Airtable was a really cool startup when they came out in 2012. There was nothing else like it. Now, with their mass layoffs, and free alternatives, it makes you wonder if they can survive as a company.
I have an account and I've tried to use it. It's never been clear to me who their paid customer is - though obviously they've found a ton of customers, so this is nothing more than my own curiosity.
The entry-level paid plan is limited to 5000 rows, so it's not a substitute for an SQL database. If I want to capture data in this type of app with a few hundred rows, why not use a spreadsheet, which everyone already knows how to use and already has installed? For other uses, Trello significantly overlaps, but with a simpler interface. Put differently, why pay for Airtable unless you need a performant way to manage a significant amount of data?
I’m using it for internal business process stuff. Like keeping track of client deliverables, events, things like that.
It’s basically the next step when you’re annoyed with Google Sheets for that kind of thing. The advantage is that it’s just super quick and easy to use for normal people that want to go one step past a normal excel type spreadsheet into something with a little bit of automation or custom views.
bachmeier|3 years ago
The entry-level paid plan is limited to 5000 rows, so it's not a substitute for an SQL database. If I want to capture data in this type of app with a few hundred rows, why not use a spreadsheet, which everyone already knows how to use and already has installed? For other uses, Trello significantly overlaps, but with a simpler interface. Put differently, why pay for Airtable unless you need a performant way to manage a significant amount of data?
CPLX|3 years ago
It’s basically the next step when you’re annoyed with Google Sheets for that kind of thing. The advantage is that it’s just super quick and easy to use for normal people that want to go one step past a normal excel type spreadsheet into something with a little bit of automation or custom views.
ushakov|3 years ago
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