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Alternatives to Airtable
3 software tools sit alongside Airtable in this directory. Below is what separates each from Airtable on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 3
- With a free tier
- 3
- Cheaper to start
- 3
- Airtable starts at
- Free, then $20/month per editor
Why people look past Airtable
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Airtable entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Airtable starts at $20/month per editor. Across the 3 software tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $10/month.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Airtable publishes 4 tiers, from Free up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Airtable pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases
- Starts $10 a month cheaper, at $10/month.
The doc that brings it all together
- Starts $10 a month cheaper, at $10/month.
A platform built for a new way of working
- Starts $11 a month cheaper, at $9/month.
Every Airtable alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airtable (this page) | Free, then $20/month per editor | - | 4 | |
| NotionAll-in-one workspace with database, notes, and collaboration features as an alternative to Airtable's spreadsheet-database hybrid | Free, then $10/month | - | 4 | vs Airtable |
| CodaCollaborative workspace combining documents and databases with similar no-code building and automation capabilities | Free, then $10/month | - | - | vs Airtable |
| Monday.comWork operating system with visual database and project management, comparable pricing model and enterprise focus | Free, then $9/month | - | - | vs Airtable |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Airtable badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (3)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Notion , Free, then $10/month
- Coda , Free, then $10/month
- Monday.com , Free, then $9/month
Cheaper than Airtable (3)
Entry price under Airtable's $20/month per editor. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Notion , Free, then $10/month
- Coda , Free, then $10/month
- Monday.com , Free, then $9/month
What you would be giving up
Airtable is most often brought in for structured team databases with grid, calendar and kanban views, lightweight internal tools built on shared records, automations between airtable and other systems, sharing read-only views with collaborators, who are not charged, collecting submissions through forms without paying for a seat. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Airtable is broadly right and the question is cost, the Airtable pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the full directory lists everything.
Airtable runs on web, ios, android, desktop. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Airtable alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Airtable?
- 3 other software tools are listed in this directory, led by Notion, Coda, Monday.com. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Airtable?
- 3 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Notion, Coda, Monday.com.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Airtable?
- Yes. 3 of the alternatives below start under Airtable's $20/month per editor: Notion at Free, then $10/month, Coda at Free, then $10/month, Monday.com at Free, then $9/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Airtable?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Airtable?
- Airtable is most often brought in for structured team databases with grid, calendar and kanban views, lightweight internal tools built on shared records, automations between airtable and other systems, sharing read-only views with collaborators, who are not charged, collecting submissions through forms without paying for a seat. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Airtable?
- None of the software tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Airtable alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Software, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Airtable against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Airtable covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every software tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Software category, 3 tools beside Airtable. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.