Best no-code database tools (2026)
Seven no-code database tools compared on record limits, user pricing, self-hosting and app-building, with prices from each tool’s own pricing page and who each one suits.
Key Takeaways
- Airtable is the most established choice for teams. Its Team plan is $20 per editor per month billed annually with 50,000 records per base; read-only collaborators aren’t charged.
- Baserow and NocoDB are the self-hostable alternatives. Both offer Airtable-style grids, and both publish self-hosted options: Baserow under an MIT license, NocoDB as a free Community edition.
- Record limits shape the real price. Free plans range from 1,000 records (Airtable, NocoDB cloud) to 3,000 rows (Baserow). Check where your data will be in a year.
- Google Workspace users may already have AppSheet. Google says AppSheet Core is included in most paid Workspace plans.
- Customer-facing apps need a different tool. If customers or clients must sign up and see only their own data, an app builder with its own database and logins fits better than an internal database.
Quick-Start Prioritization Framework
| Rank | Tool | Best for | Paid from |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Airtable | Teams that want the most mature spreadsheet-style database | $20/editor/month, billed annually |
| 2 | Baserow | An open-source Airtable alternative with an app builder | $10/user/month billed yearly |
| 3 | NocoDB | Self-hosting for free, or a spreadsheet view on an existing Postgres or MySQL database | $12/seat/month billed annually |
| 4 | Google AppSheet | Google Workspace teams building mobile-friendly internal apps | $5/user/month |
| 5 | Glide | Turning spreadsheets into internal business apps | $25/month |
| 6 | Floot | Customer-facing apps with their own logins on a Postgres database | $25/month |
| 7 | Supabase | A real Postgres database with a table editor, for teams with a developer | $25/month |
A no-code database gives you the structure of a real database (linked tables, field types, permissions) with the familiarity of a spreadsheet. For most small teams it’s the natural next step after a shared sheet. The tools differ in ways that only show up later: how many records a plan allows, whether you pay for every editor, whether you can host it yourself, and whether outsiders like customers can sign in. We compared seven options on those points, using each tool’s own pricing page and documentation as checked on 2026-11-11. One option, Floot, is our product; it’s an AI app builder rather than a spreadsheet-style database, and we’ve placed it where it genuinely fits.
How we compared them
We assumed a small business with a few staff editing data, possibly growing to tens of thousands of records, and asked the same questions of each tool.
- How many records the free and first paid plan allow.
- Whether pricing is per editor, per seat, flat or usage-based.
- Whether it can be self-hosted or connected to an existing database.
- Whether people outside your team can sign in and see only their own records.
1. Airtable: best for teams that want the most mature option
Airtable pioneered the spreadsheet-database. Bases hold linked tables with typed fields, and you can build interfaces, forms and automations on top.
What it does well
Airtable’s plan documentation lists 1,000 records per base on Free, 50,000 on Team and 125,000 on Business, with attachment storage of 1 GB, 20 GB and 100 GB per base. Automation runs go from 100 a month on Free to 25,000 on Team and 100,000 on Business, and revision history from two weeks to one year. Only editors are billed: Airtable’s pricing page says read-only collaborators, form submissions and share links aren’t charged.
What to watch
Free is limited to 5 editors. Costs scale with every person who edits, so a 10-editor team on Team is $200 a month billed annually by our arithmetic. Records are capped per base, which affects designs that keep years of history.
Price
Free; Team $20 per user per month billed annually; Business $45; Enterprise Scale custom.
2. Baserow: best open-source Airtable alternative
Baserow is an Airtable-style database that describes itself as open source under the MIT license, with self-hosting via Docker, Cloudron, AWS or Helm. It includes an application builder to “compose pages, dashboards and workflows on top of your data.”
What it does well
Generous row limits for the price: 3,000 rows per workspace on Free, 50,000 on Premium, 250,000 on Advanced and 1,000,000 on Enterprise, with unlimited databases on all cloud plans. Its pricing page lists application builder users as free up to 500. Baserow documents an Airtable import and offers migration help.
What to watch
Role-based permissions appear on the Advanced plan. Self-hosting means you handle updates and backups, or pay for a managed option.
Price
Free; Premium $10 per user per month billed yearly ($12 monthly); Advanced $18 yearly ($22 monthly); Enterprise on request.
3. NocoDB: best for self-hosting or wrapping an existing database
NocoDB presents databases as spreadsheets and describes itself as a community-driven fair source product. Its homepage invites you to bring your own Postgres or MySQL database, which makes it useful when data already lives in SQL.
What it does well
The self-hosted Community edition is $0 with no stated limits on records, storage, API calls or editors. On cloud, plans can be paid per seat or as a flat price for unlimited seats priced at nine users: Plus is $108 a month billed annually for unlimited seats, with 50,000 records and 100,000 API calls a month.
What to watch
The cloud Free plan is small: 1,000 records, 1 GB, 1,000 API calls and up to 3 users. Running the self-hosted version means looking after a server.
Price
Cloud: Free; Plus $12 per seat per month billed annually ($15 monthly); Business $24 ($30); Scale $45 ($54), 3 seats minimum. Self-hosted Community $0; self-hosted Business $24 per seat.
4. Google AppSheet: best for Google Workspace teams
AppSheet builds no-code apps on top of spreadsheets, cloud file storage and, on higher plans, cloud databases and APIs. It also has its own AppSheet databases.
What it does well
Google’s pricing page says Core is included in most paid Google Workspace plans, so many teams can start without a new bill. Core adds security filters, which limit which rows each user sees.
What to watch
AppSheet databases are limited to 2,500 rows each on Starter and Core, and 200,000 on Enterprise Plus. Starter has no security filters. Enterprise Plus requires a Workspace administrator to sign up.
