Airtable

Freemium

500,000+ brands use Airtable to enable real-time collaboration, automate repetitive tasks &…

Generous Free Tierfrom $20/user/mo (annual)

Free plan checked against Airtable's pricing page on 2 September 2026. Re-checked monthly.

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About Airtable

Airtable is a relational database dressed as a spreadsheet, with grid, kanban, calendar and gallery views, forms, automations and interface builders on top. Small teams use it for content calendars, CRMs, inventories and project tracking. The Free plan has no time limit, and its 1,000-record-per-base cap is the number to keep in mind.

What the free plan gives you

Airtable's pricing page loaded but did not expose the free-plan comparison table on this check, so the limits below are from third-party pricing guides published in 2026 and should be confirmed on airtable.com.

Unlimited bases, each holding up to 1,000 records
Up to 5 editors per workspace; read-only viewers and form submitters are unlimited and free
1 GB of attachments per base
100 automation runs per month
1,000 API calls per month
All the standard views, forms and the interface designer

Where the free plan stops

The 1,000-record limit is what most people hit: a CRM or content log fills that in months. The 100 automation runs and 5 editors follow. The Team plan lifts records to 50,000 per base with far more automation runs, extensions and sync, and Airtable's page lists it at $20 per user per month billed annually; third-party guides cite $24 on monthly billing. Airtable charges for every user with edit rights on at least one base in the workspace, so a team of five editors is $100 a month at the annual rate. Business is $45 per user per month annually with 125,000 records per base.

Who it suits

A solo operator or a small team tracking a few hundred items with light automation can live on the free plan comfortably. Anyone building a system of record that grows past 1,000 rows per table, or that needs several automations firing daily, should plan for Team and count editors carefully, because per-seat pricing scales quickly.

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Pros & Cons

Unusually generous free allowance

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Hosted only — no self-hosting escape hatch

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The free plan in practice

What you can actually do on Airtable's free plan (5 editors, 1,000 records per base, 100 automation runs/month), where it stops, and when it's worth paying.

What you can do free

Unlimited bases, 1,000 records per base
Up to 5 editors, unlimited read-only viewers
1 GB attachments per base
100 automation runs per month
1,000 API calls per month
Grid, kanban, calendar, gallery and form views

Where it stops

1,000 records per base
5 editors maximum
100 automation runs a month
Extensions and sync are paid features

When to upgrade to a paid plan

Stay on the free plan while you're comfortably under the free plan's limit (5 editors, 1,000 records per base, 100 automation runs/month). It's worth moving to a paid plan once you consistently bump into that ceiling, need to remove branding, or want features the free tier holds back. Paid plans start at $20/user/mo (annual).