Byaan vs ExcelGPT

Byaan is an AI data analyst for asking questions in natural language about connected databases and files. It accepts SQL connections and file imports including CSV, Excel, Parquet, and JSON, alongside PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, MSSQL, and SQLite. Users can work through Slack, a Mac app, or MCP clients such as Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex, using keys from supported model providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Azure, Bedrock, Groq, OpenRouter, and xAI. Byaan can retain organizational context and workflows as reusable skills, and read a connected GitHub repository for business rules and data intent. It can produce interactive dashboards and export reports as PDF, Excel, or standalone HTML. The maker says it prevents DDL and DML writes to supported data sources. The Mac App is free for individuals and MIT licensed. A Team Version is self-hosted in a VPC, with multi-user authentication, RBAC, Slack, and automatic HTTPS; it requires Linux and Docker, with 2 GB RAM minimum and 4 GB recommended.

ExcelGPT turns plain-language spreadsheet questions into formulas, charts, cleaned data, templates, and analysis workflows. Its formula generator supports more than 400 functions across Excel, Google Sheets, WPS, and LibreOffice Calc. Users can upload spreadsheets and chat across multiple files and sheets to clean, merge, or query data, while Work Agent runs multi-step workflows across files. ChatDB connects to MySQL, PostgreSQL, Supabase, and SQL Server, restricting database work to read-only SELECT queries through a query guard and read-only transaction. Imports include Excel, CSV, ODS, PDF, PNG, and JPG files, with XLSX as an export format. Google Sheets connection is optional and uses per-file OAuth permission; ExcelGPT says it cannot browse or read other Google Drive files. ChatGPT with GPT-4o/GPT-5 is available, alongside Claude, Gemini, and OpenAI workflows. The free plan offers up to 90 credits per month through daily check-in. Pro costs $19.90 a month, and Max costs $29.90 a month. ChatGPT-powered features need a live connection, though the last response is cached for offline reading.