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Spreadsheets and data

Formulas, tables and analysis in spreadsheets. What each tool costs, where it runs, what it shipped last, and what its terms say about your data.

  • 4tools compared
  • 2 of 4have a free plan
  • $7a month, the cheapest paid plan
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Makers' own descriptions, plans and terms, read Oct 20, 2026, so company-reported. Open "Rights" or "Your data" on a card for the maker's own words.

“Get powerful analysis and insights with Copilot in Excel1,3”

No free planPaid from $9.99 a month

Comes with Microsoft 365 subscriptions; a free Microsoft account gets "Limited usage" of Copilot overall.

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LatestNavigate to your workbook changes directly from the Copilot chat pane responseSep 23, 2026

Your data
What it does with your data
“If you are logged into Copilot with a Microsoft Account or other third-party authentication, you can control whether your conversation activity is used for training Microsoft's generative AI models.”

Microsoft Support: Privacy FAQ for Microsoft Copilot, Oct 20, 2026

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“visualize data and surface insights faster with AI.”

No free planPaid from $7 a month

Not on Workspace Business Starter. Help page: needs an "eligible Google Workspace or Google AI plan"; some features offered to personal accounts via Workspace Experiments.

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“ChatGPT can analyze uploaded files, answer questions about the data, and create tables or charts”

Free planPaid from $8 a month

Pricing page table: Data analysis "Limited" on Free; "Yes" on Go, Plus and Pro.

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LatestData plugin in ChatGPT Work and CodexSep 10, 2026

Your data
What it does with your data
“When you use our services for individuals (Free, Plus, Pro), we may use your content to train our models.”

OpenAI Help Center: How your data is used to improve model performance, Oct 20, 2026

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Julius

Julius AI

“the AI workspace for research, data analysis, presentations, dashboards, websites, and more.”

Free planPaid from $20 a month

"Free daily credits"; the amount is not stated on the pricing page.

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Your data
What it does with your data
“provided, that we do not use your Personal Information to train our artificial intelligence models”

Julius Privacy Policy, Jul 1, 2026

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