Airtable charges $20–$45 per user per month.
Open-source alternatives to Airtable
2 self-hostable open-source projects that replace Airtable, ranked by computed health score with real self-hosting cost. Save up to $190/yr per seat by self-hosting on a $4.13/mo VPS.
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OSS alternatives
$4.13
Cheapest /mo
$20+
Airtable /mo
$190
Yearly savings
Why people leave Airtable
- Record limits enforce hard upgrade paths
- Per-user pricing ($20-45/user/mo)
- Cloud-only, your data lives on Airtable's infra
- Sync between bases gets complicated
Baserow and NocoDB give the same spreadsheet-with-API experience with no record caps on a $5/mo VPS.
The 2 alternatives, ranked by health
Health score is a 6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Cost comparison vs Airtable
Self-hosting cost on cheapest plan meeting requirements vs Airtable entry tier ($20/mo).
| Project | Self-host /mo | Airtable /mo | Save /yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| baserow | $4.13 | $20+ | $190 | Deploy → |
| airtable | $4.13 | $20+ | $190 | Deploy → |
Pick your alternative
Most operators land on baserow (top health score in this category; cheapest VPS path is baserow on hetzner for $4.13/mo).
Data refreshed daily. Pricing for Airtable sourced from official site.