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Facts checked against both vendors on September 28, 2026.
Coefficient is the pick if you want live data from CRMs, databases and marketing tools inside Google Sheets or Excel, starting free and $99 per person a month on Pro. Lido is no longer a spreadsheet product: it is an AI document extraction service that turns invoices, receipts and statements into rows, from $29 a month for 100 pages. Choose Coefficient to sync systems into a sheet; choose Lido to get data out of documents.
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Coefficient and Lido used to be compared as two ways to automate spreadsheets. As of September 2026 that framing is out of date. Coefficient is still a Google Sheets and Excel add-on that imports live data from 150+ sources, refreshes it on a schedule, writes it back and alerts you on changes. Lido has pivoted: its spreadsheet product page no longer exists, and the site now describes a platform that ingests documents, extracts structured data without templates, validates it against your systems and triggers downstream workflows, exporting to Excel, Google Sheets or CSV.
The two now solve adjacent problems and could even be used together. This comparison explains what each does today, what each costs, and which problem each is for.
Coefficient is an add-on for Google Sheets and Excel. Its site lists 150+ integrations across CRM (HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive), marketing (GA4, Search Console, Facebook Ads, LinkedIn Ads, Mailchimp), BI (Tableau, Looker), databases (Snowflake, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Redshift) and finance (QuickBooks, Sage Intacct, Stripe, NetSuite, Xero). Imports refresh manually, daily or hourly depending on plan; exports write back to systems such as Salesforce, HubSpot and BigQuery; a Monitoring Agent sends Slack and email alerts on custom conditions; and AI features include a Sheets Assistant for cleaning, forecasting and pivots, a SQL Query Builder, GPT functions and AI dashboard generation. It also ships live dashboard and spreadsheet templates.
Lido is an AI document extraction platform for finance, accounting, logistics and healthcare teams. Its home page describes a four-step flow, ingest, extract, validate, automate, and says it handles invoices, receipts, bank statements, purchase orders, medical forms and any other document type, including handwritten and scanned documents in any layout or language, with no templates and no training. Output goes to Excel or CSV, and higher plans add API access, workflow automation and custom ERP integrations.
Coefficient's Free plan is $0 per person with 3 standard data sources, a 5,000-row import size, 50 import refreshes and 50 export runs a month, a 100-row export size, manual refresh only, 30 alerts a month and Google Sheets only. Starter is $49 a month per person with daily automatic refresh, 500 import and export refreshes a month, a 5,000-row import size, a 500-row export size and 100 alerts a month, still Google Sheets only. Pro is $99 per person a month, billed per person for up to five people, with 6 standard data sources and 3 accounts per source, unlimited import and export row size, hourly refresh, 5,000 refreshes a month, 300 alerts a month with dynamic recipients, shared connections and import templates, and both Google Sheets and Excel. Enterprise is custom with premium data sources, unlimited refreshes and alerts, admin controls, SSO, consolidated billing and a security review. A 30-day free trial of Pro is offered.
Lido's Standard plan is $29 a month for one person and 100 pages a month, with any file type accepted and export to Excel or CSV, and the site offers 50 free pages with no credit card. Scale is $7,000 a year for 42,000 pages a year, up to ten people, API access, workflow automation and priority email and chat support. Enterprise starts at $35,000 a year with custom page volumes, custom ERP integrations, a dedicated US-based account manager and live onboarding. Any file can be re-processed within 24 hours of upload at no extra page cost.
Coefficient wins at everything to do with structured systems. If the data already exists in Salesforce, HubSpot, a warehouse or an ad platform, Coefficient is the tool that puts it in a sheet, keeps it fresh hourly on Pro, and lets you push edits back. Alerts on changing numbers and AI-built pivots and dashboards are built for ops and finance analysts who live in spreadsheets.
It also wins on cost of entry and flexibility. The Free plan is a working product for a single analyst, Starter is $49, and Pro at $99 per person supports both Google Sheets and Excel. Lido has no equivalent to any of this because it no longer sells a spreadsheet.
Lido wins at the one thing Coefficient does not do: reading documents. Coefficient's connectors assume the data is already in a system. When it is on a PDF invoice, a scanned receipt or a handwritten form, Lido extracts it into rows without templates, validates it against your internal systems and can trigger the next step in a workflow.
It also wins on packaging for accounts payable and operations. Per-page pricing is easy to forecast, the Scale plan bundles ten seats, API access and automation, and Enterprise brings custom ERP integrations and a dedicated account manager. The 24-hour free re-processing window is a practical concession for correcting a bad extraction run.
Pick Coefficient if your problem is keeping spreadsheets in sync with live systems, building reports from CRM and finance data, or writing changes back. Start on Free or the 30-day Pro trial and expect $99 per person a month for hourly refresh, unlimited rows and Excel.
Pick Lido if your problem is documents: someone is retyping invoices, statements or forms into a spreadsheet, and you want that automated and validated. Start with the 50 free pages and the $29 Standard plan. If you were looking for the old Lido spreadsheet with connectors and automated actions, it is no longer offered; Coefficient is the closer replacement. Teams with both problems can use Lido to produce the CSV and Coefficient to keep the resulting sheet connected to everything else.
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Coefficient is per person: Free ($0, 3 sources, 5,000-row imports, manual refresh, Sheets only), Starter ($49 a month, daily refresh), Pro ($99 a month for up to five people, unlimited rows, hourly refresh, Sheets and Excel) and Enterprise (custom). A 30-day Pro trial is offered.
Lido Standard is $29 a month for 100 pages and one person, with 50 free pages to start. Scale is $7,000 a year for 42,000 pages, up to ten people, API access and workflow automation. Enterprise starts at $35,000 a year with custom volumes and ERP integrations.
