pandas

How often 10 AI models recommend pandas, what they say about it, and who they recommend instead, on the 2 buying questions where it came up.

Mention rate

53%of all answers on these questions

Best standing

#1of 42 on Best Python libraries for reading and editing Excel files

Buying questions

2where any model named it

Never named it

0of 10 models

Which models recommend it

Share of each model's answers that named it, at any position · The black tick marks the panel average

1. GPT-6 Luna63%
2. Claude Haiku 5.556%
3. DeepSeek V4 Pro56%
4. MiniMax M356%
5. Gemini 4 Argon50%
6. Qwen 3.8 Flash50%
7. GLM-5.350%
8. Kimi K350%
9. Mistral Large 450%
10. Nemotron 3 Ultra50%

Tracked since October 25, 2026. Each time the panel answers these questions again, the change shows here.

What the models say

Each model's one-line reason for recommending it, from its first answer

Best Python libraries for reading and editing Excel files 10

• Claude Haiku 5.5Best for data analysis; reads and writes Excel via openpyxl or xlsxwriter engines.
• GPT-6 LunaExcellent for tabular imports, transformations, and exports, especially alongside openpyxl.
• Gemini 4 ArgonUnmatched data analysis capabilities with effortless reading and writing via unified Excel wrappers.
• Qwen 3.8 FlashMost common way to read Excel into dataframes; edit via export.
• DeepSeek V4 ProUnmatched for data analysis, bulk reading, and quick Excel I/O via its ExcelWriter.
• GLM-5.3Great for data analysis; converts Excel to dataframes easily.
• Kimi K3Best for data analysis workflows; read_excel/to_excel cover most practical needs.
• MiniMax M3Excel I/O built-in, ideal for data analysis workflows.
• Mistral Large 4Essential for Excel data analysis; read_excel and to_excel are incredibly convenient.
• Nemotron 3 UltraBest for data analysis workflows with Excel I/O

Best Python libraries for PowerPoint files 1

• DeepSeek V4 ProIdeal for preparing and shaping data that feeds into slide generation pipelines.

Against the competition

Each question's products ranked by the share of all answers that named them, pandas highlighted.

Best Python libraries for reading and editing Excel files

42 products named in 80 answers across 4 wordings

In nearly every answer

openpyxlpandasXlsxWriterxlrdxlwings

Contested

1. 6pyexcel78%
2. 7pyxlsb63%
3. 8xlwt60%
4. 9Python calamine43%
5. 10PyExcelerate25%

Best Python libraries for PowerPoint files

129 products named in 80 answers across 4 wordings

In nearly every answer

python-pptxAspose.Slides

Contested

1. 3Spire.Presentation86%
2. 4PptxGenJS44%
3. 5unoconv28%
4. 6Pillow25%
5. 6pywin3225%
6. ⋯
7. 23Pandas6%

Mention rate by model and question

Share of each model's answers on the question that named it · Hover a cell for the count

Question	Claude Haiku 5.5	GPT-6 Luna	Gemini 4 Argon	Qwen 3.8 Flash	DeepSeek V4 Pro	GLM-5.3	Kimi K3	MiniMax M3	Mistral Large 4	Nemotron 3 Ultra
Best Python libraries for reading and editing Excel files	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Best Python libraries for PowerPoint files	13	25			13			13

Does the wording matter?

Share of answers that named it under each way of asking the question · Hover a cell for the exact wording

Question	List request	Buyer asking for advice	Search query	Worth paying for?
Best Python libraries for reading and editing Excel files	100	100	100	100
Best Python libraries for PowerPoint files	10	5		10

Head to head

Against the products named most often on the same questions

pandas vs openpyxlpandas vs xlwingspandas vs python-pptxpandas vs XlsxWriterpandas vs xlrdpandas vs Aspose.Slides

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