Assembly Line

Alternatives to Quickbase in 2026

4 commercial products, led by Airtable, Coda and Smartsheet Grids. 3 open-source projects you can run yourself, led by APITable, Grist-core and Mathesar.

Open source

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    APITable apitable

    🚀🎉📚 APITable, an API-oriented low-code platform for building collaborative apps and better than all other Airtable open-source alternatives.

    Complete system Usable You want a self-hosted Airtable alternative with an API on every table and can run a Java plus Node stack.

    ★ 16k AGPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 2 months ago
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    Grist-core gristlabs

    Grist is the evolution of spreadsheets.

    Complete system Production-ready Your team has outgrown spreadsheets and wants Airtable-style structure that can be self-hosted.

    ★ 12k Apache-2.0 TypeScript Active, pushed today
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    Mathesar mathesar-foundation

    An intuitive spreadsheet-like interface that lets users of all technical skill levels view, edit, query, and collaborate on Postgres data directly. 100% open source and self hosted, with native Postgres access control.

    Complete system Usable Non-technical colleagues need to work with data in an existing Postgres database and you want them to use the real tables, not a copy.

    ★ 5.2k GPL-3.0 Svelte Active, pushed today

Commercial

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    Airtable Airtable

    500,000+ brands use Airtable to enable real-time collaboration, automate repetitive tasks & manual work, and streamline business processes in minutes. Join them.

    Complete system Production-ready A team has outgrown spreadsheets and wants linked records and simple apps without developers.

    5.1k readers a month Since 2012 Commercial
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    Coda Coda Project

    Coda is an all-in-one platform that blends the flexibility of docs, structure of spreadsheets, power of applications, and intelligence of AI.

    Complete system Production-ready A team wants docs and simple operational apps such as trackers in one flexible workspace.

    144 readers a month Since 2019 Commercial
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    Smartsheet Grids Smartsheet Inc.

    Personalize workflows, predict outcomes, and move faster with Smartsheet – a platform built for the way you work.

    Complete system Production-ready Teams want shared tracking tables with approval workflows and already use Smartsheet.

    Commercial
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    Knack Knack

    Build robust applications with our No-Code AI App Builder and premier app builder platform. Try Knack for free today!

    Framework or platform Production-ready A small organisation wants a database-backed web app with user logins and no developers.

    Commercial

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