Excel or Google Sheets? An x-ray that every BI should read!

liza89 · Post by **liza89** » Sat Feb 01, 2025 9:48 am

Excel spreadsheets or Google Sheets?
Since the earliest times, the use of spreadsheets in the corporate environment has been essential. As technology evolves, giants Microsoft and Google, especially these two, work hard to deliver applications that meet the needs of the market.

It is a fact that the resources offered today by both Excel and Google Sheets are increasingly sophisticated, and what was once seen as a type of modern spreadsheet has now been transformed into powerful database tools (for example).

But, after all, which of the two spreadsheet program solutions best meets your needs?

The History of Excel
Excel was created in 1985, initially to be part of Apple's basic software. At the time, the program was developed to compete with Lotus 1-2-3.

However, in 1987 the first version of Excel for Windows was created – a year that was, in fact, a bit turbulent for Microsoft, which was sued due to the use azerbaijan telegram screening of the name Excel , already patented by another corporation; After the obstacle, Microsoft, to avoid conflicts, adopted the name Microsoft Excel , and a few years later bought the patent and was able to freely use the “nickname” of the green program .

There is no denying that Excel revolutionized the spreadsheet market, which until then was (most of the time) created manually. The program was the first to provide differentiated user interfaces, which allowed, for example, functions that are now simple, such as changing fonts (size, format, color, etc.).

In 2003, Excel incorporated the VBA ( Visual Basic for Applications ) language into its system , which facilitated the automation of some of the program's advanced functions.

Currently, Excel can also be used in an online environment (although with inferior functions, if on the free plan) and provides several APIs that connect spreadsheets to data generating systems, such as Facebook.

In addition to its obvious uses, Excel is now one of the most important programs in the Data universe.