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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Airtable

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AAirtable is a web-based application builder that combines spreadsheet usability with relational database architecture. The platform enables users to construct custom operational applications, configure automated workflows, and design tailored interfaces without traditional software development.

    $24

    per month per seat

    Bonita Platform

    Score4 out of 10
    N/ABonita is an open-source business process and workflow management platform created by the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science. It is available as a free community edition or as a commercial subscription product.N/A
    Pricing
    AirtableBonita Platform
    Editions & Modules
    Team
    $24
    per month per user
    Business
    $54
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AirtableBonita Platform
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    AirtableBonita Platform
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    Airtable
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    48 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    40 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    49 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    24 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    40 Answers
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    19 Answers
    Features
    AirtableBonita Platform
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Airtable and Bonita Platform
    Feature
    Airtable
    7.8
    235 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Bonita Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.9199 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management8.0193 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts8.489 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling7.4165 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.0143 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration7.9218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology8.3108 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology8.580 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management7.5170 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration7.2115 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access5.9191 Ratings00 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking7.893 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management8.2102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management7.1127 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Airtable and Bonita Platform
    Feature
    Airtable
    -
    Ratings
    Bonita Platform
    6.4
    43 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings6.041 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings5.540 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings7.740 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of Airtable and Bonita Platform
    Feature
    Airtable
    -
    Ratings
    Bonita Platform
    7.7
    53 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Process designer00 Ratings9.052 Ratings
    Process simulation00 Ratings6.910 Ratings
    Business rules engine00 Ratings8.242 Ratings
    SOA support00 Ratings6.440 Ratings
    Process player00 Ratings6.78 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages00 Ratings9.038 Ratings
    Form builder00 Ratings8.148 Ratings
    Model execution00 Ratings6.948 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of Airtable and Bonita Platform
    Feature
    Airtable
    -
    Ratings
    Bonita Platform
    5.9
    24 Ratings
    34% below category average
    Social collaboration tools00 Ratings5.924 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Airtable and Bonita Platform
    Feature
    Airtable
    -
    Ratings
    Bonita Platform
    6.8
    34 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Content management00 Ratings6.834 Ratings
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    AirtableBonita Platform
    Small Businesses
    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
    Process Street
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft To Do
    Score7.9 out of 10
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AirtableBonita Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (239 ratings)
    8.2
    (53 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (5 ratings)
    6.4
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (36 ratings)
    7.7
    (25 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (30 ratings)
    4.6
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    4.5
    (5 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (10 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.5
    (10 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AirtableBonita Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Airtable
    Airtable is an ideal platform for small and growing businesses to keep track of just about EVERYTHING they need to keep things running smoothly. It's a great way to keep tasks organized, and keep everyone on the same page with progress on all things. Our company finds the kanban particularly useful, as products go through a lifecycle from ideation to retirement, it's good to keep a database of what is in production, what's working, and what we've tried before. I can see the platform being challenging with much larger businesses, but for the small to medium businesses I've used the platform with, it is ideal.
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    Bonitasoft
    Well suited for low code/no code applications centered around approval flows. It has built-in task management for users to see their pending actions, comments, statuses, etc. It has a very nice design for process flows. Less appropriate may be for generic type applications with complex screens and logic within those screens that need a lot of data to process.
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    Pros
    Airtable
    • I can create tables, create and customize fields
    • Airtable has capabilities commonly found in spreadsheet applications, but also has some of the features found in databases.
    • The ability to filter fields. I set up a filter on the status field, so when a project is marked, complete, on hold, or canceled, that record is hidden from my current projects table view. If it is marked complete, the record is moved to the completed projects table view. In this way I can easily access a record of past projects
    • Being able to duplicate tables and create alternate views
    • Collapse and expand records. When I collapse the rows, I can easily scan current projects, next steps, project status, and due dates. When I expand the row, or field, I can see more detailed information about that field or record very easily. I can also expand or open the entire record. This is is helpful, when I am entering a lot of information to multiple fields in that record.
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    Bonitasoft
    • Bonita seems particularly suited for processes requiring a great deal of human interaction. Its user model allows you to control access to business processes in a fine-grained way. This allows for business processes to move smoothly between users and services as the process advances.
    • The definition and usage of custom forms from the latest version of Bonita seems particularly powerful. It allows for a thorough customization of the look-and-feel and does not require complex developments.
    • The web interface and administration section have greatly improved in the latest versions. Installation and configuration of processes has become more flexible and more structured. The administration section gives a good view on failed processes, allowing to analyse problems in an efficient way.
