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Guides on working with large spreadsheets, cleaning messy data, and querying it in plain English — plus product updates from the team.
How to open a large CSV file without crashing Excel
Excel stops at 1,048,576 rows and loads the whole file into memory. Five ways to open a large CSV file — and how to pick the right one.
Why Google Sheets slows down with large datasets
A Google Sheets file is capped at 10 million cells and recalculates in your browser. What actually makes it slow, how to fix it, and when to stop trying.
How to clean messy spreadsheet data
Clean a spreadsheet in the right order: types, then text, then dates, then duplicates, then validation. Doing it out of order hides the duplicates.
7 Airtable alternatives worth trying in 2026
Airtable prices per editor and caps records per base: 1,000 free, 50,000 on Team. Seven alternatives compared on pricing model, limits, and self-hosting.
Tablitsa vs Airtable: which one fits your data?
Airtable is a relational database you build apps on, priced per editor. Tablitsa is a spreadsheet with a database backbone, priced flat. When to pick each.
Ask your data in plain English
Tablitsa Ask Data turns a plain-English question into an exact answer against your spreadsheet — a number, a value, or the table filtered to the rows you care about. No formulas, no filter builder.