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Best Online Spreadsheet

Cup blog (coffee shop) by tomtolman on 12 May 2007, tagged as internetnetworking

Data requirements are growing exponentially and much of that information is kept on Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Recently there have been several companies that have announced web-based, collaborative spreadsheet solutions. The major Web 2.0 spreadsheet solutions are:

The only one that I have used so far is Google Spreadsheets. While there are many things I like, the product can be greatly improved. I’m interested in harnessing OmniNerd’s brainpower to determine the best Web 2.0 spreadsheet solution from the current offerings.

    • What spreadsheet programs have you used?
    • Why did you pick the one you are using?
    • What do you like or what features need to be added?
    • From the business perspective, which spreadsheet companies will be successful and why? Who will be the primary users of these online collaborative spreadsheets?
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You forgot MS's solution by marcus :: NR0

Microsoft also offers a web-based excel solution called Excel Services which is part of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

I've heard the main problem is that it lacks macro's and you have to right custom VB scripts to mimic the functionality. Until this gets fixed I'd think twice before deploying, finance departments won't like the lack of macros.

I haven't deployed this feature yet, so don't have much more to add, here is a link for more info: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA101054761033.aspx?pid=CH101768471033

This product will probably become the leading online spreadsheet program, it integrates with all office products and can be deployed and managed enterprise wide. The primary users will probably be a finance department.

Posted 24 June 2007, Hide, Reply