Spreadsheets that stay off the cloud.

All the everyday spreadsheet features you use, with your workbooks saved as .xlsx files on your own computer instead of in a Google account.

What you can do with openWorkstand

If you use Google Sheets for…	In openWorkstand, use
Formulas, formatting and sheets	Spreadsheets with 400+ functions
Importing CSV data	Opens .csv and .xlsx files
Converting CSV to JSON	CSV to JSON tool

Where each one is stronger. Last reviewed October 2026; products change, so check Google Sheets’s own site for current details.

Topic	Google Sheets	openWorkstand
Account	A Google account is required.	Not needed.Stronger here
Where your files are kept	In Google Drive (Google’s cloud).	In a folder on your computer (or private storage in your browser). Nothing is uploaded.Stronger here
Offline	Possible after turning on offline mode in Chrome.	Yes, once the page has loaded.
Real-time collaboration	Yes, several people can edit the same sheet at once.Stronger here	No real-time co-editing. You can share the folder with OneDrive, Dropbox or Google Drive, but one person should edit a file at a time.
File format	Google’s own format; imports and exports .xlsx and .csv.	Saves real .xlsx (and .csv) files directly.Stronger here
Price	Free for personal use; paid plans for businesses.	Free. Public tool pages may show a few ads; the workspace has none.
Connected workspace	Google Docs, Calendar and Drive alongside.	Documents, spreadsheets, calendar, notes, tasks, projects, tables and whiteboards in one app, linked together.

Google Sheets is the better choice when several people need to edit the same sheet at the same time from different places.

Google Sheets is a trademark of its owner. openWorkstand is an independent project and is not affiliated with it.