Array Assistant vs Formula Dog

Array Assistant is a Microsoft Excel add-in that puts nine AI helpers inside your workbook. You install the plugin, open a sheet, and run tools for formula writing, data cleanup, summaries, list building, trend spotting, and text drafting without leaving Excel.

Most spreadsheet add-ins charge from day one or hide everything behind one chat box. Array Assistant splits work into named tools like Formula Generator, Data Cleaner, and Trend Analyzer, each tuned to a spreadsheet task. The Basic plan stays free at 200 requests per month, and the site publishes solution pages for investment banking, private equity, accounting, venture capital, consulting, real estate, and insurance teams rather than pitching a generic assistant.

The plugin suits analysts, students, and business professionals who live in Excel and want faster formula work, cleaner columns, and quick text inside cells. Corporate teams can request custom pricing when they need unlimited usage across employees.

Formula Dog turns spreadsheet problems written in plain English into working Excel or Google Sheets formulas. You describe what you need, and the tool returns a paste-ready formula, often with a short explanation of how it works. The first five requests each day are free with no account required.

The product centers on a fine-tuned model trained on real spreadsheet formulas paired with human-written descriptions. That focus shows up in the output: fewer invented function names and syntax tuned for Excel, Google Sheets, VBA, regex helpers, and basic Airtable or Notion formulas.

It fits analysts, ops teams, and anyone who lives in spreadsheets but does not want to memorize every function variant. The site also ships a searchable cheat sheet, a playground with worked examples, and support for 12 interface languages.