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Google Sheets pricing
Google Sheets publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 1 September 2026, Google Sheets pricing is free across 2 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Free personally, bundled into paid Google Workspace for organisations
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
Google Sheets plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Google account | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
| Google Workspace Business Starter | $7/month | 3 | +$7/month, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Personal Google account
FreeThe entry tier. It covers full sheets functionality, 15gb shared drive storage across gmail, drive and photos, no admin controls.
Google Workspace Business Starter
$7/monthOver Personal Google account, this tier adds:
- Sheets bundled with Gmail, Drive and Meet
- Admin console and centralised management
- 30GB pooled storage per user
Where Google Sheets stops being free
Personal Google account, Free
- Full Sheets functionality
- 15GB shared Drive storage across Gmail, Drive and Photos
- No admin controls
Google Workspace Business Starter, $7/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Sheets bundled with Gmail, Drive and Meet
- Admin console and centralised management
- 30GB pooled storage per user
What the product covers
The full Google Sheets feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Real-time collaboration
- Formulas and pivot tables
- Apps Script automation
- Excel compatibility
- Offline mode
- Connected Sheets
People bring Google Sheets in for a freelancer or small team wanting real-time spreadsheet collaboration without installing software, a school or nonprofit already using free or discounted google workspace for education, a company standardising on google workspace for email and file storage that gets sheets included, a team building lightweight internal tools with apps script rather than a dedicated database. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Google Sheets are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Spreadsheets
Too few spreadsheets tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Sheets (this page) | Free | Free personally, bundled into paid Google Workspace for organisations | - | |
| Numbers | Free | Free with Apple hardware, optional Apple Creator Studio subscription for AI features | - | vs Google Sheets |
| Zoho Sheet | Free | Free standalone, bundled into paid Zoho Workplace for organisations | - | vs Google Sheets |
| SeaTable | Free, then €7/month | Per user per month | - | vs Google Sheets |
| Quadratic | Free, then $18/month | Per user per month | - | vs Google Sheets |
| Sigma Computing | On request | quote | - | vs Google Sheets |
| Equals | $24000/year | Per year by connector count and refresh frequency | - | vs Google Sheets |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Google Sheets badges page.
Before you pay for Google Sheets
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between Free and $7/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Google Sheets runs on web, ios, android, and is published by Google of Mountain View, California, United States. The full record is on the Google Sheets review, and the rest of the category is under best spreadsheets tools.
Google Sheets pricing questions
- How much does Google Sheets cost?
- Google Sheets publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Personal Google account up to $7/month for Google Workspace Business Starter. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Google Sheets have a free plan?
- Yes. The Personal Google account tier costs nothing and covers full sheets functionality, 15gb shared drive storage across gmail, drive and photos, no admin controls. Paying starts at $7/month for Google Workspace Business Starter.
- What is the difference between Personal Google account and Google Workspace Business Starter on Google Sheets?
- Google Workspace Business Starter costs $7/month against Free, and adds sheets bundled with gmail, drive and meet, admin console and centralised management, 30gb pooled storage per user.
- Which spreadsheets tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 spreadsheets tools listed alongside Google Sheets have a free tier: Numbers, Zoho Sheet, SeaTable, Quadratic, Teable.
- What am I actually paying for with Google Sheets?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a freelancer or small team wanting real-time spreadsheet collaboration without installing software, a school or nonprofit already using free or discounted google workspace for education, a company standardising on google workspace for email and file storage that gets sheets included.
- Does Google Sheets charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Google Sheets prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Google Sheets against before paying?
- The closest spreadsheets tools in this directory are Numbers, Zoho Sheet, SeaTable, Quadratic. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Google Sheets covering price, platforms and features.