Quadratic Personal replaces 2 paid apps
One genuinely free tool, 2 subscriptions it can stand in for. Each pairing below is curated and verified by hand, with the honest catch spelled out. No votes, no pay-to-list.
licenseproprietary, free
runstheir cloud
installHosted signup in the browser
enginesQuadratic currently defaults to Claude Sonnet 5 and selects among frontier hosted models; self-hosted deployments can instead bring provider API keys
dataSpreadsheet files live in Quadratic Cloud and can be downloaded or shared as local files; connected database data remains in the source and query results enter the sheet
setupno real blockers; verified to install clean
facts verified 2026-08-10
A spreadsheet that can query databases and run Python or JavaScript, without pretending every analysis is a dashboard.
the verdict →
A real analysis spreadsheet with database connections and programmable cells; API work is less point-and-click than Rows.
the catchQuadratic makes database and API work more code- and query-driven, lacking Rows' large catalog of point-and-click integrations and API-powered spreadsheet functions.
the verdict →all Rows alternatives →last updated 2026-08-10 · up to $564/yr replaced · no votes, no pay-to-list
