Mathesar vs Smartsheet Grids
Mathesar and Smartsheet Grids are both no-code database software. Mathesar is open source under GPL-3.0, with 5.2k GitHub stars. Smartsheet Grids is a commercial product from Smartsheet Inc.
Which to pick
- Pick Mathesar when
- 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.
- Pick Smartsheet Grids when
- Teams want shared tracking tables with approval workflows and already use Smartsheet.
Side by side
A spreadsheet-like web interface for viewing, editing and querying data directly in PostgreSQL, using Postgres roles for access control.
Smartsheet's grid sheets used as a structured, shared table with forms, automations and reports.
Still pre-1.0, and it only works with PostgreSQL.
It is a spreadsheet model, not a relational database, so linking data is limited.
Usable
Production-ready
Self-hosted server and cloud service
Cloud service and mobile app
Python, Django, Svelte, TypeScript and PostgreSQL
Not published
Open source, GPL-3.0 (strong copyleft)
Closed source, sold by Smartsheet Inc.
Use inside your business is unrestricted, but anything you distribute that includes it must be released under the same license.
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
5.2k GitHub stars
No Wikipedia article of its own
Established: started 5 years ago, latest release 0.12.0.
Not known
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.