What is the difference between Sumif and Sumif?
SUMIF is used for a single condition, while SUMFS is used for multiple criteria. The SUMIF function allows you to conditionally add values that meet a single specified criteria, while SUMIF is used to conditionally add values that meet multiple criteria.
What are sumifs for?
The SUM function, one of the mathematical and trigonometric functions, adds all its arguments that match multiple criteria. For example, you can use SUM to add up the number of retailers in a country that are (1) in the same zip code and (2) whose profit is above a certain dollar value.
Is it possible to have 3 criteria in Sumifs?
Similarly, you can use SUMIFSET in Excel with multiple criteria, expressed numbers, dates, Boolean expressions, and other Excel functions.
What could be better than sumif?
With SUMPRODUCT
See this example for a more detailed explanation. Basically, the SUMPRODUCT option is the closest to the SUM formula because we are adding the values based on multiple criteria. It still works fine as long as there is only one matching result.
Is Sumifs faster than Countifs?
Optimizing Excel Formulas SUMPRODUCT vs SUM/COUNTIF
According to some websites, SUMIFS and COUNTIFS are faster than SUMPRODUCT (for example: http://exceluser.com/blog/483/excelssumifsorsumproductwhatisfaster.html).