[HN Gopher] How to Replace Excel?
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       How to Replace Excel?
        
       We are getting to a position where the entire business will choke
       on Excel. We are growing rapidly, large contracts coming in left
       and right. We deal with the government,so often Excel is all they
       know. What can I use for quick deployment, multi user access to
       make it a bit more manageable?
        
       Author : cosmodisk
       Score  : 6 points
       Date   : 2022-05-18 21:43 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
       | m348e912 wrote:
       | It really depends on what you plan on doing with excel. One
       | alternative may be mysql with a solid gui tool to design your
       | database the way you want. https://retool.com/blog/top-5-mysql-
       | gui-tools/
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       | There are SAAS solutions like airtable. https://www.airtable.com/
       | 
       | Hosted and managed databases in AWS, Oracle, and Azure.
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       | As I mentioned it's best to get a good idea on what you're trying
       | to do with excel, there may be a purpose driven web app designed
       | to do exactly what you're looking to accomplish.
        
       | p10_user wrote:
       | A smooth solution : provide sqlite databases for easy browsing
       | with datasette
       | 
       | https://datasette.io/
        
       | fsflover wrote:
       | https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/professional-support/
        
       | argella wrote:
       | Why? Excel is fantastic. Just use it right.
        
       | minimaxir wrote:
       | A central database leveraging OLAP connections within Excel may
       | be a good half-measure.
        
       | dostojevski1 wrote:
       | Google Sheets.
        
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