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Ask HN: De-Googling my life: Alternatives to Google Sheets?
I am trying to de-Google my life.
But I like Google Sheets (simple UI, synchronizes between computers, free/affordable).
Have any of you had good experiences with a similar product but from another smaller company? (Like replacing Google Analytics with Plausible/Fathom/etc.)? E.g. a spreadsheet product from a small company costing $5-$10/month, something like that?
Thanks in advance!
- julienreszka 3y agoDid you try framacalc ? https://framacalc.org/abc/en/ https://framacalc.org/abc/en/
- Pete-Codes 3y agoI like simple analytics and proton mail Maybe try airtable instead of Google sheets
- tazu 3y agoSimple Analytics and their Open Startup [1] thing is pretty cool. [1]: https://simpleanalytics.com/open https://simpleanalytics.com/open
- Brajeshwar 3y agoI haven't used it extensively besides some trial but I have heard good words about OnlyOffice. Check out their family pack (I think this is one time) https://www.onlyoffice.com/docspace-family-pack.aspx https://www.onlyoffice.com/docspace-family-pack.aspx
- lcof 3y agoOnlyoffice is IMHO the best alternative to Google sheets. Services like infomaniak’s kDrive includes it, and for personal free gsuite-like suite, check out ik.me
- arcastroe 3y agoThe OnlyOfffice desktop app is a pretty good and free alternative to Microsoft Office Suite. You can simply install it on your local machine for offline access. OnlyOfffice is also self-hostable as a web app for a cloud alternative to Google Sheets. Filebrowser is a self-hostable alternative to Google Drive. There's a pull request open to integrate OnlyOffice with Filebrowser for self-hosted google-drive + google docs. https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/pull/1420 https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/pull/1420
- robin_reala 3y agoIf you’re using a Mac / iOS then Numbers? It’s obviously not a webapp, but it comes with your device, has a simple UI, and syncs via iCloud.
- eddieh 3y ago> It’s obviously not a webapp It is actually (https://www.icloud.com/numbers https://www.icloud.com/numbers) and the parity with the desktop app is pretty much one to one.
- robin_reala 3y agoOh, right, I’d blanked on the web version!
- gorkemcetin 3y agoOne option is Retable, and there is a one time payment option as well.
- vel0city 3y agoZoho Workplace is pretty good. https://www.zoho.com/workplace/pricing.html https://www.zoho.com/workplace/pricing.html
- Cheer2171 3y agoZoho is pretty good, they have a Google Workspaces competitor (web apps for email, docs, sheets, slides) for $3/month/user. https://www.zoho.com/workplace/pricing.html https://www.zoho.com/workplace/pricing.html
- alentred 3y agoYou can try Zoho, including the Zoho sheets and their other products. It is not as polished, but does the job.
- qntmfred 3y agocan I piggyback this post to see if anybody has any good alternatives to Google Photos? I've been a happy user for years, but I increasingly worry that Google doesn't have the resources/focus anymore to rely on them to keep all my memories safe. automatic backup of photos/videos on my phone is the killer feature for me.
- COGlory 3y agoNextCloud can auto-upload from your phone. If you want better tagging/photo management on top of that, you can setup PhotoPrism with it. If you don't want to self-host, you can get a NextCloud storage share from Hetzner.
- john-radio 3y agoI think Dropbox has all the features you mentioned from Google Photos, except possibly for tag-style albums instead of directory-style, and photo-focused tooling such as cropping and so on.
- j_h_o 3y agohttps://github.com/immich-app/immich https://github.com/immich-app/immich Runs on my Android device, auto backing up photos and videos. I've been running this for over a year - it's great.
- ianschmitz 3y agoI’m running Immich on my home server and it has been great. The syncing on iOS doesn’t seem to want to automatically upload so I have to manually go in and click the sync button sometimes. Otherwise it’s been great!
- barbazoo 3y agoWeird, iOS here too and syncing works. Sometimes takes a minute for a photo I just took to show up in the app but it will eventually. Is that what you mean?
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- yoavmmn 3y agoI’ve used Nextcloud only for file storage/sync, but they have what you’re looking for: https://nextcloud.com/office/ https://nextcloud.com/office/
- nojs 3y agoThe sheets app is horrible, it’s not a realistic alternative to Google Sheets.
- HackerThemAll 3y agoComparing free, hobby project to an office suite developed by many dozens highly paid programmers every day for 17 years. Yes, that makes sense.
- joshuamcginnis 3y agohttps://baserow.io/ https://baserow.io/
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 3y agoI would actually be wary of all online spreadsheets. You are letting very valuable data reside primarily on someone else’s computers. It is harder to backup, migrate, etc. Why not use open office and some type of cloud sync? You are in control of the data. With open formats you can even switch software as you want while keeping your data unaffected.
- Cheer2171 3y ago> reside primarily on someone else’s computers > Why not use ... cloud sync If you have your openoffice files just sitting unencrypted in s3 or Dropbox, this is no different
- CrypticShift 3y agohttps://www.getgrist.com/ https://www.getgrist.com/
- jasonvorhe 3y agoThis is actually much closer to what I was hoping Google Sheets could end up becoming before Google shit the floor. Thanks!
- WhackyIdeas 3y agoWe don’t use GA or any alternative in its place and we do just fine really.
- alexfromapex 3y agoGet a Synology NAS it has spreadsheets you can share and host yourself.
- ilrwbwrkhv 3y agoJust get Excel. It is indeed one of the best pieces of software ever made.
- Borg3 3y agoReally? People still like those Microsoft bloated products? How come. I remember Office 2000. Nice and small, quick and easy to use. 2003 wasnt bad either, but you start to feel the direction. 2007 was last usable office for me. Anything later is just downhill ride. Luicky, I can avoid all those tools mostly. I feel sad for those who cannot.
- HackerThemAll 3y agoGet out of your cave. 1.2 billion people use Office.
- robin_reala 3y agoBut do they want to, or are they forced to by the companies they work in? I mean, I have to use Powerpoint for collaboration on presentations, but I’d be very happy to never touch it again.
- cosmotic 3y agoMany (most?) don't have an option. Their employer pays the office 365 bill and won't pay for an alternative. You're also stuck with file compatibility problemsif you use a potentially superior product.
- john-radio 3y agoYou're right and you should say it!
- ilrwbwrkhv 3y agoYou know while I would mostly agree with you, Excel is still amazing. There is nothing like it in the market. Google Sheets look like a child's toy in comparison.
- barbazoo 3y agoHow about Excel and local (shared via file sync)?
- frizlab 3y agoNumbers is actually great (the desktop app) if you are in the macOS ecosystem.
- hodgesrm 3y agoSerious question: Why would you want to get rid of Google Sheets? * Anything that's shared will have the same issues with data. Plus it forces other users to join some product they've never heard of. * Local hosting would require time that would probably be better to spend elsewhere. * Google Sheets is extremely mature and stable.
- sidcool 3y agoZoho.