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Google Sheets is a toy. When I've tried to do complex analysis on large data sets it just completely chokes and hangs part way through recalculating. Excel is far faster and more robust.

Google Sheets is also just missing some more advanced data analysis and charting features. Casual users might never notice but power users consider it unacceptable.



It is great to note lists and small monthly expenses accounting, and that is about it.

Nothing that compares to the math functions charting and table manipulations, extensibility via COM and .NET, PowerQuery, Lambda,...




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