In recent years, the world of Excel has undergone a significant revolution thanks to the introduction of artificial intelligence. If in the past Excel was a tool for calculations, reports, and tables only, today it is possible to integrate advanced AI engines such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Microsoft Copilot into the sheets. This means that every Excel user, from a financial manager to an administrative worker, can get help writing formulas, analyzing data, creating automation, and even building VBA code in a simple and fast way. Like add-ins for cars and food, in Excel too, an add-in is not integral and official from the manufacturer (Microsoft).
In this article, we will review the options currently available for integrating ChatGPT into Excel 365, compare the different solutions, present costs, advantages and disadvantages, explain how to install the add-ons, and add important tips for businesses.

What is ChatGPT for Excel?

The ChatGPT Excel add-in is an add-in that connects to an artificial intelligence engine and allows you to use AI capabilities directly from within Excel. With the add-in, you can:

• Correspond with understanding the data
• Create Excel formulas
• Explain complex formulas
• Analyze data quickly
• Write VBA code and Office Scripts
• Perform translation, summarization, and writing
• Clean data and perform information completion
• Create custom AI functions

for example:

=CHATGPT ("Write an XLOOKUP formula to search by customer number")

=GPT (A2,"Summarize the text in Hebrew")

*Note: Still unstable, it's better to correspond through the plugin

Key options for integrating AI into Excel

Microsoft Copilot for Excel

Copilot is Microsoft's official AI solution. It is integrated directly into Excel 365 and allows you to perform actions in natural language.

Advantages

• Full integration with Office
• High organizational security
• Graphing, Pivoting, and Data Analysis
• Writing formulas and automatic explanations
• Working directly from Excel without API