# Page 4 | Microsoft Excel Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 4 - Is Microsoft Excel the right Spreadsheet solution for you? Explore 19391 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/reviews --- Microsoft Excel 4.8 (19391) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 15th, 2026 # Page 4 - Reviews of Microsoft Excel ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 76-100 of 19391 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use TP Tony P. CEO Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excel still the best spreadsheet and analsytical tool" July 14, 2025 5.0 I have been a very long term user and appreciate the modifications and changes have almost always been positive. Pros Very efficient software. Easily integrates into other software. Has diffferent versions which can easily work with alternatives. Cons Formulas can sometimes be cumbersome. Can be difficult to move between versions. Does not integrate easily with AI software. Review Source Samantha E. Agent Insurance Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great tool!" October 27, 2025 5.0 Overall positive and reliable experience especially for tracking and data sets. It is reliable and trustworthy. Pros The ability to turn data sets into different types of graphs and to illustrate year over year gains and losses. Cons The auto save feature isn’t always trustworthy and the cross platform compatibility makes data sets and charts look wonky. Review Source Bailie M. Office Manager Utilities Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easiest spreadsheet tool" July 28, 2025 5.0 My overall experience has ben great. I love how easy it is to use and there is so many tips and tricks available online. Pros I like that what you can do on Excel is endless. I use it everyday and am still learning new tools and tricks. Cons There really isn't anything that I don't like about excel. Anyone that can use a computer can use Excel. Review Source MS Manish S. AI and Automation Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Microsoft Excel - Excellent to use" March 8, 2026 5.0 My overall experience with Microsoft Excel has been great. I have been using it for 15 years now and have never been more impressed by any tool. I have integrated it with SQL database to manage large database and analyze it and create reports for it. Pros Excel is the only tool capable of data storage and analysis which is as simpler as it can get. It is the easiest of tools that I have worked with. Probably the reason why it's still around for decades. Cons The thing I don't like about Microsoft Excel is that it cannot efficiently store and manage large datasets in itself. For that it has to depend on third party tools. Review Source RB Regina B. CEO Events Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Microsoft Excel Beginner" July 10, 2025 5.0 My overall experience with Microsoft Excel is great! I use it from personal to business with ease of use. Pros What I like most about Microsoft Excel is that it’s easy to read and you can create formulas for various projects or reasons. Cons What I like least about Microsoft Excel is that I have to learn to understand how to create a formula and link lines from different pages. Switched from [Microsoft Word](https://www.capterra.com/p/227146/Microsoft-Word/) Microsoft Excel Is easier to track what I need and view it on a daily basis. Review Source Steve P. Head of sales Commercial Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excel 2025" September 14, 2025 5.0 Very positive and gain immense benefit from the information and business data I can gather. Is a vital part of our business Pros Love the flexibility and functionality of using Excel and how adaptable it can be. Well specified with plenty of options Cons Can be a steep learning curve to use advanced formulas and need to refer to resources for new or updated functions Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Customer Marketing Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Microsoft Excel fulfills all of my data organization needs!" December 3, 2025 5.0 Overall, I use Microsoft excel for just about all of my data needs when doing my job. It makes my life so much easier! Pros I’ve used microsoft excel for over a decade. I love that they have kept true to their design and overall use case. Cons I would like some easier capabilities when it comes to cell rules. I find myself having to go through a lot of options before landing on what I want. Review Source EJ Ethan J. Auditor Accounting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excel - Cream of the crop" March 6, 2026 5.0 Overall I have had a very positive experience with excel using it daily to create various effective analytical tools. Pros Microsoft excel is the industry standard with easy to use functions and clear and precise formulas, formatting and data analytics. Cons My least favourite part of excel is the lack of backwards compatibility with previous versions of excel. Review Source Tanya D. President Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Spreadsheet Program" August 21, 2025 5.0 Overall my experience with Microsoft Excel is positive since it keeps me organized with clients in spread sheets I have created. Pros I like that is has various functions that you can add into the sheet for making calculations easier. Cons What I do not like about excel is that is sometime glitches and does not save my previous time when using it. Review Source JS James S. Owner Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Need a new subscription to use Excel on my phone" March 27, 2025 4.0 Excel is still a go-to tool in my daily work life. However, with having to purchase another subscription to use it on my phone I am now seeing if Google Sheets will give me what I need for my data analysis. Pros It provides many useful functions and helps manage my simple data analysis needs. Cons It has become too bloated. I also have a Office 365 subscription. Now I have to purchase a separate subscription to use Excel on my phone. Switched to Google Sheets. Alternatives considered [Google Sheets](https://www.capterra.com/p/169718/Google-Sheets/) Reason for choosing Microsoft Excel When Excel came out years ago Google Sheets was not around. However, Google Sheets now allows me to do most of what I want. Review Source Varun S. Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excel is great" August 20, 2025 5.0 I use microsoft excel everyday at work to keep track of inventory. It is very easy to use and allows many options for manipulation of the data. Pros The versatility of the product. The fact I can write scripts is nice as well. I love that I have multiple options for how I want to manipulate data whether it is scripts, formulas or macros. Cons I dont like how difficult it is to make API calls with the scripts. I have tried multiple times to try to access APIs through scripting with Excel with no success. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Manager, Business Development Sports Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Room For Improvement" October 27, 2025 4.0 Overall, its been great and meets the needs that I have for creating spreadsheets. I think there is room for improvement but it is so widely used that features similar to other companies have been neglected because of its popularity. Pros Excel is the most widely used and common app. I like it most because everyone seems to know how to use and it. The features have improved slightly but overall is a great and common app to use. Cons It could have room for more growth with intuitive (AI) features regarding formulas and sharing. Sharing is still tied to whatever service for storage that you may have, so the ability to realtime edit together collaboratively could be improved. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Service Manager Consumer Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Sometimes a nightmare." March 30, 2026 3.0 Excel is such a classic. It’s the one tool I can’t live without for keeping my life in order, but man, it can be a nightmare when one tiny formula ruins your entire afternoon. It honestly feels like a superpower once you get the hang of it, but there are definitely days where I feel like I need a PhD just to get a simple chart looking right. Pros Excel lets me go from messy notes to complex, automated models without forcing a structure on me. That instant feedback loop is addictive. Cons It is very easy to make mistakes, such as typing over a formula, mistyping data, or having broken links. Review Source AW Anderson W. IC Test Engineer Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A Powerful Dominant Product" September 25, 2025 5.0 Excel is a powerful all-around widely known tool useful for putting data together that is best represented by columns or rows. It has a lot of hidden features, such as mathematical functions and can quickly make graphs after data is highlighted. Similar products lack usability or lack the powerful features. Pros It is easy to use, setting up simple tables for various types of spreadsheets. It has powerful hidden functions that put it high above competitive products such as Google Sheets. Cons There are certain more basic items that are not supported, and this hurts usability. For instance, filling cells with negative numbers is difficult as excel tries to automatically think you are going to select another cell for a function. Review Source BM Bernie M. Production Supervisor Machinery Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excel my go to Spreadsheet." March 24, 2025 5.0 I have been using MS Excel since about 1989. I have tried other programs that claim to do the same thing, but they always fall short. Pros The ability to tailor it to my needs and I can do complex calculations using formulas. I can use multiple tabs to separate data but still pull data into my calculations and simplify the output for other team members to read. Cons With very large data sets it can get bogged down and may require a more powerful computer to quickly run your calculations. Alternatives considered [Apache OpenOffice](https://www.capterra.com/p/160717/Apache-OpenOffice/)[Google Sheets](https://www.capterra.com/p/169718/Google-Sheets/) Reason for choosing Microsoft Excel I have been using Excel for over 36 years, I compare all other programs to excel for usability and functionality. So, it may be that I have a strong bias towards excel, but it is what it is. Excel does what I need and can be made to do much more. Review Source TP Takeisha P. IT Specialist Accounting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Very versitile program that everyone should learn" June 1, 2025 5.0 Pros I love the many different things you can use this program for. I use it for everything from managing my home bills to analyzing data at work. Cons some of the formulas aren't very intuitive and the help function isn't very helpful. I have had to go to the internet several times for help with more complex formulas. Review Source AG Alfredo G. Staff Accountant Accounting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excel Helping you excel" November 20, 2025 5.0 Overall, Excel has been great to me. It is Microsofts best product out there! Its able to do so much in terms of record keeping & organizing. I really love it. Pros Microsoft Excel is the best product out there. As an accountant who is always working on spreadsheets - I recommend Excel for every purpose it serves. It is easy to use, and its features are out of this world. Cons Despite it being easy to use, it does take some getting used to. Also, I wish it had a feature on a shared drive where people would be able to update a spreadsheet at the same time. Sometimes it is hard to be opening & closing a workbook. Review Source jW josh W. Graphic Designer Graphic Design Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A