Airtable

What do you like best about the product?

I love that Airtable feels like a blank slate. Because it supports many different field types, along with automations and integrations, it can easily serve as a one-stop shop for a wide range of use cases. The UI is easy on the eyes and user-friendly, so anyone can pick it up and shape it to suit their needs.

The AI features Airtable is rolling out are amazing. They take some of the more complex capabilities that can be harder to use directly and bring them into AI tools that let you use natural language to set things up. Performance is also snappy—connecting to multiple external sources with tens of thousands of records still allows for seamless back-and-forth data flows. Enterprise support has been friendly and prompt, and it has never let me down. Lastly, the ROI from consolidating tools into Airtable has been highly beneficial for my scope.

What do you dislike about the product?

As mentioned previously, Airtable is a blank slate, which some users may find intimidating as they don't know what to do with it first. In the hands of a skilled builder, it's a dream come true.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ease of access is very straightforward, compared to Airtable's competitors!

What do you like best about the product?

Airtable has been a key tool for our company. Its basics make the building of our ERP very lean (unique data layer, direct sync with shared interfaces, experience based on the collaborator role). Automations are of course a must for our organization now and remain very limited in cost, compared to the value they provide, including when it uses AI capacities. Support have always been quite reactive and helpful (expect one or two occurrences that seemed to be linked to my interlocutor). And finally their constant progress in communication and features make it up-to-date regarding the state-of-the-art and relieves us from benchmarking for migrations, more performing tool set.

What do you dislike about the product?

The successive joins between tables and limitations of 500 columns per table is definitely a constraint

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Using it a unique source of truth, with no lack of confidence from any collaborator is a real value for the whole company, from executives to interns

What do you like best about the product?

Airtable is a highly scalable data platform that can support everything from simple workflows to complex business systems. Its intuitive interface, flexible building tools and in-app AI assistance make it easy for users to get started quickly, while still providing the depth needed for more advanced applications.

As AI accelerates and interfaces become increasingly user-orchestrated, the ability to capture, structure and connect data effectively is becoming a significant business advantage. Airtable makes this straightforward through extensive integration options, an accessible API and native MCP capabilities for both building applications and working directly with data.

Its real strength is adaptability. Applications can evolve continuously as requirements change, rather than being constrained by a one-off system implementation. This creates ongoing value and allows organisations to respond quickly to new opportunities, processes and technologies. Solid performance coupled with this adaptability means that return on cost investment is continual and not tied to one-off implementation of 'fixed' systems.

The platform is also well supported. Airtable provides extensive guidance through its support resources and developer documentation, while Airtable Academy offers structured learning and certification. An active user and developer community adds another valuable source of practical knowledge and support.

The future of business systems will depend on tools that are accessible, adaptable and able to evolve alongside rapidly changing needs. Airtable is well positioned to be one of those platforms.

What do you dislike about the product?

There’s very little to dislike about Airtable. It’s continually being updated with new features and additions - which is fantastic - but it can also mean that user-builders sometimes struggle to take full advantage of the more powerful new capabilities as they arrive. Beyond that, the downsides are few to none.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

One straightforward problem that Airtable has helped solve across many developments and implementations I’ve worked on is the easy centralisation of core business data. For any business, this brings clarity and insight grounded in reality - something that’s hard to achieve when data is disconnected and scattered.

When data is more visible, operations become more visible too. Stronger data cohesion also supports better analysis, helping turn information into knowledge and, ultimately, wisdom. Time is saved when information is readily available and doesn’t need to be hunted down, and decisions can be made faster and more accurately when the full picture is accessible.

What do you like best about the product?

What I like most about Airtable is how flexible and customizable it is. I can take a complex academic workflow that would normally require multiple spreadsheets and turn it into a centralized system tailored to exactly how our team works.

Being able to link related information, create different views and interfaces for different users, and automate repetitive communication has been especially valuable for managing faculty scheduling, clinical placements, and broader academic operations. I also appreciate that I can keep refining the system as our processes evolve, without needing extensive technical or programming knowledge.

Overall, Airtable strikes a great balance for me: it’s powerful enough to handle complex workflows, yet still approachable enough for an administrative user to build, maintain, and adjust over time.

What do you dislike about the product?

The biggest challenge with Airtable is the learning curve once you start using more advanced features like formulas, linked records, automations, and interfaces. Some of the more complex calculations and reporting can also take some trial and error.

I would also like more flexibility with permissions and user access when building interfaces for larger groups. Overall, though, these are manageable limitations given how customizable the platform is.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Airtable is helping us move away from managing complex academic and clinical scheduling processes across multiple spreadsheets and disconnected systems. I use it to centralize faculty availability, assignments, clinical sessions, staffing needs, and scheduling information in one place.

This gives our team better visibility, reduces duplicate or outdated information, and makes it much easier to identify staffing gaps and follow up with faculty. Automations and customized interfaces also reduce manual administrative work and make our processes more scalable as our programs grow.

What do you like best about the product?

What I like best is how far I can build on my own. I've replaced entirely manual, spreadsheet-based workflows with systems that run themselves in Airtable, no engineering tickets required. It holds up as real infrastructure too. I have scripting-heavy setups where Google Apps Script feeds into Airtable bases, and it's the reliable backbone for all of it. The AI features are the other big one. When I'm building or debugging an automation, working through the logic with AI gets me to a working version much faster.

What do you dislike about the product?

Honestly, my one real gripe is the learning curve. It takes genuine effort to get good at this. The features that make it powerful, automations, scripting, the way everything connects, are not things you pick up in an afternoon. I spent real time getting fluent before I could build what I build now. It pays off, and once you're past that curve the ceiling is high, but I won't pretend the ramp is quick or gentle.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's taken work that used to be fully manual and spreadsheet-driven and turned it into partially or fully automated systems. My team no longer babysits records by hand or copies data between sheets. I've built pipelines where email comes in, gets parsed, lands in the right base, and goes back out, all without me touching it. The benefit is time and reliability. The repetitive work runs itself, mistakes drop, and I can put my attention on the operation instead of the busywork.