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Hoq Sheets
Excel spreadsheets in your browser, saved as versions in your own drive.
What it does
Hoq Sheets is a spreadsheet editor that runs in your browser. It opens Excel, OpenDocument and CSV files and saves new spreadsheets as .xlsx.
Your spreadsheets are ordinary files in your Hoq Storage drive. Press Ctrl+S and the file is written back at once as a new version, so the drive keeps one file with its history.
Start from a blank grid, a budget, an invoice or a task tracker. Open an earlier version from the editor's Version History panel.
In numbers
9file types it opens and edits
4built-in starting points, blank included
10past versions kept per file
90 daysbefore a replaced version is removed
Specifications
| Formats it opens | xls, xlsx, xlsm, xlt, xltx, xltm, ods, ots, csv |
|---|---|
| Where files live | In your own Hoq Storage drive as normal files, so Hoq Storage, Documents, Sheets and Slides all see the same file. |
| Saving | Ctrl+S saves straight to your drive. Each save is a new version of the same file. |
| History kept | The 10 most recent versions of a file are kept. Replaced versions older than 90 days are removed, unless a retention date holds them. |
| Editor | Built on the open-source ONLYOFFICE Docs editor (AGPLv3), credited in the editor's About box. |
| PDFs | PDFs show up in the list and open in Hoq PDF, which owns them. |
| Sign-in | Hoq ID. Your token is held by the page, never in a cookie shared across Hoq apps. |
| Offline | No. The editor needs a connection to open and save. |
Features
11 features: 10 shipped, 1 in beta. Listed from the product's code and documentation; each row shows the day it was last checked.
| Starting points | 4 built-in starting points: Blank spreadsheet, Budget, Invoice and Task tracker. | Shipped | |
| Recent and search | The start screen lists your recent files and filters them as you type. | Shipped | |
| Rename and trash | Rename a file or move it to the trash from the list; trash is recoverable in Hoq Storage. | Shipped | |
| Organization drives | Switch between your own drive and the drives of organizations you belong to. | Shipped |
| New files are XLSX | New spreadsheets are saved as .xlsx, the Microsoft Office format. | Shipped | |
| Edit on a phone | The editor opens in edit mode on mobile browsers, not view-only. | Shipped | |
| Download and print | Download or print any file you can open, from the editor's File menu. | Shipped | |
| AI tab | Chat, summarize, translate and grammar actions in the editor, billed to your Hoq account with no key to paste. | Beta |
| Save on Ctrl+S | Every Ctrl+S writes the file back to your drive at once, not only when you close it. | Shipped | |
| Every save is a version | Each save becomes a new version of the same file, so your drive holds one file with its history. | Shipped | |
| Version History | Open an earlier version from the editor's Version History panel. | Shipped |
Works with
- Hoq StorageEvery spreadsheet is a file in your Hoq Storage drive, with its versions.
- Hoq PDFPDFs in your list open in Hoq PDF.
- Hoq DocumentsSame drive and same editor, so a Word file in the list opens in Documents.
Your data
| Where it is kept | Each file is an ordinary file in your Hoq Storage drive, next to everything else you keep there. There is no separate copy inside the editor. |
|---|---|
| Getting it out | Download the original file at any time from the editor or from Hoq Storage. It is a standard Office file, so any office suite opens it. |
| If you leave | The files stay in your Hoq Storage drive when you stop using the editor. Deleting them follows Hoq Storage's trash rules. |
APIs and standards
- Sign-in with Hoq ID (OAuth 2.0 with PKCE), scopes id:profile, files:read, files:write
- Standard: Office Open XML (.xlsx)
- Standard: OpenDocument Spreadsheet (.ods)
- Standard: CSV
- Standard: OAuth 2.0 with PKCE
Compared
| Checked 2026-11-01 | Hoq Sheets | Google Sheets (Workspace Business Starter) | Microsoft Excel (Microsoft 365 Business Basic) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price per user per month, cheapest business plan | No price published on sheets.hoq.app | $7.00 (Business Starter, as listed; a 50% off offer runs to Feb 15, 2027)1 | $7.00, paid yearly (Business Basic)2 |
| Storage included | Uses your Hoq Storage drive | 30 GB pooled per user1 | 1 TB per user2 |
| Desktop app | No, browser only | No desktop app listed on the plan1 | No, web and mobile apps only on Business Basic2 |
| Works offline | No | Yes, in Chrome or Edge with offline access turned on3 | not published2 |
| Excel files (.xlsx, .xlsm) | Stored and saved in their own format | Edited in Office Compatibility Mode or converted to Sheets4 | Native format2 |
| OpenDocument (.ods) | Opens and edits | not published4 | not published2 |
| Spreadsheet size limit | Not published | 20 million cells or 100 MB5 | not published2 |