Airtable Reviews

Airtable is not a product that is the focus of our business, but when we come across opportunities that make sense, we work with the tools we can use for such a project. My company has done a couple of projects using Airtable involving app-building. We do a lot of document imaging workflows. Often, there is a need to merge something with another application that is being managed in a business. For example, one of our customers is a school district using PowerSchool or one of the other tools for managing their grading plans and student registrations. We had our company's application, and its document was archived separately. Our customers wanted to integrate our company's application with Airtable to make things seamless. Aitrable is pretty easy to work with, very intuitive, and reliable. We were able to do the workflow with the tool relatively easily.

What you see is what you get. The thing that my company found to be the most frustrating is when you follow the project's game plan, and when we hit the button, it doesn't work as we expected it to function.

Some of the issues associated with the tool were related to some misunderstanding regarding the instructions mentioned in the documentation part of the product. The issues related to the product could be resolved with just a phone call.

I have been using it as a dynamic database application to store information that can be shared and edited across teams.

Although I haven't used it in a little while, I appreciated the ability to configure a graphical interface for a database, which was quite novel at the time. 

However, many different applications offer this feature now. I believe that the company I worked for did not utilize it to its full potential. We used it only as an intake form and a web page publisher, yet it could have been leveraged for more. It was effective for easy reporting and data on our user feedback.

I use Airtable as a database to store information and perform automation with scripting.

I use Airtable to get leads from my Pipedrive account to store in the Airtable base. I use it to track speed to leads of my sales personnel. For example, when a client calls, I use it to know exactly the time they take to answer that call. I also use it to document processes. We have a calibration company, so we save our information, such as the tools we use, the last calibration date, expiring dates, and so on. We use automation to remind us when particular equipment will expire for recalibration. Those are some of the things we do with Airtable. We can send reminders to different departments that are responsible for that.

I have integrated it with Google Workspace. If our equipment is due for calibration, it is integrated with Gmail, so we can send the due dates to the team responsible for recalibrating the equipment. It can also send notifications through Slack to different departments that are responsible. I have done that integration before.

We use Pipedrive for our CRM, and instead of typing different customer names inside Airtable, we now use webhooks to connect it to Pipedrive. Pipedrive sends the information to Airtable and it automatically populates in the Airtable database. Instead of manually calculating the speed to lead for each sales agent, it does it automatically, which reduces error and improves efficiency.

What I appreciate about Airtable is its ease of use and automatic saving feature. When using Microsoft Excel, you might forget to save your documents, but with Airtable, it saves automatically. You can also perform complex tasks that might not be possible with other platforms such as Excel. You can add PDF documents, perform basic automations, and even do scripting with Airtable.

Airtable has really benefited us in document storage. You don't need to search for different documents everywhere. Everybody has a particular base for different purposes, so you add information to those bases and anybody can access it at any point in time anywhere in the world.

It has helped us by eliminating the need to carry our systems around. You can log in from anywhere in the world, access your account, and work with it anywhere.

I have a machine shop, and I use Airtable to manage the day-to-day workflow of my machine shop. When I initially started building it, other companies in advanced manufacturing approached me to build similar systems using Airtable and other API-friendly apps. So my business is two-fold, wherein I have a machine shop, and I do Airtable consulting. I build systems for companies in various industries using Airtable as a central hub.

The scripting extension enhances the things that you can do with Airtable.

I am employed at a startup that specializes in the production of aviation-related goods. In our operations, we utilize our software for various tasks, such as handling inventory, managing onboarding and offboarding processes, overseeing IT management and ticketing, and primarily focusing on purchase requirements. Our software plays a vital role in efficiently managing the entire inventory.

Airtable stands out for its exceptional user-friendliness, making it accessible to users of all skill levels. Its intuitive navigation ensures a smooth experience, allowing users to easily explore and comprehend its functionalities. Moreover, Airtable offers powerful automation capabilities that enhance efficiency. One particularly advantageous aspect is the seamless linking of databases, enabling the effortless creation of relational databases. Overall, this feature has proven to be immensely valuable and has been the primary focus of my usage.

We use Airtable to manage and track weekly site visits and monitor progress and improvements over time.

The product helps us track activities, address complaints, and make improvements.

I primarily support communications organizations using Airtable’s enterprise version for workflows involving master calendars, content and asset repositories, media CRMs, social media planning and publishing, tracking performance/metrics, and more. Additionally, I use it for managing my business (e.g., invoicing, tracking clients, etc.). It has many different use cases.

Airtable's ability to bring people from different teams and geographies together into say a master calendar, with complete control over who sees what when and in what format, is highly beneficial for communications organizations. It can serve as that single source of truth reflecting real-time updates, which is a common pain point for my clients whose communications plans are constantly shifting and evolving. It's always enjoyable when I first introduce Airtable to a group of communicators, and they have that "light bulb" moment of realizing its true potential for their workflows. However, one of the cons and pros is its flexibility and customizability, which can be overwhelming for those who don't consider themselves technically savvy or lack time to learn about all it has to offer. While there's a learning curve and setup required to make it truly useful and automated, once you overcome that, it can be a powerful tool for both small-scale and large-scale businesses.

I use it for my project management and as a mini CRM for my consultation business.

The relations and multiple-choice options are the most valuable features. For example, if I have one client but multiple projects in the same client, it's much easier to map it with Airtable than if I use a Google Sheet. The relationship between interfaces is a key feature that I use very often. And I also keep track of which features are needed for which projects. I would need to sign up, log in, do the basics, and then make payments. So each cell, I would need more than one value, which is impossible in Google Sheets. It takes a lot of work to sort or fast filter with that. But Airtable makes it super smooth. So these two are the four features that I use. Their interface is also very good. One can share this as a front end. That works like a front end for the table.