Grist - Spreadsheet Software, alternative to PowerBI

Not much a privacy topic but I thought to share anyway because this seems a very interesting open source alternative to using PowerBI for organizations who want to reduce their dependency on Microsoft:

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I think this is more Airtable or Smartsheet alternative, than PowerBI. One more is Baserow (also open-source or open-core).

I do have free account on both, but only for testing (progress and features), I have no need for such products. Maybe I would considered them if I was company owner.

I think it could serve the same reporting needs with all kinds of connectivity.

I have used this in the past as an easier-to-install option than NocoDB (which is another great free alternative). The fact that this has a local app (although I’m pretty sure it’s electron), was a nice bonus.

Even though the app is nice, I went back to using more standard spreadsheets, since I wasn’t sure about longevity and didn’t like the custom .grist file type.