The Rows alternative: where to go after the shutdown
The honest verdict
Rows announced its shutdown in May 2026, leaving its users migrating. If what you valued was the spreadsheet itself, a spreadsheet (Sheets, Excel, Quadratic) is the right replacement. If what you valued was getting from data to an AI-assisted, shareable result — that is the job AnalyzeData does, without asking you to rebuild formula logic.
Where Rows is strong
- Genuinely innovative spreadsheet-with-integrations model
- Clean sharing and embedded charts
- A generous free tier while it lasted
Where AnalyzeData differs
- No formulas to rebuild — analysis runs from plain-English questions over your file
- Every result is computed by inspectable Python, not spreadsheet-formula chains
- Output is a report document with a live link — closest analogue to shared Rows pages
- Flat, published pricing; free tier for occasional use
Side by side
| Rows | AnalyzeData | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Sunsetting (announced May 2026) | Active, in open beta |
| Core model | Spreadsheet with AI + integrations | AI analyst that outputs reports |
| Migration effort | — | Export CSV from Rows → upload → re-ask your questions |
| Shareable output | Shared spreadsheet pages | Live report links + PDF |
After Rows: spreadsheet replacement or analysis tool
The honest first question after the Rows shutdown is what you actually used it for. If you relied on cell-level editing, formula chains, and the grid itself, your replacement is another spreadsheet — Google Sheets, Excel, or an AI-native option like Quadratic. Forcing that job onto a report tool will frustrate you.
If what you valued was the other half of Rows — pulling data in, letting AI analyze it, and sharing a clean result as a page — that is a different job, and it is the one AnalyzeData is built for. You describe questions in plain English over an uploaded file and get verified analysis back, with no formula logic to rebuild.
Many Rows users were doing both. A practical split: keep a spreadsheet for the numbers you edit by hand, and use AnalyzeData for the analyses you used to share as Rows pages. The shared-page habit maps cleanly onto AnalyzeData's live report links.
Exporting Rows data and rebuilding your shared pages
Do the export while you still can. Rows supports CSV export during the sunset window, so download each table you still need as CSV before access ends. Treat this as the deadline-driven step — the analysis can wait, the raw data cannot.
Upload each CSV to AnalyzeData. Column detection is automatic, and files up to 10MB and 50,000 rows are supported, so most Rows tables come across without cleanup. Then re-ask the questions your formulas used to answer, in plain English — totals, breakdowns by segment, month-over-month trends — and each answer returns as a verified block with the code attached.
For anything you used to publish as a shared Rows page, generate a report — start from a report template (see /templates) or from scratch. Assemble the relevant blocks, pick a theme, and share the live link in place of the old page, or export a PDF. The closest analogue to a shared Rows page is a live AnalyzeData report link.
What Rows actually did that you need to replace
The trap in any migration is replacing the tool instead of the job. Rows was two products in one: a spreadsheet grid with integrations, and an AI-plus-sharing layer on top. Only one of those is likely why you are here, and confusing them leads to picking the wrong replacement.
If the grid was the point — live cells, formulas, integrations feeding ranges — no report tool replaces that, and you should move to a spreadsheet. AnalyzeData deliberately is not a spreadsheet; there are no cells to edit. That is a feature for the analysis-and-share job and a mismatch for the grid job.
If the analysis-and-share layer was the point, AnalyzeData replaces it more directly than a spreadsheet can, because you skip rebuilding formula logic entirely. Every result is computed by inspectable Python rather than a chain of cell references, and the output is a shareable report rather than a published grid. Match the replacement to the half you relied on.
Switching takes minutes
- 1
Export each Rows spreadsheet you still need as CSV (Rows supports CSV export during the sunset window).
- 2
Upload the CSV to AnalyzeData and re-ask the questions your formulas used to answer.
- 3
Generate reports for anything you used to share as a Rows page, and share the new links.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about using AnalyzeData.
No — and that is the point of considering it. If you need cell-level editing, use a spreadsheet. If your Rows usage was really "get data, apply AI, share the result", AnalyzeData does that job directly: no formulas, verified computation, shareable reports.
Yes — export any Rows table as CSV and upload it. Column detection is automatic; your first analysis is one question away.
Honestly: a spreadsheet — Google Sheets, Excel, or an AI-native one like Quadratic. Use AnalyzeData when the goal is the analysis and the report rather than the grid.
Yes. Rows supports CSV export during the sunset window, so download every table you still need as CSV before access ends. Once exported, you can upload those CSVs to a spreadsheet if you need the grid, or to AnalyzeData if what you valued was AI analysis and shareable results. The export is the one time-sensitive step, so prioritize it before anything else.
It depends on what you used Rows for. For formula-heavy, cell-level work, a spreadsheet like Google Sheets, Excel, or Quadratic is the honest replacement. If you mainly used Rows to get data, apply AI, and share a result, AnalyzeData does that job directly: plain-English questions over your file, verified Python analysis, and reports with live share links, no formulas to rebuild.
AnalyzeData is in free open beta today, and its published pricing keeps a free tier at $0 alongside $16 and $39 paid tiers. The free plan is meant to let you finish a real analysis and share one report, not just preview the product. It is not a spreadsheet, though, so if you need Rows-style cell editing, a spreadsheet's own free tier will fit that better.
Try it on your own data
The comparison that matters is your file in the workspace — free during the beta.
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