Alternatives to
12 Best Airtable Alternatives in 2026
The best Airtable alternatives depend on whether you prioritize cost, control, or a different workflow.
- Reviewed
- Sep 2026
- Open source
- 5
- Self-hosted
- 5
What you are leaving
Airtable at a glance
- Pricing model
- Free tier; Team $20/seat/mo annually ($24 monthly); Business $45/seat/mo annually ($54); Enterprise Scale custom
- Deployment
- Cloud only
- Licensing
- Proprietary; no open source edition
- Collaboration
- Real-time collaborative bases, views, and interfaces
- File format
- Proprietary; exports to CSV per table
- Main gripe
- Record and automation limits force upgrades quickly, and there is no self-hosted option
- Records
- 1,000 per base on Free, 50,000 on Team
- Views
- Grid, calendar, Kanban, gallery, form, Gantt and timeline
- Automation
- 100 automation runs on Free, 25,000 on Team, 100,000 on Business
- Best for
- Teams that want a flexible no-code database with interfaces and automations
- Open source
- No - proprietary
- Self-host
- No
- Free tier
- Yes, 1,000 records per base and up to 5 editors
- Category
- No-code database
- Automations
- 100 runs on Free, 25,000 on Team
- AI credits
- 500 per editor on Free, 15,000 per paid user on Team
- Interfaces
- Yes, Interface Designer on all plans
Compare at a glance
Airtable alternatives compared
Short facts side by side. Filter by what matters to your team, then open any row for the full decision brief.
| # | Product | Overlap | Substitutability | Free? | Starting price | Self-host | Open source | Migration | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Baserow | No-code database with tables, views and automations | Full replacement | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Moderate | |
| 02 | NocoDB | No-code database with tables, views and APIs | Full replacement | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Moderate | |
| 03 | Rows | Spreadsheet-database hybrid | Partial replacement | Yes | $8/user/mo | No | No | Easy | |
| 04 | SmartSuite | Database + work management | Mostly replaces | No | $15/seat/mo | No | No | Moderate | |
| 05 | Grist | Spreadsheet-style database with formulas | Mostly replaces | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Moderate | |
| 05 | Notion | Databases with views and relations | Partial replacement | Yes | — | No | No | Moderate | |
| 06 | Coda | Databases, views and automation | Mostly replaces | Yes | — | No | No | Hard | |
| 06 | Teable | No-code database with tables and views | Mostly replaces | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Moderate | |
| 07 | SeaTable | Relational database + on-premise | Mostly replaces | Yes | €7/user/mo | Yes | Yes | Moderate | |
| 08 | monday.com | Tabular data and workflow automation | Partial replacement | Yes | — | No | No | Hard | |
| 08 | Smartsheet | Spreadsheet-style data and project tracking | Partial replacement | No | — | No | No | Hard | |
| 09 | Google Sheets | Tabular data and spreadsheet formulas | Narrow overlap | Yes | — | No | No | Moderate |
Community signal
What switchers report
5 reports · moderated after submissionSwitched to
- Baserow2
- NocoDB2
- Rows1
Primary use
- operations2
- development2
- other1
Migration difficulty
- medium4
- easy1
Counts are shown instead of percentages until there are 20 reports.
Frequently asked
Airtable alternatives FAQ
- Is Airtable free?
- Yes. Airtable has a free tier for individuals and very small teams that includes unlimited bases, 1,000 records per base, up to 5 editors, 1 GB of attachments per base, 100 automation runs and 500 AI credits per editor each month. The free tier is generous for personal use but the record and editor limits are the main reason teams upgrade.
- How much does Airtable cost?
- Team is $20 per seat per month billed annually or $24 billed monthly, with 50,000 records per base, 25,000 automation runs and 15,000 AI credits per paid user. Business is $45 per seat per month billed annually or $54 billed monthly, adding advanced features and basic administration. Enterprise Scale is custom-priced with governance and administration controls.
- What is the best Airtable alternative?
- Baserow and NocoDB are the closest open source alternatives and both can be self-hosted, which removes per-seat costs entirely. Teable is a newer open source option with a spreadsheet-like interface and strong performance. Grist combines a spreadsheet with a database and has a free self-hosted edition. Google Sheets is the simplest free option if you only need tabular data without a relational model.
- Can I self-host an Airtable alternative?
- Yes. Baserow, NocoDB, Teable and Grist all offer self-hosted editions that you can run on your own infrastructure. Self-hosting removes per-seat and per-record costs, which matters most for teams with many viewers or large datasets. The trade-off is that you manage hosting, backups, upgrades and security yourself, and some enterprise features are only available on paid cloud plans.
- What should I check before migrating away from Airtable?
- Check your record counts and automation run usage first, because Airtable's pricing is driven by records per base and automation runs rather than seats alone. Export your bases as CSV, since linked records, formulas, views and interfaces do not transfer cleanly to other platforms. If you rely on Airtable Interfaces or Automations, verify the replacement covers them before committing. Finally, test performance with your largest base, as some alternatives slow down significantly at high record counts.
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