Alternatives to Airtable

A hosted spreadsheet and database hybrid for organizing team work and building simple apps. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Airtable.

  • Baserow

    An open-source no-code database and app builder, used in the cloud or self-hosted.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Baserow is open source under MIT and can be self-hosted with Docker or Helm, though some features are limited to paid plans.

  • NocoDB

    A no-code tool that presents a database as a spreadsheet, offered as a cloud service or self-hosted.

    FreemiumProprietaryWebSelf-hosted

    NocoDB puts a spreadsheet interface over existing Postgres and MySQL databases, can be self-hosted, and imports from Airtable, but check its licence terms.

  • Grist

    A relational spreadsheet-database that can be self-hosted or used as a managed web service.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Grist offers relational tables in a spreadsheet interface with cell-level access rules and a self-hostable open-source core, though the relational model takes learning.

  • Teable

    An Airtable-style no-code database and AI spreadsheet for building business tables, apps and workflows.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWeb

    Teable offers an Airtable-style interface on a PostgreSQL database with published source code, built-in automations and AI extraction of data from documents and images.

  • Superhuman Docs

    A collaborative workspace, formerly called Coda, that combines documents, tables, apps and AI features.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    Superhuman Docs, formerly Coda, combines documents with structured tables and formulas, but remains a cloud-only service tied to an account.

  • Smartsheet

    A spreadsheet-style work management platform for planning, tracking and reporting on projects and portfolios.

    PaidProprietaryAndroidWeb

    Smartsheet keeps a spreadsheet-style interface with Gantt, Kanban and dashboard views aimed at project tracking, and it is a paid cloud-only service.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Airtable as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • monday.com

    A hosted work management platform for projects, tasks, CRM and team workflows with AI agents.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidWeb

    Airtable moves work onto spreadsheet-style database tables for building simple apps without code, with data stored in Airtable's cloud.

  • Quadratic

    A browser-based spreadsheet that combines formulas with Python, JavaScript and AI-written analysis code.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Airtable is a hosted spreadsheet and database hybrid for team workflows and no-code apps, aimed at business teams rather than analysts writing code.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.