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Alternatives to Teable
21 spreadsheets tools sit alongside Teable in this directory. Below is what separates each from Teable on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 15
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Teable starts at
- Free
Why people look past Teable
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Teable entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
Teable publishes a single plan, Self hosted open source at Free. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
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.
Open-source no-code database platform
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Teable does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 4 tiers to Teable's 1.
Open-source no-code database platform with REST and GraphQL APIs
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Teable does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 6 tiers to Teable's 1.
Create apps that perfectly fit your team's needs
- Publishes an entry price of $20/month per editor, where Teable does not.
- 4 tiers to Teable's 1.
Cloud spreadsheet, free for a personal Google account and bundled into paid Google Workspace for organisations
- Sold on a Free personally, bundled into paid Google Workspace for organisations model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 2 tiers to Teable's 1.
Apple spreadsheet, free on Apple hardware, now with an optional Apple Creator Studio subscription for AI features
- Sold on a Free with Apple hardware, optional Apple Creator Studio subscription for AI features model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 2 tiers to Teable's 1.
Free standalone cloud spreadsheet from Zoho, also bundled into the low-cost Zoho Workplace suite
- Sold on a Free standalone, bundled into paid Zoho Workplace for organisations model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 3 tiers to Teable's 1.
Every Teable 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teable (this page) | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | |
| BaserowMore mature open source alternative with a larger plugin ecosystem and longer track record | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Teable |
| NocoDBConnects to an existing database rather than owning the schema, which suits data that already lives somewhere | Free | Freemium | 6 | vs Teable |
| AirtableDeeper automations, apps and integrations if a hosted product and its record limits are acceptable | Free, then $20/month per editor | - | 4 | vs Teable |
| Google Sheets | Free | Free personally, bundled into paid Google Workspace for organisations | 2 | vs Teable |
| Numbers | Free | Free with Apple hardware, optional Apple Creator Studio subscription for AI features | 2 | vs Teable |
| Zoho Sheet | Free | Free standalone, bundled into paid Zoho Workplace for organisations | 3 | vs Teable |
| APITable | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Teable |
| Rowy | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Teable |
| Mathesar | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Teable |
| SeaTable | Free, then €7/month | Per user per month | 5 | vs Teable |
| Quadratic | Free, then $18/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Teable |
| Redash | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Teable |
| Fibery | Free | Subscription | - | vs Teable |
| Metabase | Free, then $90/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Teable |
| Apache Superset | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs Teable |
| Coefficient | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teable |
| Sigma Computing | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Teable |
| Equals | $24000/year | Per year by connector count and refresh frequency | 4 | vs Teable |
| Cube Software | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Teable |
| Tableau | $70/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Teable |
| Looker | On request | - | - | vs Teable |
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 Teable badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (15)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Baserow , Free
- NocoDB , Free
- Airtable , Free, then $20/month per editor
- Google Sheets , Free
- Numbers , Free
- Zoho Sheet , Free
- APITable , Free
- Rowy , Free
What you would be giving up
Teable is most often brought in for a team that has hit the record ceiling of a hosted spreadsheet database and does not want to move to raw sql, operational data that a business intelligence tool must also read directly, without an export or a sync job, a regulated or data resident organisation that needs the underlying database inside its own infrastructure, an internal tool where a grid interface and a rest api over the same table are both required. 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 Teable is broadly right and the question is cost, the Teable pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Spreadsheets category lists everything the directory holds, and best spreadsheets tools ranks them.
Teable runs on web, linux. 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 Teable alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Teable?
- 21 other spreadsheets tools are listed in this directory, led by Baserow, NocoDB, Airtable, Google Sheets. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Teable?
- 15 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Baserow, NocoDB, Airtable, Google Sheets, Numbers.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Teable?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Teable?
- Teable is most often brought in for a team that has hit the record ceiling of a hosted spreadsheet database and does not want to move to raw sql, operational data that a business intelligence tool must also read directly, without an export or a sync job, a regulated or data resident organisation that needs the underlying database inside its own infrastructure, an internal tool where a grid interface and a rest api over the same table are both required. 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 Teable?
- Apache Superset is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Teable alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Spreadsheets, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Teable against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Teable 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 spreadsheets tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Spreadsheets category, 21 tools beside Teable. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.