Airtable vs Paymo

• Airtable has robust API access with a self-documenting API. It's vital for us to be able to access our data via an API and it's easy to do all the operations we need using an open source Python client library.
• Airtable has robust column definitions and the ability to create formulas, lookups, and rollups so data integrity can be guaranteed.
• Airtable handles user access and authentication and provides all the 'interface' elements of a database system so we can focus on writing business logic.

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• Color coding for easier visual of daily breakdown
• Gantt charts are extremely helpful for project timelines
• The dashboard is a useful tool to provide a snapshot of how hours are spent

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• If I had my dream world, I would be able to link data in one base to data in another base - inter-relational database bases.
• I haven't been able to try out blocks yet, but I can quickly see there are only a couple that would apply to what I'm doing. It would be nice to be able to customize a plus with a select handful of pro items without the pro price. Non-profits aren't big spenders, so unless I can justify use of the majority of the pro features, I will end up not having the few I would like due to overall cost.
• I would love to be able to group my bases inside a workspace by topic.
• I haven't yet figured out how to connect Airtable with other things we use. An "easier" tutorial on this topic would be extremely nice. Kind of a guide for non-technical dummies. Don't assume that a person who knows enough to build an inter-relational database also understands the interactive technologies and apps of the day.
• T-minus tasks. Setting a deadline for a task x number of days prior to or following a program. While I was able to find a workaround using functions, it requires the task deadline to be calculated from a date in the same row. I want the ability to put in a date for the entire base - say the date a program begins - and have the task deadlines calculate from that instead.

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• It would be really helpful if on the timer tool, they asked you to switch projects when you stop the timer, so it could fill that time in right away for you.
• I never use the 'My Tasks' because I don't fully understand how to integrate it to be useful to what our purposes are in Paymo. Some Youtube tutorials might be helpful

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• Increased, improved communication among staff. Therefore, the staff spends less time in the dark and less time dedicated to communicating effectively.
• Increased efficiency for workflow, which leads to higher productivity.
• A better final product for the audiences we serve, and better accessibility to the information that they need.

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• Gives me more accurate time that I've spent on projects compared to older methods I've used.
• Has data that I can pull together, for example my boss wanted to know the percentage of time I'd spent working on projects for one client compared to everything else - I was able to give them an accurate percentage.
• Forces you to stay on top of jobs, which can lengthen the time to complete something

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