Airtable for the easily distracted
March 22, 2018
Airtable for the easily distracted
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Airtable
After years of managing volunteers and interns for our busy non-profit environmental management organization, I wanted to replace our current system with something that was Excel-compatible, cloud-based, and had relational database capabilities. I especially wanted a solution that was intuitive, customizable, visually stimulating without being overwhelming, and shareable. Airtable fits the bill. It is simple to learn but offers robust features that address reporting needs.
Besides using it for volunteer-intern management, I’ve begun using it to track equipment, inventory management, and partnership development. Other program managers are going to adapt it to their needs.
Pros
- Great user interface that is clean and balanced. It's easy to create and save 'views' to isolate and compare data.
- Helpful tutorials and useful examples from Airtable users.
- The ability to share and interact with staff and partners on common projects and goals.
- Being able to link PDFs and Word docs.
Cons
- I would like to see the ability to detect duplicate rows and values.
- Improved functionality and editing via the Android app.
- More calendar view options.
- It's saved me time not having to rifle through multiple spreadsheets for related data.
- I'm able to quickly compare and contract trends of program strengths and weaknesses.
- It provides a unifying template that is suitable for the technophobe and the geek.
The other three had much going for them but only Airtable met our primary need for data management and price.
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