Airtable vs Sococo

Airtable

Airtable is best suited for any size company. Especially companies with many departments working on many projects. Airtable is also a great tool for regularly scheduled meetings to keep track of things discussed, documents used, and assignments. We use it to plan any event we hold for our company and our annual company retreat. It really keeps things organized and is very easy to access across any device. Outside of financial spreadsheets, this really replaces any spreadsheet software, including—and perhaps especially—cloud-based shared spreadsheets.

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Tyler Collum

Corporate Director Of Human Resources

Duke HospitalityHospitality, 201-500 employees

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Sococo

Well suited for large distributed teams. Hard to introduce where someone who should know better has mandated an inferior Microsoft product.

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John Ball

Software Team Lead

Dynniq UK and IrelandElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 201-500 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Airtable

8.0

Sococo

7.4

Task Management

8.4

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Resource Management

8.9

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Gantt Charts

6.4

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Scheduling

8.0

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Workflow Automation

8.1

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Team Collaboration

9.1

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Support for Agile Methodology

8.0

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Support for Waterfall Methodology

7.7

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Document Management

8.1

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Email integration

6.6

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Mobile Access

8.1

9.8

Timesheet Tracking

8.5

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Change request and Case Management

7.9

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Budget and Expense Management

8.5

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Search

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5.0

Airtable

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Sococo

8.1

Chat

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8.7

Notifications

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8.6

Discussions

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10.0

Internal knowledgebase

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5.0

Airtable

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Sococo

7.0

Device sync

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7.0

Pros

The website is very well laid out. It is uncluttered, easy to navigate, and is highly visual. There are a great range of field types and add-on blocks.
Setting up bases is very straightforward. If you get stuck the help section and videos are excellent. You can also access Airtable Universe to see examples of how the product is used by others.
I have submitted a number of queries by email and in each case the staff were very helpful and responded quickly. Given that I was using a free account at the time, I was very impressed.
Given that I have used the product with very young children successfully, I think that it is extremely well designed.

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Shirley Hickey

Computing/ICT Tutor & Network Administrator

West Hoathly Church of England Primary SchoolEducation Management, 11-50 employees

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Good voice codex. Voices come across clearly and I've never had problems struggling to understand another person due to static.
Easy screen sharing. The screen sharing is intuitive and easy to use. In addition, it's easy for multiple people to be sharing a screen at the same time, and viewers can easily hop between the different shared screens.
Has a mobile phone application version, web browser version , and stand alone client.

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

They only thing I can think of is being able to switch between user accounts without having to log on and off.
A personal request, would be to add shades of brown to the color palette. When working with the children, we color code field options for eyes and hair. The only children I can't do this for is brunettes with brown eyes. A small thing I know, but it would really help the younger children as it is a visual clue.

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Shirley Hickey

Computing/ICT Tutor & Network Administrator

West Hoathly Church of England Primary SchoolEducation Management, 11-50 employees

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On rare occasions my co-workers have had problems where they open Sococo and it doesn't recognize when they're speaking. However, restarting the program usually fixes it.
Users can 'knock' on another's 'virtual' office to come in to talk. Essentially, the same as waiting for a person to pick up when calling on a landline. An option to auto-let anyone in who knocks would be useful.

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Engineer in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Airtable9.1

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compared to other products it is just fabulous.

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Andrej Vrsansky

Manager

Buddy NGO - connecting orphans with volunteersCivic & Social Organization, 11-50 employees

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Usability

Airtable9.0

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Just so easy to learn/use. Very intuitive in its application logic.

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Sherry Raeder

Client Experience Manager

InnerWill Leadership InstituteNon-Profit Organization Management, 1-10 employees

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Support

Airtable7.3

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Sometimes, I have to wait a bit longer but I'm on a low priced option so I understand why. Generally, they're able to provide me solutions to my problems as long as I'm not in a rush.

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Malcolm Colman-Shearer

Co Founder

Optimi LtdInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I trialed around 7 products, which include 4 education products and 3 online products at least. I can't remember all of the pros and cons as it was a couple of years ago and I am now upgrading from a free plan to a paid one. Suffice to say, Airtable beat all of them hands down, for ease of use and flexibility

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Shirley Hickey

Computing/ICT Tutor & Network Administrator

West Hoathly Church of England Primary SchoolEducation Management, 11-50 employees

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I prefer Sococo over Lync/Skype for a few reasons.I feel the user interface is slicker, better voice clarity, easier to hop between calls. And, all call members can go to a common chat room on their own accord instead of one person trying to invite everybody. I also feel that it's easier to share one's screen and swap between different shared screens with Sococo.

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 10,001+ employees

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