Instead of Google Sheets, try one of these 4.
Every alternative is lined up against Google Sheets on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. Google Sheets sits in the first row, so you can see what you give up.
How to read this. “Yes” means fully supported by the maker. “Partial” means it works with caveats. Likes reflect community popularity; vendors can’t pay for them or for placement. Our pick, marked in lime, is the option we would point most people leaving Google Sheets to first. How we compare.
Google Sheets alternatives at a glance
Google Sheets is a free no-code databases app. We compared 4 alternatives: 0 are open source, 0 are completely free, 0 can be self-hosted and 1 works fully offline. The most popular is Notion, with 4.9k likes, while our pick is Microsoft Excel.