Item: Airtable
Rating: 9
Author: Anthony J. Acocella

Overall Satisfaction with Airtable

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are currently using Airtable to build a digital database of a partner organization's collection of rare letters, scores, incipits, and photographs of the composer Gustav Mahler. This Airtable will be used for internal research on the composer, and we intend for it to serve as the foundation for a digital library, accessible to educators and researchers.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Airtable has done a great job of being intuitive and user-friendly.
Airtable's platform is sleek throughout all of its viewing options.
The ability to add high-quality attachments to a record is very appealing.
I love that I can link to other records so readers can have more context.

Cons

I'd like the option to change Airtable's color pallet and icons to bring them more in line with our foundation's branding.
I'd love for more tutorials and examples for using Airtable's various functions and layouts.

Return on Investment

Airtable has helped us integrate the archive from a partner organization into our own resources

Alternatives Considered

FileMaker Pro

Airtable was a more affordable, more mobile, and more versatile platform. The options for future integration were greater for us with Airtable; the mobile opportunities give our Foundation flexibility; and since our team is based in several locations, the sharing and cloud storage options were great for us.

Other Software Used

Google Drive, Slack, Skype

Likelihood to Recommend

I think the opportunity to coordinate schedules, direct work flow, see calendars, and materials that are all a part of Airtable's best functionality. I am looking forward to using Airtable for future projects and in future industries. I think that Airtable can be directed by our Foundation's workflow and we don't have to hack or configure it in a different way.

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Airtable was a great discovery!