Retable vs Teable (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Retable if

• Fits if you want an Airtable-style database with forms and several views and can pay per user
• Works for a team that wants to connect tables to Zapier or Make

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want a free plan: only a 14-day trial is listed
• Tight if your tables are big: 50,000 records per project on Team
• Watch out: automations are capped at 10 with 1,000 runs per project a month
• Watch out: extra runs, storage and password protection are add-ons from $2.49 a month
• Watch out: an older table on the pricing page still mentions Free, Basic and Pro tiers

Pick Teable if

• Fits if you want an Airtable-style database you can host on your own servers
• Works for pulling structured fields out of receipts, contracts and resumes with AI fields

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you're staying on the free cloud plan, which stops at 1,000 rows and 200 one-time AI credits
• Pricey if you pay monthly, at $24 a seat against $13 billed yearly
• Skip it if you hoped to self-host for free with automations, as those and the AI need a paid licence
• Watch out: a self-hosted licence is pre-paid and can't be changed, downgraded or refunded once issued
• Watch out: every Owner, Creator and Editor is a paid seat, and there are no phone or desktop apps

Retable

• The pricing page lists only a 14-day trial and the Team plan; an older comparison table on the same page still mentions Free, Basic and Pro tiers.
• Team plan limits: 50,000 records per project and 10 automations with 1,000 runs per project a month.
• Extra automation runs, storage, upload size and URL password protection are sold as add-ons from $2.49 a month.
• Runs in the browser only; the site also offers a Chrome extension but lists no desktop or mobile apps.

Teable

• Free cloud spaces stop at 1,000 rows, 1 GB of attachments and 100 automation runs a month, and the 200 AI credits do not refill.
• Every Owner, Creator and Editor takes a paid seat on Pro and Business; Commenters and Viewers are free.
• The free self-hosted Community Edition has no automation or AI features; those need a paid self-hosted license.
• A self-hosted license is pre-paid and cannot be modified, downgraded or refunded once its key has been issued.

Retable

Eight data views

The same table can be shown as grid, list, kanban, card, chart, calendar, map or form view, and views can be shared publicly.

Online forms

Forms are generated from a spreadsheet, with customizable fields, and responses appear in the table as they arrive.

Automations and webhooks

Built-in automations and webhooks connect Retable to other apps. Webhook usage counts toward the plan's automation limits.

ChatGPT column type

A column type calls ChatGPT to enrich data, and the model can be switched from within Retable.

Teams, roles and branding

Organizations can manage teams, set roles and grant personal or team access. Team plan accounts can apply custom branding.

Airtable import and public API

Airtable bases can be imported without a third-party connector, and a public API is included in the Team plan.

Teable

Grid, form, kanban, gallery and calendar

Records are edited in a spreadsheet-like grid or shown as kanban cards, an image gallery or a calendar. Form views collect submissions and save each one as a new record.

Linked records and formulas

Link-to-record, lookup and rollup fields connect tables and summarize related records, and formula fields calculate from other fields. A button field starts an automation from a record.

AI fields and AI chat

AI fields turn record data into summaries, tags, scores, translations or extracted values. The Cuppy chat sidebar analyzes the current table, view, selected records or files in plain language.

App Builder

Turns Teable data into apps, dashboards, portals and custom interfaces from a chat prompt. The Business plan adds a custom app domain and GitHub sync for the app's code.

Automations

Workflows start from record changes, form submissions, schedules, webhooks, button clicks or incoming email, and can run scripts, call HTTP APIs and send email. Monthly runs are capped by plan.

Connect and migrate

The AI chat can import data from Airtable, Baserow, NocoDB, SmartSuite and Smartsheet, and project data from Jira, Asana, monday.com or ClickUp, keeping fields and relationships.

Retable

• Team$12

  per user / month, billed monthly ($120 per user billed yearly)

  Unlimited workspaces and projects, 50,000 records per project, 10 GB attachments per workspace, 10 automations with 1,000 runs per project a month, public API.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Unlimited users and records, unlimited automations, on-prem or dedicated cloud, priority support, with SAML SSO, SCIM and a 99.9% uptime SLA.

Teable

• Free$0

  For individuals: 1,000 rows and 1 GB of attachments per space, 100 automation runs a month, and 200 one-time credits for AI chat, AI fields and the app builder.

• Self-hosted Community$0

  Open-source edition under AGPL-3.0 for your own servers, with no row or storage limits but without automation and AI features.

• Pro$13

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

  250,000 rows, 10 GB of attachments, 25,000 automation runs a month, 2,000 AI credits per seat and all field types.

• Business$20

  per seat / month, billed yearly ($36 billed monthly)

  1,000,000 rows, 100 GB of attachments, 100,000 automation runs, 3,000 credits per seat, SSO, the authority matrix and custom app domains.

• Self-hosted Business$20

  per seat / month, billed yearly ($36 billed monthly)

  Pre-paid seat license with no row or storage limits: unlimited automation runs, AI features, SSO, audit logs and the admin panel.

Retable

• Annual discount

  Annual billing price on Team

  The Team plan shows $144 struck through and $120 a year per user for annual billing, against $12 a month.

Teable

• Annual discount

  Save 44% with yearly billing

  The pricing page labels yearly billing as saving 44%: Pro is shown at $13 per seat a month billed yearly against $24 billed monthly, and Business at $20 against $36.