Comparison of spreadsheet software

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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.

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General

NameDeveloperInitial releasePlatformLatest release License
VersionDate
Apache OpenOffice Calc Apache Software Foundation 2012-05-08Linux4.1.15 [1]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2023-12-22 Apache-2.0
macOS
Windows
AppleWorks Apple Inc. 1991macOS6.2.9 [2]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2004-01-14 Proprietary
Windows6.2.2 [3]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2004-01-20
Calligra Sheets KOffice KSpread TeamBSD3.2.1 [4]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2020-05-14 LGPL
Linux
macOS
Windows
Collabora Online Calc Collabora 2019 [a] Android24.04.6 [5]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2024-08-26 MPL-2.0
2021 [b] BSDBuild your ownBuild your own
2019 [a] ChromeOS24.04.6 [5]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2024-08-26
2019 [a] iOS24.04.6 [6]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2024-09-09
2019 [a] iPadOS24.04.6 [6]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2024-09-09
2016 [c] LinuxOnline server: 24.04.8.5 [7]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2024-11-06
2015 [d] Desktop app: 24.04.4 [8]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2024-07-12
2015 [d] macOS24.04.4 [8]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2024-07-12
2015 [d] Windows24.04.4 [8]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2024-07-12
Google Sheets Google 2006 [e] Android [f] RollingRolling Proprietary
ChromeOS [g]
iOS [f]
Linux [g]
macOS [f]
Windows [f] }
GNU Oleo Tom Lord1992Linux1.6.16 [9]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1999-03-10 GPL-3.0-or-later
Gnumeric GNOME community1998 [h] BSD1.12.57 [10]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2024-02-12 GPL-2.0-only
or
GPL-3.0-only
Linux
macOS
Windows [i]
Gobe Productive Gobe Software 1998-08BeOS2.0.1 [11] 2000-02-29 Proprietary
2001-12-12 [12] Windows3.04 [13] 2003-07-08
IBM Lotus Symphony IBM 2008Linux3.0.1 FP2 [14] [15]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2012-11-29 Proprietary
macOS
Windows
LibreOffice Calc The Document Foundation 2011-01-25 [j] BSD24.2 [16]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2024-01-31 MPL-2.0
Linux
macOS
Unix
Windows
Mariner CalcMariner Software1989 [k] iOS?5.6.0Dropped Proprietary
Microsoft Excel [l] Microsoft 2015-06-25Android16.0.15128.202062022-09-30 Proprietary
2017-11 [17] ChromeOS ?Dropped 2021-09-18 [18]
2013-06 [19] iOS2.662022-10-10
2014-02 [20] iPadOS ? ?
1985macOS16.652022-09-13
1989OS/23.0Dropped
1987Windows22092022-09-26
Microsoft Works Microsoft 1987-09-14DOS3.0b  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1993 Proprietary
1988macOS4.0b  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 1994
1991Windows9 [21]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2007-09-28
Numbers Apple, Inc.2010-01-27iOS12.12022-06-21 Proprietary
2007-08-07macOS12.12022-06-21
OnlyOffice Ascensio System SIA2014 [m] Linux8.2.0 [22]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2024-10-21 AGPL-3.0-only
macOS
Windows
OpenOffice.org Calc Sun Microsystems [n]
Oracle Corporation [o] 		2002-05BSD3.3.0 [23]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2011-01-17 Apache-2.0
Linux
macOS
Solaris/Illumos
Unix
Windows
PlanMaker SoftMaker Software GmbH 1994 [24] [25] Android20242023-06-20 Proprietary
Linux
macOS
Windows
Pyspread Martin Manns2008 [p] BSD2.2.3 [26]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2023-12-22 GPL-3.0-or-later
Linux
Unix
Windows
Quattro Pro Corel 1988 [k] Windows20202020 Proprietary
Resolver OneResolver Systems2008-01-16 [q] Windows1.92010-06-04 Proprietary
sc James Gosling et al19817.16 [27]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2002-09-20 Public domain
Siag Ulric Eriksson [r] BSD3.6.1 [28]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2006-11-10 GPL-2.0-or-later
Linux
Unix
Windows
Sourcetable [29] Sourcetable Inc.2020 [s] ChromeOSRollingRolling Proprietary
StarOffice StarCalc Sun Microsystems 1994Linux9.0U3 [30] [31] [32]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg 2009-09-09 Proprietary
macOS
Windows
WPS Office Kingsoft 2012-03-23Android16.3.72022-07-22 Proprietary
1988DOSDropped
2014Linux11.1.0.116642022-06-08
2014iOS11.24.12022-07-14
2019macOS4.2.12022-07-15
1995?Windows11.2.0.111912022-07-05
NameDeveloperInitial releasePlatformLatest release License
VersionDate

