Google Sheets vs ONES: Complete Comparison (2026)
An in-depth comparison of Google Sheets and ONES to help you choose the right tool for your business.
Last updated: November 2026
Google Sheets
7.2/10
Google Sheets is a browser-based spreadsheet in Google Workspace that teams can edit together and often use to track simple projects and tasks.
ONES
6.5/10
ONES is a project management and software delivery platform for engineering and product teams, combining issue tracking, sprints, test management, and a wiki.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | G Google Sheets | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 7.2/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Cost | 9/10 | 7/10 |
| Ease of Use | 8/10 | 6/10 |
| Analytics | 6/10 | 6/10 |
| Customization | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| Scalability | 4/10 | 7/10 |
| Support | 5/10 | 7/10 |
| Integration | 7/10 | 5/10 |
| Security | 7/10 | 8/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Cheapest paid plan | €7/user/mo Business Starter | $99/user/mo Standard |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | €211/mo Business Plus | Free Free |
| Features | ||
| Gantt charts | ||
| Kanban boards | ||
| App integrations | ||
| Collaboration tools | ||
| Spreadsheet interface | ||
| Task lists | ||
| Timeline view | ||
| Workflow automation | ||
| Client collaboration | Not listed | |
| Dashboards | Not listed | |
| Docs | Not listed | |
| File sharing | Not listed | |
| Knowledge base | Not listed | |
| Reporting | Not listed | |
| Scheduling | Not listed | |
| Task management | Not listed | |
| Time tracking | Not listed | |
Google Sheets vs ONES cost by team size
| Team size | Google Sheets | ONES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | €21/moBusiness Plus | FreeFree |
| 5 users | €106/moBusiness Plus | FreeFree |
| 10 users | €211/moBusiness Plus | FreeFree |
| 25 users | €528/moBusiness Plus | FreeFree |
| 50 users | €1,055/moBusiness Plus | $8,600/moBusiness |
The plan that fits each team size, billed monthly, before add-ons and usage charges. Each cost opens that tool's pricing calculator for the team size.
Which One Should You Choose?
GWhy choose Google Sheets
- Higher Cost score (9/10 vs 7/10)
- Higher Ease of Use score (8/10 vs 6/10)
- Better fit for small business (7/10 vs 5/10)
Why choose ONES
- Has a free plan (Google Sheets does not)
- Higher Scalability score (7/10 vs 4/10)
- Higher Support score (7/10 vs 5/10)
- Better fit for enterprise (8/10 vs 4/10)
- Better fit for mid-market (8/10 vs 5/10)
Pros & Cons
GGoogle Sheets
Pros
- Real-time co-editing, comments and version history make it easy for a team to share one tracker.
- Prebuilt project management and event-planning templates mean teams do not have to build a tracker from scratch.
- There is no extra cost for organisations that already pay for Google Workspace seats.
- Connected Sheets can analyse BigQuery or Looker data with billions of rows directly in a spreadsheet.
- On higher Workspace tiers, Gemini can create trackers and write formulas from plain-language prompts.
Cons
- It has no native Gantt charts, task dependencies or time tracking for real project scheduling.
- Missed deadlines do not trigger automatic alerts, so team members have to be notified by hand.
- Large or complex shared sheets slow down and are easy to break when several people edit at once.
- Timeline view is limited to certain paid Workspace editions.
- Dashboards and reporting have to be built by hand or added with add-ons.
ONES
Pros
- The free plan covers up to 30 seats and already includes sprint, test, and release management.
- Issue tracking, test cases, and the wiki live in one product, so teams do not have to link Jira, a test tool, and Confluence.
- It can be deployed as SaaS, on-premises, in a private cloud, or air-gapped, which suits regulated industries.
- The vendor reports SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27018, and GDPR compliance.
- Business and Enterprise plans include tooling to migrate from Jira and Confluence.
Cons
- There are very few independent reviews: about 13 on G2 and 9 on Capterra.
- G2 reviewers mention a learning curve for new users.
- Its third-party integration catalogue looks small next to Jira's or monday.com's.
- Gantt charts and automation need a paid plan, and resource scheduling needs Business.
- Most of the comparison content available online is published by ONES itself.
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Google Sheets scores higher on our Project Management criteria: 7.2/10 against 6.5/10 for ONES. The largest gap is in Scalability: 4/10 for Google Sheets and 7/10 for ONES.
ONES has a free plan; Google Sheets does not list one.
ONES is the better fit for enterprise: we rate it 8/10 for them, against 4/10 for Google Sheets.
ONES has Gantt charts and Kanban boards, which Google Sheets lacks.
