Comparison of functionality and performance of Aspose.Cells for Go via C with Excelize, Tealeg/xlsx, and Go-OLE.

The following is a comprehensive comparison of Aspose.Cells for Go (via C) with other mainstream Go language Excel processing libraries (Excelize, tealeg/xlsx, go-ole) in terms of functionality, performance, and use cases.

Differences in basic positioning and structure

Library Name Type Underlying Implementation CGO Dependency Cross-Platform Deployment
Aspose.Cells for Go Commercial Library (MIT/Paid) Native Engine, Go CGO Wrapper ✅ Yes Support for Windows, Linux
Excelize Open Source Library (MIT) Pure Go Implementation ❌ No Support for Windows, Linux, macOS
tealeg/xlsx Open Source Library (BSD) Pure Go Implementation ❌ No Support for Windows, Linux, macOS
go-ole Open Source Library (BSD) Go Windows OLE/COM Interface ✅ Yes (Windows only) Windows only

Key differences

  • Aspose.Cells for Go via C is an industrial‑grade commercial library with the most complete functions, but a paid product is required.
  • Excelize is currently the most active open‑source Go library, pure Go.
  • Tealeg/xlsx is an early open‑source library with more basic functions and slow maintenance.
  • Go‑ole is a Windows‑only COM automation scheme that relies on Excel installation and is not recommended for server environments.

Feature Comparison

Supported File Formats Comparison

Spreadsheet Format Aspose.Cells for Go via C Excelize tealeg/xlsx Go‑OLE (Excel App)
Xlsx ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Reliant on Excel
Xlsb ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Reliant on Excel
Xls ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Reliant on Excel
Xlsm ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Reliant on Excel
Xltm ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Reliant on Excel
Xltx ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Reliant on Excel
Csv ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Reliant on Excel
Ods ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Reliant on Excel
Html ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ❌ No
Numbers ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ❌ No
Json ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ❌ No
Xml ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ❌ No
SpreadsheetML ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ❌ No

Supported Spreadsheet Features

Library Features Aspose.Cells for Go via C Excelize tealeg/xlsx Go‑OLE (Excel App)
Read/Write (Supported file format) ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes
Cell/Row/Column/Worksheet ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes
Style ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes
Formula calculation ✅ Yes ✅ Yes (Part) ❌ No ✅ Yes (calculated by Excel)
Chart/Picture ✅ Yes ✅ Yes (Part) ❌ No ✅ Yes
PivotTable ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ❌ No ✅ Yes
Conditional Formatting ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ❌ No ✅ Yes
Data validation ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ❌ No ✅ Yes
Encryption/password protection ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ❌ No ✅ Yes
VBA macro ✅ Yes (Read) ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes

Performance Comparison

  • Test environment:
    Processor: 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7‑12700 (2.10 GHz)
    Installed RAM: 64.0 GB (63.7 GB usable)
    OS Name: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
    OS Version: 10.0.26100
    OS Architecture: 64‑bit
    Go version: go version go1.24.5 windows/amd64
    Aspose.Cells for Go via C: 25.9.0
    Excelize: 1.4.1

  • Test scenario: a large file with 10 worksheets, 100,000 rows × 250 columns, including formatting.

  • Run results:

    • Excelize runs for 35 minutes (Begin Time: 2025-10-09T10:04:16+08:00, End Time: 2025-10-09T10:39:53+08:00), generated file size: 1.11 GB.
    • Aspose.Cells for Go via C (model 1) runs for 27 minutes (Begin Time: 2025-10-09T10:57:55+08:00, End Time: 2025-10-09T11:16:24+08:00), generated file size: 936 MB.
    • Aspose.Cells for Go via C (model 2) runs for 16 minutes (Begin Time: 2025-10-09T12:01:26+08:00, End Time: 2025-10-09T12:17:17+08:00), generated file size: 1.16 GB.
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