Microsoft Excel is the most popular spreadsheet software that is often used for data analysis, calculations, and data visualization.

Screenshot: Microsoft Web versions Anyone with a web browser and a free Microsoft account—student, teacher, or otherwise—can get at the online versions of Word and Excel without paying anything.

Download Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook for free using Microsoft 365 plans. Microsoft 365 for the web offers free, web-based versions of these apps for lifetime use.

You can get the Office apps Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook for free on the iPhone and iPad, but if you have an iPad Pro you miss out on the free functionality and have to subscribe to Office 365.

To get started, you can access Excel on the web for free by simply navigating to the official Microsoft website.

Microsoft Office Pro 2019 is a low-cost alternative to Microsoft 365 that still gives you Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and more for a one-time fee, and it's only $24.97.

How to use Microsoft Word for free on the web Microsoft offers completely free versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, all of which you access online at its Microsoft 365 hub.