Ratings and reviews

A really useful tool for working with large amounts of data. I like that it feels simple to use while still offering powerful features like Natural language AI chat, data connections, filters, charts, and recipes. The local-first approach is also a big plus, especially when working with sensitive data. I’ve found it much easier to explore and understand data without having to deal with complicated tools or workflows. There are still some areas that could be improved but overall, OrcaSheets is a solid and well-made product. It’s a great option if you want something more powerful than a spreadsheet but easier to use than a traditional BI tool.

I held off installing this for a while because I was wary of any AI tool touching sensitive work data. After reading the privacy policy and docs carefully, the on-prem claim checks out: your data is processed on your own machine, not sent anywhere. The team has also been transparent when others raised questions. I now run my weekly analysis on it. It works as expected, just much faster than I expected.

Amazing app!! Wasn’t expecting it to handle large ecommerce datasets without breaking a sweat and that too locally. The AI powered chat interface to talk to your data is really fast and responsive, unlike the AI washing common these days. Charts generated are a cherry on top. Good work.

This is very helpful for opening big heavy excel files, charts creation over here is smooth, great find on setapp. and that AI chat is making my life easier.

Não fucniona como deveria. Abri uma tabela complexa de excel e os dados foram lidos corretamente, porém alguns cabeçalhos se perderam. Após solicitar o cruzamento de alguns dados, alguns gráficos ficavam em branco e algumas somas estavam fora da realidade. Provavelmente o modelo de IA que está sendo usado não está entendendo o que deve fazer e não consegue construir corretamente a visualização que eu solicitei. Obviamente ese probelma aniquila completamente a utilidade do app.

I do a lot of work for clients on datasets that are too big for Excel and too confidential to put in a cloud tool. Was cobbling together workarounds for most of last year. The plain English querying sounds like a gimmick until you actually try it. Good stuff.

no visible settings menu, stuck in an endless 30-day trial loop even after downloading it from setapp, and zero customization options? It really seems like the developers have hidden all the key features behind some secret puzzle only they know about.

My data never leaves my machine, which was the main thing I needed. Computation is fast, even on big files, and I can ask questions in plain English instead of writing queries. Simple, private, and quick.

The application doesn't work. First, you must create an account to even use it. After you create an account, it doesn't recognize that you installed it from SetApp and doesn't offer any premium features, so it puts you on a seven-day trial license. Worse still, I’m running into performance issues. As soon as I work with a dataset over 20 million rows, the application starts to struggle. Also, whenever I try to interact with the AI agent, I receive an error: Invalid query; please rewrite the query. When I check the log, it just says "failed to initiate chat" with the error "invalid JSON request." Yeah, this app needs some serious QA...

One of the most useful analysis app I have used. The offline features are quite useful and the ablity to analyse millions of rows quickly is a gamechanger

amazing app. couldn’t recommend it enough

Sorry to sound harsh, but this is just waste of time: After registering my e-mail and starting a 30-day-trial – serious, Setapp? – i was’nt able to load any sql-file. The import dialog allowed me instead the sql.gz-variants, but was’nt able to load them …

All i wanted to do was to create a graph with 2 of my columns, but every time I tried to use the AI/chat, it completely disregarded everything in my data. my x-axis was years from 1900-2025, yet the axis only went to 1907 and the y-axis was completely wrong. if I tried to do it myself, half my columns didn’t even show up. great app in principle, but feel way to complicated with way too many errors that make it harder to explore my data than easier.

Simple things are made complicated; I couldn’t even manage to create the simplest scatter plot

I work with client datasets that are too big for Excel and too confidential for cloud tools, and spent most of last year stitching together workarounds. This finally replaced them. Plain-English querying sounded like a gimmick until I tried it. Now it’s how I work. Highly recommend.

A promising local-first approach to working with data I really like the concept behind OrcaSheets, especially its local-first approach. I run my AI models locally, so having more control over where my data lives and how I work with it really appeals to me. One feature I'd love to see is support for local LLMs through Ollama. Being able to ask questions about my data using my own models, while keeping everything on my Mac, would make OrcaSheets even more useful. I'd recommend giving OrcaSheets a try if you value local-first tools. Looking forward to seeing how it develops!

What I like most about orcaSheets is how quickly I can go from raw data to meaningful insights without spending hours building queries or reports manually. The natural language analysis combined with SQL gives me a great balance of simplicity and control, while the ability to connect data from different sources and turn insights into dashboards and reports makes the whole workflow really efficient. What stands out to me most, though, is the local first approach having more control over where my data is processed gives me greater confidence when working with sensitive or business critical information. Overall, it feels like a powerful, flexible, and security conscious approach to modern data analytics

Like others, I have privacy concerns. I remember the app claimed to only use the required email for verification, but months later I starting to get promotional emails. So it looks like they lied in their onboarding. Overall, the poor UI, onboarding and general value proposition leaves a bad taste in my mouth. UPDATE: To this day, I'm still on their newsletter, because their unsubscribe links apparently don't work.

A reliable app for working with complex data. Simple design but powerful features inside. Works fast without any lag. Good experience overall.

It took me a little while to get comfortable with the interface and figure out how to set things up. I also ran into an issue with one CSV that wouldn't load properly, which was a bit frustrating early on. That said, once everything clicked, I really started enjoying it. The speed on large files is genuinely impressive - I was expecting it to struggle and it just didn't. ps: the team was pretty responsive when I raised issues which counts for a lot with a newer app. Overall i liked it