Productivity
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Choosing the right Productivity tools for Analytics & BI depends on your workflow, budget and business size. We've compared the highest-rated options based on expert analysis, verified reviews, pricing and integrations.
Start with the top-ranked apps, then refine by pricing, platform and features.
Airtable leads our Analytics & BI rankings for most teams. Consider Grist if you need a strong alternative with a different pricing or workflow fit.
| Feature | Airtable | Grist | Rows | Smartsheet | Google Sheets | Microsoft Excel | LibreOffice Calc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editor rating | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| Pricing | Free+Paid | Free+Paid | Free+Paid | Paid Subscription | Free+Paid | Free+Paid | Free plan |
| Starting price | From $20/seat/mo | $8/user/mo annual | $6/user/mo annual | From $9/user/mo | From $7 | From $99.99/year | Free |
| Free plan | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Platforms | Web app, iOS (iPhone & iPad), Android, macOS, Windows | Web app, Self-hosted / On-premise | Web app | Web app, iOS (iPhone & iPad), Android, macOS, Windows | Web app, iOS (iPhone & iPad), Android | Web app, iOS (iPhone & iPad), Android, macOS, Windows | macOS, Windows, Linux |
Transparent criteria and editorial standards behind every score in this guide.
We evaluate Productivity tools for Analytics & BI on features, ease of use, value for money, integrations, and real user feedback. Apps are ranked by AppsInsight Score within this guide, with editorial adjustments when hands-on testing reveals a clear winner for this use case or audience.
Quick answers about the best Analytics & BI options.
Our editors currently rank Airtable #1 among Productivity tools for Analytics & BI based on AppsInsight Score, features, pricing, and user feedback. See the full ranked list on this page for alternatives.
Many Productivity tools for Analytics & BI include free plans or trials. Use the pricing filter on this page to browse free and freemium options.
We evaluate Productivity tools for Analytics & BI on features, ease of use, value for money, integrations, and real user feedback. Apps are ranked by AppsInsight Score within this guide, with editorial adjustments when hands-on testing reveals a clear winner for this use case or audience.
Cross-platform task, note-taking, and planning app with calendar views and habit tracking. TickTick is a task and note-taking app for people who need one place for tasks, habits, and schedules.
Spreadsheet-style work management platform for projects, portfolios and processes at scale. Smartsheet is a work management platform that takes the spreadsheet interface most teams already know and builds a full project, portfolio and process management system around it.
Spreadsheet-database hybrid for flexible workflows Airtable looks like a spreadsheet and behaves like a database.
Collaborative, AI-powered spreadsheets - free with a Google account Google Sheets is the spreadsheet most of the internet learned collaboration on.
Free web spreadsheets or full desktop power with Microsoft 365 and Copilot AI Microsoft Excel is the spreadsheet most of the world learned on, and it now comes in two distinct forms: a free version that runs in a browser…
AI-first spreadsheet with live data integrations and a plain-language AI Analyst. Rows is a modern web spreadsheet that pitches itself as your new AI Data Analyst: a grid where you can extract data from PDFs, import business data from the…
Open-source relational spreadsheet-database with Python formulas, granular permissions and self-hosting Grist is a relational spreadsheet-database: a familiar grid on the surface with a real database underneath, built around linked tables, custom views and Python formulas.
Free, open source desktop spreadsheet from The Document Foundation. LibreOffice Calc is the spreadsheet application inside LibreOffice, the free and open source office suite developed by The Document Foundation, a charitable foundation under German law headquartered in Berlin.
Cross-platform task, note-taking, and planning app with calendar views and habit tracking.
Collaborative docs, spreadsheets and chat - built into Salesforce
Apple's free spreadsheet app with polished templates and real-time collaboration
Free all-in-one office suite for documents, spreadsheets, presentations and PDF
Open-source office suite with spreadsheet, document and presentation editors, free desktop apps and a cloud collaboration…
