List of online spreadsheets
Encyclopedia
An online spreadsheet is a spreadsheet
document edited through a web-based application that allow multiple persons to edit and share it with the world. With the advent of web 2.0
technologies such as Ajax
circa 2005, a new generation of online spreadsheets has emerged. Equipped with a rich Internet application
user experience, the best web based online spreadsheets have many of the features seen in desktop spreadsheet applications. Some of them have strong multi-user collaboration features. Some of them offer real time
updates from remote sources such as stock prices and currency exchange rate
s. Online applications are now becoming known as "Cloud Apps".
Spreadsheet
A spreadsheet is a computer application that simulates a paper accounting worksheet. It displays multiple cells usually in a two-dimensional matrix or grid consisting of rows and columns. Each cell contains alphanumeric text, numeric values or formulas...
document edited through a web-based application that allow multiple persons to edit and share it with the world. With the advent of web 2.0
Web 2.0
The term Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web...
technologies such as Ajax
Ajax (programming)
Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications...
circa 2005, a new generation of online spreadsheets has emerged. Equipped with a rich Internet application
Rich Internet application
A Rich Internet Application is a Web application that has many of the characteristics of desktop application software, typically delivered either by way of a site-specific browser, via a browser plug-in, independent sandboxes, extensive use of JavaScript, or virtual machines...
user experience, the best web based online spreadsheets have many of the features seen in desktop spreadsheet applications. Some of them have strong multi-user collaboration features. Some of them offer real time
Real time business intelligence
Real-time business intelligence is the process of delivering information about business operations as they occur.In this context, real-time means a range from milliseconds to a few seconds after the business event has occurred...
updates from remote sources such as stock prices and currency exchange rate
Exchange rate
In finance, an exchange rate between two currencies is the rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another. It is also regarded as the value of one country’s currency in terms of another currency...
s. Online applications are now becoming known as "Cloud Apps".
Software that is free to use
- EditGridEditGridEditGrid is a Web 2.0 spreadsheet service. It offers both a free-of-charge service to personal users and a subscription service to organisations and is available on a number of partner sites and channels....
- Free for both personal and commercial use. - Expresso spreadsheetExpresso spreadsheeteXpresso is a hosted workspace for Microsoft Office communities. Excel spreadsheet management is the first application offered. It is among the growing number of Web 2.0, SaaS offerings in the online spreadsheet market...
- Free edition. - Google Docs - Free.
- Office Web AppsOffice Web AppsMicrosoft Office Web Apps is a web-based version of the Microsoft Office productivity suite. It includes the web-based versions of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft OneNote. The web applications allow users to access their documents directly from anywhere within a...
- Free. - SheetsterSheetsterSheetster is a GPL Open Source Web Spreadsheet and a Java Application Server created by Extentech Inc. The product was created for the enterprise and small and medium sized businesses as an Open Source alternative to closed document management systems....
- SmartsheetSmartsheetSmartsheet is an online project management and crowdsourcing tool. It allows owners of information to comprehensively involve contributors through authenticated access, publicly-accessible published sheets, or via embeddable survey forms. Functionality is focused on the ability to organize, share,...
- Free trial. - ZCubes - Calci - Free.
- Zoho Office SuiteZoho Office SuiteThe Zoho Office Suite is a Web-based online office suite containing word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, note-taking, wikis, customer relationship management , project management, invoicing and other applications developed by ZOHO Corporation , a US-based company. It was...
- Free for personal use.
Open Source
- Simple Spreadsheet
- Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware includes a spreadsheet since 2004 and migrated to jQuery.sheet in 2010.
- wikiCalcWikiCalcwikiCalc is a web application, created by Dan Bricklin, that allows for the creation and editing of spreadsheets through a wiki-style user-editable interface...
(now called SocialCalc)
Paid Commercial Software
- Expresso spreadsheetExpresso spreadsheeteXpresso is a hosted workspace for Microsoft Office communities. Excel spreadsheet management is the first application offered. It is among the growing number of Web 2.0, SaaS offerings in the online spreadsheet market...
- Workgroup, & Enterprise accounts. - Google Docs - Enterprise (and other) edition.
- Resolver OneResolver OneResolver One is a Spreadsheet program created by Resolver Systems with the IronPython programming language. It is a desktop application, with a web server version, and intended as a platform for the rapid development of business applications. It runs on Microsoft Windows, and is free for use in...
- ThinkFreeThinkFree OfficeThinkFree Office by Haansoft ThinkFree Co. Ltd., a subsidiary company of Haansoft Corporation, is an office suite written in Java that runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and Android platforms....
Calc - Zoho Office SuiteZoho Office SuiteThe Zoho Office Suite is a Web-based online office suite containing word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, note-taking, wikis, customer relationship management , project management, invoicing and other applications developed by ZOHO Corporation , a US-based company. It was...
- Business account. - SmartsheetSmartsheetSmartsheet is an online project management and crowdsourcing tool. It allows owners of information to comprehensively involve contributors through authenticated access, publicly-accessible published sheets, or via embeddable survey forms. Functionality is focused on the ability to organize, share,...
See also
- Comparison of spreadsheet softwareComparison of spreadsheet software-Online versus Desktop:Web-based spreadsheets do not in general depend on a particular operating system or similar constraints and are therefore generally more portable by their nature than desktop applications.-Collaborative spreadsheets:...
- List of collaborative software
- Web based simulationWeb based simulationThe term web-based simulation emerged in 1996, and is typically used to denote the invocation of computer simulation services over the internet, specifically through a web browser....