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24 alternatives to Fieldbook

Create a database, as easily as a spreadsheet

Fieldbook is a web-based database tool that uses a spreadsheet-like interface to make database creation accessible to non-technical users. It combines the simplicity of working with rows and columns with the… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Fieldbook launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    A database with an API, as simple as a spreadsheet

    2015 · fieldbook.com · its alternatives →

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    Retable▲756

    Airtable alternative - one tool to replace them all

    2024 · retable.io · its alternatives →

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    Airtable is a low-code platform for building collaborative apps. Customize your workflow, collaborate, and achieve ambitious outcomes. Get started for free.

    2014 · airtable.com · its alternatives →

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    We'll turn your spreadsheet into a custom online database

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    hey hn — we’re hoshang & vishal, co-founders of airbook. it’s an ai-native workspace to build notebooks, dashboards, or even lightweight data apps — all from one place (https://www.airbook.io) we used to run ops and analytics at saas startups and constantly found ourselves juggling 10 tools just to get one thing done - exploration in a notebook, kpis in a dashboard, and re-usable scripts or apps hacked together elsewhere. it was slow, fragmented, and repetitive. with Airbook, you can connect to your database, warehouse, or even directly to saas tools if you don’t have an etl in…

    2024 · airbook.io · its alternatives →

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    The next evolution of spreadsheets (pre-launch)

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Hey there HN! We’re Joe and Stopa, and today we’re open sourcing InstantDB, a client-side database that makes it easy to build real-time and collaborative apps like Notion and Figma. Building modern apps these days involves a lot of schleps. For a basic CRUD app you need to spin up servers, wire up endpoints, integrate auth, add permissions, and then marshal data from the backend to the frontend and back again. If you want to deliver a buttery smooth user experience, you’ll need to add optimistic updates and rollbacks. We do these steps over and over for every feature we build, which can…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    🔥 🔥 🔥 A Free & Self-hostable Airtable Alternative. Contribute to nocodb/nocodb development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tabledo▲285

    Create dynamic websites using data from your spreadsheets

    2017 · tabledo.com · its alternatives →

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    NocoDB▲465

    Free & open source Airtable alternative

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Sheetbase▲450

    Free, fast and fun way to build modern websites and apps 🛠️

    2018 · sheetbase.net · its alternatives →

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    50+ actionable data templates with interactive SQL queries

    2023 · app.airbook.io · its alternatives →

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    GRID▲244

    Turn your spreadsheets into smart, interactive web documents

    2021 · grid.is · its alternatives →

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    A spreadsheet natively connected with apps & data sources

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Rows▲511

    Import business data and analyze it using plain language.

    2021 · rows.com · its alternatives →

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    Human workforce and AI plugged into your Google Spreadsheets

    2017 · magicspreadsheet.com · its alternatives →

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    Build live reports with your database data in a spreadsheet

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Baserow▲341

    Baserow 2.0 introduces workflow automations, the Kuma AI assistant, date dependencies, smarter AI fields, workspace search, and improved security with 2FA.

    2022 · baserow.io · its alternatives →

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    Features Spreadsheet-like interface All you want is here • Cell Editing: Directly click and edit content within cells. • Formula Support: Input mathematical and logical formulas to auto-calculate values. • Data Sorting and Filtering: Sort data based on a column or multiple columns; use filters to view specific rows of data. • Aggregation Function: Automatically summarize statistics for each column, providing instant calculations like sum, average, count, max, and min for streamlined data analysis. • Data Formatting: formatting numbers, dates, etc. • Grouping: Organize rows into collapsible…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! I’m Eoin, founder of Sourcetable (https://sourcetable.com). Sourcetable is an AI-native spreadsheet that syncs with all your data. Users pair with an AI copilot that helps them do their spreadsheet work, as well as more database-centric analysis and SQL. Soucetable syncs with databases including Postgres, MySQL, and MongoDB, and over 100+ business applications including Stripe, Zendesk, Hubspot, Quickbooks and Google Analytics. That data is available in a spreadsheet, and any models you build automatically update in near-real-time as new data flows in. The core primitives…

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Sheetsu▲537

    Turn Google Spreadsheet into API

    2015 · sheetdb.io · its alternatives →

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    If you have a cloud-hosted database, read on: Visual DB was designed for you. Visual DB is the fastest way to create data entry forms for your database: Starting with an Excel spreadsheet, you can import your data into the database and create a great-looking form in under 10 minutes. Watch this video: https://youtu.be/6rVD5rmrjN8 Visual DB is a comprehensive SaaS frontend for your database. In addition to data entry forms, Visual DB also has a spreadsheet-like interface for inserting and updating data in your database. You can also build interactive reports using Visual DB.…

    2024 · visualdb.com · its alternatives →

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