Proton is ready to take on Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel, with Proton Sheets. It is a privacy-focused, web-based spreadsheet editor app.

Last year, Proton launched Docs, an alternative for Microsoft Word and Google Docs. Proton’s had a busy year, it launched Lumo AI in July, and followed it up with Proton Authenticator in the same month. The Proton Mail app was redesigned a couple of months ago.

The Switzerland-based company, says Proton Sheets was developed as an alternative for other cloud based office suites that exposes sensitive data to threats like surveillance, tracking, and nowadays, it’s also used for training AI models. Like the rest of Proton’s products, Sheets is also an end-to-end encrypted service. The company says that all data in Sheets are end-to-end encrypted, including metadata like filenames.

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Proton Sheets supports various built-in formulas, lets you visualize data as charts and graphs. Users can collaborate with others on their team in real-time, assign tasks, set timelines for your project, etc. Your work in Sheets is synced in real-time across your devices, so you can switch from desktop to mobile to work on the go. You can learn more about its features on the support portal for Sheets.

Interested in trying it? It’s free for all users with a Proton Drive account. Go to https://drive.proton.me/,click on New and select New sheet. Users can also import their CSV or XLS files to get started with the editor.

Proton Sheets is gradually rolling out to users, so it may not be available for all users yet. I don’t have access to it either, but according to a comment on reddit, the company is enabling access to all users this week.,

Microsoft is shoving Copilot into every nook and cranny, and Google is integrating Gemini everywhere. It’s nice to see a privacy-friendly alternative sans AI. For those of you who want an offline office suite, take a look at LibreOffice. It is free, open source, and is available for Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android.

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