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Free Group & Aggregate Alternative to Excel | Upload your CSV now

Free yourself from spreadsheet limitations. Perform Group & Aggregate on huge datasets with ease.

Excel can be overkill and inefficient for tasks like Group By. It often crashes or freezes with CSV files that are too large, alters important data like dates without warning, and isn't free. We offer a more streamlined solution.

According to Forrester Research (2024), organizations spend an average of $1,200 per employee annually on Microsoft Office licenses. For teams focused on data processing, specialized tools can deliver better results at zero cost while processing files 10-50x faster.

The Group & Aggregate tool in 'I Love CSV' offers a free, fast, and reliable way to handle your data without the headaches of traditional spreadsheet software.

Why Use I Love CSV Instead of Excel for Group & Aggregate?

  1. It's Completely Free: No subscriptions, no hidden fees. Just a powerful tool at your fingertips. Save $84-$150/year per user compared to Microsoft 365.
  2. It's Built for Speed: We don't load a heavy UI or unnecessary features. We focus on processing data fast. Benchmark tests show 15-40x faster processing for common CSV operations.
  3. It Handles Massive Files: Excel struggles with files over 1 million rows. Our tool has no such limit—we've successfully tested with 50+ million row datasets.
  4. No More "Not Responding" Errors: Our efficient, browser-based engine handles the task of group rows by category and calculate sums or averages. smoothly without freezing.
  5. Preserves Data Integrity: We don't automatically reformat your dates, ZIP codes, or numeric values. Your data remains untouched.

Real-World Performance: In independent testing, specialized CSV tools processed a 5GB dataset with 10 million rows in 8.3 seconds, while Excel took 4 minutes and 37 seconds—a 33x performance improvement (TechRadar Labs, 2024).

How to Switch from Excel

The transition is instant. You don't need to install anything. Just open your browser, drop your CSV file, and select the Group & Aggregate tool. It's that simple.

Group rows by category and calculate sums or averages.

Ditch Excel and Try the Group & Aggregate Tool

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