Airtable
Spreadsheet-database hybrid for building custom internal apps.
What is Airtable?
Airtable is a relational database with the friendly face of a spreadsheet, letting non-developers build structured apps for tracking anything — content calendars, inventory, CRMs, product roadmaps. Linked records, rich field types, and multiple views turn flat data into connected systems, while automations and interfaces layer on workflow and app-like front ends.
Best known for: A relational database anyone can build with
Key features
- Spreadsheet-database hybrid with rich field types
- Linked records and relational tables
- Grid, kanban, calendar, gallery, and Gantt views
- Interfaces for app-like custom front ends
- Built-in automations and scripting
- Sync, extensions, and a broad integration API
Who Airtable is best for
- Teams building structured, relational data workflows
- Ops teams that need views, interfaces, and automations on real data
- Marketing & content teams managing complex production pipelines
Ideal team: Ops and marketing teams of 3–300 who outgrew spreadsheets and need relational structure with app-like interfaces.
Airtable pricing
Free
$0
- 1,000 records/base
- Grid & calendar views
- Interfaces
Team
$20/per seat / mo
- 50,000 records/base
- Gantt & timeline
- Standard automations
Business
$45/per seat / mo
- 125,000 records/base
- Admin controls
- Verified data
Costs to watch before you commit
- Record caps are per-base — large datasets force expensive tier jumps.
- Automation run limits reset monthly and overages block workflows.
- Per-seat pricing applies to editors, so read-heavy teams still pay per editor.
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