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 GNU/Linux 4.1.14[1] Edit this on Wikidata 2023-02-27 Apache-2.0
macOS
Windows
AppleWorks Apple Inc. 1991 macOS 6.2.9[2] Edit this on Wikidata 2004-01-14 Proprietary
Windows 6.2.2[3] Edit this on Wikidata 2004-01-20
Calligra Sheets KOffice KSpread Team BSD 3.2.1[4] Edit this on Wikidata 2020-05-14 LGPL
GNU/Linux
macOS
Windows
Collabora Online Calc Collabora 2019[lower-alpha 1] Android 23.05[5] Edit this on Wikidata 2023-09-21 MPL-2.0
2021[lower-alpha 2] BSD Build your own Build your own
2019[lower-alpha 1] ChromeOS 23.05[5] Edit this on Wikidata 2023-09-21
2019[lower-alpha 1] iOS 23.05[5] Edit this on Wikidata 2023-09-21
2019[lower-alpha 1] iPadOS 23.05[6] Edit this on Wikidata 2023-09-21
2016[lower-alpha 3] Linux Online server: 23.05.4[7] Edit this on Wikidata 2023-09-21
2015[lower-alpha 4] Desktop app: 23.05.4[8] Edit this on Wikidata 2023-09-18
2015[lower-alpha 4] macOS 23.05.4[8] Edit this on Wikidata 2023-09-18
2015[lower-alpha 4] Windows 23.05.4[8] Edit this on Wikidata 2023-09-18
Google Sheets Google 2006[lower-alpha 5] Android[lower-alpha 6] Rolling Rolling Proprietary
ChromeOS[lower-alpha 7]
iOS[lower-alpha 6]
Linux[lower-alpha 7]
macOS[lower-alpha 6]
Windows[lower-alpha 6]}
GNU Oleo Tom Lord 1992 GNU/Linux 1.6.16[9] Edit this on Wikidata 1999-03-10 GPL-3.0-or-later
Gnumeric GNOME community 1998[lower-alpha 8] BSD 1.12.55[10][11] Edit this on Wikidata 2023-02-03 GPL-2.0-only
or
GPL-3.0-only
GNU/Linux
macOS
Windows[lower-alpha 9]
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 GNU/Linux 3.0.1 FP2[15][16] Edit this on Wikidata 2012-11-29 Proprietary
macOS
Windows
LibreOffice Calc The Document Foundation 2011-01-25[lower-alpha 10] BSD 7.3.5[17] Edit this on Wikidata 2022-07-21 MPL-2.0
GNU/Linux
macOS
Unix
Windows
Mariner Calc Mariner Software 1989[lower-alpha 11] iOS? 5.6.0 Dropped Proprietary
Microsoft Excel[lower-alpha 12] 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 Edit this on Wikidata 1993 Proprietary
1988 macOS 4.0b Edit this on Wikidata 1994
1991 Windows 9[22] Edit this on Wikidata 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[lower-alpha 13] GNU/Linux 7.5.0[23] Edit this on Wikidata 2023-10-17 AGPL-3.0-only
macOS
Windows
OpenOffice.org Calc Sun Microsystems[lower-alpha 14]
Oracle Corporation[lower-alpha 15]		 2002-05 BSD 3.3.0[24] Edit this on Wikidata 2011-01-17 Apache-2.0
GNU/Linux
macOS
Solaris/Illumos
Unix
Windows
PlanMaker SoftMaker Software GmbH 1994[25][26] Android 2024 2023-06-20 Proprietary
GNU/Linux
macOS
Windows
Pyspread Martin Manns 2008[lower-alpha 16] BSD GPL-3.0-or-later
GNU/Linux
Unix
Windows
Quattro Pro Corel 1988[lower-alpha 11] Windows 2020 2020 Proprietary
Resolver One Resolver Systems 2008-01-16[lower-alpha 17] Windows 1.9 2010-06-04 Proprietary
sc James Gosling et al 1981 7.16[27] Edit this on Wikidata 2002-09-20 Public domain
Siag Ulric Eriksson [lower-alpha 18] BSD 3.6.1[28] Edit this on Wikidata 2006-11-10 GPL-2.0-or-later
GNU/Linux
Unix
Windows
StarOffice StarCalc Sun Microsystems 1994 GNU/Linux 9.0U3[29][30][31] Edit this on Wikidata 2009-09-09 Proprietary
macOS
Windows
WPS Office Kingsoft 2012-03-23 Android 16.3.7 2022-07-22 Proprietary
1988 DOS Dropped
2014 GNU/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 GNU/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[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 ?
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[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
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[39] 16,384 17,179,869,184[40] 1,024 17,592,186,044,400
Gnumeric16,777,21616,384274,877,906,944142,648603,103
Google Sheets 1,048,576 18,278 10,000,000 200 10,000,000
KSpread32,76732,7671,073,676,289130,645953,923
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[41]16,38417,179,869,184[42] 1,02417,592,186,044,400
Lotus 1-2-3[43]65,53625616,777,2162564,294,967,296
Microsoft Excel 200365,53625616,777,21665,5311,099,427,741,696
Microsoft Excel 2007, or later versions[44][45][46]1,048,57616,38417,179,869,184 Limited by available memory Limited by available memory
OpenOffice.org Calc 2[47]65,53625616,777,2162564,294,967,296
OpenOffice.org Calc 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2[48][49]65,536102467,108,86425617,179,869,184
OpenOffice.org Calc 3.3[50]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 Onelimited 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
  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. Development started 2006.
  6. Offline editing when used with Chrome or Edge web browser.
  7. Offline editing when used with Chrome web browser.
  8. Development started 1998.
  9. Old versions.
  10. Version 3.3. Development started 2010.
  11. 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.

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