Airtable’s best features

If you’ve previously worked with spreadsheets at all, then getting the hang of Airtable is going to be a breeze because of its familiar spreadsheet-like interface.

Some other functions that set the platform apart from Airtable alternatives include:

1. 3D space app. Airtable offers a 3D modeler app that lets you design and easily visualize rooms or models, effectively extending the functionality of your bases.
2. Integrations. One of the best qualities of Airtable is that it integrates with web apps and website building platforms like Softr. This allows you to build custom, no-code drag and drop tools like CRMs, websites, and client dashboards that are seamlessly integrated with all of your data. With Airtable forms, you can begin collecting data from your app or website, which then automatically gets stored in your Airtable database.
3. A true all-in-one solution. Airtable allows you to link records, tables, and even bases, and keep all your data projects in one spot. No more switching between countless tabs and losing track of important information. You can also connect it to your other tools to automate tasks and optimize your workflow.
4. Wide variety of views. Airtable offers a wide variety of views, depending on your use case and needs. The Calendar view, for example, is perfect for visualizing deadlines or planning a content calendar. Other views include Gantt charts, timeline view, and Kanban boards.
5. Highly scalable. Another stand-out quality of Airtable is that it’s highly scalable. You can have unlimited bases, even on the free plan. Each base can have up to 1,000 tables, and between 1,200 records, on the free plan, to 100,000 records on the enterprise plan. This means that you won’t have to lose time migrating from one database to another once your business, or team, starts growing. Airtable grows with you.
6. Powerful content planning capabilities. Airtable is perfect for social media companies since it allows you to easily plan and visualize your content calendar, share it with clients with a single link, work on getting approval in real-time, and set up automations to simplify publishing. It even has a content calendar template to get you started.
7. Structured reporting. Since Airtable was designed as a database with a spreadsheet-interface, you can use Airtable formulas to compute values and give structure to your data. This is great for presenting stakeholders, investors, and team members with a comprehensive set of information. Monday.com lacks this structure when presenting data, especially for bigger projects or tasks.

“Though Monday.com offers social media templates, Airtable takes planning to the next level with easy-to-use integrations directly to Facebook or LinkedIn. You can even archive relevant Twitter posts to track trends and plan retweets.”

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John Li

Co-founder and CTO of Fig Loans

Airtable’s limitations

1. Only available in English. Like Monday.com, Airtable’s solutions are only available in English. This makes it difficult for multilingual teams to collaborate effectively. But, with Softr, you can set your preferred language and easily add a multilanguage site with WeGlot if needed.
2. Limited in-app communication. Monday.com has a pretty great in-app chat function that lets team members communicate easily, almost like they’re speaking on Slack. On Airtable, you can comment and tag team members, but the communication capabilities are pretty limited. Softr fills this gap by offering an instant messaging integration that enables peer-to-peer communication.
3. With great complexity, comes a higher learning curve. The complexity of Airtable is often a selling point. But on the other hand, it’s harder for users to get started.

However, if you’re able to get past the learning curve and take some time to get familiar with Airtable terminology, you’ll have a much more capable platform on your side. Plus, there are always templates you can copy, a strong community that supports you, and many tutorials you can watch.

Airtable free plan

Airtable’s free plan is perfect for individuals and teams of up to 5 people who are just getting started with Airtable. This plan offers

1. Unlimited bases
2. Up to 5 creators or editors
3. Unlimited commenters and readers
4. One app per base
5. One sync integration
6. 1,200 records per base
7. 2GB of attachments per base

Airtable paid plans

Airtable’s paid plans include Plus, Pro, and Enterprise. The Plus plan is great for slightly larger teams and costs $10 per seat per month.

The Pro plan is suitable for companies and organizations who are looking to create workflows and apps that run their most important processes. This plan’s pricing begins at $20 per seat per month.

Airtable enterprise pricing

According to Airtable itself, the Enterprise plan is perfect for “departments and organizations who have advanced customization, scale, security, control, and support needs.”

