# GPTExcel review (2026): is the free plan enough? > AI assistant for Excel files: formulas, pivot tables and analysis Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. GPTExcel is a web app where you upload an Excel or CSV file, or a photo of a table, and ask for results in plain English. It returns formulas, native pivot tables, charts, summaries and slide decks, and it also writes scripts, SQL and regular expressions. Usage is metered in credits that refresh weekly on paid plans and monthly on the free plan. - **Category:** Spreadsheets & Databases - **Made by:** GPTExcel - **Website:** https://gptexcel.uk - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want it inside Excel or Sheets, since it is a separate web app. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, GPTExcel has a free plan, and paid plans start at $9 per month (Pro). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free: 50 credits a month on the fast model, 5 free tool runs a day, files up to 5 MB and 10 per chat. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | 50 credits a month, fast model, files up to 5 MB, 10 per chat; includes the pivot and slide agents and the generators. | | Pro | $9 per month, billed monthly | About 3,000 credits a month (700 a week), fast and standard models, files up to 50 MB, 20 per chat. | | Pro Plus | $18 per month, billed monthly | About 10,000 credits a month (2,330 a week), adds the expert model, files up to 100 MB, 30 per chat. | Read from https://gptexcel.uk/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with GPTExcel before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 30% with annual billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page has an Annual toggle labeled 'save 30%'; the annual price itself was not shown in the page text read. Source: https://gptexcel.uk/pricing ## Key features - **Chat with spreadsheets:** Upload Excel or CSV files and ask questions; answers come with charts and summaries. - **Formula generation:** Writes and explains formulas for Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice Calc and Airtable. - **Pivot Builder:** Builds native Excel pivot tables, slicers and pivot charts from a plain-English request. - **Slide Deck Builder:** Turns a spreadsheet into a presentation downloadable as PowerPoint or PDF. - **Scripts, SQL and regex:** Generates VBA, Apps Script, LibreOffice Basic, Airtable and Python scripts, plus SQL queries and regular expressions. ## Good for - Excel users who want formulas and pivot tables without learning the syntax - Analysts who want a first pass over a sales or finance export - Occasional users who can stay within the free monthly credits ## Worth knowing - It is a separate web app, not an add-in inside Excel or Sheets; you upload files and download or paste results. - Credits do not roll over, and the page says heavy bursts are paced over 5-hour windows. - The expert model, at 10 credits a message, is only on Pro Plus. - Paid plans refresh credits weekly, so a month's total cannot be used in one go. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. GPTExcel is a web app where you upload a spreadsheet and chat with it for formulas, pivot tables and scripts. The free plan gives 50 credits a month, it is not an add-in inside Excel, and credits don't roll over. - **Value for money: C.** Pro is $9 a month and Pro Plus $18, both mid-range for the category. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Free forever, but 50 credits a month and 5 MB files is a cap you'll hit. - **Features: C.** Chat with files, formulas, a pivot builder, a slide builder, scripts, SQL and regex. You upload and copy results back, as it is not inside Excel. - **Ease of use: C.** A web app with files to upload and results to paste back; no store rating on record. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with no add-in, desktop app or phone app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from GPTExcel's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among spreadsheet and database tools - GPTExcel's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 8 of the 63 other spreadsheet and database tools we grade, and level with 8. - Its paid plans start at $9 a month, against a middle price of $12 for the category: 16 of the 47 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 17 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/spreadsheets ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace GPTExcel you would be making a spreadsheet engine with its formulas. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 47 of the 63 other spreadsheet and database tools grade higher. It costs $108 a year. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: A spreadsheet engine with its formulas. - You could not: An AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make. - You could not: A slide editor. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets and LibreOffice Calc among them. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice Calc, Airtable, PowerPoint **Tags:** AI features, Spreadsheets, Chat assistant, Presentations, Reports ## Alternatives - [Better Analyst (formerly Formula Bot)](https://toolgpa.com/tools/formula-bot): AI data analyst: chat, dashboards and alerts over files and databases. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/formula-bot-vs-gptexcel) - [Formulas HQ](https://toolgpa.com/tools/formulas-hq): AI generators for spreadsheet formulas, scripts, regex and analysis. 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