Office & Productivity

Analyse Excel spreadsheets without formulas

You have sales, inventory or survey spreadsheets and want trends and conclusions, but can't write complex formulas.

3 top picks

1

Julius AI

Built for data analysis
FreePaid

Upload Excel / CSV, ask questions in chat, and get charts and conclusions automatically.

Free: Free plan (daily free credits)

2

ChatGPT

General analysis assistant
FreePaidTo be verified

Upload a sheet to have it explain the data and write formulas, and help draft the report text.

Free: Free plan available; whether agent mode and other features are open to free users is to be verified

3

Microsoft Copilot

Right inside Excel
FreePaid

If you already use Microsoft 365, ask Copilot to analyse directly in Excel.

Free: The Copilot app is free to use

How to combine them

  1. 1

    First remove personal data from the sheet (phone numbers, ID numbers, etc.).

  2. 2

    Upload it to Julius and ask specific questions like 'Which month sold best, and why?'

  3. 3

    Have it draw charts, then ask ChatGPT to turn the findings into a three-sentence summary for your boss.

  4. 4

    Check important numbers against the original sheet yourself.

How far the free plans go

Julius has a free plan (daily free credits); ChatGPT has a free plan (free allowance for file uploads to be verified); the Microsoft Copilot app is free, but using it inside Excel needs a paid Microsoft 365 plan. Partly to be verified

Prices and limits change often. Data checked on 2026-10-27; the official sites are the final word.

Not for

  • Audit-grade financial statements
  • Data with customer personal information that can't be uploaded to third parties

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