Airtable
Project Management · www.airtable.com
Airtable is an app-building platform combining relational databases, interfaces, automations, and AI agents for team workflows.
Switching to Trello saves $2400 / year and covers 100% of the compared capabilities.
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Top Airtable alternatives
We compared 14 products and found 14 cheaper alternatives · vs Airtable Team at $200/mo for 10 seats ($20/seat) · scenario: 10 seats, monthly billing, USD.
Airtable’s own free plan covers this scenario. If you’re paying for features you don’t use, downgrading beats switching. The paid comparison below is for when you’ve outgrown free tiers — the “Free plans” view shows alternatives if you want free with different limits.
Airtable costs $200/mo on the Team plan at 10 seats, monthly billing. We found 14 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 12 of them cover at least 75% of the 5 compared capabilities. The cheapest option that covers everything we compared is Trello at $0/mo (Free plan), 100% less. Airtable's own free plan covers this scenario, so downgrading may beat switching.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Basecamp Freelancer plan · missing: Workflow automations, AI assistant, API access | 40% | $25/mo how? ⓘ | $2100 / year 88% cheaper | |
TOP PICK Trello Standard plan | 100% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $1680 / year 70% cheaper | |
Plane Pro plan · missing: API access dev project management — adjacent | 80% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $1680 / year 70% cheaper | |
GoodDay Professional plan · missing: Guest access | 80% | $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 | 60% | $80/mo how? ⓘ | $1440 / year 60% cheaper | |
monday.com Basic plan | 100% | $90/mo how? ⓘ | $1320 / year 55% cheaper | |
Teamwork.com Basics plan | 100% | $99.90/mo how? ⓘ | $1201.20 / year 50% cheaper | |
ClickUp Unlimited plan · missing: AI assistant | 80% | $100/mo how? ⓘ | $1200 / year 50% cheaper | |
Linear Basic plan · missing: Workflow automations dev project management — adjacent | 80% | $100/mo how? ⓘ | $1200 / year 50% cheaper | |
Notion Plus plan · missing: Workflow automations | 80% | $100/mo how? ⓘ | $1200 / year 50% cheaper | |
Wrike Team plan · missing: Guest access | 80% | $100/mo how? ⓘ | $1200 / year 50% cheaper | |
Smartsheet Pro plan | 100% | $120/mo how? ⓘ | $960 / year 40% cheaper | |
Asana Starter plan | 100% | $134.90/mo how? ⓘ | $781.20 / year 33% cheaper |
Which Airtable alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best full coverage
- Trello — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 100%
- Best free plan
- Trello — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 100%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- Plane — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 80%
- Best paid drop-in
- monday.com — $90/mo (Basic plan) · covers 100%
- Need workflow automations, dashboards & reporting, AI assistant, API access or guest access?
- Trello — 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 Linear.
- AI assistant — Get AI help drafting updates or summarizing project status.Missing from ClickUp.
- API access — Access and update project data programmatically via an API.Missing from Jira.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
Feature comparison
Airtable vs the top alternatives, on the 5 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Airtable | Trello | ClickUp | Jira | Linear |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workflow automations | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Dashboards & reporting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI assistant | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| API access | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Guest access | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $200/mo Team | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free Forever | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free |
✓ 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.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://www.airtable.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-09-07)
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. Trello has a free plan that covers 100% of the 5 capabilities we compared against Airtable.
What is the cheapest Airtable alternative?
In our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing), Trello is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free plan).
What is the cheapest Airtable alternative with Workflow automations?
Trello covers Workflow automations and costs $0/mo (Free 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 2026-08-26 and 2026-09-07, on the vendors' official pricing pages.