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Airtable vs BigID Next comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 22, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.4
Airtable enhances efficiency and productivity with automation, offering significant ROI and valuable corporate use despite minor issues.
Sentiment score
7.3
BigID Next offers strong ROI through compliance, data management integration, cost savings, automation, and reduced staffing, avoiding fines.
I can automate the process so it automatically populates data into the Airtable base and performs any necessary calculations.
Business automation Expert at INSTRUTECH LIMITED
I use it to monitor my performance as a freelancer, checking if I'm doing work and delivering on time.
Automation Specialist at ZapWorx
Overall, it is a good thing, and really helpful for the corporate world, product teams, support teams, and the overall operation team.
Senior Product Consultant II at Vimeo
It is one of the best tools in the market.
Senior Manager at KPMG
We have seen returns across all three aspects: fewer employees needed, money saved, and time saved with BigID.
Senior Security Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
I have seen a return on investment from using BigID, particularly as it is a regulatory and compliance tool that helps avoid potential penalties for non-compliance.
Senior Security Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.2
Airtable's customer service is polite and efficient, especially for enterprise clients, despite some users desiring faster responses.
Sentiment score
6.5
BigID Next's support is praised for responsiveness, efficiency, and high customer satisfaction, despite occasional delays and time-consuming initial contact.
We are prepared to go inside their account and impersonate the user's account to identify the root cause of their issues.
Senior Product Consultant II at Vimeo
BigID has one of the best technical support teams.
Senior Manager at KPMG
I would rate the customer support a six because you cannot directly reach out to L3 or L2 support if there's a major issue.
Senior Security Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
developing the custom connectors was relatively easy because of the courses I attended at BigID University and the support given by the BigID engineering team.
Senior Security Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
5.6
Airtable suits small to medium projects, offering flexible user management, but may face limitations with larger datasets.
Sentiment score
6.7
BigID Next is scalable with mixed opinions, excelling in large environments but facing data handling and presentation challenges.
We have multiple departments, and based on my knowledge of how many clients we have on that particular table, I could say it is more than seventeen thousand clients in the whole database.
Senior Product Consultant II at Vimeo
I have added very large data sources to the BigID environment, and it remains stable.
Senior Security Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
BigID is scalable, allowing you to purchase as many scanners as you want.
Senior Security Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Airtable is reliable with occasional downtime and bugs; users praise its support and report general satisfaction with performance.
Sentiment score
7.5
BigID Next is often seen as reliable with some stability concerns but praised for data security and ease of use.
There was one instance of a glitch due to AWS having issues with some regions where the app was hosted, but aside from that, Airtable is very stable and reliable.
Automation Specialist at Upwork
BigID is generally stable, however, there is a noted issue with bulk tagging that can affect scan results.
Senior Associate - IT Governance and Compliance at Fulcrum Digital Inc
 

Room For Improvement

Airtable users desire faster syncing, enhanced automation, improved interfaces, better documentation, advanced CRM features, and revised pricing.
BigID Next needs enhancements in file access, security, automation, UI navigation, deployment, data governance, and support features.
I really want to see a scenario where collaborators working on a project could easily chat, asking questions and discussing changes immediately on the project.
Automation Specialist at ZapWorx
If they show step-by-step guides for automations, this will help them attract more clients who are willing to learn and use their system.
Business automation Expert at INSTRUTECH LIMITED
The CRM features in Airtable aren't as advanced as those in Monday.com, which allows for email campaigns.
Automation Specialist at Upwork
There is also an issue with incident tagging, where all objects get tagged without an option to untag specific ones, and reverting changes is only possible through MongoDB Central, which can lead to data loss for certain periods.
Senior Associate - IT Governance and Compliance at Fulcrum Digital Inc
I want them to focus on data mapping, assessment, automation workflow, and privacy incident management.
Senior Manager at KPMG
BigID deserves recognition for the data discovery part, which has been wonderful and quite accurate, along with the confidence level process that allows us to fine-tune results for better accuracy from the database.
Assistant Manager - Cyber : Digital Privacy and Trust at Deloitte
 

Setup Cost

Airtable offers scalable pricing from $10/user monthly, with free limited plans; enterprise requires consultation for custom features.
BigID Next offers premium, capacity-based pricing; valued by large enterprises for advanced features, less feasible for smaller businesses.
BigID might be expensive as it involves various paid services, like data retention and graphic rights management.
Senior Associate - IT Governance and Compliance at Fulcrum Digital Inc
The pricing is competitive in the market, however, I need to ask for the right price.
Senior Manager at KPMG
 

