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24 alternatives to I created an Excel plugin for using SQL inside Excel

QueryStorm is an Excel plugin that enables users to write SQL, C#, and VB.NET code directly within spreadsheets. It's designed for developers and technical users who want to query data, build custom functions, and… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I created an Excel plugin for using SQL inside Excel launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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I've built a C# IDE, Runtime, and AppStore inside Excel▲670
The project is called QueryStorm. It uses Roslyn to offer C# (and VB.NET) support in Excel, as an alternative to VBA. I've posted about it before, but a lot has changed since then so figured I'd share an update. The current version includes a host of new features, namely a C# debugger, support for NuGet packages, and the ability to publish Excel extensions to an "AppStore" (which is essentially a NuGet repository). The AppStore can be used by anyone with the (free) runtime component. Another great addition is the community license, which is a free license for individuals and small companies…
2023 · querystorm.com · its alternatives →
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ThingieQuery▲73
An Excel plugin that makes using SQL in Excel easy
2016 · querystorm.com · its alternatives →
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SQLite Plugin for Jekyll▲227
I love Jekyll, especially the Datafiles[0] feature, which lets you use CSV/JSON/YAML files and iterate through them. Mixed with the Jekyll Data Pages generator[1], which lets you create a page for every row in your dataset, it is a very powerful combination. However, Liquid is a terrible language for data-mangling, and simple filtering/sorting/merging can become very annoying. So I wrote a Jekyll SQLite plugin that lets you use the same data interface in Jekyll/Liquid, but backed by a SQLite file(s). It gives you the simplicity of the Baked Data pattern[2], and the…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Work with CSV files using SQL. For data scientists and engineers▲99
A SQL spreadsheet desktop app that queries and visualizes CSV files using SQL.
2021 · superintendent.app · its alternatives →
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Visual SQL▲512
Through months of design, prototypes, and user tests we made a visual version of SQL - which has proven to enable 80% of business users to write complex quer…
2020 · chartio.com · its alternatives →
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Select Star SQL, an interactive SQL book▲700
2018 · selectstarsql.com · its alternatives →
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Jspreadsheet▲199
JavaScript Data Grid with Advanced Spreadsheet Controls
2024 · jspreadsheet.com · its alternatives →
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TextQuery – Query CSV, JSON, XLSX Files with SQL▲163
Hiya HN! TextQuery is my sabbatical project that I have been working on for the past six months. It was born out of a personal pain point. Anytime I wanted to analyze raw CSV data, I had to create a schema first before I could import it for querying. And to create charts, I had to use yet another tool. I also disliked how bad charts from popular tools like Excel, Google Sheets looked like. I wanted an easier way to do this and TextQuery was my solution: an all-in-one tool to query CSV files using SQL and create beautiful visualizations as well. Currently, it's a macOS app and focused on CSV…
2025 · textquery.app · its alternatives →
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10 Years to Build a Free SQL Editor▲355
I have spent large parts of the last 10+ years building an SQL Editor. The tool is targeted at data analysts, a lot of effort has gone into charting, visualizing and excel export. If this sounds useful to you, it's Free, please give it a try and let me know any feedback.
2024 · timestored.com · its alternatives →
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QueryCraft▲76
Lightspeed query generation for SQL and Pandas
2023 · lifeontrack.co · its alternatives →
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Query Your Sheets with SheetSQL▲128
Hello HN! I've developed a tool named SheetSQL that allows you to query, join, export, and schedule your queries to Google Sheets through a straightforward SQL interface in the browser. This tool is a simple, first iteration of the idea, so I'm eager to receive feedback on it. You can contact me at taras [at] sheetsql.io :D. I'd love to find out if it could be useful for folks out there! As someone working in fintech, I constantly deal with sheets and often find it challenging to perform seemingly simple tasks like JOINs natively. However, I'm familiar with SQL, which inspired the creation…
2024 · sheetsql.io · its alternatives →
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Datagridxl2.js – Fast Excel-like data table library▲301
I'm Robbert, the creator of DataGridXL.js. Last month I released version 2 which includes many new features. DataGridXL is a free (and commercial) editable data table library written in ES6. My goal is to develop the most performant & user-friendly spreadsheet-like data table out there: - It has zero dependencies. You don’t need any framework to use DataGridXL. - It is lightweight (~250kb) and easy to use. It does not even require messing with CSS. - It has its own Virtual DOM implementation to prevent DOM errors. - Developer friendly. Supports all modern web browsers Please take a look at…
2022 · datagridxl.com · its alternatives →
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OpenSheet▲86
Hi folks. I've been doing some experiments on how LLMs could get more handy in the day to day of working with files (CSV, Parquet, etc). Earlier last year, I built https://datakit.page and evolved it over and over into an all in-browser experience with help of duckdb-wasm. Got loads of feedbacks and I think it turned into a good shape with being an adhoc local data studio, but I kept hearing two main things/issues: Why can't the AI also change cells in the file we give to it? Why can't we modify this grid ourselves? So besides the whole READ and text-to-SQL flows, what seemed…
Feb 2026 · opensheet.app · its alternatives →
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SheetSQL – SQL Engine inside Google Sheet▲33
SQL engine inside Google Sheet. Contribute to Xuefeng-Zhu/SheetSQL development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
15RS
Run SQL on Spreadsheets▲43
2021 · spanrr.com · its alternatives →
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ClaySQL▲141
Run SQL queries directly in Google Sheets
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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SqlSmash, A productivity plugin for Sql Server Management Studio▲43
2014 · sqlsmash.com · its alternatives →
18SA
SpreadsheetDB – A database that you can query with spreadsheets▲144
2017 · spreadsheetdb.io · its alternatives →
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ChatGPT for Excel▲175
Build and update spreadsheets with ChatGPT in real time
Mar 2026 · chatgpt.com · its alternatives →
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GRID▲244
Turn your spreadsheets into smart, interactive web documents
2021 · grid.is · its alternatives →
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Fun with SQL inside Excel▲6
I've built a plugin for Excel that lets you use SQL inside Excel. Here are two demo/tutorial videos I've made: Damo 1 -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld-mbyAGsow Damo 2 -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vjlEd2-bJQ The website is here: http://thingiequery.com/ I've already posted about it a week ago, but kinda clumsily so this is a repost (it says in the guide that an occasional repost is fine, so here's one). This is the original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9359128 And here is a Reddit thread on the plugin:…
2015 · its alternatives →
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Superintendent.app▲89
Write SQL on CSV files (Desktop app)
2021 · superintendent.app · its alternatives →
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GRID Sheets 1.0▲130
AI-powered spreadsheet w/ interactive datavis layer
2023 · grid.is · its alternatives →
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sqanything▲89
Query any data tables on the Web with SQL
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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