Rows

Rows is a spreadsheet workspace for people who want business data, analysis, and reporting together. It is best suited to teams building recurring reports from connected sources; users who mainly need a manual spreadsheet may find its AI and integration quotas less useful.

Overview

Rows combines spreadsheet work with live connections to more than 50 sources, including social media, advertising, data warehouses, and back-office tools. Data can refresh as often as every minute or as infrequently as monthly, which makes it a practical fit for repeat reporting where current figures matter. RowsX can also import tables from thousands of websites in one click.

AI can extract data from documents, merge datasets, create reports, and perform advanced analysis. Users can describe what they want rather than working through formulas and menus. That breadth is useful, but the Free plan allows only five AI Tasks a month and relies on manual imports, so it is better for light evaluation than an ongoing automated workflow.

Key features

• Connected data and refresh: Combine live data from more than 50 sources and set refresh intervals from every minute to every month. This reduces repetitive importing for recurring reports; Free users are limited to manual imports.
• AI analysis and formula assistance: Ask AI to extract document data, merge datasets, create reports, or analyze data, and describe formula work in plain language. Task quotas rise by plan, making the paid tiers more appropriate for regular AI-assisted work.
• Sharing and collaboration: Teams can collaborate in real time, give feedback, share reports and interactive dashboards on any device, and embed them elsewhere. Members can create spreadsheets; guests can only view or edit up to three spreadsheets and cannot create them.
• API and workflow tools: Rows supports API access, workflow automation, custom functions, formula generation, and table transformation. API-call limits vary sharply by plan, so teams expecting substantial usage should compare quotas before committing.

Pricing

Rows is freemium, with a Free plan that remains free forever and needs no trial period or credit card. It includes five AI Tasks per month, manual data imports, 10 integration accounts, up to three guests, a 1 MB file-import limit, and 500 Rows API calls per month. That is a useful starting point for small, occasional projects, but the import and API caps make it restrictive for regular connected-data work.

Plus: $72.00 per user per year, equivalent to $6.00 per user/month billed annually. It includes 200 AI Tasks per month, 10 integration accounts, 10 guests, a 5 MB import limit, 50,000 API calls per month, and 1 million cell-enrichment tasks per month. This is the entry paid tier for individuals or small teams that need a higher allowance without expanding integration accounts beyond Free's limit.

Pro: $79/month + $8/month per user, billed monthly; the annual comparison price is $59.00 per year. It raises allowances to 1,000 AI Tasks, 100 integration accounts, 200 guests, a 100 MB import limit, 1 million API calls, and 1 million cell-enrichment tasks per month. Its larger quotas suit teams with heavier reporting needs, but the monthly price structure should be weighed against Plus's annual billing.

Enterprise: Custom pricing. It includes unlimited AI Tasks, integration accounts, and guests, a 100 MB import limit, more than 1 million API calls per month, advanced API endpoints, custom AI models, high-volume usage, SAML SSO, and a dedicated customer success manager. It is aimed at organizations needing enterprise controls or usage beyond Pro's limits.

Paid plans can be downgraded to Free at any time, with the current plan kept until the billing cycle ends. Adding or removing workspace members triggers prorated charges or credits. Prices exclude applicable sales tax or VAT; credit card payment is supported, while other payment methods require contacting Enterprise. Support options vary by plan, from documentation and email to priority chat, video support, or a dedicated customer success manager.

Platforms

Rows is a standalone product with API access. The API supports integrations and automated workflows, though the monthly call allowance depends on the plan.

Who it's for

Rows is a strong choice for teams that repeatedly combine business data, analyze it, and circulate reports or dashboards. Its live connections, refresh options, and collaboration features address that workflow directly. It is less compelling for users who need only occasional manual spreadsheet work or whose expected AI, import, or API use exceeds the Free allowance but does not justify a paid tier.

Pros and cons

• Pro: More than 50 live data sources and automatic refresh from every minute to monthly can cut repeated data-gathering work for recurring reports.
• Pro: AI supports document extraction, dataset merging, reporting, analysis, and formula assistance in one spreadsheet workspace.
• Pro: Shared dashboards, embeds, and real-time collaboration make it suited to distributing analysis across a team.
• Con: Free's five monthly AI Tasks, 1 MB file-import limit, and 500 API calls constrain anything beyond light use.
• Con: Guests cannot create spreadsheets and can access only up to three, so broader participation requires member seats.
• Con: Plus keeps the integration-account cap at 10, while larger allowances require Pro or Enterprise.

Alternatives

For another spreadsheet-focused option with a free plan and support across web, desktop, mobile, API, and self-hosted platforms, consider Quadratic. GPTExcel is worth considering when a free-to-try web or API tool with a stated allowance of up to 90 credits per month better fits the task. Choose Grist if its free plan's unlimited documents and allowance of up to 5,000 records per document match your needs. ChatGPT for Excel is another freemium option for web users. Formula Bot (now Better Analyst) offers a free plan and a web-based alternative. Pelayar AI Spreadsheet Agent is another freemium choice with API and web access. Bricks offers a free plan with AI dashboards, reports, visualization, and data analysis. ExcelAI is a freemium option for macOS and Windows users.

Browse more options in Spreadsheet apps or AI Spreadsheet Tools.

Verdict

Choose Rows if your team needs connected business data, AI-assisted analysis, and shareable reporting in one spreadsheet workspace. Its live sources and collaboration tools are the clearest reasons to prefer it; look elsewhere if you need a straightforward manual spreadsheet or cannot work within its plan quotas and billing terms.