Better Analyst vs SheetAI
Plans, free access, limits and intended use side by side, taken from each vendor’s own pages. No score and no winner: the facts show where the two differ.
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AI data analyst for files and connected sources, with dashboards, scheduled reports and the former Formula Bot tools
Google Sheets add-on with =SHEETAI formulas that run AI prompts row by row, on your own API key or hosted plans
- Free access
- Better Analyst: Free access
- SheetAI: Free access
- Paid from
- Better Analyst: USD 20 per month
- SheetAI: USD 12 per month
- Plans listed
- Better Analyst: 5
- SheetAI: 4
- Public API
- Better Analyst: Not confirmed
- SheetAI: Not confirmed
Where Better Analyst and SheetAI differ
- PlansBetter Analyst lists 5 plans and SheetAI lists 4.
Head to head
Each value from the tool’s profile and the vendor’s own pages
| Better Analyst | Fact | SheetAI |
|---|---|---|
| Access and price | ||
| Free access availableFree · USD 0 | Free accessSame | Free access availableBYOK Free · USD 0 |
| USD 20 per monthStarter · first month $10, or $168 billed yearly · $14 a month | Lowest listed paid plan | USD 12 per monthStarter |
| Free plan; Starter from $14/month billed yearly ($168) | Pricing model | Free with your own API key; hosted plans from $12 a month |
| 5 | Plans listedDiffers | 4 |
| Not confirmed | Public API | Not confirmed |
| Not required | Card to start | Not confirmed |
| Not confirmed | Open source | Not confirmed |
| What it is for | ||
| Recurring reports and dashboards from spreadsheets and analytics data | Built for | Running the same AI prompt down a column of a Google Sheet |
| Data & spreadsheets | CategorySame | Data & spreadsheets |
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| How current | ||
| Profile sources checked | ||
| Prices confirmed · Oct 24, 2026 | Pricing checkSame | Prices confirmed · Oct 24, 2026 |
Official source check for both tools. No hands-on testing and no score: “Differs” marks a documented difference, not a better tool.
Plans and prices
Better Analyst
Prices confirmed · Oct 24, 2026- FreeUSD 0
- StarterUSD 20 per monthfirst month $10, or $168 billed yearly · $14 a month
- MaxUSD 40 per user per monthfirst month $20, or $336 per user billed yearly · $28 a month
- BusinessUSD 80 per user per monthfirst month $40, or $672 per user billed yearly · $56 a month
- CustomContact sales
SheetAI
Prices confirmed · Oct 24, 2026- BYOK FreeUSD 0
- StarterUSD 12 per month
- ProUSD 29 per monthor $290 per year
- Credit packsUSD 29USD 79, $139 or $299 one-time
Strengths and limits
Better Analyst
Strengths
- Usage costs are itemised: The documentation lists the AI Action cost of each tool, down to the per-page cost of PDF extraction.
- Shows its working: The homepage says every answer shows the SQL or Python behind it.
- Refund rule is stated: Requests within 30 days of a payment qualify if the account used fewer than 50 billable messages, requests or AI Actions.
Limits to plan around
- Free is a short trial: 10 messages and 25 AI Actions a month, one file per chat, five uploads in total and a 5 MB file cap.
- Free chats are deleted: On the free plan, chats, messages and files inactive for more than 60 days are permanently deleted.
- Client sharing needs Business: Free dashboard Viewers, per-member row access and embeds start on Business.
SheetAI
Strengths
- Free plan without a SheetAI fee: With your own key, SHEETAI calls and formula generation are unlimited on SheetAI's side; only the AI provider bills you.
- Several AI providers in one add-on: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, xAI and DeepSeek keys are supported.
- Key stays in your Google account: The setup guide says the key is stored in Apps Script properties and never sent to SheetAI servers.
Limits to plan around
- Google Sheets only: The Marketplace listing covers Google Sheets; there is no Excel version.
- Hosted usage is loosely defined: Starter allows about 500 runs a month, and Pro has no published limit beyond soft unlimited.
- Long calls fail: A Google Sheets custom function stops after 30 seconds, so slow models can return an execution-time error.
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