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Power Query

Summary A Microsoft Excel plugin for data cleaning. Software Type: Preparation Cost: Free with Excel Coding Languages: none Desktop / browser-based: Desktop Website: link to… Read More »Power Query

Tableau Prep

Summary A paid data preparation tool that integrates with Tableau. Software Type: Preparation Cost: Paid Coding Languages: none Desktop / browser-based: Desktop Website: https://www.tableau.com/products/prep Getting… Read More »Tableau Prep

CSVKit

Summary An open-source command-line tool for CSVs. Software Type: Preparation Cost: Free Coding Languages: command line Desktop / browser-based: Desktop Website: https://csvkit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/# Getting Started Link… Read More »CSVKit

Open Refine

Summary An open-source data cleaning tool. Software Type: Cleaning Cost: Free Coding Languages: none Desktop / browser-based: Desktop Website: https://openrefine.org/ Getting Started Link to software… Read More »Open Refine

ParseHub

Summary A free web scraper Software Type: Preparation Cost: Free Coding Languages: none Desktop / browser-based: Desktop Website: https://www.parsehub.com/ Getting Started Link to software Documentation

Trifacta

Summary A data cleaning / wrangling tool. Software Type: Cleaning Cost: Paid Coding Languages: Wrangle (Trifacta proprietary language) Desktop / browser-based: Dektop Website: https://www.trifacta.com/ Getting… Read More »Trifacta

Excel

Summary A spreadsheet software run by Microsoft. Similar to Google Sheets. Software Type: Visualization, Cleaning Cost: Free Coding Languages: none Desktop / browser-based: Both Website:… Read More »Excel

Tabula

Summary An open-source software to convert tables from PDF to CSV. Software Type: Preparation Cost: Free Coding Languages: none Desktop / browser-based: Desktop Website: https://tabula.technology/… Read More »Tabula

Google Sheets

Summary A free spreadsheet software run by Google. Similar to Excel. Software Type: Visualization, Cleaning Cost: Free Coding Languages: none Desktop / browser-based: Browser Website:… Read More »Google Sheets