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Spreadsheet.com Shutting Down? Alternatives?
Just saw that spreadsheet.com is shutting down. Wild that a company that raised $5.5M wasn't able to "achieve venture scale growth." Especially wild since that was a massive market. Googling really quick, and it looks like according to askwonder.com, there are 750 million to 2 billion people in the world who use either Google Sheets or Excel. Google Suite, which includes Google Sheets, is used by approximately 2 billion users every month, while Microsoft Excel has an estimated 750 million to 1.2 billion monthly users globally.
I'm not enamored by big tech (yes, including Microsoft Excel). I think most are old and clunky. Does anyone have advice on alternatives besides Google Suite? I'm thinking about going with https://www.thebricks.com/ or https://www.zoho.com/sheet/. Any others I should consider?
- rfarley04 3y agoRows.com does some pretty interesting stuff with third-party integrations
- limrod631 3y agoTy - checking them out rn.
- k310 3y agoI am not familiar with spreadsheet.com but look at these as possibilities. Zoho Office works on the desktop and online. Free for individuals. (you mentioned it) https://www.zoho.com/officesuite/ https://www.zoho.com/officesuite/ Apple office apps work online, and collaboratively. You probably don't need an iCloud plus account, just the free one, I think. https://www.icloud.com/numbers/ https://www.icloud.com/numbers/ https://support.apple.com/guide/icloud/numbers-mm000eaf41fd/icloud https://support.apple.com/guide/icloud/numbers-mm000eaf41fd/... They are MS-compatible.
- cpach 3y agoAirtable?
- gorkemcetin 3y agoWhere is this announced exactly? Can't see it on their web page.
- KomoD 3y agoThey sent out emails. "We are sorry to share that we have made the difficult decision to shut down the Spreadsheet.com service, effective May 31, 2024."
- is_true 3y agoHave you tried Google sheets? It's the best out there, IMO. The only issue is that it could disappear in a few months, but I don't think google would kill their MS Office competitor, which is doing more than fine.
- altdataseller 3y agoCan’t they just sell the domain and recoup all their costs? That domain is probably worth at least a few million
- KomoD 3y agoA few million? Definitely not worth that much.
- MikeyRobertson 3y agoThere is a very active aftermarket for domain sales. So I'm sure they would be able to sell off this asset. Not sure it would be in the millions. But definitely in the 6-figures (US$xxx,xxx) range. That's one thing about premium domain names, even if the company fails, the domain name is still valuable and more often than note, appreciates in value with time. The cost of high end domain names continues to increase. An example, both Connect.com and Chat.com sold for $10M+ in the last few years.
- hopelesss 3y agoThere are some alternatives. Here's an overview: https://www.colea.com/blog/new-generation-of-excel-alternatives/ https://www.colea.com/blog/new-generation-of-excel-alternati...