The short answer
- Moving from Airtable Team to Baserow (free tier) at 1 seat saves $238 in the first year, after setup and upkeep time (Stackcut's model: modeled, not measured).
- Baserow's official migration guide moves 4 kinds of data in full. What moves
- 2 comparison pages checked, each labeled with who wrote it. What they claim
- Switching help: Built-in one-click importer: paste an Airtable share-base link and Baserow recreates the base's data, views, filters and groups; a sales-assisted "Migration Support" link is offered for more complex moves. baserow.io
What Airtable and Baserow cost
List prices from each vendor's pricing page, as stored in the Stackcut catalog. Each price links its source.
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly (per month) | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airtable Team | $24/user/mo | $20/user/mo | 50,000 records per base, 20 GB attachments per base, 100,000 API calls/month, 1-year history |
| Airtable Business | $54/user/mo | $45/user/mo | 125,000 records per base, 100 GB attachments per base, unlimited API calls, 1-year history; requires a private email domain |
| Baserow Premium | $12/user/mo | $10/user/mo | 50,000 rows and 20 GB per workspace, 100,000 automation credits/mo; no role-based permissions |
| Baserow Advanced | $22/user/mo | $18/user/mo | 250,000 rows and 100 GB per workspace, 500,000 automation credits/mo, role-based permissions |
- Airtable free plan: 1,000 records per base, 1 GB attachments per base, 1,000 API calls/month per workspace, 2 weeks of revision history, up to 5 editors/creators support.airtable.com
- Baserow free plan: Cloud Free: 3,000 rows and 2 GB storage per workspace, 2,000 automation credits/mo; self-hosting is free baserow.io
What comparison pages say
Each claim as the page makes it, and who it favors. Vendor pages are labeled; weigh them accordingly.
2 pages compared, 1 of them written by one of the two vendors. Claims are the pages' own, paraphrased; prices in them may be older than the catalog prices above.
| About | The page says | Favors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lock-in | Baserow argues open source keeps "the source code is in the hands of our users, forever," unlike closed Airtable. | Baserow | TechCrunch affiliate page |
| Other | Airtable had reached an $11 billion valuation at the time, framing Baserow as a much smaller open-source challenger. | Airtable | TechCrunch affiliate page |
| Price | Baserow is positioned as the free/self-hosted, budget-friendly option for SMEs and public-sector buyers versus highly-valued Airtable. | Baserow | TechCrunch affiliate page |
| Price | Baserow's free open-source plan and $10/user/month paid tier undercut Airtable's $20-plus minimum. | Baserow | Baserow vendor page |
| Limits | Baserow states it has no row limits, versus Airtable's roughly 500,000-record ceiling even on enterprise plans. | Baserow | Baserow vendor page |
| Lock-in | Baserow frames its open-source code as removing vendor lock-in compared with Airtable's closed platform. | Baserow | Baserow vendor page |
| Ease of use | Both offer spreadsheet-like interfaces; the post calls switching from Airtable straightforward. | Even | Baserow vendor page |
Moving from Airtable to Baserow
What Baserow's importer carries over, what it leaves behind, and any help it offers switchers.
To Baserow
Official guide baserow.io · Tools: Baserow Airtable Importer
Moves: Records/data (full); Views (full); Filters and groupings (full); Table/base structure (full). baserow.io
Watch out for:
- Baserow's own migration page does not state what happens to field types, attachments, formulas or linked-record structure during import. baserow.io
- Airtable Automations and Interfaces have no stated equivalent in Baserow and would need to be rebuilt by hand. baserow.io
- No separate Airtable-side export step: the importer reads Airtable directly via the share link rather than a CSV export. baserow.io
Switching help: Built-in one-click importer: paste an Airtable share-base link and Baserow recreates the base's data, views, filters and groups; a sales-assisted "Migration Support" link is offered for more complex moves. baserow.io
Switching help: Baserow Cloud's Premium plan ($10/user/mo annual) shows a 'Free trial' and Advanced ($18/user/mo annual) a 'Try now for free' option on the pricing page, so teams arriving from ClickUp (or any tool) can test paid features, including imports, before paying. Nothing ClickUp-specific is offered. baserow.io
Switching help: Baserow offers discounts for non-profit and education organizations, claimed through its sales team; also offers implementation support and managed Baserow instances on Enterprise plans. baserow.io
From each destination's own migration docs and switching pages, plus community write-ups where no official guide exists, each checked against its page. Confirm terms on the linked page before you rely on an offer.
How to leave Airtable
Export first, then cancel. Every step links the vendor's own help page, checked on the date shown.
How to leave Airtable
Export first
- Records in a view: Down arrow next to the view name → Download CSV (web and desktop apps) (CSV). Attachments export as file names and URLs that expire after a few hours, so download the files separately. Comments and field descriptions aren't included. support.airtable.com
Cancel
- Download a CSV of every view you need, and the attachment files separately (see export).
- Account overview → Workspace settings → the workspace → Change plan → Choose free. Owner permissions are required.
- Sales-led Business and Enterprise Scale plans go through your sales contact.
- Takes effect
- At the end of the current billing cycle; nothing changes before then.
- Refunds
- Refunds only for accidental upgrades or added collaborators: within 7 days of the invoice on monthly plans, 14 days on annual.
- After you cancel
- Bases over the Free record limit can't add new records, including through forms and the API. Existing records stay accessible.
FAQ
Is Baserow cheaper than Airtable?
Modeled, not measured: moving from Airtable Team to Baserow (free tier) at 1 seat saves $238 in the first year, after setup and upkeep time at $50/hour. It depends on your plan, seats and usage. the math
Can I move my Airtable data to Baserow?
Baserow's official guide moves: Records/data; Views; Filters and groupings; Table/base structure. baserow.io
Does Baserow help people switch from Airtable?
Built-in one-click importer: paste an Airtable share-base link and Baserow recreates the base's data, views, filters and groups; a sales-assisted "Migration Support" link is offered for more complex moves. baserow.io
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