Airtable is a popular no-code database and project management tool used by teams at Netflix, GitHub, and thousands of SMBs. But its pricing can be confusing — especially after Airtable restructured its plans in 2023-2024. This guide gives you the full, up-to-date breakdown for 2026.
⚡ Airtable 2026 Pricing — Quick Summary
🆓 Free: $0 — up to 5 editors, 1,000 records/base
👥 Team: $20/user/month (annual billing)
🚀 Business: $45/user/month (annual billing)
🏢 Enterprise Scale: Custom quote
⚠️ Note: Pricing is per editor — read-only viewers are free
All Airtable Plans 2026
| Plan | Annual Price | Monthly Price | Records/Base |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | 1,000 |
| Team | $20/user/mo | $24/user/mo | 50,000 |
| Business | $45/user/mo | $54/user/mo | 125,000 |
| Enterprise Scale | Custom | Custom | 500,000+ |
Key detail: Airtable charges per editor (anyone who can edit records). Read-only viewers and commenters are free and unlimited on all plans. This makes Airtable cost-effective for teams with many stakeholders who only view data.
Airtable Free Plan
Airtable's free plan includes:
| Feature | Free Plan |
|---|---|
| Editors | Up to 5 |
| Records per base | 1,000 |
| Attachment storage | 1 GB per base |
| Bases (databases) | Unlimited |
| Views (Grid, Calendar, Gallery) | ✅ |
| Automations | ❌ |
| Airtable AI | ❌ |
| API access | ✅ (1,000 calls/month) |
| Version history | 2 weeks only |
| Forms | ✅ |
Best for: Solo users and very small teams exploring Airtable. The 1,000-record limit per base is the main bottleneck — most real-world projects hit it quickly.
Team Plan — $20/user/month
The Team plan is the most popular choice for small-to-mid businesses. Key additions over Free:
- ✅ 50,000 records per base — removes the biggest Free constraint
- ✅ 25,000 automation runs/month
- ✅ 20 GB attachments per base
- ✅ 6 months version history
- ✅ Gantt & Timeline views
- ✅ All views: Grid, Calendar, Gallery, Kanban, Gantt, Timeline, Form
- ✅ Airtable AI (limited credits included)
- ✅ Extensions (chart, page designer, etc.)
- ❌ No advanced admin controls
Best for: Teams of 5–50 managing complex databases, CRM replacements, or content pipelines.
Business Plan — $45/user/month
Business is for larger teams needing governance and higher limits:
- ✅ 125,000 records per base
- ✅ 100,000 automation runs/month
- ✅ 100 GB attachments per base
- ✅ 1 year version history
- ✅ Advanced admin controls (user provisioning, permission management)
- ✅ SAML-based SSO
- ✅ Priority support
- ✅ More Airtable AI credits
Best for: Mid-market companies (50–500 employees) with compliance needs and large datasets.
Enterprise Scale
Enterprise Scale is for large organizations requiring:
- ✅ 500,000+ records per base
- ✅ Unlimited automation runs
- ✅ Data residency options
- ✅ Dedicated Customer Success Manager
- ✅ Advanced audit logging
- ✅ SCIM provisioning
- ✅ Custom contracts and SLAs
Airtable AI — Pricing in 2026
Airtable AI is included in Team and Business plans with a monthly credit allocation. It includes:
- ✅ AI field types — auto-generate summaries, tags, sentiment analysis from record data
- ✅ AI automations — trigger AI actions (e.g., classify incoming form submissions)
- ✅ Ask Airtable AI — query your database in plain English
AI credits are consumed per operation. Heavy AI users may need to purchase additional credits. Airtable has not published a fixed credit-to-price table publicly — check your workspace dashboard for your current allocation.
Airtable vs Alternatives (Price)
| Tool | Free Records Limit | Entry Paid | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airtable Team | 1,000 | $20/user/mo | No-code databases |
| Notion (Plus) | Unlimited blocks | $10/user/mo | Docs + lightweight DB |
| ClickUp | Unlimited tasks | $7/user/mo | All-in-one PM |
| Monday.com | — | $12/user/mo (3 min) | Visual work OS |
| NocoDB | Unlimited (open-source) | Free self-hosted | Open-source Airtable |
Is Airtable Worth the Price in 2026?
✅ Worth it if...
- You need a flexible no-code database
- Managing CRM, content, or inventory
- Mixed team of editors + many viewers
- Need powerful form + automation combo
- Already comfortable with Airtable
❌ Not worth it if...
- Simple task management only (use ClickUp)
- Budget under $10/user/mo (use Notion)
- Need native time tracking
- Very large datasets (>125K records) on mid plan
- Open-source/self-hosted needed (use NocoDB)