A highly customizable (and fun to use) multipurpose business tool
August 09, 2019
A highly customizable (and fun to use) multipurpose business tool
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Airtable
I used to use Airtable for editorial project management (keeping track of which assignments were due and when, who they were assigned to, status, etc.) but now I use it primarily as a database for managing keyword data for my SEO clients. I also use it personally for my family budget.
- Customization. There are a million ways to use Airtable; it's very easy to customize and adapt to your needs.
- Familiarity. If you've used Excel or Google Sheets, you'll have no problem with Airtable. I prefer it over these tools, however, because of the color-coding and interface style.
- Value. If you're looking for a budget, multipurpose project management tool, Airtable can't be beat. Price goes up if you have a lot of users, but you can set up a combination of free and paid "bases" to meet your needs so you don't have to pay and arm and a leg for every user.
- Restoring deleted records - it's way too easy to accidentally delete something and not realize it!
- Dashboarding - it would be nice to create custom dashboards that give a high-level view of different things across bases.
- Scaling - Airtable was what initially took my one-woman business and made it possible for me to manage multiple clients and projects.
- Speed - I learned it quickly and was able to implement it in my business within days.
- Better collaboration
- Automation - Airtable integrates with Zapier, a function I used frequently to notify writers when they had projects assigned to them.
I actually use both Airtable and Monday for different purposes. I've found Monday to be the better collaboration/project management/dashboarding tool, while Airtable is better as a database.