[bieberChen]

In the comments, everyone is interested in the core differences between Teable and similar products. Here, I'll compare the products mentioned. Please note that since I'm not a deep user of the other products, there might be inaccuracies, and I welcome corrections.

Grist

I had heard of Grist before but never actually experienced it. A quick look at Grist through videos showed that its dynamic spreadsheet capabilities are incredibly powerful, complete with fixed field types, making it excellent for organizing structured data. It seems to have an edge in flexibility, and compared to Airtable, it might be more akin to Smartsheet.

According to its official documentation, Grist's Pro Plan offers up to 100k rows, indicating that queries and calculations are processed on the frontend or in memory, which typically makes it challenging to scale data rows further. This is a problem that Airtable also faces.

Baserow and NocoDB,

my impression is that Baserow's features are relatively more stable, and it started commercializing earlier, being among the first batch of open-source Airtable alternatives.

Baserow initially had a limit on the number of rows, but this year's updates seem to have significantly increased its data capacity. Notably, Baserow does not support Bring Your Own Database or query by SQL, but it offers a seamless scrolling table interface, unlike NocoDB, which requires pagination. In terms of other functionalities, both have their strengths. My assessment aligns with what I found on Baserow's official forum and comparisons with NocoDB.

Teable Compared to similar products, Teable invests heavily in its table format UI, striving for seamless scrolling, copy-pasting, batch editing, and other quick table operations, which we believe are key to saving users' time. Therefore, we developed our Canvas table rendering component to achieve perfection. Meanwhile, batch operations pose a significant challenge for database compatibility, but we see this as a necessary investment.

Additionally, Teable supports developers by offering open database connections and database permission management, a concept inspired by Supabase. This allows both developers and users to create on the same platform.

What we think the future of no-code products look like

1. An interface that anyone can use to build applications easily.

2. Easy access to data, letting users grab, move, and reuse their information as they wish.

3. Data privacy and choice, whether that's in the cloud, on-premise, or even just on your local.

4. It needs to work for developers too, not just non-tech users.

5. It should handle lots of data, so it can grow with your business.

6. Flexibility to integrate with other software, combining strengths to get the job done.

7. Native AI integration to takes data automation to a whole new level.

[christoff12]

I'm a big believer in easy no code abstractions without black box restrictions on the code underneath, particularly for "power users" who run into the limitations of no code tools after a few iterations (particularly on a cost per function level).

[johnchristopher]

Looks super fast !

I am just dabbling in nocode platforms, so far I only spent an evening per solution: undb, baserow, nocodb. Nocodb has an url and an email field type that enforces URL and email. Do you plan to add something like that ?

[bieberChen]

In the SingleLineText field, you can choose to show as email, Any format verification (regex) will be introduced in the future.