Rows vs Shortcut

Rows is a spreadsheet platform for analyzing data, building reports, and connecting information from other tools. Its AI can extract data from documents, create reports, merge datasets, and perform advanced analysis; users can describe a task rather than work through formulas and menus. Rows connects to social media, data warehouses, advertising and back-office platforms, and other sources. RowsX imports tables from thousands of websites, while connected data can refresh automatically from every minute to every month. A spreadsheet can combine live data from more than 50 sources. Reports and interactive dashboards can be shared on any device and embedded elsewhere, and teams can collaborate in real time. The free plan is free forever and does not require a trial period or credit card. It includes five AI tasks per month, manual imports, ten integration accounts, up to three guests, a 1 MB file import size, and 500 API calls per month. Paid pricing starts at $6/user/mo (annual); applicable sales tax or VAT is extra. The listed platform is API.

Shortcut is an AI spreadsheet agent for analyzing, automating, and enhancing Excel spreadsheets and financial models. It can generate formulas, transform tables, analyze spreadsheet contents, and automate workflows. Its formula-driven edits are formatted for professional use and placed without overwriting existing data. Shortcut identifies changed cells and explains hard-coded values; users can undo, revert, or restore edits. It can open and export Excel files while preserving formatting, formulas, and features. The Free plan includes Excel and Google Sheets plugins, and the product also offers a Platform API. Supported platforms are API, extension, web, and Windows, with Microsoft Excel as the primary platform. The free plan costs nothing and includes 20 free weekly credits. Pro is $100 a month billed annually, with 1,000 monthly plan credits; Teams is $320 a month billed annually, with 1,000 monthly team credits. Enterprise pricing is available on request. Shortcut states that it is SOC 2 Type II compliant and uses AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.3 in transit. Free-tier data may be used for AI training; Pro, Teams, and Enterprise data is excluded.