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The plans and billing documentation gives Personal a monthly AI message limit without stating a number, the default model only, a limited number of editable files and limited connections. The row that matters for a handover is file export: Excel, CSV and .grid export are listed for Pro and Business, not Personal. The Excel import guide says the same thing from the other side: Excel files import on any plan, and exporting back to Excel needs a paid plan.

One page leaves a question open. The Files documentation describes a “Download local copy” option in the File menu without naming a plan. Whether that works on Personal is worth checking before relying on it. Background AI such as autocomplete, chat naming and connection setup does not count against any plan’s AI usage.

A Quadratic cell can hold Python, JavaScript, SQL or a spreadsheet formula. Code reads other cells and returns a value, a table or a chart to the grid, and formulas support arrays, LET and LAMBDA. The AI chat writes or edits that code, inserts generated data, and takes PDFs and images dropped into the chat, as the PDF import guide shows, so you ask in plain language what to extract.

According to the AI models page, Claude Sonnet 5 is the default on all plans, while Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.5 Flash and Gemini 3.1 Pro require a paid plan. A small gauge next to the model menu shows how much of the context window the chat is using, and the documentation suggests a fresh chat when a long one approaches the limit.

The documentation lists connections for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Supabase, BigQuery, Snowflake, CockroachDB, MariaDB and Neon, plus Google Analytics and Mixpanel; the homepage menu also shows QuickBooks and Plaid. SQL cells can take parameters from the sheet, and Python or JavaScript cells can call web APIs. Connections are limited on Personal and unlimited on paid plans.

For automation from your own code, the Developer API creates and edits files, sheets, cells, code cells, tables and formats with a team-scoped token, and lists connections with their schemas. Generated TypeScript and Python clients are available. Files cannot be deleted through the API; deletion stays in the app.

Yes. The scheduled tasks guide describes cloud runners that execute a whole file, one sheet or a selection without the browser open, on an hourly, daily or custom cron schedule set in your time zone. Each task keeps a run history, and the AI can create, edit, pause or delete schedules from a plain request.

Two limits apply. Tasks run at most once an hour, and cron expressions more frequent than that are rejected. The documentation does not say which plans include scheduled tasks, so check the task panel on your plan before building a report around it.

The AI security page says every model provider Quadratic uses has a zero-day data retention policy with Quadratic, that Quadratic is SOC 2 and HIPAA certified, and that prompt storage can be turned off in the team settings. Files live in the Quadratic cloud; when you go offline, changes are saved in browser storage and synced on reconnect.

The self-hosting guide offers Docker and AWS deployments, free licence keys for individuals and per-user pricing for business and enterprise users; the pricing page lists self-hosting under Enterprise. The guide says the deployed code matches a source-available GitHub repository, but that repository link returned a not found page, so the code cannot be inspected from there.

The Terms and Conditions, last updated April 9, 2025, are with Quadratic Growth Inc., registered in Colorado with an address in Boulder. Users must be 18 or older. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled, cancellation takes effect at the end of the paid term, and all purchases are non-refundable.

Disputes go first to informal negotiation and then to binding individual arbitration with a class action waiver, under Delaware law. Claims must be brought within one year of the cause of action.

1. Prepare an Excel workbook you may share with a sales table and a few SUMIFS formulas, and note the results.
2. Import it and confirm that the formulas, formatting and frozen panes came through.
3. Ask the AI to write a Python cell that totals sales by month and charts them, then compare the totals with the Excel formulas.
4. Look for File, Download local copy and any Excel or CSV export, and record which options Personal offers.
5. Count the AI messages used and note any message that the monthly limit has been reached.

Accept if the totals match and the result can leave Quadratic in a usable format on your plan. Reject if formulas break on import or the free plan offers no way to take the file out. No result is recorded here.