Updated:  Added EditGrid.com, see the end of this post for detail

wikiCalc yet another web based spreadsheet managment program which is a part of SocialText . Enables you to do your spreadsheet stuff on the web. Similer as google spreadsheets which just introduced from google last week.

The wikiCalc program is a web authoring tool for pages that include data that is more than just unformatted prose. It combines some of the ease of authoring and multi-person editing of a wiki with the familiar visual formatting and data organizing metaphor of a spreadsheet. It can be easily set up to publish to basic web server space accessed by FTP and there is no need to set up server-side programs like CGI. It can, though, run on a server and be used with nothing more than a browser on the client. Lets look at the screenshot..

WikiCalc Preview..

Google hasn’t opened up Google Spreadsheets, an Ajax spreadsheet, to the general public yet but they have published a tour of what the product will look like once it actually does launch, and you can request an invitation to try it out. It includes lot of formulas so it is able to open complex .xls files.

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But wikiCalc is a much more significant, if less bulky, piece of software than Google Spreadsheets, particularly now that it is being merged with SocialText’s development and enterprise sales. It provides the first real non-Microsoft alternative for companies wanting to edit spreadsheets on the network but who are not willing to have third parties like Google storing their data. Upcoming versions of Office will have similar sharing functionality as wikiCalc, but at significantly higher price points. And wikiCalc, like all wikis, will have a true audit trail built in - every change to every cell is stored and can be rolled back.

Alternatively there are a few number of Web Applications you should try also. Such as ZohoSheet, iRows, or numsum. Zoho is putting together a very nice Ajax office suite also.

Below is a Preview of Numsum

And this one Below a snap of ZohoSheet

Yes also another is iRows

I'm gonna update this post cause Tony from Editgrid.com informed me about their excellent Product which is actually a real competetor for Google. They are offering a lot more than google does now.. I'm going to grab the screenshots right away. First we need to take a look at the features comparison . Screenshots Following…

Now supports cell styles and cell formating, 500+ functions, keyboard shortcuts, build formula by mouse, find, print, etc. More are coming!

comprehensive properties pages allow you to edit notes, apply exclusive write lock, copy permalinks of your spreadsheet, view history and rollback to a previous version, set public access privileges, protect your spreadsheet by password and share it with other EditGrid users.

The Workspace is the dashboard for managing your spreadsheets. You can create new spreadsheets, upload your file, download your spreadsheet in various formats, rename/delete existing ones. There are also shortcuts that allow you to set some of the sheet properties in a few clicks.

Why wait Lets try EditGrid now.