Powerful and Versatile Tool for Everyday Data Needs" January 5, 2026 5.0 Overall, my experience with Excel has been very positive. It is a dependable and flexible tool that handles a wide range of tasks, from basic data entry to advanced analysis. While it has some limitations with scale and collaboration, its ease of use, wide adoption, and powerful features make it an essential and valuable application. Pros What I liked most about Excel is its versatility and reliability. It makes organizing, analyzing, and visualizing data straightforward with powerful formulas, pivot tables, and charts. It saves time, scales from simple lists to complex models, and remains intuitive even as tasks become more advanced. Cons Despite its strengths, Excel has some drawbacks. It can become slow and unstable with very large datasets, is prone to human error due to manual inputs and complex formulas, and lacks strong version control for team collaboration compared to more modern data tools. Review Source PJ Pavan J. Retail Operations Manager Apparel & Fashion Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The Role of Microsoft Excel in professional work " October 26, 2025 5.0 My overall experience with Microsoft Excel has been very good. I have learned how to use formulas, charts, and filters to make my work easier and more accurate and smooth. Pros I like most about microsoft excel makes work to easy and organize analyze data quickly using formulas and charts. I like using Vlookup in Excel for data verification and filtration huge data. Cons I least like about microsoft excel is sometimes excel formulas can get complicated. Sometimes, when working with huge amounts of data l, excel becomes slow and faces complications with filtering and loading. Review Source DP David P. Prevention Manager Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excel -lent Program!! " March 28, 2025 5.0 Excel has the primary software that I use on a daily basis. Between using it to create forms, templates, budgets, performance tracking, inventory tracking, gift card tracking, financial reports, sorting data and creating charts. Microsoft forms will even export the answers to excel so that you can sort and organize them Pros I love this software. Most people do not realize how much power is in this program. It can be complex, and it does take some effort to become proficient and take advantage of some of the features. Pretty much anything it doesn't do natively can be done with VBA macros Cons The one thing that absolutely drives me crazy is automatically changing large numbers into scientific notation. For the life of me I can't figure out why that would make that a default setting with no option to turn it off. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Case Management Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The OG of spreadsheets " March 31, 2026 5.0 Overall I have always had a great experience with excel and it will always be the go to program that I use when needing to make a spreadsheet or graph. Pros I love being able to make the spread sheets that I need on a daily basis using this function. It makes it incredibly easy. Cons Sometimes there can be issues where it will change up the style that I want to paste my spreadsheet or something needed into the spreadsheet Review Source SS Sue S. Office Manager Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excel provides dependability " January 5, 2026 5.0 Overall Excel is worth every penny spent on the license fee. It's a reliable product that allows you to keep track of all of your data in one sortable location. Pros I have been using Excel in both my professional and personal life for many years. The program can be used for many aspects in everyday life. Cons The hardest part about Excel is remembering all of the formulas, but with a quick search in the help field or Google you are on your way in no time. Review Source MW Merville W. Accounting manager Accounting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Problems with Excel!" August 15, 2025 2.0 Always a problem - Excel spreadsheets freeze over nothing and most of the time I have to restart my computer and lose my data just to get them off my screen and start over! So, that's why I give them a (2)! Pros Nothing Cons The find feature - I hunt for exact numbers but Excel can't find them even when right in front of the number(s)! This is frustrating as hell when the powerful Excel can't fiind it's own numbers! Review Source JB Jonathan B. HR and Operations Analyst Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excel in the HR Space" October 29, 2025 5.0 It has been awesome! I used to do a lot of the tracking manually, but I learned about conditional formatting recently. It has been a huge game changer, and I'm glad it's become part of my daily work. Pros There's an endless amount of possibilities with Excel. I've taken a number of courses on Excel, and I feel like there's so much to learn still! I enjoy the idea of being able to keep myself organized and making spreadsheets that matter for HR purposes. Cons The functionality of it can be very confusing at first; however, you kind of need to play around with it in order to learn and understand some of the functions. It can be overwhelming at first. Review Source JL Jayden L. VP of Accounting Construction Used the software for: 2+ years ### "THE FOUNDATION OF ACCOUNTING " March 23, 2026 5.0 Can't imagine life without it nor could i ever switch to another platform. 10/10 this has been a life saver Pros Super easy to use and templates make data sharing easy. easy to navigate and it works well on both desktop and mobile. like any microsoft product the value is top notch and customer support is A1 Cons like any microsoft product there will be occassional bugs. however due to it being under microsoft these issues get resolved pretty quickly. it also takes a while to learn all the functions Review Source Similar Products Featured