Google Sheets is free and also available as a desktop application for Google Chrome OS and assorted mobile OSes, such as Android and iOS.
It is available for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS.
Microsoft Excel as part of the Microsoft Office suite and cloud-based subscription service Microsoft 365 (formally Office 365).Some commonly used spreadsheet software programs today: IBM acquired Lotus in 1995 and continued selling Lotus 1-2-3 through 2013, when it discontinued the spreadsheet application, which had fallen behind Microsoft Excel in the '90s and never recovered. Lotus 1-2-3 surpassed VisiCalc to became the program that cemented the IBM PC as the preeminent personal computer in business during the 1980s and 1990s. Daniel Bricklin and Bob Frankston created the first spreadsheet application, named VisiCalc for 'visible calculator.' It was popular on the Apple II, one of the first computers used by businesses.
