By Hiran de Silva For too long, Excel has been misunderstood. ERP vendors call it Excel Hell.Cloud startups promise to replace it.Even some Excel influencers quietly...
Archive - November 2025
By Hiran de Silva This presentation demonstrates that the $100-billion industry which has emerged over the past two decades — claiming to replace Excel — is, in fact...
By Hiran de Silva 1. Is there any real, independent research on the ‘alternative to Excel’ industry? Yes — mostly from three places: FP&A Trends (finance planning...

