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Excel is a beast, but for my use case Google Sheets is better since I don't need the advanced features and it's always available in any browser.

My biggest problem with Google Docs in general is not about features but that performance is pretty bad.

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I use Sheets for work and increasingly a bunch of personal stuff. I wish Google would invest more in customization of visuals and such with charts and allow for better pivot functionality, but otherwise it is pretty solid.

I can't see myself ever paying for Excel for personal use at this point.

I second your statement about Google Docs. I find it amazing that they don't put a bigger focus on performance. We're talking about tools that are essentially about being productive!

Any Google Docs product feels incredibly sluggish, and I feel this trend lately even in Gmail or Google Keep. It just constantly feels like those old-school fat clients constantly hiccupping because of a slow server.

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