# Microsoft Excel

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/microsoft-excel
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/microsoft-excel.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/microsoft-excel/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://microsoft.com
- **Slug:** microsoft-excel
- **Categories:** collaboration-productivity, consumer-apps, data-analytics-business-intelligence, finance-accounting-software

## Overview

- **Tagline:** The deepest set of data analysis, modeling, and automation features of any spreadsheet tool, backed by a 40-year ecosystem.
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application featuring calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications. It has been a standard industry tool for financial analysis, data management, and bookkeeping since the late 1980s.
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Excel Desktop
  - Excel for the Web
  - Excel for Mobile (iOS/Android)
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Subscription
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Finance, Accounting, Data Analysis, Education, Business Operations
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - Google Sheets
  - Numbers Lancers
  - LibreOffice Calc
  - Airtable Lancers
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.