Bring business data and files into a live workspace
Teable AI controls the whole workspace
AI Field makes business data ready for action
Automate operations and email follow-ups
Build custom apps on live data
vs
Airtable
Set up fields, views, forms, automations, and interfaces around the work manually.
Teable and Airtable both help teams manage business data in a spreadsheet-like database. Teable is the stronger Airtable alternative: the AI spreadsheet for business with conversational AI agents, 1M-row databases, AI-configured fields, natural-language automation, custom apps, self-hosting, Airtable migration, and roughly half the price. Airtable is built around online bases with records, views, forms, automations, and interfaces. Choosing between them depends on how you expect AI to work with your business data, how large your operations need to scale, how custom your workflows and apps must become, and how much control you want over cost, deployment, and data ownership.
What is Teable?
Teable is the AI Spreadsheet for Business. Teams can connect and migrate data from any system into one place, upgrade their operations, and build a true AI business data hub for AI workflows and custom apps that 100% fit your business, helping your team become truly AI-native.
Teable offers leading AI agent technology and a best-in-class user experience. Simply by chatting with Teable AI, users can work with complex Excel, CSV, and PDF files, configure tables and fields, analyze data, and build automations and custom apps across the entire workspace—with AI that understands real business context and takes action.
What is Airtable?
Airtable is a spreadsheet-database platform for teams that need to record, organize, and view business data in online bases. Teams use it to manage records, views, forms, automations, and interfaces.
That model works when a team mainly needs a shared online base for business data. AI-era teams need the database to do more: understand context, configure fields, automate workflows, build apps, and help run operations.
Cloud Business: $20 per seat/month with 1M rows, AI Field, AI Chat, App Builder, automations, and email agents
LimitedBusiness: $45 per collaborator/month with 500K record max and cloud-only deployment
Agent control
Capability
Teable
Airtable
Agent scope
Teable AI operates across the whole workspace: records, tables, fields, views, SQL, files, apps, automations, scripts, integrations, and migration
LimitedAI operates within the current base or interface
Data operations
Add, update, and delete records, tables, fields, and views, then verify the work
LimitedWorkspace changes remain tied to base configuration
Complex tasks
Handle multi-file spreadsheets, large PDFs, migration, classification, extraction, cleanup, and enrichment
LimitedComplex data work needs more manual steps
Apps and automation
Ask Teable AI to build workflow structure, automations, dashboards, apps, scripts, and next actions
LimitedApps and automations remain separate configured layers
AI Agent in messaging apps
Use Teable AI in chat and messaging workflows for team operations
No native Airtable Agent that operates bases from messaging apps
Teable
Teable AI is designed to operate the workspace itself. It can work on records, tables, fields, views, SQL, files, apps, automations, integrations, scripts, AI fill, scraping, collaborators, and migration.
Ask Teable AI to update records, configure fields, build views, generate apps, shape automations, and prepare workflow actions.
Import Excel or CSV, query data with SQL, generate script actions, build automations, and trigger AI fill.
Use a connected Airtable account or Airtable token to bring base structure, records, linked data, attachments, and optional view configuration into Teable.
Airtable
Airtable AI improves work inside a base. Broader business operations still depend on separate base, automation, and interface configuration.
AI context remains base-specific.
Automations and interfaces are configured separately.
Complex data work and complete apps need additional setup.
Database and operations scale
Capability
Teable
Airtable
Plan capacity
Business supports 1M rows per space, with expandable capacity
Limited500K record max
Table scale
Unlimited rows per table within the space capacity
LimitedCapacity is managed around base-level limits
File-heavy work
Attach more data, then use AI on Excel, CSV, PDF, and business files
LimitedFiles can live in the base, but file-heavy AI work is less central
Automation scale
100K automation runs on Business
LimitedAutomation and API usage are capped by the plan
History and control
Run history, row change history, authority matrix, and self-hosting options
LimitedPlan limits still gate scale, history, API usage, and governance
Teable
Teable is built for business data that keeps growing after the first base is created. Rows, attachments, AI credits, automations, apps, and history are part of the same operating layer.
Pro supports 250K rows and 25K automation runs.
Business supports 1M rows, 100GB attachments, and 100K automation runs.
AI Chat, AI Field, App Builder, automations, and email agents keep working on the live data your team updates.
Airtable
Airtable scale still depends on base-level limits, usage caps, and plan boundaries as workflows grow.
Team and Business plans have lower record capacity than Teable Business.
When usage limits are reached, adding records or attachments can be blocked until the plan changes.
Automation and API usage are capped by the current plan.
AI fields and field control
Capability
Teable
Airtable
AI field work
Summaries, tags, scores, translations, extracted values, and generated content from record data
LimitedAI output stays at the field level
AI fill control
Run AI fill for one cell, a batch, empty cells only, or records visible in a view
LimitedAI generation is configured per field
Field configuration
Ask Teable AI to configure fields with AI config, source fields, prompts, and workflow context
LimitedField setup remains base-specific
Model control
Use AI Gateway model selection and recommended models for AI Fields and automations
LimitedModel control stays within Airtable Cloud
Workflow output
Feed AI field results into automations, dashboards, apps, email follow-ups, and next actions
LimitedBroader workflows need separate automation or interface setup
Teable
Teable AI Field reads live record context, fills records at scale, and stores the result as a field that automations, apps, dashboards, and email agents can use.
