Airtable Reviews & Product Details

The means of filtering, grouping, sorting data is the immediate advantage Airtable has over spreadsheets, you quickly become used to the sort of data manipulation that takes clunky formula, pivot tables etc in your standard spreadsheet package. Moreover, when you present data in any one of the many views available, it looks good.. you can share tables with your peers and allow limited 3rd party access. Alongside the speed, auto-refresh and almost unlimited possibilities of the automations, are the 'Interfaces' feature Airtable has which goes one step further than just presenting data, but allows interactive workflows, reporting dashboards and enhancements to your processes that our organisation finds invaluable.

There is no real dislikes, any improvements which we have requested often come from their regular updates or early access betas. One limitation for reporting is that the range of charts/tables offered doesn't currently cover the entire range of graphical representation of data, although many are there.

It stops us silo'ing data in spreadsheets and through many automations and data sync functions, keeps us synchronised with external data sources e.g. Hubspot. Allows very very easy to use workflows to send Slacks, email digests and webhook triggers based on data changes/events in our Airtable bases.

What isn't there to like? It is so flexible and I really love that you can share public links so easily.

I wish forms were a little more robust. And I wish that it Interface Designer allowed you to create new Single Select field options.

I use this to manage all my physical inventory that is stored and located at different warehouses around the world!

Air Table is versatile, it allows us to manage everything: strategic planning, marketing plan, social media, list of suppliers, schedules... everything!

It is necessary to change the paradigm and understand the logic behind the tool, which may take some time.

All in one place, which makes follow-up on everything so much easier. My whole team uses it and clients are onboard too because it is collaborative.

Airtable has been life-changing in my business! I has served as a content planner a CRM and more! It is very intuitive and user-friendly and I could have not grown my business without it!

I would like to see more native integrations being built for it.

It serves as a very complete CRM for all my clients and it makes it super easy to track information. It has increased our productivity hugely.

I love being able to assign tags and filter my information easily. Having all of the different data types available means that I can easily customize each sheet to hold a variety of information, and then organize that information clearly. That's especially true of things like dates, where I can then switch views and create a Gantt chart or see my information as a calendar. There is so much flexibility!

If you are going to be exporting your sheets into Excel (which is relatively easy to do) note that any box in which you have multiple tags will create text in one box in Excel (meaning that you can't then filter by those tags in the spreadsheet). You can get around that by using text to columns, but it's a bit clunky if you are hoping to export your data for making graphs. I'm also not sure about Airtable's privacy standards - I would have absolutely loved to keep all of my research data linked sheets, but I didn't know how to communicate the data safety to my ethics review board.

I use Airtable to keep track of all of the papers I have read for my thesis; Airtable makes it very easy for me to keep track of what I've read, and organize that reading by assigning tags. Then, when I take notes on things like gaps in the research, I can find the notes that are most relevant to a certain subfield or area of study.

There are so many helpful use cases for tracking data and information, and the ease of use makes getting started a breeze with plenty of room to go deeper as you go!

Some of the advanced features are confusing, and I'd like more options for types of data in the fields. I'd love for instance to be able to group dates by day of the week and month, but am only able to do this through a complicated custom formula.

I have data I regularly want to track that I later want to organize or analyze. Working as an independent contractor for instance, i keep track of all my projects and can see where I'm making money and where I'm not.

I got so excited about Airtable when I first started using it that it made me question my values. I almost felt silly that spreadsheets could get me so engaged that it made me wonder if I needed to switch career paths to something more database-centric. The GUI is everything. Airtable manages to make previously boring, tedious data more compelling & interesting to look at.

The only downside is that it's not an industry standard. I want everyone to use this so it makes collaborating that much easier.

Airtable helps me use spreadsheets, period! I love a good spreadsheet but without functionality PLUS form, they don't hold my attention long enough for me to keep coming back.. Airtable solves for this elegantly.

I love that I can add all the pdf's, documents, links, literally everything to a cloud accessible in one place. I can then access on any device is awesome!

Haven't found a reason or thing I dislike yet.

Working in education, Airtable allows me and my colleagues a spot to share and save our lessons plans in one centralized location. This has led to better collaborations.

I like how easy Airtable is to use. I love that I can add pictures easily to my table, the search function is easy to use. It's nice that I can very easily share my table with a friend. I also appreciate there are many different types of tables pre-made or you can make your own from scratch. I have recommended Airtable to a few friends already.

I haven't found anything at this time that I don't like.

I was having issues with adding photos to my tables. I would have to save each photo and then add it to my table, where as now I've found I can just copy a photo and add it which saves a few steps and space on my camera roll.

