Most formula-generator tools live on a separate website. You describe your problem there, copy the formula it spits out, then paste it back into Google Sheets and hope the cell references match.
That round trip is the annoying part. You leave your sheet, translate your columns into their example, and edit the result to fit your real data.
The Old Way (Search, Copy, Adapt)
Say you want to count rows where column A equals "Marketing" and column B is over 100. You search, find a COUNTIFS example, and adapt it.
=COUNTIFS(A2:A, "Marketing", B2:B, ">100")Simple enough here. But the harder your request gets, the more tabs you open. QUERY syntax, ARRAYFORMULA wrapping, and REGEX patterns all send you back to the search bar. You are managing a tool outside your spreadsheet to solve a problem inside it.
The FITS Way (Generate It In the Cell)
FITS lives inside Google Sheets, so the generator and the sheet are the same place. Ask it to write the formula and it returns the syntax you can paste.
=FITS("Write a Google Sheets formula that counts rows where A is Marketing and B is over 100")Often you do not even need the formula. FITS can compute the answer straight from a plain-English instruction, no syntax involved.
=FITS("Extract the city from this address and return it alone: " & A2)So it works two ways. Use it to draft a native formula when you want one, or let it return the result directly when the logic is fuzzy.
When to Use Each
For repeatable math and lookups, a native formula is fast and free, so use FITS to draft it once and then keep the formula. For messy, human-written inputs where no clean formula exists, let FITS return the answer directly. See it in action for sentiment analysis and the single AI formula that replaces nested logic. For the full catalog of tasks it covers, read automating Google Sheets tasks you used to need regex for.
Your Formula Generator, Inside the Sheet
FITS turns plain English into a formula or an answer without leaving Google Sheets. No copy-paste round trip. Free tier included.