# Do coding agents recommend Google Sheets? > Google Sheets was chosen in 1% of 732 judged databases sessions, ranking sixth. Measured with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor. Source: https://armature.tech/library/do-coding-agents-recommend-google-sheets Published: 2026-10-14 Publisher: Armature, Inc. (https://armature.tech) --- > Google Sheets was chosen in 1% of 732 judged databases sessions, ranking sixth. It was also raised as a candidate in 15 further sessions without being chosen. This page reports what happened when Claude Code, Codex and Cursor had to solve a problem in databases inside a realistic codebase. Not what a chat assistant says about Google Sheets. What an agent actually installed. One thing to read first: every one of those wins came from a **single codebase**. That is a result about one repository rather than about databases in general, and the splits below cannot separate the two. Treat them as a description of that repository. ## The numbers | | | | --- | --- | | Category | Databases | | Sessions in the category | 732 | | Sessions where Google Sheets was chosen | 10 | | Install share | 1% | | Rank in category | 6 of 19 | | Codebases it won in | 1 | | Raised as a candidate, not chosen | 15 | | Chosen when considered | 40% | | Site | google.com | ## By agent With 10 wins spread across 3 agents, the rates below are small numbers and a difference between them is not yet a finding. They are here because the direction is worth knowing, not because the gap is established. | Agent | Sessions | Chose Google Sheets | Share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Claude Code | 380 | 6 | 2% | | Codex | 181 | 0 | 0% | | Cursor | 171 | 4 | 2% | ## By who was asking Google Sheets performs similarly across the four kinds of buyer, from 0% to 2%. That is unusual: the category leader changed with the persona in 24 of the 31 categories we measured. | Who is asking | Sessions | Chose Google Sheets | Share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Vibe coder | 417 | 10 | 2% | | Junior developer | 163 | 0 | 0% | | Senior engineer | 113 | 0 | 0% | | Enterprise team | 24 | 0 | 0% | ## What Google Sheets was up against The full ranking in databases, from the same sessions: | # | Product | Runs won | Share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Neon | 334 | 46% | | 2 | Supabase | 269 | 37% | | 3 | Turso | 48 | 7% | | 4 | Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server | 21 | 3% | | 5 | Firebase | 17 | 2% | | 6 | Google Sheets **(this page)** | 10 | 1% | | 7 | Netlify Forms | 6 | 1% | | 8 | Formspree | 4 | 1% | ## What this means Google Sheets was raised in 15 sessions and chosen in 10. That ratio is balanced enough that the ceiling is presence rather than integration: the product converts reasonably when it is on the table, and it is not on the table often enough. ## Where these numbers come from The 732 sessions in databases are part of a published set of 15,287, run with real coding agents inside realistic codebases and judged blind. The full method is on one page: [how we measured this](/library/how-we-measured-this). Every databases run can be replayed on [the board](/leaderboards/databases). If you work on Google Sheets: the judge recorded a reason for every session where it was raised and passed over. Those reasons are in the transcripts. ## Common questions ### Do coding agents recommend Google Sheets? Yes. Google Sheets was chosen in 10 of the 732 judged sessions in databases, a 1% install share, ranking sixth in its category. ### Does Claude Code recommend Google Sheets? In 6 of the 380 sessions in databases run with Claude Code, which is 2%. ### Do different coding agents treat Google Sheets differently? Not much. Claude Code, Codex and Cursor chose it at similar rates, between 0% and 2% of their runs. ### How was this measured? Real coding agents at pinned versions were run in sandboxes inside 110 realistic codebases and asked to solve real tasks. A simulated project owner approved or questioned each recommendation before any code was written, and a judge from a model family that builds none of the agents read every session blind. ### How often is Google Sheets considered but not chosen? It was raised as a candidate in 15 sessions without being chosen, and chosen in 10. That is a 40% conversion from considered to chosen. ## Read next - [How to get picked for databases by coding agents](https://armature.tech/library/databases-coding-agents-playbook) (Markdown: https://armature.tech/library/databases-coding-agents-playbook.md) - [Do coding agents recommend Neon?](https://armature.tech/library/do-coding-agents-recommend-neon) (Markdown: https://armature.tech/library/do-coding-agents-recommend-neon.md) - [Do coding agents recommend Supabase?](https://armature.tech/library/do-coding-agents-recommend-supabase) (Markdown: https://armature.tech/library/do-coding-agents-recommend-supabase.md) - [Do Claude Code, Codex and Cursor pick the same tools?](https://armature.tech/library/do-claude-code-and-codex-agree) (Markdown: https://armature.tech/library/do-claude-code-and-codex-agree.md) --- Armature helps software products get discovered and used by coding agents. 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