Pelayar AI Spreadsheet Agent

Pelayar AI Spreadsheet Agent combines spreadsheet automation with document extraction, online research, and data-science workflows. It suits analysts, operations teams, and developers who want one agent to move information from source files into usable spreadsheets. The breadth is its central advantage, while usage quotas and storage limits determine whether a plan works for a particular workload.

Overview

Pelayar works through web and API access as a standalone service. It accepts XLS, XLSX, and CSV spreadsheets, along with PDF, DOC, DOCX, PPT, and PPTX documents. The agent can turn invoices, receipts, images, PDFs, and other documents into structured spreadsheet data, then continue with cleanup, analysis, and automation.

It is a broad workflow tool rather than a narrowly focused formula generator. Pelayar says more than 300 companies use its spreadsheet agent, and it provides citations for generated data. Those citations help with checking outputs, but the service itself recommends reviewing results before relying on them for critical business decisions.

Key features

For spreadsheet work, Pelayar cleans data, transforms tables, writes formulas such as SUMIF, VLOOKUP, and INDEX MATCH, generates pivot tables, and builds charts. Formula generation and table transformation are useful for repetitive preparation; pivot tables and charts extend the service into reporting. Workflow automation and API access make it suitable when spreadsheet tasks need to be incorporated into a wider process rather than handled as one-off chat requests.

Online research can gather information from financial markets, public databases, and multiple sources. Natural-language access to Pandas, Matplotlib, Plotly, NumPy, SciPy, and StatsModels provides a path to more advanced analysis without requiring every step to be written as code. That combination is valuable for mixed document-and-data workflows, although each activity consumes plan allowances.

Security controls described for enterprise customers include encryption at rest and in transit, private VPC deployment, zero-data-retention options, SSO/SAML, SCIM, role-based access, and audit logs. The privacy policy says user content is not used to train Pelayar's general AI models or third-party AI models.

Pricing

Pelayar is freemium. The Starter plan is free, with 15,000 credits, 60 light Agent Chat requests, 12 regular requests, less than one deep-research request, 8 video minutes, 20 transcription minutes, one project, and 50 MB of storage. No credit card is required, making it useful for trying the workflow, but the single project and small storage allowance constrain ongoing work.

Basic costs $8 per month and raises the allowance to 100,000 credits, 400 light requests, 80 regular requests, two deep-research requests, 57 video minutes, 133 transcription minutes, unlimited projects, 2 GB of storage, and API access. It is the entry point for regular individual use, though research and media quotas remain modest.

Pro is $19 per month for 350,000 credits, 1,400 light requests, 280 regular requests, seven deep-research requests, 200 video minutes, 467 transcription minutes, unlimited projects, and 10 GB of storage, with API access. It better fits heavier analysis and document processing. Ultimate costs $49 per month and provides 900,000 credits, 3,600 light requests, 720 regular requests, 18 deep-research requests, 514 video minutes, 1,200 transcription minutes, 50 GB of storage, API access, unlimited projects, and full features.

Business is $199 per month for 3,600,000 credits, 14,400 light requests, 2,880 regular requests, 72 deep-research requests, 2,057 video minutes, 4,800 transcription minutes, 100 GB of storage, and unlimited projects; it is recommended for 10–25 team members. Business Pro costs $499 per month and expands those allowances to 9,150,000 credits, 36,600 light requests, 7,320 regular requests, 183 deep-research requests, 5,229 video minutes, 12,200 transcription minutes, and 250 GB, with full features. Enterprise has custom pricing, custom projects, custom storage, and enterprise features.

Platforms

Pelayar is available on the web and through an API. API access is included in every paid tier, so Basic is the lowest-cost route for integrating it into an application or automated process.

Who it's for

Choose Pelayar for document-heavy spreadsheet operations, recurring cleanup and reporting, online research, or analysis that benefits from Python data-science libraries. It is less suitable when you need a conventional spreadsheet application, very high storage on a low budget, or predictable usage without request and credit ceilings.

Pros and cons

Pros

• Combines spreadsheet automation, document extraction, research, and advanced analysis in one workflow.
• Handles common spreadsheet formats and several office-document formats.
• Offers API access on every paid tier.
• Enterprise controls include VPC deployment, retention options, SSO/SAML, SCIM, roles, and audit logs.
• Free Starter access requires no credit card.

Cons

• Starter has one project, 50 MB of storage, and very small research and request allowances.
• Every tier is governed by credits and separate chat, research, video, and transcription quotas.
• Generated results require human checking before critical decisions.
• Meaningful team capacity and storage begin at substantially higher monthly prices.

Alternatives

Quadratic is a better fit if you want a broader native-platform choice, including desktop, mobile, web, API, and self-hosted options; its Personal plan has limited AI usage and sharing. Rows suits users who prefer a free plan with five AI tasks per month and a free trial. GPTExcel is worth considering for a simpler free-to-try route with up to 90 credits per month via daily check-in. Grist fits document-centric users needing unlimited free documents, up to 5,000 records per document, and 100 lifetime AI credits. ChatGPT for Excel is an alternative for users seeking a web-based spreadsheet assistant with access tiers. Formula Bot (now Better Analyst) is another freemium web option focused on formula and chat workflows. Bricks suits users prioritizing AI dashboards, reports, visualization, and analysis in a web workspace. ExcelAI is a desktop macOS and Windows alternative with a free tier of 20 requests per five hours.

Verdict

Pelayar is a strong choice for users who want one agent to connect spreadsheets with document extraction, research, automation, and analytical libraries. Its main reason to choose it is breadth plus API access; its main reason to look elsewhere is the cumulative effect of credit, request, storage, and research limits, especially on the free and lower-cost plans.