# Microsoft Excel: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/microsoft-excel

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Territory and quota planning](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/revops/territory-and-quota-planning/index.md) | 0% | 97 | 50% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "tools like Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets can be customized with templates" (MiniMax M2.5, Territory planning)

## And against it

- "Experts advise avoiding reliance on the following for serious territory planning: ... Microsoft Excel (For Mapping Only)" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Territory planning)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Microsoft Excel, from 4 of the 6 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- g2.com: 2
- adammendler.com: 1
- basedash.com: 1
- blog.hubspot.com: 1
- brooksgroup.com: 1
- capterra.com: 1
- columbus.fcbb.com: 1
- cuvama.com: 1
- dev.to: 1
- ecosystems.io: 1

### Pages cited

- https://adammendler.com/author-entrepreneur-michelle-seiler-tucker-exit-rich: 1
- https://basedash.com/blog/how-to-choose-a-bi-tool-for-a-small-business: 1
- https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/how-small-businesses-can-use-business-intelligence: 1
- https://brooksgroup.com/sales-training-blog/what-is-value-selling: 1
- https://capterra.com/p/124748/Map-Business-Online/reviews: 1
- https://capterra.com/p/93335/Maptitude/reviews: 1
- https://columbus.fcbb.com/news/columbus-business-valuation-mistakes: 1
- https://cuvama.com/pricing: 1

## The company

Microsoft; https://www.microsoft.com/; Vancouver, Canada; founded 1975; about 228,000 employees (2024); public, 4338 on Hong Kong Stock Exchange. From Wikidata, fetched 2026-09-14.

## In its own words

What Microsoft Excel's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Customers named: Lenovo, VIVID, G&J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Virgin Money, E.ON, Milpark Education

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.