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    Cons
    Airtable
    • When records are deleted, there could be more options for what happens to associated records in other tables.
    • Multi-select fields should be sortable.
    • The per-user pricing model can be cumbersome when you need to share bases with third parties but can't use a publicly accessible URL.
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    Bonitasoft
    • There is a learning curve beyond the boot camps that needs to be addressed with more structured curriculum.
    • The full stack technologies are industry standard, but these [are] challenging to learn and could use a learning path and orientation. There's probably opportunity for third-parties here to help with learning and adoption.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Airtable
    We will 10/10 renew the use of Airtable because it has brought great value to our team. Not only is Airtable affordable, but it's also user-friendly and helps our team be efficient. We no longer need to rely on Excel spreadsheets being passed from person to person via email. Furthermore, we aren't dealing with corrupt Excel spreadsheets and the need to salvage data when a file is accidentally altered.
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    Bonitasoft
    We just renewed our license
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    Usability
    Airtable
    IMO the usability of this product is its greatest asset. The UI is clean and the menus are intuitive to the point where I'd feel confident having a non-spreadsheety colleague take on building an Airtable for the first time with next to no training. I can't say that about every table-like software product that I've used such as Notion.
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    Bonitasoft
    Bonita Platform has allowed us to develop GUI relatively fast using its UI Designer while being able to seamlessly integrate our business logic in Java in a BPMN2 process diagram. It gives a nice productivity boost but still requires programming know-how to be able to deliver the final solution to your business problems.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Airtable
    I have rarely experience downtime, compared to other tools, and given how much time we spend on the tool. Even if there were to be, their updates on it are very timely, and our support team are able to provide any questions regarding
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    Bonitasoft
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Airtable
    I never had any issues with load time, even with the integrations that we use today (google sheets) However, I'm curious if adding additional layers of integrations would slow down performance. We do carry quite a bit of data in Airtable, but, again, no impact on overall performance
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    Bonitasoft
    Engine itself is efficient enough for most cases I dealt with. It can also be extended by clustering. I have done performance tests with JMeter and only managed to induce the crash of... JMeter. If there are efficiency issues they usually concern bad design/implementation of created apps or bottlenecks in integrated systems. Although I have met two cases with efficiency loss.
    1. Java 7 related PermGen saturation caused by big number of installed apps (there is no jar dependency reusal between apps option).
    2. Big number of waiting event handlers in processes stresses the database.
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    Support Rating
    Airtable
    Airtable has great support. They have a variety of support features to answer any questions. They have great self teaching instructions for templates and product tours. They also have support for teams and project management. They also have a fantastic customer help line. They are able and willing to answer customer questions and never have customers waiting long
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    Bonitasoft
    It was sometimes difficult to get support on Bonita API.
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    In-Person Training
    Airtable
    This training was done in-house, but the Airtable team provided resources and how to guides to ensure that we covered all components of the system
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    Bonitasoft
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Airtable
    Recorded trainings were provided by the Airtable team. Great as an evergreen resources to new team members and for anyone that wants to refresh their Airtable knowledge
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    Bonitasoft
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    Implementation Rating
    Airtable
    Training all users was an important part of the implementation, which did take considerable time and effort. At first glance without training, the content calendar can be overwhelming because of the amount of data. The features within Airtable seem to be endless but our team was able to identify the most important to be successful.
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    Bonitasoft
    Nothing in particular
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    Alternatives Considered
    Airtable
    Airtable was a really good fit for this specific use case as it provided a huge number of collaboration features in an intuitive and pleasant-to-use interface. The free tier worked initially with our work, and the upgrade pathway was fair and made sense for us.
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    Bonitasoft
    RHPAM is maybe a very good BPM process engine but is very limited to build a complete application.
    We also try site soft W4 which needs more developments to build an application. We finally choose Bonita which is easier to get ready with.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Airtable
    I did not help purchase the product, but Airtable's per user pricing structure is inconvenient when some users only need occasional or read-only use.
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    Bonitasoft
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Airtable
    There are TONS of opportunity to scale, but I think it's a matter if you have the time and resources to do so because the initial setup can be fairly time consuming and prioritized dedication
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    Bonitasoft
    Respect of BPMN standard over the long term. Good enhancements by Bonitasoft for new use cases, for example the introduction of a real form editor even if it has been technically difficult to manage. Once done though, we have far greater possibility of human interaction.
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    Return on Investment
    Airtable
    • It gives us a real-time experience of working.
    • Through this platform, I always have the idea bout which of my team member is working on which particular part of the project, I can easily track their progress, and also I can easily correct them where it is required by adding sticky notes, by sending the attachments and URLs.
    • Quality services.
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    Bonitasoft
    • Case management provided as better tracking which help us to meet SLAs.
    • Auto email notification helps to address "Where are my request" answers which eventually increased our customer delight index.
    • By using the third-party integration, we are able to provide visibility w.r.t end to end request status.
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