I'm sure there are some wonderful things Excel does that Sheets doesn't, but since I haven't noticed them they don't bother me. One thing that I don't miss about Excel is the 2^16 row limit. Also I seem to recall some difficulties copying and pasting pivot tables, but it's been a few years...
Try it again - it got a major upgrade a while back and it now does everything I ask of it. Including my company's accounts, which have to handle four different currencies and tax reporting regimes. There is a nice python library that allows a script to suck data from our 12 bank accounts daily, do most classification, and update the sheets directly.