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I am thrilled to be a part of the Airtable community!!
Updated November 24, 2018

I am thrilled to be a part of the Airtable community!!

terri smith-caronia | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Airtable

Thank you, Airtable! We are a small, start-up nonprofit that relies on volunteers to help us accomplish our mission. Right now we are in the process of building our infrastructure and choosing the right tools to help us do this is important to us. Good, effective and intuitive databases are critical to the work of impactful community mobilization and information sharing. Airtable fits this bill. And I tested this! I had a few folks that really did not understand the structure of a database to try to create a simple Airtable database with 14 fields and 51 records. More importantly, I asked them to create this database WITHOUT using the help desk but by GUESSING only. Folks were able to build the bones of the database. I, of course, swooped in to figure out how to add pictures, create the drop-down boxes and make links and I was able to do this without asking for "help" but by clicking onto the icons that made the most sense.

I am thrilled that I found and tried out Airtable! And now I am more thrilled that I am now a part of the Airtable community!

  • It has a really great UI. It is friendly enough for users that may find databases somewhat daunting but robust enough for folks like me that have intermediary database skills.
  • I like the way that you make the content of drop-down boxes look like colorful tagging.
  • It is very easy to add pictures and other types of attachments.
  • Making the database relational by linking fields is pretty simple.
  • I am still in my trial phase so some of my wishes (I will not consider these "cons", yet) may already exist in the more advanced plans but I would like to be able to wrap the text in the fields within the default Grid View.
  • I think that all of the plans should give some the ability to change the font, font size and formatting of the text within a field.
  • The calendar feature was a little quirky. And as far as I can tell, it does not allow me to put several items in on specific dates.
  • Right now, quickly building up our database resources is critical. Our ability to engage folks to volunteer to help with the creation of these databases without needing a steep learning curve to do so means that we can engage folks without frustrating them.
  • Eventually, we will use Airtable to track participants time and activity resources and this information will be used to inform grant proposals
I am very familiar with FileMaker Pro. I grew up on FMP. But unless you "grew up" with FMP, the learning curve for newbies is really steep. Also, we are a very small, start-up nonprofit and Airtable not only fits our immediate needs but it also will allow us to grow into the full robustness of this application for a far more reasonable cost.... bigger bang for the buck. Since I will be the one to train people on the use of Airtable, it is cost-effective in terms of my using my time and energy to show volunteers how to use the database.
Databases are critical to the work of community organizing. Being able to build a database of community members, groups, and organizations and then to track the contact you have had with folks important to our work. It is terrific to be able to track meeting attendance by linking fields. Also, it is very helpful that the vendor has created a mobile app that can sync across devices and platforms. And once I figure out the calendar feature, I can use this to set up appointments.

Airtable Feature Ratings

Project Management
9.2
Task Management
10
Resource Management
Not Rated
Gantt Charts
10
Scheduling
5
Workflow Automation
Not Rated
Team Collaboration
10
Support for Agile Methodology
Not Rated
Support for Waterfall Methodology
Not Rated
Document Management
10
Email integration
Not Rated
Mobile Access
10
Timesheet Tracking
Not Rated
Change request and Case Management
Not Rated
Budget and Expense Management
Not Rated
Professional Services Automation ()
Not Rated

Evaluating Airtable and Competitors

Yes - FileMaker Pro. Airtable is more intuitive and a much easier platform for folks to use that have little to no database creation skills.
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Prior Experience with the Product
The ease of use was the main reason for the purchase. We are a start-up nonprofit and work with volunteers and young people. We need for people to get up to speed quickly with the work we give them but we also want for people to feel free to create and organize a database in the way that works best for them without us having to hold their hands while they do this. Airtable is a perfect fit for this.
I wouldn't