Comparison of spreadsheet software
Online versus desktop
Web-based spreadsheets do not in general depend on a particular operating system or similar constraints and are therefore generally more portable by their nature than desktop applications.
Collaborative spreadsheets
Generally, online spreadsheets offer spreadsheet sharing and public sharing as part of their features which enables collaboration between multiple users.
Remote data update
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.
Gnumeric (listed below as a desktop spreadsheet) is also used as the "back-end" processor in at least one on-line spreadsheet application (Editgrid).
Online spreadsheets
The following tables only provide a comparison of desktop spreadsheet applications.
For a list and links to comparisons of online (web-based) spreadsheets, see List of online spreadsheets.
There is currently no list for online mainframe software such as the Works Records System.
Desktop spreadsheets
General
| Screenshot | Creator | Development started | First public release | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | License | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calligra Sheets |  |
KOffice KSpread Team | 2.9.11 (3 February 2016[1]) [±] | Free | LGPL | ||
| Gnumeric |  |
GNOME community | 1998 | 1998 | 1.12.27 (February 7, 2016[2]) [±] | Free | GPL |
| IBM Lotus Symphony | IBM | 2008 | 1.3 / 2009 | Free | Proprietary | ||
| LibreOffice Calc | .png) |
The Document Foundation | 2010 | 3.3 / 2011-01-25 | Free | LGPL | |
| Mariner Calc | Mariner Software | 1988 | 1989 | 5.6.0 | $49.95 | Proprietary | |
| Microsoft Excel | Microsoft | 1982 | 1985 | 15(64-bit) / January 2013 | $239 (Standalone price; also can be purchased in various Microsoft Office bundles with varying prices) | Proprietary | |
| Numbers | Apple, Inc. | August 7, 2007 | 3.5 / October 16, 2014 | $19.99 | Proprietary | ||
| OpenOffice Calc |  |
Oracle Corporation | 2000 | Build 638c / October 2001 | 4.1.2[4] (October 28, 2015) [±] | Free | Apache License v2 |
| PlanMaker | SoftMaker Software GmbH | 1994[5][6] | 2012 | Free - 1 Month Test Version SoftMaker Office 2012, or € 69.95 - SoftMaker Office 2012 |
Proprietary | ||
| Pyspread |  |
Martin Manns | 2008 | 2008 | 1.0.2 / 2016-01-15 | Free | GPL |
| Quantrix | Quantrix | Early 1990s | 6.0.1 / Q1 2016 | Free 30 day fully featured trial. | Proprietary | ||
| Quattro Pro | Corel | 1988 | 1988 | X7 | not separately from Corel WordPerfect Office | Proprietary | |
| Resolver One | Resolver Systems | 2005 | 2008-01-16 | 1.9 / 2010-06-04 | Free as part of an open source project or to create open source spreadsheet systems or $99 | open source / Proprietary | |
| Siag |  |
Ulric Eriksson | 1996 | 3.6.1 / 2006 | Free | GPL | |
| Screenshot | Creator | Development started | First public release | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | License |
Operating system support
The operating systems the software can run on natively (without emulation).
| Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gnumeric | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IBM Lotus Symphony | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| KSpread | beta | beta | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| LibreOffice Calc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mariner Calc | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Microsoft Excel | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Numbers | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| OpenOffice Calc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PlanMaker | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Pyspread | Yes | Unsupported | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Quantrix | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Quattro Pro | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Resolver One | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Siag | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix |
Import/export capabilities
This table gives a comparison of what file formats each spreadsheet can import and export. "Yes" means can both import and export.
| CSV | Excel (xls) |
HTML | LaTeX | ODF (ods) |
OOXML (xlsx) |
DIF | OpenOffice.org XML (sxc) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gnumeric | Yes | Yes | Yes | Export | Yes | Yes | Export | Import | Import |
| IBM Lotus Symphony | Yes | Yes | Export | No | Yes | Import | Export | Yes | |
| KSpread | Yes | Import | Export | Export | Yes | No | Export | Yes | |
| LibreOffice Calc | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Export | Yes | Yes |
| Mariner Calc | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Export | No | |
| Microsoft Excel | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | Export | Import | No |
| Numbers | Yes | Yes | No | No | Import | Import | Export | No | |
| OpenOffice Calc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Export[7] | Yes | Import | Export | Yes | Yes |
| Quantrix | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Datalink | Datalink | Export | Datalink | |
| Quattro Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Import | Export | No | |
| PlanMaker | Yes | Yes | Export | No | No | Import | Export | No | |
| Pyspread | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Import | Export | No | |
| Resolver One | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Siag | Yes | Import partial | Yes | Export | No | No | Export | Import partial | |
| CSV | XLS | HTML | LaTeX | ODF .ods | OOXML .xlsx | DIF | OpenOffice.org XML |
See also
References
- ↑ "Calligra 2.9.11 Released: Calligra Suite".
- ↑ "Gnumeric 1.12.27 aka "TBD" is now available.". Retrieved 2016-02-07.
- 1 2 "Release Notes". The Document Foundation. April 7, 2016. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2". The Apache OpenOffice Blog. Apache Software Foundation. 28 October 2015.
- ↑ "Infos zu PlanMaker 97". 1997-06-03. Archived from the original on 1997-06-03. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
- ↑ Andy Updegrove (2006-07-05). "The Emerging ODF Environment, Part IV: Spotlight on SoftMaker Office 2006". Retrieved 2010-03-28.
- ↑ Through extensions: "Calc2LaTeX". 2009-07-15. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
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