Airtable alternatives
At a 10-person team, Airtable costs $240 a month. 1 online database costs less, from $120 (Smartsheet). The closest match, Smartsheet, covers 91% of what Airtable does. Each one shows how much of it it covers, capability by capability, next to the price.
What Airtable does
Core: Workflow automation, Custom objects & data model, Online surveys (partly), Integrations & API (partly), List, board & calendar views, Custom fields and workflows, Relational tables & linked records, Internal app builder.
Important: Contact & company records (partly), Reports & forecasting (partly), Integrations & API, Survey analysis & reporting (partly), Email, SMS & kiosk distribution (partly), AI form building & analysis (partly), HIPAA & compliance (partly), Developer form backend & SDK (partly), Task & project tracking, No-code automations, Forms that create records, AI assistant and agents, Integrations and API, Formulas & computed fields, Built-in automations, Granular permissions (partly), API & webhooks, External data sync & connectors (partly), Charts & reporting, AI features, Native mobile apps, Security & compliance (partly).
Also has: Deal pipeline CRM (partly), Email & calendar sync (partly), LinkedIn capture & enrichment (partly), Sales email sequences (partly), Lead capture forms (partly), AI assistant (partly), Mobile apps (partly), Permissions & compliance (partly), Logic, calculations & piping (partly), Mobile apps & offline collection (partly), White-label & custom domains (partly), Partial responses & tracking (partly), Gantt and dependencies (partly), Agile sprints and backlogs (partly), Code repository integration (partly), Portfolios and reporting (partly), Workload & capacity planning (partly), Project time tracking (partly), Client and guest access, Docs alongside work (partly), Proofing & approvals (partly), Native mobile apps, SSO and compliance (partly), Free-form spreadsheet (partly), External portals on data (partly), Scripting & code (partly).
Alternatives to Airtable at a 10-person team, best match first
- Smartsheet: $120/mo Row caps unverified; Business would be $240 (Pro plan: 10 Member seats at $12/member/mo (monthly billing).). It covers 91% of Airtable; missing or partial: Relational tables & linked records (partly), Internal app builder (partly), Formulas & computed fields (partly), Scripting & code. Free plan: none. Last price hike: Apr 2024.
- SmartSuite: $360/mo Monthly billing; annual would be $320 for 10 seats (Professional plan, 10 editors, monthly billing). It covers 78% of Airtable; missing or partial: Relational tables & linked records (partly), Internal app builder (partly), Forms that create records (partly), AI assistant and agents (partly), Integrations and API (partly). Free plan: none.
Other kinds of products that cover part of Airtable
- Coda (Docs & wikis): covers 81% of Airtable; missing or partial: Internal app builder (partly), Task & project tracking (partly), Forms that create records (partly), API & webhooks (partly), Charts & reporting (partly)
- monday.com (Project management): covers 80% of Airtable; missing or partial: Relational tables & linked records (partly), Internal app builder (partly), Forms that create records (partly), Formulas & computed fields (partly), AI features (partly)
- Coefficient (Marketing reporting): covers 41% of Airtable; missing or partial: List, board & calendar views, Relational tables & linked records (partly), Internal app builder, Task & project tracking, Forms that create records
Prices at every size
- Airtable: a 10-person team $240/mo, 1 user $24/mo, a 10-person team with 100,000 records $540/mo (Per user; monthly billing (annual is $20 and $45))
- Smartsheet: a 10-person team $120/mo, 1 user $12/mo, a 10-person team with 100,000 records no public price (Row caps unverified; Business would be $240)
- SmartSuite: a 10-person team $360/mo, 1 user $180/mo, a 10-person team with 100,000 records no public price (Monthly billing; annual would be $320 for 10 seats)
Total USD per month on monthly billing (annual-only plans divided by 12) for the cheapest hosted plan that fits each scenario: 10 editors with a 20,000-record table, 1 user with a 10,000-record table, or 10 editors with a 100,000-record table. Free plans count as $0 only when their seat, record and storage limits cover the scenario; free self-hosted editions are not counted.
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