The collaborative spreadsheet that minds its business.
Build relational data apps that feel like a spreadsheet. Open-source, secure, and under your control.
Features
General purpose, on purpose
Streamline your unique workflow with Grist’s versatile UI and robust feature set.
AI Assistant
Chat with your data and have productive conversations.
- Analyze your data and formulas in plain language.
- Create and modify records and formulas.
- Work on your data with integrated conversational context.
Forms & surveys
Collect and analyze data easily.
- Create simple and effective forms.
- Share your form with a single click.
- Analyze data in real time.
Flexible layout
Arrange your data on screen to maximize your and your team’s productivity.
- Drag-and-drop widgets to make custom layouts.
- Link data to quickly pull up details and related records.
- Turn rows into data cards, and attach relevant images and files.
Access rules
Collaborate with confidence and peace of mind, using unique system of granular data permissions.
- Control who sees what, down to each row and column.
- Share data in part or in full, and still collaborate in real-time.
- Share limited views of relevant data with third parties.
Visualizations
See what matters at a glance, from big trends to small details.
- Summarize data into charts or pivot tables to see the big picture.
- Link charts to update dynamically to visualize segments of data.
- Show data in new ways with a gallery of custom widgets, or build your own.
More features
Streamline, control, and drill into your data. Discover the endless possibilities of our full-featured relational spreadsheet software.
- Formulas with Excel functions and Python power.
- Automatic backups and snapshot history.
- Conditional styles, and cell formatting.
- Localized into 20+ languages.
- APIs and integrations.
Professional Services
Grist Solutions
We’ll create a custom solution that makes your data more useful – now, and far in the future.
Plan your solution
Work with us to identify workflow pain points and improvements.
Customize based on your needs
We’ll create a solution that fits, and a solution that lasts.
Build with experts
Not just a custom solution, but expert advice from those closest to Grist.
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Discover the better spreadsheet software.
Full-featured free plan, data privacy, no lock-in.
Templates
Ready-to-use templates
Get a running start with many templates to choose from,
to use as is or customize to your needs.
Investment Spreadsheet Template
Uncover trends by exploring investment data across categories and time using vibrant, dynamic charts.
View TemplateClass Catalog and Enrollments Template
Manage class enrollment and student data efficiently with our easy-to-use relational spreadsheet.
View TemplateLightweight CRM Template
Manage customer info and interactions in a user-friendly, spreadsheet-style CRM template.
View TemplateDevelopers
Power tools
Take it to the next level with our open-source spreadsheet-database tool.
Super-charged formulas
- Fully supports Python syntax and standard library in formulas.
- Includes many familiar Excel functions.
Extensible
- Connect to anything via REST API, webhooks, or integrators.
- Create your own custom widgets.
Unprecedented control
- Can be self-managed, for intranet operation or compliance.
- Uses SQLite format, great for portability and backups.
“I love Grist. It’s crazy powerful. I still can’t believe what we’ve been able to achieve in it. It’s the dream that low-code was sold as for years – we can do incredible things in each column with Python and we can build our own widgets to run on those! Wild!”
Elliot Lee
User Researcher
“Grist has become our go-to for more complex, structured data. It sits somewhere between Excel and Access—powerful, relational, and flexible enough for prototyping real data-driven applications.”
Olivier Lambert
CEO at Vates
“The more I use Grist, the more I LOVE it. I have been surveying self-hosted database GUI tools, and I was consistently disappointed with their shortcomings or bugginess. Grist is the first to have tilted the balance the other way.”
Stephen S.
Publications, Personal City Guides
“Grist has given us incredible flexibility to solve data problems and find solutions, whether it is for a small team at the district, or at scale with the entire district staff. We’re really excited about the different ways we can use it going forward.”
Director of Product
EdTech Company
“What I like about Grist the most is its focus. It appears simple, but it’s very powerful in a focused way. Grist has really improved our workflow and communication.”
Chris Scott
Co-founder in Digital Marketing
“If people spend some time learning a new tool they’ll have more power to do their work and research. I said to one of my students, ‘You will be very very happy using Grist because you are miserable using Excel!'”