This plan includes everything in Pro and then some! These additional features include:

1. Unlimited workspaces per organization
2. Unlimited apps
3. Salesforce and Jira on-prem sync integrations
4. 100,000 records per base
5. 1,000GB of attachments per base
6. 3-year revision and snapshot history
7. SAML-based single sign-on
8. Enterprise-wide admin panel
9. Ongoing success program
10. Included professional services
11. Add-on professional services

Airtable pricing for non-profits

In their efforts to make the platform accessible to as many people as possible, Airtable offers a special pricing plan for non-profits and educational organizations. To qualify, organizations must not

• Discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, political affiliation or beliefs, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression
• Be a government office or department
• Be a hospital or other care provider organization
• Be a private grant-making, independent, or operating foundation

For more information on Airtable pricing, best practices, and some pro tips, check out the video below.

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Monday’s best features

Monday.com is made for complex team interactions and brings a certain level of agility to any team. Some of the platform’s best features include:

1. Complex task management capabilities. Monday.com is in some ways, the queen of task management. One of its best capabilities is the “status” option, which allows team members to cut back on unnecessary communication and easily keep each other updated on each project’s status. Users can also attach pictures and videos, as well as including links, to better explain the status of tasks and solve problems more quickly.
2. 24/7 customer support. A big selling point for Monday is its 24/7 customer support. All users need to do is fill out a simple form, and they’ll be contacted by a representative regardless of the time or the day. This is perfect for those night owls who encounter problems at 3 AM.
3. In-platform chat. Another powerful capability of Monday.com is its in-platform chat option. As mentioned previously, this feature provides context to the issues and saves users the trouble of sending out countless emails or heading over to Slack to communicate.
4. Automations. The platform’s extensive automation options are definitely a time-saver. Users can automate notifications and task status changes when certain conditions are met. For example, if a team member is late to a deadline, an automated reminder will give them a nudge.

Monday’s limitations

1. Not as cost-effective for smaller teams. Monday.com’s free plan is really only useful for individuals who are trying to plan their workflow. While Airtable’s free plan can already support a small team of five. Additionally, Monday.com only allows users to pay for five users at a time. So it’s a loss for smaller businesses who only hire the occasional contractor.
2. Limited integrations. If users can’t find the integration they like on Airtable, they can use its robust API to solve the problem. But Monday.com doesn’t have that option. Users are limited to the integrations that are already available, meaning that the platform can’t get more complex past a certain point.
3. Not as scalable. Monday.com has a limit of 10,000 items per board. This means that while users save time on getting started with the platform, they’ll need to spend that time somewhere else down the road, migrating to a different solution.

“Airtable won me over because of its one major advantage - scalability. Airtable allows you to hold 50K records in a single table, while Monday.com is limited to only 10K on each board. While this isn’t a big deal at first, ongoing projects get larger over time, outgrowing Monday.com much more quickly than Airtable. As our business grows, Airtable can better grow and meet our needs.”

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Anthony Martin

Founder and CEO of Choice Mutual

Monday free plan

Monday.com’s free plan accommodates up to two seats and it’s best for individuals trying to keep track of their work. The offering includes

1. Unlimited boards
2. Unlimited docs
3. 200+ available templates
4. Over 20 column types
5. iOS and Android apps

Monday paid plans

Monday’s paid plans are Basic, Standard, and Pro. Here’s what they offer:

Monday enterprise pricing

Monday’s enterprise plan outshines the other plans by offering:

1. Enterprise-scale automations and integrations
2. Enterprise-grade security and governance
3. Advanced reporting and analytics
4. Multi-level permissions
5. Tailored onboarding
6. Premium support
7. The ability to create a dashboard that combines up to 50 boards

Monday pricing for nonprofits

Similar to Airtable, Monday.com also offers a special discount for nonprofits. Eligible nonprofits can access their first 10 seats for free and will receive a 70% discount off the pro plan.

The nonprofit plan includes all the features of the pro plan, plus:

1. 1000 GB of storage
2. 5 years Activity Log
3. Up to 250,000 automations and integration actions
4. 50 boards per dashboard
5. Private workspaces
6. Pivot table