xlrd

How often 10 AI models recommend xlrd, what they say about it, and who they recommend instead, on the 1 buying question where it came up.

Mention rate

98%of all answers on this question

Best standing

#4of 42 on Best Python libraries for reading and editing Excel files

Buying questions

1where 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. Claude Haiku 5.5100%
2. Gemini 4 Argon100%
3. DeepSeek V4 Pro100%
4. GLM-5.3100%
5. Kimi K3100%
6. MiniMax M3100%
7. Mistral Large 4100%
8. Nemotron 3 Ultra100%
9. GPT-6 Luna88%
10. Qwen 3.8 Flash88%

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 5.5Classic reader for legacy xls files; reading xlsx support was removed.
• GPT-6 LunaA lightweight reader for older .xls files; limited to reading.
• Gemini 4 ArgonThe reliable standard for extracting data from legacy xls spreadsheets.
• Qwen 3.8 FlashClassic reader, still needed for legacy .xls files.
• DeepSeek V4 ProClassic .xls reader; still essential for legacy Excel 97-2003 files.
• GLM-5.3Handles legacy xls files well.
• Kimi K3Still the go-to for legacy .xls files, read-only but reliable.
• MiniMax M3Classic reader for legacy .xls files, still widely used.
• Mistral Large 4Still useful for reading legacy .xls files, though .xlsx support was removed.
• Nemotron 3 UltraClassic for reading legacy .xls files only

Against the competition

Each question's products ranked by the share of all answers that named them, xlrd 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%

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	88	100	88	100	100	100	100	100	100

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	90	100	100

Head to head

Against the products named most often on the same questions

xlrd vs openpyxlxlrd vs pandasxlrd vs XlsxWriterxlrd vs xlwingsxlrd vs pyexcelxlrd vs pyxlsb

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