What My Excel Online does

My Excel Online is a bootstrapped, founder-operated online education business that sells subscription access to video courses teaching Microsoft Excel and the broader Microsoft 365 suite. The flagship product, the MyExcelOnline Academy, delivers 30+ courses and 1,000+ bite-sized video tutorials organized across beginner, intermediate, advanced, and Microsoft 365 tracks, supplemented by downloadable practice workbooks, PDF cheat sheets, certificates of completion, and a Q&A/support forum. The platform is offered as a self-serve Academy at $19 per month or $190 per year, front-ended by a $1 / 30-day trial with a 30-day money-back guarantee, and is complemented by standalone e-books (101 Most Popular Excel Formulas, 101 Pivot Tables, 101 Macros), three Excel templates (debt repayment, personal finance, small business bookkeeping), a free blog tutorial library of 500+ posts, and a self-described only Excel-focused podcast.

The business generates revenue from three streams: consumer and SMB Academy subscriptions (the primary), one-time e-book and template sales through the company's own shop and Amazon, and Corporate Academy team packages with a 30% discount for enterprise customers such as Deloitte, Bank of America, AXA, and Johnson & Johnson. The company is operated by a 1-10 person team led by founder John Michaloudis, a Microsoft MVP since 2020 and Amazon #1 bestselling author of four Excel books who previously spent 15 years in corporate finance at Avon and General Electric. Customer acquisition is content-led: a 120,000+ subscriber weekly email newsletter, the podcast, and SEO-driven blog content funnel users into the $1 trial and ultimately the paid subscription. The company is privately held, has no external funding, and reports serving over 1 million professionals across 100+ countries since 2014.

Name

My Excel Online

Legal name

MyExcelOnline

Website

https://myexcelonline.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

My Excel Online is a bootstrapped, founder-led online training platform selling subscription video courses in Microsoft Excel and the broader Microsoft 365 suite to individual professionals, SMBs, and corporate teams in over 100 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Professional Training

NAICS

Computer Training (61142), Computer Training (611420), Business Schools and Computer and Management Training (6114)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Productivity & Office Software Skills (EDAAAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Online Learning Content & Course Publishing Platforms (BPAMAJAL), Digital Learning & Course Subscriptions (CRAFAIAD)

Keywords

• Excel training courses
• Office productivity training
• Online learning platform
• Video tutorial library
• Corporate excel training

Headquarters

HQ city

Vitoria-gasteiz

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Academy Subscription: Monthly subscription at $19/month or annual subscription at $190/year (billed annually). Provides full access to all 30+ Excel and Office courses, practice workbooks, certificates of completion, and support.
2. E-book Sales: Digital e-books sold for $19-$38 each, including titles like '101 Most Popular Excel Formulas', '101 Ways to Master Excel Pivot Tables', and '101 Ready To Use Excel Macros'. Also available on Amazon.
3. Corporate Training Packages: Team packages at discounted prices for corporate training. Contact-based pricing for enterprise team training.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

My Excel Online operates a subscription-based online learning Academy that delivers 30+ video courses with over 1,000 bite-sized tutorials covering Microsoft Excel and Office applications across beginner, intermediate, advanced, and Microsoft 365 skill levels. The company complements the Academy with digital e-books, downloadable Excel templates, an Excel-focused podcast, and corporate team training packages for organizations.

Product overview

MyExcelOnline is a unified online learning platform centered on the MyExcelOnline Academy, which provides subscription-based video courses teaching Microsoft Excel and Office skills. The Academy offers 30+ courses with over 1,000 bite-sized video tutorials organized across four skill levels: Beginner (5 courses covering Introduction, Formulas, Charts, Formatting, Printing), Intermediate (5 courses covering Pivot Tables, Macros & VBA, Data & Analysis), Advanced (10 courses covering Power Query, Power Pivot, Power BI, Excel Dashboards, Financial Modeling), and Microsoft 365 (13 courses covering Copilot, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, OneNote, Teams, Power Automate, Power Apps, SharePoint, Visio, Project, Forms). The platform is complemented by digital e-books (101 Most Popular Excel Formulas, 101 Ways to Master Excel Pivot Tables, 101 Ready To Use Excel Macros), downloadable Excel templates (Debt Repayment Tracker, Personal Finance Tracker, Small Business Bookkeeping Tracker), a free blog tutorial library, and an Excel-focused podcast. Pricing includes a $1 trial for 30 days, monthly subscription at $19/month, and annual subscription at $190/year, plus enterprise Corporate Academy plans. The sole AI-related training is a Copilot course covering Microsoft Copilot within the Microsoft 365 curriculum.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MyExcelOnline Academy A subscription-based online learning platform offering 30+ video courses covering Microsoft Excel and Office applications, with over 1,000 bite-sized video tutorials organized across beginner, intermediate, advanced, and Microsoft 365 skill levels. Includes downloadable practice workbooks, cheat sheets, certificates of completion, and instructor support.
• Corporate Academy

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• DataCamp: Subscription platform teaching data, analytics, Excel, and Power BI skills to professionals. Overlaps with MyExcelOnline's Power BI, Power Query, and data analysis courses and targets similar analysts and business users.

Broad incumbents

• Skillshare: Subscription-based creator-led learning platform with a sizable Office productivity catalog. Comparable subscription model and creator-driven content strategy, though focused more broadly across creative and business topics.
• Pluralsight: Enterprise-focused technology skills platform covering Microsoft Office, data, and software development. Competes for the corporate training budget that MyExcelOnline is targeting through its Corporate Academy.
• Coursera: Large online learning marketplace offering Excel and Office courses from universities and companies. Targets the same adult professional learner but with much broader catalog and enterprise sales motion.
• Udemy: Global course marketplace with thousands of Excel and Office courses from independent instructors. Competes on price and breadth, often as the alternative a learner considers before paying for a subscription platform like MyExcelOnline.
• LinkedIn Learning: Broad professional learning platform with deep Excel and Office libraries, bundled into LinkedIn Premium subscriptions. Competes for the same corporate professional learner but at vastly greater scale and via enterprise distribution.

Direct peers

• Trump Excel: Creator-led Excel training site with free tutorials, paid courses, and a YouTube channel targeting the same office productivity learner. Same niche, similar content-led funnel, and comparable price points on paid offerings.
• Chandoo.org: Long-running Excel training blog and community with paid dashboards and courses. Direct competitor in the Excel-specific learning niche with an established content and SEO footprint similar to MyExcelOnline.
• Simon Sez IT: Creator-led online training library focused on Microsoft Excel, Office, and project management software for professionals. Comparable audience of business users seeking video-based, self-paced Office productivity training.
• GoSkills: Subscription-based online platform offering bite-sized Excel and Office training courses to individuals and teams. Closely comparable business model, target learner, and product structure to MyExcelOnline, including individual and team plans.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/myexcelonline
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/LearnExcelPivotTable/featured
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/myexcelonline-com
• Instagraminstagram.com/myexcelonline
• Pinterestpinterest.com/myexcelonline/pins

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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