Claude just got 3 powerful new tools — and they could replace some of your favorite apps
Claude just launched Sheets, Whiteboards and Data. Here are five ways to use its new AI tools for budgets, planning, spreadsheets and dashboards.
Claude, Anthropic's AI chatbot, has introduced three new productivity tools that could potentially replace several popular apps. Announced on November 10, the three tools—Claude Sheets, Claude Whiteboards, and Claude Data—are designed to streamline tasks such as building spreadsheets, organizing ideas visually, and turning business data into interactive dashboards without the need to switch between multiple applications.
These tools put Claude in direct competition with Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, and collaborative tools like Miro.
Claude Sheets allows users to create spreadsheets directly within the chatbot, handling tasks like setting up columns, writing formulas, and adding charts. Users can build a monthly household budget spreadsheet with separate tabs for income, fixed expenses, variable expenses, and savings. The resulting spreadsheet remains editable, and Claude highlights changes, making it easier to follow its work. Advanced spreadsheet features can be exported to Excel.
Claude Whiteboards provides a visual approach to organizing ideas, turning unstructured lists into timelines with responsibilities and deadlines. Users can collaborate on these boards, and Claude can reorganize the plan as it develops. The tool supports various prompts, such as creating a visual planning board for a family vacation or a home renovation tracker with dropdown menus, formulas, and conditional formatting.
Claude Data, previously known as Claude Dashboards, is the most advanced of the three tools, aimed at users working with business information. It connects to platforms like Snowflake, BigQuery, and Salesforce, allowing users to create dashboards, charts, and written summaries without writing SQL. Users can ask Claude to identify sales trends or compare performance across different periods.
Claude Data supports sharing dashboards, tracking changes, and creating data stories or narrated videos. However, it requires a compatible data connector, which may limit its straightforward use compared to Claude Sheets and Whiteboards.
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