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 YesYesYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
Calligra Sheets YesYesYesYesNoNoNoNoNo
Collabora Online Calc YesYesYesYesYesYesYes [33] YesYes
Google Sheets YesYesYesNoNoYesYesYesYes
Gnumeric Old versionsNoYesYesYesNoNoNoNo
IBM Lotus Symphony YesYesYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
LibreOffice Calc YesYesYesYesYesNoNoNoNo
Mariner CalcNoUnsupportedNoNoNoNoNoYesNo
Microsoft Excel YesYesNoNoNoYesDropped 2021-09-18 [34] YesYes
Numbers NoYesNoNoNoNoNoYesYes
PlanMaker YesYesYesNoNoYes?NoNo
Pyspread YesUnsupportedYesYesYesNoNoNoNo
Quattro Pro YesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Resolver OneYesNoNoNoNo????
Siag NoYesYesYesYesNoNoNoNo
WPS Office YesYesYesNoNoYes?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 YesYesYesExport [35] YesImportExportYesYes
Calligra Sheets YesImportExportExportYesNoExport ?Yes
Collabora Online Calc - online and mobile YesYesNoNoYesYesExportNoNo
Collabora Online Calc - desktop YesYesYesExport [36] [37] YesYesExportYesYes
Google Sheets ImportImportNoNoYesYesExportNoNo
Gnumeric YesYesYesExportYesYesExportImportImport
IBM Lotus Symphony YesYesExportNoYesImportExportYes
LibreOffice Calc YesYesYesExport [38] [39] YesYesExportYesYes
Mariner CalcYesYesNoNoNoNoExportNo
Microsoft Excel YesYesPartialNoYesYesExportYesNo
WPS Office YesYesPartialNoYesYesExportImportNo
Numbers YesYesNoNoImportImportExportNo
Quattro Pro YesYesYesNoNoYesExportNo
PlanMaker YesYesExportNoNoYesExportNo
Pyspread YesYesNoNoImportImportExportNo
Resolver OneYesYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
Siag YesImport partialYesExportNoNoExportImport partial
Sourcetable [40] YesYesImport partialNoImport partialYesNoNo

Rows and Columns

ProgramRows (per sheet)Columns (per sheet)Total cells (per sheet)SheetsTotal cells (per workbook)
Collabora Online 22.05, or later versions – Online, Desktop, Tablet, Mobile1,048,576 [41] 16,38417,179,869,184 [42] 1,02417,592,186,044,400
Gnumeric 16,777,21616,384274,877,906,944142,648603,103
Google Sheets 1,048,57618,27810,000,00020010,000,000
KSpread 32,76732,7671,073,676,289130,645953,923
LibreOffice Calc 5.4.5 – 7.31,048,5761,0241,073,741,824 1,0241,099,511,627,776
LibreOffice Calc 7.4, or later versions1,048,576 [43] 16,38417,179,869,184 [44] 1,02417,592,186,044,400
Lotus 1-2-3 [45] 65,53625616,777,2162564,294,967,296
Microsoft Excel 200365,53625616,777,21665,5311,099,427,741,696
Microsoft Excel 2007, or later versions [46] [47] [48] 1,048,57616,38417,179,869,184Limited by available memoryLimited by available memory
OpenOffice.org Calc 2 [49] 65,53625616,777,2162564,294,967,296
OpenOffice.org Calc 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2 [50] [51] 65,536102467,108,86425617,179,869,184
OpenOffice.org Calc 3.3 [52] 1,048,57610241,073,741,824256274,877,906,944
Pyspread ~80 000 000 (limited by sum of row heights)~30 000 000 (limited by sum of column widths)Limited by available memoryLimited by available memoryLimited by available memory
Resolver One limited by machine memory*limited by machine memory*limited machine memory*limited by machine memory*limited by machine memory*
Sourcetable [53] 1,048,57618,27810,000,00020010,000,000

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

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 2 3 Version 4.4.
  5. ↑ Development started 2006.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Offline editing when used with Chrome or Edge web browser.
  7. 1 2 Offline editing when used with Chrome web browser.
  8. ↑ Development started 1998.
  9. ↑ Old versions.
  10. ↑ Version 3.3. Development started 2010.
  11. 1 2 Development started 1988.
  12. ↑ Started as Multiplan in 1982.
  13. ↑ Development started 2009.
  14. ↑ 1999 – 2009.
  15. ↑ 2010 – 2011
  16. ↑ Development started 2008.
  17. ↑ Development started 2005.
  18. ↑ Development started 1996.
  19. ↑ Development started 2020.

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