Baserow
FreemiumBuild databases and apps as easily as a spreadsheet.
Published 27 September 2026
Scores
Popularity3/5
A recognized open-source Airtable alternative with a strong review rating, but its GitHub following and market visibility are meaningfully smaller than the category leaders.
Learning Curve2/5
The grid/gallery/form views read as a spreadsheet from the first session, and most users get a working table up without any setup beyond signing in or self-hosting the container.
Flexibility4/5
A REST API on every table, built-in automations, and AI-assisted field generation give it real integration and workflow surface beyond a static grid.
Performance3/5
Real-time WebSocket sync and a Postgres-backed core hold up well for typical internal-tool workloads, though reviewers note occasional session and UI rough edges.
Portability5/5
MIT-licensed core with no premium-gated open-source restrictions, self-hostable on standard infrastructure, and backed by a plain PostgreSQL database rather than a proprietary store.
About Baserow
Baserow is a no-code database builder that presents data through a familiar spreadsheet interface — grid, gallery, form, and kanban views — while storing everything in a PostgreSQL-backed core underneath. Teams use it to build lightweight apps, CRMs, project trackers, and internal tools without writing backend code, then connect to the same data through a REST API for automations or custom applications.
Collaboration is real-time: changes made by one user propagate to others instantly over WebSockets, and role-based permissions control who can view or edit what. Baserow also ships automations and AI-assisted features (field generation, data cleanup) built on top of the same table model, plus a library of 65+ starter templates for common use cases.
The core platform is MIT-licensed and free to self-host, following an open-core model: Premium, Advanced, and Enterprise editions layer on row/storage limits, role-based permissions, audit logs, snapshots, and SSO for teams that need them, available either as a managed cloud plan or as a self-hosted license. Compared to Airtable, Baserow's pitch is data ownership — self-host on your own infrastructure and the underlying Postgres database is yours, with no proprietary export format standing between you and your data.
Key Features
- Spreadsheet-style grid, gallery, form, and kanban views over a PostgreSQL-backed core
- Real-time collaboration via WebSockets — edits sync instantly across users
- Developer-friendly REST API generated for every table
- Built-in automations and AI-assisted field generation
- Role-based permissions, audit logs, and snapshots (Advanced/Enterprise)
- MIT-licensed core, self-hostable or managed cloud
- 65+ starter templates for common database and app use cases
Pros
- MIT-licensed core with a genuinely free, full-featured self-hosted option
- Data stored in a standard PostgreSQL core — no proprietary lock-in
- Real-time collaboration and a developer-friendly API out of the box
- Intuitive, familiar spreadsheet UI that reviewers consistently rate highly
- Cost-effective compared to Airtable for teams willing to self-host
Cons
- Smaller community and feature set than Airtable — some functionality still lags
- Self-hosting has real service dependencies and setup complexity
- Row, storage, and automation limits on lower cloud tiers can be restrictive
- Some users report frequent session logouts and UI rough edges
- Filtering and deduplication on CSV imports need manual cleanup
Baserow Pricing
Freemium- · MIT-licensed core, free to self-host indefinitely
- · Unlimited rows and storage on your own infrastructure
- · Grid, gallery, form, and kanban views included
- · 3,000 rows and 2 GB storage per workspace
- · 2,000 automation credits
- · 65+ templates library
- · $10/user/month billed yearly ($12 monthly)
- · 50,000 rows, 20 GB storage per workspace
- · All view types and AI features included
- · $18/user/month billed yearly ($22 monthly)
- · 250,000 rows, 100 GB storage per workspace
- · Role-based permissions, audit logs, snapshots
- · Custom pricing — contact sales
- · 1,000,000 rows, 1,000 GB storage per workspace
- · SSO, implementation support, invoice billing
Tech Stacks with Baserow
Tools Related to Baserow
Integrates with Baserow(1)
Baserow's REST API is consumed by n8n's HTTP Request node for automation workflows that need a structured, spreadsheet-style data store outside of Airtable or Google Sheets.
Alternatives to Baserow(2)
Baserow and NocoDB are the two leading self-hostable Airtable alternatives, most often shortlisted against each other when a team decides to self-host rather than use Airtable.
Baserow is an MIT-licensed, self-hostable alternative to Airtable, trading some of Airtable's polish and ecosystem for full data ownership on a standard PostgreSQL core.
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Details
- Maintained
- Yes
- DB model
- Relational
- Query language
- SQL
- Hosting
- Cloud & Self-hosted
- ACID compliant
- Yes
- Replication
- Yes
- GitHub stars
- 6k
- Stars updated
- 2026-09-23