đź’ˇ SaaS Idea: SheetDiff for Google Sheets
A web app and Google Workspace add-on to visually compare two Sheets/tabs, highlight row/column/cell diffs, match on keys, and generate merge/sync actions with audit logs.
Platform: web
Why it's a good idea?
1. Evidence of the Pain
- Quora thread (>95 k views) asking “How do I compare two columns in Google Sheets?” – many answers propose complex formulas or scripts, indicating the native UX is painful.
- Google search auto-suggests “compare two Google Sheets”, “compare two Google Sheets highlight differences”, “compare two Google Sheets for duplicates”.
- Stack Overflow has 200+ Q&A’s around comparing 2 Sheets/tabs (SEARCH:
"[google-sheets] compare two" site:stackoverflow.com). Posts regularly have 5-50 up-votes – engineers hit this often.
2. Keyword data (Google)
| Keyword |
Monthly volume |
Difficulty |
CPC |
| compare sheets |
1 300 |
26 |
$7.47 |
| compare two spreadsheets |
170 |
2 |
– |
| how to compare two Google Sheets for duplicates |
40 |
5 |
– |
| compare two Google Sheets |
50 |
0 |
– |
Requirement: ≥ 500 searches & difficulty < 30 → “compare sheets” (1 300 / 26) satisfies this.
3. Competitors (Workspace Marketplace & web)
- Compare Sheets™ (Ablebits) – paid add-on, 10 000+ installs, focuses on duplicates/matches, less on visual cell-by-cell diff.
- Power Tools – suite ($43/y) includes a basic sheet com...
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