Use AI Field for summaries, tags, scores, extraction, translation, and generated content.
Trigger AI generation for a single cell, a batch of records, empty cells only, or records in a specific view.
Use Teable AI to configure the field structure itself, not only fill an existing field.
Airtable
Airtable AI can assist inside bases, but the field layer is less connected to model control, agent-led configuration, batch operations, and full workflow output.
Teams still manage more field structure and base logic manually.
AI output is less connected to app, dashboard, automation, and email creation.
Super automation and email agents
Capability
Teable
Airtable
Build method
Describe the workflow to Teable AI and let it shape triggers, actions, scripts, and automation structure
LimitedConfigure and maintain base-level automations
Workflow examples
Contract reminders, weekly reports, Slack updates, approvals, and operational processes
LimitedEach workflow is built separately
Email agents
Generate and send personalized follow-up emails in bulk from customer data and business context
LimitedEmail remains an automation action
Run context
Use live records, owners, status, files, AI field output, and run history
LimitedRuns from base triggers and configured actions
Automation scale
100K automation runs on Business, plus custom SMTP and Teable Email Service options
LimitedAutomation and API usage are capped by the plan
Teable
Teable Super Automation turns live business data into processes your team can run. Teable AI shapes reminders, approvals, reports, Slack updates, email follow-ups, and operational workflows from records, files, status, owners, and business context.
Build workflows with Teable AI instead of wiring every step by hand.
Use records, owners, status, files, AI field output, run history, and business context.
Run 100K automations on Business and connect results back to apps, dashboards, records, and email agents.
Airtable
Airtable automations can move work forward, but more setup, adjustment, and maintenance still happens around the base and its configured rules.
Teams configure more automation logic manually.
Complex workflows can require workarounds, connectors, or extra tools.
AI is less central to creating, adjusting, and running automations.
Business-fit custom apps
Capability
Teable
Airtable
App generation
Build custom apps on live data with Teable AI and App Builder
LimitedGenerate interface elements inside Airtable
Apps read and write live records, fields, files, permissions, AI fields, automations, dashboards, and email actions
LimitedCustom logic remains interface-bound
Business fit
Add login, custom domains, integrations, and workflow-specific behavior without moving data out of Teable
LimitedExternal app behavior needs separate setup
Teable
Teable App Builder lets teams describe an app and generate it directly on live business data. The app stays connected to records, AI fields, automations, permissions, dashboards, and email actions, so it can run real business workflows instead of only presenting a base.
Build custom apps on live data with Teable AI and App Builder.
Preview changes with Teable AI while keeping apps connected to AI fields, automations, dashboards, email actions, and the same live business data.
Airtable
Airtable Interfaces can present base data and work well for simpler operational views. When a team needs custom logic, branded portals, external apps, or AI-generated app workflows, the interface layer is more constrained.
Interfaces work best when the workflow fits the available components.
Custom workflows often need manual configuration or external tools.
There is a more limited path from live data to custom app logic and AI-generated workflows.
Open-core and self-hosting
Capability
Teable
Airtable
Product model
Open-core and fully featured when self-hosted, including automations and all AI capabilities.
Closed source cloud product
Deployment control
Use Teable Cloud or self-host on your own infrastructure
Cloud only
Usage control
Self-hosted pricing has no Teable storage, row, or usage limits; capacity follows your infrastructure
LimitedCapacity is controlled by Airtable plans
AI governance
Configure AI Gateway, recommended models, AI Fields, and automation models for self-hosted setups
LimitedDeployment and AI controls stay within Airtable cloud
Security controls
Admin settings, Authority Matrix, SSO, domain verification, and deployment control
Teable gives teams a real path to own the stack, not just rent a cloud workspace. That matters for data sovereignty, regulated workflows, private deployment, custom AI setup, and controlling usage economics at scale.
Open-core and fully featured when self-hosted, including automations and all AI capabilities.
Use Teable Cloud for speed, or self-host Teable on your own infrastructure when data ownership matters.
Self-hosted editions do not consume Teable Cloud credits; capacity depends on your own infrastructure and external AI providers.
Airtable
Airtable is cloud only. Deployment, data residency, AI controls, and capacity policies stay inside Airtable's cloud model.
Closed source cloud product.
No self-hosted deployment path.
Business data, deployment controls, and plan capacity stay in Airtable cloud.
