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Alternatives to Quadratic
21 spreadsheets tools sit alongside Quadratic in this directory. Below is what separates each from Quadratic on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 15
- Cheaper to start
- 6
- Quadratic starts at
- Free, then $18/month
Why people look past Quadratic
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Quadratic entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Quadratic publishes 4 tiers, from Free up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Quadratic pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
AI-powered analytics platform unifying notebooks, dashboards, and business intelligence
- Starts $18 a month dearer, at $36/month.
- Sold on a Seat-based subscription with credit system model rather than Per user per month.
Browser spreadsheet whose formulas call live data from analytics, CRM and payment services
- Starts $18 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Per user per month.
Fast analytics with the friendly UX
- Starts $72 a month dearer, at $90/month.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Per user per month.
Cloud spreadsheet, free for a personal Google account and bundled into paid Google Workspace for organisations
- Sold on a Free personally, bundled into paid Google Workspace for organisations model rather than Per user per month.
- 2 tiers to Quadratic's 4.
Apple spreadsheet, free on Apple hardware, now with an optional Apple Creator Studio subscription for AI features
- Sold on a Free with Apple hardware, optional Apple Creator Studio subscription for AI features model rather than Per user per month.
- 2 tiers to Quadratic's 4.
Free standalone cloud spreadsheet from Zoho, also bundled into the low-cost Zoho Workplace suite
- Sold on a Free standalone, bundled into paid Zoho Workplace for organisations model rather than Per user per month.
- 3 tiers to Quadratic's 4.
Every Quadratic alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quadratic (this page) | Free, then $18/month | Per user per month | 4 | |
| HexBetter when the work is genuinely a notebook shared with a data team rather than a grid | Free, then $36/month | Seat-based subscription with credit system | 4 | vs Quadratic |
| RowsA closer fit if you want a conventional spreadsheet with API and data connectors and no code cells | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Quadratic |
| MetabaseThe right tool if the output is a dashboard other people read rather than an analysis you are writing | Free, then $90/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Quadratic |
| Google Sheets | Free | Free personally, bundled into paid Google Workspace for organisations | 2 | vs Quadratic |
| Numbers | Free | Free with Apple hardware, optional Apple Creator Studio subscription for AI features | 2 | vs Quadratic |
| Zoho Sheet | Free | Free standalone, bundled into paid Zoho Workplace for organisations | 3 | vs Quadratic |
| APITable | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Quadratic |
| Rowy | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Quadratic |
| Mathesar | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Quadratic |
| SeaTable | Free, then €7/month | Per user per month | 5 | vs Quadratic |
| Teable | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Quadratic |
| Redash | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Quadratic |
| Fibery | Free | Subscription | - | vs Quadratic |
| Baserow | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Quadratic |
| Apache Superset | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs Quadratic |
| Coefficient | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Quadratic |
| Sigma Computing | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Quadratic |
| Equals | $24000/year | Per year by connector count and refresh frequency | 4 | vs Quadratic |
| Cube Software | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Quadratic |
| Tableau | $70/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Quadratic |
| Looker | On request | - | - | vs Quadratic |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Quadratic badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (15)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Hex , Free, then $36/month
- Rows , Free
- Metabase , Free, then $90/month
- Google Sheets , Free
- Numbers , Free
- Zoho Sheet , Free
- APITable , Free
- Rowy , Free
What you would be giving up
Quadratic is most often brought in for an analyst who wants a sql result, a python transformation and a set of manual assumptions visible in one file instead of three tools, ad hoc modelling where part of the logic is genuinely code and part is a judgement call typed into a cell, sharing a reproducible analysis with a colleague who will only ever open a spreadsheet, not a notebook, prototyping a data pull against a warehouse before committing it to a scheduled pipeline. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Quadratic is broadly right and the question is cost, the Quadratic pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Spreadsheets category lists everything the directory holds, and best spreadsheets tools ranks them.
Quadratic runs on web, macos, windows, linux. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Quadratic alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Quadratic?
- 21 other spreadsheets tools are listed in this directory, led by Hex, Rows, Metabase, Google Sheets. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Quadratic?
- 15 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Hex, Rows, Metabase, Google Sheets, Numbers.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Quadratic?
- Yes. 6 of the alternatives below start under Quadratic's $18/month: Rows at Free, SeaTable at Free, then €7/month, Redash at Free, Fibery at Free.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Quadratic?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Quadratic?
- Quadratic is most often brought in for an analyst who wants a sql result, a python transformation and a set of manual assumptions visible in one file instead of three tools, ad hoc modelling where part of the logic is genuinely code and part is a judgement call typed into a cell, sharing a reproducible analysis with a colleague who will only ever open a spreadsheet, not a notebook, prototyping a data pull against a warehouse before committing it to a scheduled pipeline. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Quadratic?
- Apache Superset is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Quadratic alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Spreadsheets, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Quadratic against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Quadratic covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every spreadsheets tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Spreadsheets category, 21 tools beside Quadratic. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.