Airtable alternatives
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Airtable is an app-building platform combining relational databases, interfaces, automations, and AI agents for team workflows.
Switching to Trello, which covers 80% of the compared capabilities.
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Top Airtable alternatives
We compared 14 products and found 14 cheaper options (11 of them cover at least half the compared features) · vs Airtable Team at $200/mo for 10 seats ($20/seat) · scenario: 10 seats, monthly billing, USD.
Airtable costs $200/mo on the Team plan at 10 seats, monthly billing. We found 14 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 8 of them cover at least 75% of the 5 compared capabilities. The cheapest option that covers everything we compared is Teamwork.com at $99.90/mo (Basics plan), 50% less.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Basecamp Freelancer plan · missing: Workflow automations, AI assistant, API access | 40% | $25/mo how? ⓘ | $2100 / year 88% cheaper | |
Plane Pro plan · missing: API access dev project management — adjacent | 80% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $1680 / year 70% cheaper | |
TOP PICK Trello Standard plan · missing: Dashboards & reporting | 80% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $1680 / year 70% cheaper | |
GoodDay Professional plan · missing: AI assistant, Guest access | 60% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $1680 / year 70% cheaper | |
Jira Standard plan · missing: API access dev project management — adjacent | 80% | $79.10/mo how? ⓘ | $1450.80 / year 60% cheaper | |
Miro Starter plan · missing: Workflow automations, Dashboards & reporting, Guest access | 40% | $80/mo how? ⓘ | $1440 / year 60% cheaper | |
Teamwork.com Basics plan | 100% | $99.90/mo how? ⓘ | $1201.20 / year 50% cheaper | |
Wrike Team plan · missing: Guest access | 80% | $100/mo how? ⓘ | $1200 / year 50% cheaper | |
ClickUp Unlimited plan · missing: Dashboards & reporting, AI assistant | 60% | $100/mo how? ⓘ | $1200 / year 50% cheaper | |
Notion Plus plan · missing: Workflow automations, Dashboards & reporting, AI assistant | 40% | $100/mo how? ⓘ | $1200 / year 50% cheaper | |
monday.com Standard plan · missing: Dashboards & reporting | 80% | $120/mo how? ⓘ | $960 / year 40% cheaper | |
Smartsheet Pro plan · missing: API access, Guest access | 60% | $120/mo how? ⓘ | $960 / year 40% cheaper | |
Asana Starter plan | 100% | $134.90/mo how? ⓘ | $781.20 / year 33% cheaper | |
Linear Business plan · missing: Workflow automations dev project management — adjacent | 80% | $160/mo how? ⓘ | $480 / year 20% cheaper |
Which Airtable alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best full coverage
- Teamwork.com — $99.90/mo (Basics plan) · covers 100%
- Best free plan
- Miro — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 40%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- Plane — $60/mo (Pro plan) · covers 80%
- Best paid drop-in
- Teamwork.com — $99.90/mo (Basics plan) · covers 100%
- Need workflow automations?
- Plane — from $60/mo (Pro plan)
- Need dashboards & reporting or guest access?
- Basecamp — from $25/mo (Freelancer plan)
- Need AI assistant or API access?
- Miro — from $0/mo (Free plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Airtable has that the top alternatives lack.
- Workflow automations — Automate repetitive workflow steps.Missing from Miro, Basecamp.
- Dashboards & reporting — View dashboards and reports on project progress.Missing from Miro, Trello.
- AI assistant — Get AI help drafting updates or summarizing project status.Missing from Basecamp.
- API access — Access and update project data programmatically via an API.Missing from Basecamp, Plane.
- Guest access — Invite external guests into a project.Missing from Miro.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
| Usage | Airtable | Cheapest assessed alternative |
|---|---|---|
| 3 seats | $60/moTeam | $0/mocheaperTeamwork.com · Free |
| 10 seats | $200/moTeam | $0/mocheaperMiro · Free |
| 25 seats | $500/moTeam | $0/mocheaperMiro · Free |
Feature comparison
Airtable vs the top alternatives, on the 5 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Airtable | Miro | Basecamp | Plane | Trello |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workflow automations | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dashboards & reporting | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| AI assistant | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| API access | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Guest access | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $200/mo Team | $0/mo Free | $25/mo Freelancer | $60/mo Pro | $60/mo Standard |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What Airtable covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Workflow automations
- ✓ Dashboards & reporting
- ✓ AI assistant
- ✓ API access
- ✓ Guest access
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Who switched
Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://www.airtable.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
Frequently asked
How much does Airtable cost?
Airtable's Team plan costs $200/mo in our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free Airtable alternative?
Yes. Miro has a free plan that covers 40% of the 5 capabilities we compared against Airtable.
What is the cheapest Airtable alternative?
In our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing), Miro is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free plan).
What is the cheapest Airtable alternative with Workflow automations?
Plane covers Workflow automations and costs $60/mo (Pro plan) in our scenario.
Does Airtable have a free plan?
Yes. Airtable's free plan exists; its limits are not stated on the pricing page.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-29, on the vendors' official pricing pages.