Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. SQL Tutorial for Excel Users launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   SQL FOR ZOMBIES▲75

   Entertaining way to learn SQL

   2015 · alexpineda.gumroad.com · 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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   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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   Rows▲511

   Import business data and analyze it using plain language.

   2021 · rows.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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   SQL for Marketers▲76

   SQL Tutorial for Marketers

   2014 · justinmares.com · its alternatives →

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   LearnExcel▲71

   Learn Excel by typing real formulas, graded instantly

   2d ago · learnexcel.app · its alternatives →

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   SQL Teaching – Codecademy for SQL▲166

   The easiest way to learn SQL

   2015 · sqlteaching.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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    ThingieQuery▲73

    An Excel plugin that makes using SQL in Excel easy

    2016 · querystorm.com · 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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    A Tableau+SQL course for data professionals▲8

    2021 · udemy.com · its alternatives →

13. 13AS
    A SQL Card Game for Complete Beginners▲8

    2021 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14SA
    SpreadsheetDB – A database that you can query with spreadsheets▲144

    2017 · spreadsheetdb.io · its alternatives →

15. 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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    Slate▲109

    Making Spreadsheets Understandable.

    2014 · useslate.com · its alternatives →

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    Franchise▲6

    a notebook for sql

    2017 · franchise.cloud · its alternatives →

19. 19SB
    SQL Basics▲26

    Notes about creative coding on the Web.

    2021 · garden.bradwoods.io · its alternatives →

20. 20IO
    Improving on the Command-Line SQL Experience▲5

    2020 · medium.com · its alternatives →

21. 21FW
    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 →

22. 22DS
    Describe SQL using natural language, and execute against real data▲66

    I played around with GPT-3 to build this demo. Select a public BigQuery dataset and describe your query in natural English, then edit the generated SQL as needed and execute it. https://app.tabbydata.com/sql-assistant-demo

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    My free ebook – A Primer on SQL (2nd Edition)▲6

    2014 · leanpub.com · its alternatives →

24. 24SE
    SQL expert on demand▲5

    2016 · sqlexperthelp.com · its alternatives →

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