Claude, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot all open Excel files, cite cells and apply edits described in plain language. Claude for Excel and ChatGPT for Excel run as add-ins inside Excel; Claude's chat offers a file download, and ChatGPT previews files in its desktop app. Copilot works inside Excel and records who changed what in its Change History.[1, 3, 7, 8, 11, 13]
None of the three documents a link from a generated file back to the files it was made from, grounding in a reconciled ledger or bank data, or an export that carries source documents and a reconciliation. Their connectors cover market data and Microsoft 365 content.[1, 6, 7, 14]
Claude offers EU hosting only through cloud marketplaces and without its connectors, and the add-in sits outside Enterprise audit logs. ChatGPT offers EU residency on enterprise plans. Copilot works within the EU Data Boundary, from which models provided by Anthropic are excluded.[4, 5, 10, 14]