Price
Starter $5 per user per month; Core $10; Enterprise Plus $20.
5. Glide: best for turning spreadsheets into internal business apps
Glide calls itself a business operations platform that turns the Excel files and Google Sheets a team runs on into apps and AI agents.
What it does well
Glide’s homepage describes “roles down to the row,” so each person sees only what they should, single sign-on, and apps private to your company by default. It says Claude, Gemini and ChatGPT can connect to Glide over MCP to build into the same apps and data.
What to watch
Plans are limited by published apps, team members, workflows and credits: Basic allows 2 published apps and 2 team members. Glide’s pricing page said annual plans were coming soon, and didn’t list row limits on the version we checked.
Price
Free $0; Basic $25 a month; Plus $50; Pro from $125; Enterprise custom.
6. Floot: best for customer-facing apps with their own logins
Floot isn’t a spreadsheet-style database. It’s an AI app builder that creates full-stack web apps, each with its own Postgres database, from plain-English descriptions, in Floot’s editor or from ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Codex or Cursor. It fits when the people using the data aren’t just your team.
What it does well
Apps have their own sign-up and login with email, Google or Microsoft, plus roles, so customers can sign in and see only their own records. You can upload a CSV and ask the AI to import it. The database can be downloaded on every plan, and paid plans can restore it to any moment in the last 7 days. There’s no per-seat pricing for your app’s users.
What to watch
There’s no spreadsheet grid for staff to edit raw records like in Airtable; you get the screens you ask the AI to build. Hosting is metered by usage beyond each plan’s allowance, and code download is on paid plans.
Price
Free to start ($0, 100 building actions a day, $3 one-time hosting allowance); Pro $25 a month; Power $100 a month. Publishing is free on every plan.
7. Supabase: best when a developer is involved
Supabase is a hosted Postgres platform with a browser table editor, authentication and APIs. It’s not no-code for building screens, but non-developers can view and edit tables while a developer builds the app.
What it does well
It’s standard Postgres, so data is fully portable. The Free plan includes 50,000 monthly active users for authentication and 500 MB databases; Pro includes 8 GB of disk per project and daily backups kept for 7 days.
What to watch
Free projects pause after a week of inactivity, and Free allows 2 active projects. Supabase’s documentation tells you to enable Row Level Security on every table in an exposed schema; that’s a developer task.
Price
Free $0; Pro from $25 a month, with usage charges beyond included amounts.
Side-by-side comparison
Figures from each tool’s pricing page or documentation on 2026-11-11.
| Free records | First paid plan | Billed per | Self-host | Outside users sign in | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airtable | 1,000 per base | $20, 50,000 per base | Editor | Not listed | Read-only shares free; see Airtable docs |
| Baserow | 3,000 per workspace | $10, 50,000 | User | Yes (MIT) | App builder users free up to 500 |
| NocoDB | 1,000 (cloud) | $12, 50,000 | Seat or flat | Yes, Community $0 | See NocoDB docs |
| AppSheet | 2,500 per AppSheet database | $5 | User | Not listed | Row-level security filters on Core |
| Glide | Not listed | $25 | Plan | Not listed | Private to your company by default |
| Floot | Not listed | $25 | Plan, hosting metered | No; code download on paid plans | Yes, own sign-up with roles |
| Supabase | 500 MB database | $25 | Project, usage | See Supabase docs | Yes, with a developer |
Common mistakes
These are the choices that most often force a second migration.
Pricing for today’s team
Per-editor pricing is cheap at three people and expensive at twenty. Model next year’s headcount.
Ignoring record limits
A job log adding 100 records a day passes 36,000 in a year by our arithmetic. Check the limit for the plan you’ll actually be on.
Using an internal tool for customers
Sharing views with customers works for a few; for many, you need an app where each customer signs in and sees only their own data.
Not testing export
Export a base or database once before you rely on it, so you know your exit works.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best no-code database?
For most teams, Airtable is the most mature choice. Baserow and NocoDB are strong if you want open-source or self-hosted options, and AppSheet suits Google Workspace teams. If customers need their own logins, an app builder with a database, such as Floot, fits better.
Is there a free no-code database?
Most have free plans with limits: Airtable 1,000 records per base, Baserow 3,000 rows per workspace, NocoDB cloud 1,000 records. NocoDB’s self-hosted Community edition is $0 with no stated record limits.
What is the best open-source Airtable alternative?
Baserow describes itself as open source under the MIT license and offers an Airtable import. NocoDB offers a free self-hosted Community edition and describes itself as fair source.
Can a no-code database replace a spreadsheet?
Yes, and for shared business data it usually should. You get typed fields, linked tables and permissions, which prevent most of the errors shared spreadsheets suffer from.
How many records can Airtable hold?
Airtable’s plan documentation lists 1,000 records per base on Free, 50,000 on Team and 125,000 on Business.
Can customers log in to a no-code database?
Internal tools like Airtable are built for your team, with sharing options for others. For customers who sign up and see only their own records, use an app builder with its own logins and permissions.
Sources
- Airtable, Pricing, 2026 https://airtable.com/pricing
- Airtable Support, Airtable plans, 2026 https://support.airtable.com/docs/airtable-plans
- Baserow, Pricing, 2026 https://baserow.io/pricing
- NocoDB, Pricing, 2026 https://nocodb.com/pricing
- Google, AppSheet pricing, 2026 https://about.appsheet.com/pricing/
- Glide, Pricing, 2026 https://www.glideapps.com/pricing
- Supabase, Pricing, 2026 https://supabase.com/pricing
- Floot, Pricing, 2026 https://floot.com/en/pricing