Baserow
An open-source no-code database and app builder, used in the cloud or self-hosted.
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About Baserow
Baserow is a no-code platform for organizing data in spreadsheet-like tables and building applications, dashboards and automations on top of them. Views include grid, gallery, Kanban, calendar, timeline, form and survey. You can import CSV, XML and JSON, and connect workflows to HTTP, email and webhooks.
It is often used as an Airtable alternative. You can use the hosted service or self-host it with Docker, Cloudron, AWS or Helm, and extend it with plugins.
Strengths
- Self-host with Docker, Cloudron, AWS or Helm
- Many views, including Kanban, calendar and timeline
- Built-in automations and application builder
- Plugin system for extending it
Limitations
- Some features are limited to paid plans
- Self-hosting means running and updating the server yourself
Details
- Pricing
- FreemiumFree to start and to self-host; paid plans and sales-led options for organizations.
- License
- MIT
- Developer
- Baserow
- Platforms
- Web, Self-hosted
- How it runs
- Web application, Self-hosted
- Best suited for
- Teams wanting an Airtable-style database they can host themselves
- Categories
- Automation, Office tools, Database tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Baserow
Compare allSoftware that can replace Baserow for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Airtable
A hosted spreadsheet and database hybrid for organizing team work and building simple apps.
Airtable is the hosted, closed-source product Baserow imitates, with templates and mobile apps but no self-hosting and data kept in its cloud.
NocoDB
A no-code tool that presents a database as a spreadsheet, offered as a cloud service or self-hosted.
NocoDB also offers a self-hostable spreadsheet interface and connects to existing Postgres and MySQL databases, but it is not listed as open source.
Teable
An Airtable-style no-code database and AI spreadsheet for building business tables, apps and workflows.
Teable is an open-source Airtable-style database on PostgreSQL with automations and AI data extraction, though its focus has shifted toward AI business workflows.
Grist
A relational spreadsheet-database that can be self-hosted or used as a managed web service.
Grist is a self-hostable relational spreadsheet-database with cell-level access rules, used in production by public agencies.
Superhuman Docs
A collaborative workspace, formerly called Coda, that combines documents, tables, apps and AI features.
Superhuman Docs combines documents and structured tables with formulas and packs, but is a cloud-only service with no self-hosting.
Smartsheet
A spreadsheet-style work management platform for planning, tracking and reporting on projects and portfolios.
Smartsheet is a paid, cloud-only spreadsheet-style work management platform focused on project tracking rather than app building.
Baserow as an alternative
Listings that name Baserow as an alternative.
Mathesar
A self-hosted, spreadsheet-like web interface for viewing, editing and querying PostgreSQL data.
Baserow is an MIT-licensed no-code database with Kanban, calendar and timeline views plus automations, storing data in its own tables rather than working on your existing PostgreSQL.
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Tally
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