Data & reporting
Analyse a spreadsheet without writing code
Upload data, ask questions, get charts and the working shown.
Best tools for this task
Every pick scored out of 10 on how accurate its output is, how fast it gets you a usable result, and how cheap it is to run. Reorder the list by whichever matters most.
Most accurate
ChatGPT 9.3
Fastest to a result
ChatGPT 9.5
Cheapest to run
ChatGPT 6.2
1. ChatGPT
Good enough for one-off files and quick charts.
- Accuracy
- 9.3/10
- Speed
- 9.5/10
- Cost
- 6.2/10
2. Julius AI
Chat-driven analysis that shows the code it ran.
- Accuracy
- 8.6/10
- Speed
- 8.9/10
- Cost
- 6.2/10
3. Hex
When the analysis must be repeatable and shared with a team.
- Accuracy
- 9.1/10
- Speed
- 7.3/10
- Cost
- 4.6/10
How to do it, step by step
- 1
Clean the column names and types before uploading — most errors start there.
- 2
Ask for the code, not only the chart, so the result can be checked.
- 3
Recreate one number by hand before you present anything.
What usually goes wrong
Never upload personal or customer data to a general tool without approval.