Superhuman Docs
$0at 5 users
Same money$0 at 1 user
Teams who keep their docs, tables and lightweight trackers in one workspace and only want to pay for the people who build them.
- Also lists docs and notes and intake forms
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Airtable alternatives
The 9 closest of 11, each with its real monthly cost at 5 users and what it does that Airtable does not. See all 15.
Every platform here that costs less than Airtable gives up something we verified. There is no cheaper like-for-like, so the question is which feature you are willing to trade, and the cards below name it for each one. That is a point in its favour, not a dodge.
Why people look for an alternative
Not for a tight budget or a simple to-do list: at $24 a seat billed monthly it is among the dearest here, commenters are billable on Team, and the pricing page lists no boards, Gantt, calendar or recurring-task features by plan.
It runs $0 a month at 5 users with the add-ons it forces on you included. Nothing else we list in task and project management tools costs less than that.
The closest thing to Airtable
Ranked by how much of what we record for Airtable each platform also does. Superhuman Docs is the nearest, and it is the same money at 5 users. On every feature this site records, the two are level.
The rest, in order of how close they are
Prices are the real monthly cost at 5 users with the add-ons each platform forces on you included, from the same engine the shortlist quiz uses.
Notion
$60at 5 users
$60 a month dearer$0 at 1 user
A team whose wiki and docs come first and that wants its tasks, databases, forms and AI agent living inside the same pages, with a free plan that genuinely works for one person.
- Also lists a calendar view, docs and notes and intake forms
Smartsheet
$60at 5 users
$60 a month dearer$12 at 1 user
A team that thinks in spreadsheets and wants Gantt, forms, dashboards and automations on top of a grid, with free viewers for the people around it.
- Also lists a calendar view, intake forms, a timeline or Gantt view and boards
Wrike
$0at 5 users
Same money$0 at 1 user
A mid-sized team that expects to grow into resource planning, budgeting and BI, and can commit to a year up front.
- Also lists a calendar view, docs and notes, intake forms, a timeline or Gantt view, boards and time tracking
Teamwork.com
$0at 5 users
Same money$0 at 1 user
An agency or services team that bills clients for its time and wants intake forms, time budgets, retainers and client invoicing in the same tool as the tasks.
- Also lists a calendar view, docs and notes, intake forms, a timeline or Gantt view, boards and time tracking
Nifty
$0at 5 users
Same money$0 at 1 user
Teams of 7 to 30 who want tasks, milestones, docs, chat, time tracking and client guests under one flat monthly price instead of a per-seat bill.
- Also lists docs and notes, intake forms, a timeline or Gantt view, goals and OKRs, recurring tasks and time tracking
Zoho Projects
$0at 5 users
Same money$0 at 1 user
Teams that want a full project suite, with Gantt, timesheets, budgets and workflow automation, at the lowest per-user price in the category, especially if they already run on Zoho.
- Also lists a calendar view, docs and notes, intake forms, a timeline or Gantt view, recurring tasks and time tracking
monday work management
$60at 5 users
$60 a month dearer$0 at 1 user
A team of three or more that wants colourful boards with automations, timelines and guest access, and an upgrade path to portfolio and resource management on Enterprise.
- Also lists a calendar view, docs and notes, a timeline or Gantt view, boards and time tracking
- Does not list dashboards and reporting
Asana
$67.45at 5 users
$67.45 a month dearer$0 at 1 user
A team that already knows Asana or wants the most widely used project tool, with a clear path from Starter up to goals, portfolios, resourcing and enterprise controls.
- Also lists a calendar view, docs and notes, intake forms, a timeline or Gantt view, goals and OKRs, boards, recurring tasks and time tracking
What Airtable is still the best answer for
A team that wants to build its own structured workflow apps on a relational database with interfaces, automations and AI, and is happy to pay a premium seat price for that flexibility.
On this site it is the pick for tasks, docs and goals in one app, growing into portfolios and governance and a free plan a small team can run on. Which is why nothing cheaper here matches it.
Airtable against one other, side by side
The pairs people actually search for, each one priced at the same four sizes off both vendors' own pages.
Airtable vs AsanaBoth priced at four sizes Airtable vs ClickUpBoth priced at four sizes Airtable vs monday work managementBoth priced at four sizes Airtable vs NotionBoth priced at four sizes Airtable vs SmartsheetBoth priced at four sizes Airtable vs Superhuman DocsBoth priced at four sizes Airtable vs WrikeBoth priced at four sizes
Questions people ask about Airtable alternatives
Is there a cheaper alternative to Airtable?
Every cheaper option we price gives something up against Airtable, which is a point in its favour.
How much does Airtable cost?
Airtable is free at 1 user, $240 a month at 10 users and $240 at 10 users, read off their own pricing page and re-checked every week.
Why do people look for alternatives to Airtable?
Not for a tight budget or a simple to-do list: at $24 a seat billed monthly it is among the dearest here, commenters are billable on Team, and the pricing page lists no boards, Gantt, calendar or recurring-task features by plan.
How many alternatives to Airtable are there?
We compare 11 of them here, every one priced at the same size off its own pricing page, and the whole list of 15 is on the task management page.
Should yours be on this list? If you make task and project management tools and it is not compared here, ask to be shortlisted. Listings are free and cannot be bought.
How to read the feature lines
Two features were checked against each vendor's own pricing page: a price that does not move with users and a free plan. Those are the ones written above as does and does not. The other 14 are read out of each vendor's own pricing page, so an absence there means we did not find it listed, not that the product lacks it, and those lines say lists and does not list instead. How all of this gets checked.
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