What would you choose? Smartsheets or Google Sheets?

[tmyers]

I just want to get others input.
My work place currently pays for and uses Smartsheet's. I don't see the draw to it over Google Sheets. I will say that Smartsheet's is probably slightly more user friendly then Sheets.

What are other peoples opinion on them?

 

[Isaac]

Sorry but haven't used both, can only comment on Google sheets.

My guess is they probably all include roughly the same feature set.

If I were evaluating that - my 2 concerns would be:

1) How close does the product come to behaving like Excel does. Why? Because the world is heavily attached to Excel. From your end-users "using" the sheet, to a developer designing it, the closer it aligns with all of the shortcuts, behavior, colors, matching, entering formulas, selecting cells - everything - the easier everyone's life will be, and the less they'll have to maintain TWO sets of skills, totally separate.

2) Does it allow scripting. Surely it won't be VBA, that would be too lucky? But does it allow scripting that is max easy for people to learn. Some like the fact that Google Script is "a lot like javascript", some don't...up to you and your developer base.

I guess I'll add.......Google sheets has MANY robust features to allow a live data connection (down to excel, text, access, anything), and many features to limit user access/permission to books, tabs, ranges, etc. Does Smartsheet have them too? Just to consider.

 

[tmyers]

Smartsheet has some of those features, but they are "extras" you have to pay for. One such feature is the ability to link to an excel file.

 

[Isaac]

Kind of makes you wonder why the company doesn't just use Office 365 with excel online, when needed.

Excel itself comes with so many ways to share itself, not much else is needed..

 

[Jon]

Have you seen some of the plugins avaiable for Google Sheets? Were you aware there were plugins for it?

 

[tmyers]

Have you seen some of the plugins avaiable for Google Sheets? Were you aware there were plugins for it?

Actually I was not. I am going to have to look into that. I am all about saving money (hence why I am trying to make an app for us so we dont have to shell out a few grand for something like Oasis) so any reason I could give the boss to move away from Smartsheet's , the better.