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
				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	4.0.1 [4]	2024-09-02	LGPL
			Linux
			macOS
			Windows
Collabora Online	Collabora	2019 [a]	Android	24.04.11.4 [5]	2025-03-03	MPL-2.0
		2021 [b]	BSD	Build your own	Build your own
		2019 [a]	ChromeOS	24.04.11.4 [5]	2025-03-03
		2019 [a]	iOS	24.04.12 [6]	2025-03-04
		2019 [a]	iPadOS	24.04.12 [6]	2025-03-04
		2016 [c]	Linux	Online server: 24.04.12.5 [7]	2025-03-27
		2015 [d]		Desktop app: 24.04.12 [8]	2025-01-30
		2015 [d]		CODE: [e] 24.04.13.2 [9]	2025-03-14
		2015 [d]	macOS	24.04.12 [8]	2025-01-30
		2015 [d]	Windows	24.04.12 [8]	2025-01-30
Google Sheets	Google	2006 [f]	Android [g]	Rolling	Rolling	Proprietary
			ChromeOS [h]
			iOS [g]
			Linux [h]
			macOS [g]
			Windows [g] }
GNU Oleo	Tom Lord	1992	Linux	1.6.16 [10]	1999-03-10	GPL-3.0-or-later
Gnumeric	GNOME community	1998 [i]	BSD	1.12.59 [11]	2025-03-01	GPL-2.0-only or GPL-3.0-only
			Linux
			macOS
			Windows [j]
Gobe Productive	Gobe Software	1998-08	BeOS	2.0.1 [12]	2000-02-29	Proprietary
		2001-12-12 [13]	Windows	3.04 [14]	2003-07-08
IBM Lotus Symphony	IBM	2008	Linux	3.0.1 FP2 [15] [16]	2012-11-29	Proprietary
			macOS
			Windows
LibreOffice Calc	The Document Foundation	2011-01-25 [k]	BSD	24.2 [17]	2024-01-31	MPL-2.0
			Linux
			macOS
			Unix
			Windows
Mariner Calc	Mariner Software	1989 [l]	iOS?	5.6.0	Dropped	Proprietary
Microsoft Excel [m]	Microsoft	2015-06-25	Android	16.0.15128.20206	2022-09-30	Proprietary
		2017-11 [18]	ChromeOS	?	Dropped 2021-09-18 [19]
		2013-06 [20]	iOS	2.66	2022-10-10
		2014-02 [21]	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 [22]	2007-09-28
Numbers	Apple, Inc.	2010-01-27	iOS	14.4	2025-04-03	Proprietary
		2007-08-07	macOS	14.4	2025-04-03
OnlyOffice	Ascensio System SIA	2014 [n]	Linux	8.3.2 [23]	2025-03-20	AGPL-3.0-only
			macOS
			Windows
OpenOffice.org Calc	Sun Microsystems [o] Oracle Corporation [p]	2002-05	BSD	3.3.0 [24]	2011-01-17	Apache-2.0
			Linux
			macOS
			Solaris/Illumos
			Unix
			Windows
PlanMaker	SoftMaker Software GmbH	1994 [25] [26]	Android	2024	2023-06-20	Proprietary
			Linux
			macOS
			Windows
Pyspread	Martin Manns	2008 [q]	BSD	2.4 [27]	2025-03-19	GPL-3.0-or-later
			Linux
			Unix
			Windows
Quattro Pro	Corel	1988 [l]	Windows	2020	2020	Proprietary
Resolver One	Resolver Systems	2008-01-16 [r]	Windows	1.9	2010-06-04	Proprietary
sc	James Gosling et al	1981		7.16 [28]	2002-09-20	Public domain
Siag	Ulric Eriksson	[s]	BSD	3.6.1 [29]	2006-11-10	GPL-2.0-or-later
			Linux
			Unix
			Windows
Sourcetable [30]	Sourcetable Inc.	2020 [t]	ChromeOS	Rolling	Rolling	Proprietary
StarOffice StarCalc	Sun Microsystems	1994	Linux	9.0U3 [31] [32] [33]	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
		1988	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
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 [34]	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 [35]	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)	PDF	DIF	OpenOffice.org XML (sxc)
Apache OpenOffice Calc	Yes	Yes	Yes	Export [36]	Yes	Import	Export	Yes	Yes
Calligra Sheets	Yes	Import	Export	Export	Yes	No	Export	?	Yes
Collabora Online Calc - online and mobile	Yes	Yes	Export	No	Yes	Yes	Export	No	No
Collabora Online Calc - desktop	Yes	Yes	Export	Export [37] [38]	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 [39] [40]	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	No	Import	No	No	Import	Export	No	No
Resolver One	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		No
Siag	Yes	Import partial	Yes	Export	No	No	Export		Import partial
Sourcetable [41]	Yes	Yes	Import partial	No	Import partial	Yes		No	No

Rows and Columns

Program	Rows (per sheet)	Columns (per sheet)	Total cells (per sheet)	Sheets	Total cells (per workbook)
Collabora Online 22.05, or later versions – Online, Desktop, Tablet, Mobile	1,048,576 [42]	16,384	17,179,869,184 [43]	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 [44]	16,384	17,179,869,184 [45]	1,024	17,592,186,044,400
Lotus 1-2-3 [46]	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 [47] [48] [49]	1,048,576	16,384	17,179,869,184	Limited by available memory	Limited by available memory
OpenOffice.org Calc 2 [50]	65,536	256	16,777,216	256	4,294,967,296
OpenOffice.org Calc 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2 [51] [52]	65,536	1024	67,108,864	256	17,179,869,184
OpenOffice.org Calc 3.3 [53]	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 by machine memory*	limited by machine memory*	limited by machine memory*
Sourcetable [54]	1,048,576	18,278	10,000,000	200	10,000,000

-* 32-bit addressable memory on Microsoft Windows, i.e. ~2.5 GB.

See also

• List of spreadsheet software
• Comparison of word processors
• Comparison of office suites

Notes

1. The app uses LibreOffice kit technology and is based on Collabora Online for which development started in 2013.
2. Version 21.11. Using LibreOffice kit technology, development started in 2013.
3. Version 1.0. Using LibreOffice kit technology, development started in 2013.
4. Version 4.4.
5. CODE: Collabora Online Development Edition
6. Development started 2006.
7. Offline editing when used with Chrome or Edge web browser.
8. Offline editing when used with Chrome web browser.
9. Development started 1998.
10. Old versions.
11. Version 3.3. Development started 2010.
12. Development started 1988.
13. Started as Multiplan in 1982.
14. Development started 2009.
15. 1999 – 2009.
16. 2010 – 2011
17. Development started 2008.
18. Development started 2005.
19. Development started 1996.
20. Development started 2020.

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