Comparisons
Fair comparisons between spreadsheet tools. Each one says plainly where the other tool wins and where VisiGrid is the wrong choice — pages that shade the truth get cited badly and age worse.
- Is Numbers the same as Excel? The 2026 differences, side by sideNo. Numbers is Apple's free spreadsheet, Excel is Microsoft's paid one with about twice the functions, Power Query and VBA. A side-by-side table of what each cannot do.
- VisiGrid vs Excel vs Google Sheets vs LibreOffice Calc vs Numbers — features comparedA side-by-side feature comparison of five spreadsheets: functions, charts, pivot tables, scripting, CSV import, collaboration, platforms and price. Excel, Google Sheets and LibreOffice do more; here is where each one fits.
- VisiGrid vs LibreOffice Calc — an honest comparisonWhere a 421 MB office suite beats a 30 MB spreadsheet and where it does not. Charts, macros and pivot-table depth against startup time, keyboard flow and a CLI that computes identically. Measured, not guessed.
- XLOOKUP vs VLOOKUP — which to use, with examplesColumn counting, lookup direction, the approximate-match default that bites, and the one good reason to still write VLOOKUP. Verified examples of both.