Pricing and value
Capability
Teable
Airtable
Pro / Team price
Teable Pro: $10 per seat/month
LimitedAirtable Team: $20 per collaborator/month
Business price
Teable Cloud Business: $20 per seat/month with 1M rows, AI Field, AI Chat, App Builder, automations, and email agents
LimitedAirtable Business: $45 per collaborator/month with 500K record max and cloud-only deployment
AI credits
Business includes 2,000 credits per seat/month for AI Field, AI Chat, App Builder, and AI workflows
LimitedAI and usage value are plan-gated
Business capacity
1M rows, 100GB attachments, and 100K automation runs on Business
Limited500K record max
Add-on value
Additional credits are billed at cost with 0% markup, and Pro or above can add more usage
LimitedUsage is capped by the current plan when limits are reached
Deployment value
Choose Teable Cloud or a separate fully featured self-hosted Business edition; self-hosted Business uses your own infrastructure and AI providers instead of Teable Cloud credits
Cloud-only deployment
Teable
Teable gives teams stronger AI-native value at a lower Cloud seat price. The value is not just cheaper seats; it is AI Field, AI Chat, App Builder, automation, email agents, larger capacity, and transparent credits in the same workspace.
Pro is $10 per seat/month on annual plans.
Business is $20 per seat/month on annual plans.
Business includes 1M rows, 100GB attachments, 100K automation runs, and 2,000 credits per seat/month.
Airtable
Airtable costs more as teams scale, while the product remains centered on bases, interfaces, and plan-gated capacity.
Team is $20 per collaborator/month on annual plans.
Business is $45 per collaborator/month on annual plans.
When record, attachment, automation, or API limits are reached, usage is capped by the current plan.
How to move from Airtable to Teable
Teable can import Airtable base structure and records, then Teable AI can turn the migrated data into workflows, automations, dashboards, and apps.
Option 1
Connect Airtable and run the native importer
1Connect your Airtable account in Teable.
2Choose the Airtable base you want to import.
3Import tables, fields, records, attachments, linked records, formulas, lookups, rollups, counts, and field order.
4Add a read-only shared-base link when you want to import view filters, sorts, grouping, and kanban stacking.
Option 2
Use an Airtable token for API-assisted import
1Provide an Airtable personal access token so Teable AI can read the selected base.
2Analyze accessible bases or summarize one base schema before import.
3Bring the data into a new or existing Teable base.
4Review the imported structure, then use Teable AI to configure fields, automations, dashboards, and apps from the migrated data.
Teable can import Airtable bases with tables, fields, records, attachments, linked records, formulas, lookups, rollups, counts, and field order. When needed, a shared Airtable view link can also bring over filters, sorts, grouping, and kanban stacking.
Airtable users usually ask
Is Teable a stronger Airtable alternative for AI workflows?
Yes. Airtable is built around online bases. Teable is the AI spreadsheet for business, with Teable AI agents that can work across live data, fields, workflows, automations, apps, and Airtable migration.
Can Teable migrate Airtable bases?
Yes. Teable supports Airtable import through a connected Airtable account, and Teable AI Chat can also use an Airtable API key or token to migrate a base, then configure fields, automations, dashboards, and apps from the migrated data.
What makes Teable different from Airtable?
Airtable AI improves work inside a base. Teable AI operates across the whole business workspace.
How many records can Teable handle compared with Airtable?
Teable supports 1M rows with expandable capacity. Airtable has a 500K record max.
Can Teable AI configure fields?
Yes. Teable AI can configure fields around business context, then use AI fields for summaries, tags, scores, extraction, generated content, and workflow signals.
How is Teable AI different from Airtable AI?
Airtable AI improves work inside a base. Teable AI operates across the whole business workspace.
Can Teable build automations from natural language?
Yes. Teams can describe workflows in natural language and use Teable to build automations around live records, owners, statuses, files, AI output, and business context.
Can Teable replace Airtable Interfaces?
Yes. Teable can build custom apps, dashboards, portals, approval tools, booking pages, internal tools, and team workflows directly from live business data.
What apps can Teable build from Airtable-style data?
Teable can build dashboards, customer portals, booking pages, partner portals, approval tools, internal CRMs, project trackers, marketing workspaces, and operational apps on top of live business data.
Does Teable support self-hosting?
Yes. Teable is open-core and fully featured when self-hosted, including automations and all AI capabilities. Airtable is cloud only.
Why does self-hosting matter for Airtable teams?
Self-hosting gives teams more control over deployment, infrastructure, security requirements, and data ownership. Teable supports self-hosting; Airtable is cloud only.
Is Teable cheaper than Airtable?
Yes. On annual plans, Teable Pro is $10 per seat/month compared with Airtable Team at $20 per collaborator/month. Teable Business is $20 per seat/month compared with Airtable Business at $45 per collaborator/month.
Who should move from Airtable to Teable?
Teams should consider Teable when they need stronger AI agents, larger database capacity, natural-language automation, custom apps, self-hosting, better data ownership, or more AI-native value at a lower price.
Can Teable work as a business data hub?
Yes. Teable can bring data from Airtable, spreadsheets, files, and other systems into one workspace, then turn that data into AI workflows, automations, apps, dashboards, and operations.
Move from Airtable to Teable
Turn your data into AI workflows and custom apps that 100% fit your business.
