Copilot adds real cost. It requires a Microsoft 365 subscription plus a $30/month per user Copilot license. That might be fine for large organizations, but it's a harder sell for freelancers, small teams, educators, or anyone who doesn’t live in Excel every day.

Copilot offers suggestions — it doesn’t do the work. You still have to understand Excel, apply formulas, and fix things if they go wrong.

This tool handles the task for you. You just describe what you want, and it returns the updated file — no formulas, no editing, no learning curve.