Airtable vs Tability (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Airtable if

• Fits if you want to shape a database into a tracker built around your team's work
• Works for nonprofits and educators, who can apply for 50% off the Team plan

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you just need tasks and deadlines, at $20 a seat a month billed annually or $24 monthly
• Tight if you're staying free: 1,000 records and 1 GB per base, 5 editors, 2 weeks of history and no Gantt or timeline
• Not for you if you want a project tool that's ready to go, as you build this one yourself
• Watch out: record caps apply per base on paid plans too, 50,000 on Team and 125,000 on Business
• Pricey if you need two-way sync or an admin panel, which need Business at $45 a seat a month

Pick Tability if

• Fits if you want OKRs for a team and will pay $6 a person
• Works for teams that run weekly goal check-ins in Slack

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a free plan, as only a 14-day trial exists
• Pricey if you need SSO, SCIM or advanced reporting, which start at Premium at $10
• Not for you if you want the Agentic plan, which is labelled coming soon
• Watch out: the mobile app has no platforms named on the pages read

Airtable

• The Free plan is capped at 1,000 records per base and 5 editors.
• Record limits apply per base on paid plans too: 50,000 on Team and 125,000 on Business.
• Timeline and Gantt views and extensions are not part of the Free plan.
• Two-way sync and the admin panel need the Business plan at $45 per seat / month.

Tability

• There is no free plan; every paid plan starts with a 14-day trial.
• The Agentic plan is labeled coming soon on the pricing page.
• SAML SSO and SCIM, advanced reporting and data connectors need Premium.
• A mobile app is advertised, but the pages read do not say for which platforms, so only the web app is listed.

Airtable

Relational bases

Data lives in bases of linked tables. Record limits per base rise from 1,000 on Free to 50,000 on Team and 125,000 on Business.

Eight view types

A table can be shown as a grid, form, calendar, gallery, kanban, timeline, list or Gantt view. Timeline and Gantt views need the Team plan.

Interfaces

Custom interfaces can be built from base data, giving each team a tailored app on top of the same records.

Automations and sync

Automations handle repetitive steps inside a base. Two-way sync with outside tools is included from the Business plan.

Omni and field agents

Omni builds apps from a plain-language description and field agents run AI across records. Both draw on monthly AI credits: 500 per editor on Free and 15,000 per seat on Team.

Portals

Portals let guest users from outside the organization collaborate on selected data.

Tability

OKRs and check-ins

Goals with progress check-ins, automated reminders, trends and custom check-in templates.

Strategy map

A view that cascades and connects goals across the organization.

Initiatives and dependencies

Initiatives with due dates and a kanban view, tied to the objective they serve.

Reporting

Dashboards, presentation mode, a weekly digest, CSV and PDF export, and AI retrospectives.

AI assistant and MCP server

Tabby answers questions about goals and automates check-ins, and an MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT and other clients work with the data.

Standups

Short async check-ins and a team directory.

Airtable

• Free$0

  1,000 records and 1 GB of attachments per base, up to 5 editors and 2 weeks of revision history.

• Team$20

  per seat / month, billed annually ($24 billed monthly)

  50,000 records and 20 GB of attachments per base, Gantt and timeline views, extensions and 15,000 AI credits per seat a month.

• Business$45

  per seat / month, billed annually ($54 billed monthly)

  125,000 records and 100 GB of attachments per base, two-way sync, an admin panel and 20,000 AI credits per seat a month.

• Enterprise ScaleCustom

  Sold through sales, with pricing based on the organization's needs and 25,000 AI credits per paid user a month.

Tability

• Basic$6

  per user / month, billed yearly ($7 billed monthly)

  OKRs and check-ins, strategy map, initiatives and dependencies, Slack, Teams, Jira and Linear, with 4,000 AI credits and 25 prompts per user a month.

• Premium$10

  per user / month, billed yearly ($12 billed monthly)

  Adds advanced reporting, data connectors, SAML SSO and SCIM, the AI mode and assistant, and 10,000 AI credits and 500 prompts per user a month.

• Agentic$20

  per user / month, billed yearly ($25 billed monthly)

  Marked coming soon. Everything in Premium plus Agent Manager, agent-to-agent collaboration and automated agent reporting, with more prompts and AI credits.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Regional hosting in the US, EU or Australia, tailored onboarding, a dedicated customer success manager and 24/7 support.

Airtable

• Annual discount

  Lower per-seat price with annual billing

  Team is $20 per seat / month billed annually against $24 monthly, and Business is $45 against $54, about 17% less in both cases.

• Nonprofit

  50% off the Team plan for nonprofits

  Registered 501(c)(3) nonprofits, or accredited equivalents outside the US, can apply for 50% off Team seats. Airtable AI is excluded from the discount.

• Education

  50% off Team for educators, free for students

  Employees of accredited educational institutions can get 50% off Team, and students get 6 to 24 months of free access depending on graduation date.

Tability

• Annual discount

  Two months off with yearly billing

  The pricing page states 2 months off on a yearly subscription; yearly prices are $6, $10 and $20 against $7, $12 and $25 monthly.

• Nonprofit

  Programme-based nonprofit discounts

  The pricing FAQ says eligible organisations can get programme-based discounts by contacting Tability.