Excel vs Google Sheets for Financial Modeling
Sensitivity tables, formula auditing and recalculation speed compared, with a clear recommendation for each situation.
Read the guide →Guides
Practical writing on Excel and Google Sheets from the people who build them for a living — what to use when, what things cost, and what breaks.
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Choosing between Excel and Google Sheets
Which of the two fits the job, decided on the differences that actually matter
Excel vs Google Sheets for Inventory Management
Concurrent updates are the deciding factor. Scale limits, mobile entry and reorder alerts compared, plus when to stop using a spreadsheet altogether.
Read the guide →Planning a project
The decisions worth making before anyone opens a workbook
How Much Does an Excel Consultant Cost?
What actually drives the cost of a spreadsheet project, why fixed price beats hourly, and the five questions that tell you whether a quote has been scoped honestly.
Read the guide →VBA vs Google Apps Script
Scheduling, execution limits, distribution and debugging compared — and which platform fits which job before you have written anything.
Read the guide →Working faster
Getting more out of the tool you already have
Excel Shortcuts That Actually Save Time
The shortcuts worth committing to memory, grouped by the job each one does — navigation, selection, entry and auditing.
Read the guide →Data Cleaning for Spreadsheets
The cleaning steps that prevent most reporting errors — whitespace, types, duplicates and structure — in the order that makes each one easier.
Read the guide →Building Interactive Dashboards in Google Sheets
One source tab, a calculation layer and control cells, with QUERY doing the work instead of a pivot table nobody refreshes.
Read the guide →Looking for a template rather than a guide?
Over 50 free Excel and Google Sheets templates, by category