Customization and templates - since almost anything is built with a simple grid spreadsheet, the power of airtable is endless to create the tool you need.

None. Or, I suppose that I can't enter text freely the way I can in Excel - you can't enter a random note inside an integer-only field.

I use airtable as a CRM that helps with grant reporting on the dozens of events and activities we manage. The personal views and ability to group and sort based on the data I'm looking for at any given moment is one of the highlights.

Powerful and versatile database with a pleasant interface. They are constantly adding features. We use it to track everything from new requests (coming in through our website via Airtable forms or via Zapier when entered manually in Hubspot) through the tasks and lifecycle of a project, clients/companies, vendors, vendor invoices, client invoices, portfolio ideas, social media calendar, EOS scorecards. We use some Automations and Extensions, and plan to get into Interfaces soon.

I found the learning curve ok for myself, but I know there is a lot of functionality that I am not using yet. Others might find the learning curve harder. I would suggest starting out to use it like a spreadsheet, then adding more views and cross-references to other tables, then getting into advanced features.

It allows us to keep almost all of our business and operations data in one place, making duplicate data entries a thing of the past and allowing everyone to access the data they need at a moment's notice. We can share granular data in custom views with clients or vendors, so they can stay abreast of deliverables and status as well.

The different filters and the single/multiple selections. The data I have needs different tags and this feature makes it easier to pull data for the specific reasons for my projects.

Not having the ability to use more than 10 colors under the free version and I wish there was an easier way to export a base that has multiple sheets as 1 document and the ability to print the gallery view.

Keeping track of my reading stats and reviewing information for my reading journal and blogs. as well as my watch journal and gallery. I use Air Table instead of having to write all the information down.

I can keep track of all my stamp sets and include photos with each entry. The search function helps me locate stamps with particular images or words, like 'monkeys' or 'miss you'. Then I check the photo to see if it's appropriate. Great function.

It's not easy to download the data or it's not easy to find that function.

Organization and retrieval of information.

The color coding, sorting, and ease. I can share with people.

Not much. I wish I could use my credits throughout all my databases.

I track everything in airtable, even my tax stuff.

The ability of multi uses. It's great to be able to manage multiple aspects of my business in one place.

I don't dislike this but I had to see how multiple people/organizations use the tool so I can use it best.

Organization, collaboration, and project management.

We are a virtual art gallery, and we are able to use Airtable to keep all of the artwork that comes into our gallery in one place. We use forms to allow artists to upload their artwork straight to the database, and I can give guest jurors access to choose the art for shows. I can then use the databases when I'm uploading the artwork to our website and our 3-D gallery, clicking check boxes for each step. It really keeps things seamless and organized!

We have had some issues with forms that give artists error messages when they hit "submit," even though the information has made it into the database. I would love for the form process to be a bit less buggy, and if people could somehow save their responses to come back to later, that would be fantastic, as well.

The art world is full of disorganized people, and Airtable keeps us organized! We are able to allow artists to upload their artwork straight to the database without having to input it ourselves, and we have been pleased with how easy it is for our jurors to come in and organize the art using the KanBan view into "Yes" "No" and "Maybe", especially since most of our jurors have never even heard of Airtable before we bring them in!

Low code, easily adaptable to fit the job. Looks good.

Forms can be clunky - it's hard to make them look like your organisation's other things.

At the moment it's helping us with our loading. We use it to monitor upcoming project time and to identify if we can take on new work.

Speed Versatility Automations Fields and functions

Only the amount of 1,200 records per base. But its no so bad

Full database of my business and automated tasks. Team task management with suppliers, custommers, and collaborators

I love how versatile Airtable is! I keep all sort of data there, including my accounting. It's the perfect tool for me as a small entrepreneur. I also love that it's online and accessible from all platforms.

I wish formulas were easier to use, as in excel: =A+B For accounting, it would be amazingly helpful. I don't see anything else to improve, it's really perfect for my use!

I wanted to have detailed info about my 100+ products in a glimpse. It was impossible to manage with Excel and moving the data to Airtable made it so easy. It saves me a lot of time and gives me a lot of insight about my own products.

I love we can use kanban, calendar view, etc and also the way we can filter the views depending of the person needs when is a shared base, this is very helpful and the automations is another think I love.

I don't like the way it seems when a lot of projects are listed because it is very noisy. However I know we can hide them or filter them to don't see that too much.

Airtable help us to organize and collaborate on different projects across the entire company, which is great to have the capability, also the way we can do forms and receive the answers to the bases