Valuable Features

Airtable offers user-friendly design, automation, and customization, enabling effortless data management and integration without extensive technical knowledge.
BigID Next offers a user-friendly design, seamless Microsoft integration, and powerful data discovery, classification, and protection capabilities.
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.
Business automation Expert at INSTRUTECH LIMITED
I can integrate Airtable with other platforms; aside from the native integration where I can send notifications to Slack teams and messages to Gmail, I can also connect with Make.com to share data.
Automation Specialist at ZapWorx
We have connected our Slack channel to Airtable; any updates or changes made to Airtable will always reflect in the Slack channel.
Senior Product Consultant II at Vimeo
One of the best features of BigID is its strength in data discovery and governance.
Senior Manager at KPMG
BigID simplifies things by integrating both data protection and data privacy in one environment, making it easier for end users.
Senior Security Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
The most valuable feature of BigID is its large number of classifiers, which allow us to scan for specific data such as SSN numbers.
Senior Associate - IT Governance and Compliance at Fulcrum Digital Inc
 

Categories and Ranking

Airtable
Ranking in AI Data Analysis
11th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
Project Management Software (12th), No-Code Development Platforms (9th), Product Management Software (1st), AI Sales & Marketing (2nd)
BigID Next
Ranking in AI Data Analysis
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) (7th), Data Governance (6th), Data Privacy Management Software (2nd), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the AI Data Analysis category, the mindshare of Airtable is 0.5%. The mindshare of BigID Next is 2.7%, down from 16.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Data Analysis Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
BigID2.7%
Airtable0.5%
Other96.8%
AI Data Analysis
 

Featured Reviews

Favour Emosivbe - PeerSpot reviewer
Automation Specialist at ZapWorx
Has required stronger collaboration features while still supporting complex project workflows
The best features in Airtable include the flexibility and the fact that I could create relational databases. Before I started using Airtable, I was using Excel which didn't offer these capabilities. The ability to create relationships between tables and see through what's working in other departments is great for me. I can do scripting and work on large data sets on Airtable. It makes it easy for me, as working on those data sets on Excel tends to slow me down, but on Airtable, it's much faster. I can integrate Airtable with other platforms; aside from the native integration where I can send notifications to Slack teams and messages to Gmail, I can also connect with Make.com to share data. The interface on Airtable is exceptional. Working for my clients, when a client didn't want access given to all teams, we structured that on the interface and the different teams got different access to different tables. Airtable's rich field types help in organizing complex data for my team. The advanced field types work exceptionally with features such as linking records together. I can link records from other tables and see what's happening, use the lookup field, the roll-up field, and the count field to see what's occurring in other departments and generate insights. Unlike other CRMs, data cannot enter if it's not properly structured. If I want to input an email and it's not valid, it won't allow it because it expects the data to be structured appropriately.
Aniruddha Nath - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Data discovery has transformed compliance workflows and automation now speeds up requests and remediation
The best feature that BigID offers is data discovery and classification, which is the most powerful engine. It allows connecting to many different data sources, ranging from cloud to on-premises to structured to unstructured data. If there is no connector available, you can build your own classifiers as well. Regarding the custom classifier option, you can build custom classifiers using regular expressions, and I have done that if you know how to create regular expressions. Custom connectors are something you create to connect to a database where the connector is not available. BigID has positively impacted my organization as it's a very powerful tool, especially with the increasing regulatory compliances for different countries such as GDPR, CCPA, and India's recent DPDPA act. Having these tools in place greatly helps organizations avoid any penal charges for not being compliant with the regulatory compliances. For example, regarding compliance or reduced risks for my clients, the DSAR process I was talking about allows organizations to respond quickly to user data deletion requests under GDPR law, which traditionally has a 30-day or 60-day timeline. In larger organizations, when the number of requests is high, it becomes tedious. However, using DSAR automation with BigID, it's almost instantaneous; instead of 30 days, you can respond in just one day to what users have requested.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Educational Organization
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Construction Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
22%
Insurance Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Airtable?
I am not sure about the pricing because I believe budget discussions are handled by a different marketing team. We have a separate team that manages all those matters; we just handle the clients' d...
What needs improvement with Airtable?
One area of Airtable that I think could be improved is the automation aspect, which is vast but limited compared to tools such as GoHighLevel, where multiple triggers can be utilized. In Airtable, ...
What is your primary use case for Airtable?
My usual use case for Airtable is for CRM management, such as lead management, and also real estate project management. I also use it for project management related to events, project management, i...
What do you like most about BigID?
I like BigID's in-depth discovery and scanning capabilities, especially for unstructured data. This feature is a standout compared to competitors. The tool's data classification capabilities are i...
What needs improvement with BigID?
One improvement I would suggest is addressing the intermittent failures of BigID scans, as there are times when some errors occur. I think the BigID team is aware of this and works on resolving iss...
What is your primary use case for BigID?
BigID's main use case is connecting to various data sources to perform the data discovery process, classify the data within those systems, and identify sensitive information across various structur...
 

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Sample Customers

Cole Haan, Expedia, BuzzFeed, Medium, Shopify, Box, JetBlue
Home Depot, Grant Thornton LLP, Cimpress, Fidelity Investments
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