How to Differentiate Database and Spreadsheet

I would imagine some of you are Excel users and still think of an Excel or Google spreadsheet when we talk about tabular data. Please, don’t do that! Data tables, databases, and Excel spreadsheets are different things!


In this post, we will focus on the differences between database vs spreadsheet. It will be relevant, not only for current Excel/Google spreadsheet users. Those of you who do not use them regularly will still have the chance to understand the advantages and the disadvantages of using database vs spreadsheet.