What are the main difference between Google Docs and Excel?

Are there any advantages of excel over Google docs as I have used both and see no major difference. Try and be specific please.|||Google Docs is the name of a software program by Google that is similar in nature to Microsoft Office. You're trying to compare the entire suite of software (Google Docs) to one software program Excel. Google Docs provides a software like Microsoft Word (called "documents"), Microsoft Excel (called "spreadsheets"), Microsoft Powerpoint (called "Presentations") and two more programs caled "Drawings" and "Forms". I assume you are really wanting to compare the "Spreadsheets" program to Excel? It is definitely very similar to Excel 2003 and will get the job done unless you require some of the advanced features that are a part of Excel 2007/2010



But the primary purpose behind Google Docs (all of their programs) is to provide a way to share your files online with other people and to be able to access and edit/create new, files from any computer anywhere...hence the ability to "share".|||They are pretty much the same for what they can do, and I don't use them often, but have done.





And if either one can do what you require with tables, grids, flow charts, why the need for the comparison?





You have used both and have no complaints, so why not leave it at that and see what others have to say on the subject.





givemestrength|||Excel is a Microsoft product. It is friendly to most of the computer users and it can be easily view and edit is many mobiles.|||Excel has more features and google is a scaled down version that requires a google account.





If your not doing anything complex then google docs is fine but if you are then you should use excel.