# Univer review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Embeddable spreadsheet, document and slide SDK Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Univer is an Office SDK that developers embed in their own products to edit spreadsheets, documents and slides, with a server component for collaboration and file conversion and an AI SDK for agents. The core is open source under Apache-2.0, and a commercial self-hosted edition adds features such as charts, pivot tables and real-time collaboration. - **Category:** Spreadsheets & Databases - **Made by:** Univer - **Website:** https://univer.ai - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want a spreadsheet to use, as it is a developer toolkit. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Univer has a free plan, and paid plans start at $99 per month, or from $1,000 per year billed annually. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Freemium: commercial SDK capabilities with watermarks and feature limits, for development and testing. Includes 10 exports a month. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Freemium | $0 | Watermarks and feature limits; meant for development and testing, with 10 exports a month. | | Business | $99 per month and up, or from $1,000 per year billed annually | Self-hosted Office SDK for production: 25+ editing connections, 5,000+ exports a month, one main domain and its subdomains. Licenses run 1 to 12 months with no automatic renewal. | | Enterprise | Custom | Unlimited editing connections and exports, distributed deployment and advanced support. | Read from https://univer.ai/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Univer before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Annual license from $1,000** (Annual discount): The pricing page lists Business from $99 a month, or from $1,000 a year billed annually. Source: https://univer.ai/pricing/ ## Key features - **Spreadsheets, docs and slides SDK:** Web SDK embeds Office-style editing in a product; Business adds charts, pivot tables, printing and an advanced formula engine. - **Server SDK:** Handles real-time collaboration, history and Office file import and export in your own environment. - **AI SDK:** Lets agents read and edit Office content and collaborate with people. It includes no model; you connect your own. - **File formats:** Sheets import XLS, XLSX, CSV and TSV and export XLSX, CSV and TSV; the vendor warns unsupported elements may be dropped in conversion. - **Customizable interface:** A plugin architecture for toolbars, menus and components written in React, Vue 3 or Web Components. ## Good for - Developers adding a spreadsheet editor to their own product - Teams that must run office editing on their own servers ## Worth knowing - It is a developer SDK, not a ready-made spreadsheet app for end users. - Production use requires Business or Enterprise; the Freemium tier adds watermarks and feature limits. - A Business license covers one main domain and its subdomains; other domains need separate licenses. - Model services and infrastructure costs are not included in the license fee. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Univer is an SDK developers embed to edit spreadsheets, documents and slides inside their own product, with an open-source core under Apache-2.0. Production use needs a licence from $99 a month or $1,000 a year, and it is not a spreadsheet for end users. - **Value for money: D.** Business starts at $99 a month, or from $1,000 a year, against $12 in the middle of spreadsheet tools and $65 for the dearest tenth. Model services and infrastructure are extra. - **Free plan and trial: C.** The open-source core is free and the Freemium tier is for development and testing, with watermarks and 10 exports a month. Production use is paid. - **Features: D.** An SDK for sheets, docs and slides, a server component and an AI SDK. It needs an application built around it, and the open core lacks charts, pivots and real-time collaboration. - **Ease of use: D.** No store rating on record. A developer installs the packages and writes the integration. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web components for React, Vue and Angular. No desktop or phone app is listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Univer's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among spreadsheet and database tools - Univer's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 0 of the 63 other spreadsheet and database tools we grade, and level with 4. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 21 of 63) and worst on features (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $83.33 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $12 for the category: 45 of the 47 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 1.7 out of 4. 51 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 Univer 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: 59 of the 63 other spreadsheet and database tools grade higher. It costs $1,000 a year. Univer is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself. - You could not: A spreadsheet engine with its formulas. - You could not: An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. - You could not: Several people working in it at the same moment. - You could not: It plugs into other products, React, Vue and Angular among them, and has an API. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with React, Vue, Angular **Tags:** Spreadsheets, Open source, Self-hostable, Real-time collaboration, AI agents, Public API ## Alternatives - [GRID](https://toolgpa.com/tools/grid): Spreadsheet engine and agent tools for developers building products. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/grid-vs-univer) - [Google Sheets](https://toolgpa.com/tools/google-sheets): Browser-based spreadsheet, free with a Google Account. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/google-sheets-vs-univer) - [Microsoft Excel](https://toolgpa.com/tools/microsoft-excel): Spreadsheet app sold with Microsoft 365, free in the browser. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/microsoft-excel-vs-univer) - [Grist](https://toolgpa.com/tools/grist): Open-source relational spreadsheet with Python formulas. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/grist-vs-univer) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://univer.ai/pricing/ - https://univer.ai Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/univer Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).