Sheetsbase - AI formulas generator and shortcuts for Google Sheets
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Sheetsbase is a Chrome extension that helps you work faster in Google Sheets. It lives in your chrome browser’s side panel, so everything you need stays right next to your sheet.
Use AI to generate formulas from plain English and understand existing formulas with simple explanations. No guessing. No tab switching. It also includes searchable directories of formulas and keyboard shortcuts, so you can find what you need instantly.
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Sheetsbase
@atmiya Love the “stay in context” angle - side panel is exactly where this should live. The killer feature for me would be trust: when it generates a formula, does it also explain it in plain English and show a couple tiny examples so I can sanity-check it before I paste? Also curious how you handle messy cases like locale separators, dates, and array formulas - that’s where most helpers usually fall apart. Congrats on the launch!
Sheetsbase
@dmitry_petrakov Yes, it explains formulas in plain English with small examples before you paste.
We also handle tricky cases like locales, dates, and array formulas.
Binary
Nice product 😄
Sheetsbase
@aashu0148 Thank you! Really appreciate the support 😊
Socialist
This should absolutely be the product of the day.
Sheetsbase
@paulgeller Thank you so much, that really means a lot 🙏
Love the “no tab switching” idea — that’s honestly where most spreadsheet time gets wasted.
Tried a similar workflow before and having formulas + explanations right beside the sheet makes learning much faster, not just faster work. Clean and practical tool for daily users 👍
TrackerJam
This looks useful overall. I feel adding more real examples could help people like me trust the formula explanations faster. Seeing how it handlees messy sheets would be nice.
Sheetsbase
@maklyen_may That’s great feedback, thank you. We’re planning to add more real, messy examples so people can sanity-check and build trust faster.
The focus on staying in context stands out. My productivity improves when tools support focus instead of pulling me away.
Sheetsbase
@christian_onochie Thank you, that’s exactly what we’re optimizing for. Keeping everything in context so you stay focused inside your sheet.
The sidebar AI formula assistant is a practical design—generating and explaining formulas without switching tabs, especially useful for complex nested scenarios. Key points to watch: formula accuracy, contextual understanding (e.g., interpreting column headers), and data privacy handling. If it supports custom formula libraries and team sharing, it could be a collaboration game‑changer. Installed with the discount code, testing in real workflows this week.
Sheetsbase
@nancelu Thanks for the thoughtful feedback. Accuracy, context, and privacy are top priorities for us.
Custom formula libraries and team sharing are on our roadmap, and we’re excited to see how it fits into real workflows this week.
I wanted to test the tool. Unfortunately, without success. It was not possible to log in with my Google account!
I also don't like it when no information about the price is provided.
Sheetsbase
@carsten_braun Pushed a fix. The new version is out.
@atmiya Great. Thank you. It's working again now.
Cool launch! How does this compare to Google's built-in `=AI` functionality?
Sheetsbase
@wilco_kruijer1 Google’s =AI is great for quick help. Sheetsbase stays in a side panel and adds a searchable formula/shortcuts directory for quick access.
@wilco_kruijer1 @atmiya @wilco_kruijerI haven't looked into the product yet, but if it includes features like supplying custom names and formulas, preserving certain defaults, and having a context of sheet content, it could be more productive. like a single tool to handle all of my sheet tasks. such as coloring the values that are off, and all
Spent 10 mins untangling an IF chain. Sheetsbase explaining existing formulas in the Chrome side panel is what I'd use daily. Shortcuts list is handy when you blank on a combo. Hard part is grabbing the right context and staying correct across locale separators.
Sheetsbase
@piroune_balachandran It’s on the roadmap to pull richer context directly from Google Sheets via their API.
For now, the implementation is intentionally simple and focused, and we’re iterating based on feedback.
@atmiya Side panel placement is the right call here. Switching tabs to look up a VLOOKUP variant breaks flow. Having Sheetsbase generate formulas from plain English without leaving the sheet... that's where the time savings compound.