Database — Comparison

Airtable has a free plan, then Team plans start around $20 per seat per month billed annually, with Business pricing around $45 per seat per month. Enterprise pricing is custom and depends on your organization's needs.

It's both. You get database features like relational tables, field types, and record linking, but with a familiar spreadsheet-like grid interface. This makes it more powerful than a spreadsheet but less rigid than traditional SQL databases.

Common limitations include row/record limits per base depending on your plan, limited automation runs on lower tiers, and performance slowdowns with very large datasets. It also isn't a great fit for complex transactional workloads or advanced SQL reporting.

Yes, it offers native integrations with tools like Slack, Google Drive, Zapier, Jira, and Salesforce, plus a REST API and webhooks. Third-party tools like Make and Zapier also extend its automation capabilities.

You either need to archive or delete records, split data into multiple bases, or upgrade to a plan with a higher per-base row limit. Airtable offers per-base row limits that vary by plan, not total storage across the account.

Only for lightweight use cases. Airtable supports linked records and relational structures, but it lacks advanced querying, complex joins, stored procedures, and the performance of a true SQL database. It's best suited for operational apps and team collaboration, not high-volume enterprise backends.