =. It has complete support for RTL, everywhere.

It’s not collaborative. When using Google Docs we can collaborate on the file online, but it has limited functionality compared to Excel.

Easy to use, fast software, gets the job done, efficient, good layout, keeps my monthly and yearly budgets

The last thing I like is that there is a similar product called Google docs that is free and does the same job.

+ useful templates + quick calculating of equations and formulas + good integrations (.xls created on Google docs is working woth Office 365)

- if you would like to edit tables on iPhone, you have to install app - Office 365: sometimes the .xls loads very slowly - missing initial tutorial - i miss notifications in case of editing shared .xls

Excel has always been the defacto standard for spreadsheets as long as I can remember. I have used it for a long time and am very used to it. I don't believe there are many other options out there. This is one of the oldest tools and the most feature rich. Since Microsoft has made the move to cloud, it is even better since you can access the application on any computer anywhere with internet just by logging in.

Even though Microsoft has moved to cloud, their software user experience is not on par with other providers such as Google Docs etc.

This software is a staple of the spreadsheet software, it is an excellent product I highly recommend it.

Nothing to report here really as the software is very easy to use although there are other alternatives such as google docs and sheets.

Excel is easy to learn and teach to colleagues. The help menu is a lifesaver for formulas that you are not sure about.

There is nothing that stands out that I liked least. I have only used open office and google docs. It is far superior to those.

One of the most useful software google has ever made

less function compare to microsoft excel

It's free. It's very easy for multiple users to work on the same document!

The limited features compared with Microsoft Excel

Easy to use able to share with colleagues and peers.

Limitation of some functions isn't like Microsoft Excel

Easy to share documents and content with team.

The formulas and features lag behind Microsoft (especially Excel).

The collaboration and conjunction of all the google programs make it easy for me to have access and work on the go

In the Excel Docs, Not enough help when it comes to the functions similar to microsoft excel?

Easy to collaborate with peers in multiple settings including academics and professional. Strong parallels to Micorsoft's office suite.

The features and Funcitonality, specifically in workbooks (i.e., Excel) are significantly lacking relative to standard Microsoft excel.

It’s very easy to share with colleagues and accepts all major file formats.

Not as powerful as the full Microsoft suite- particularly excel.

This software is Cloud Base that makes everything easy if you are working collaboratively.

User Interface is not user-friendly as Microsoft word or excel

Create and collaborate in real time with your team , office or client. Best of all this software is free.

Doesn’t support all the features found in Microsoft Word or Excel.

clean looking and very easy to use. very similar to using microsoft excel and word. love using the forms too

excel takes forever to load with bigger files. don't like that it uses different java from the microsoft excel

Cloud based functionality is great. The fact that it is free is also amazing. I like the fact that I can access my Google drive from my mobile device to look up important information.

Still bugs when converting Microsoft excel and word files to google docs.

Allows multiple users to edit docs at the same time seamlessly. The autosave feature is crucial.

Not as fluid as Microsoft excel but is a great collaboration tool

Is a very good complement to Google Drive for keep your documents on the cloud.

It can not replace a Microsoft Excel software on your computer yet.

Easy to use and collaborate, tied into G-Suite, allows dynamic collaboration.

Lacks the full features of Microsoft Office suite, especially those of Excel.

Ease of use is the best thing about it. We just need internet access and that's it, no installations needed.

Sometimes if we import documents from other softwares (Microsoft excel, Microsoft Word), some configurations are lost and hard to recover