Airtable vs Fibery Comparison

Why choose Airtable

• Higher Ease of Use score (6/10 vs 5/10)
• Higher Integration score (8/10 vs 7/10)
• Better fit for enterprise (7/10 vs 5/10)

Why choose Fibery

• Higher Cost score (7/10 vs 4/10)
• Higher Support score (7/10 vs 5/10)
• Better fit for product teams (9/10 vs 7/10)

Airtable

Pros

• Linked records, rollups, lookups, and formulas give real relational modeling that non-developers can maintain, and reviewers rate its customization at 4.6 on G2.
• The same data can be shown as grid, Kanban, calendar, timeline, or Gantt views, and Interface Designer can turn it into simple apps.
• Read-only collaborators, form submitters, and share-link viewers are not billed, which helps teams that share work with clients or stakeholders.
• A broad set of integrations, including Salesforce, Jira, Snowflake, Databricks, Slack, Claude, and ChatGPT, plus a public API.
• Security credentials include SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, SAML SSO, and HIPAA support with a BAA on Enterprise Scale.

Cons

• Every user with edit access pays for a seat, so costs grow quickly as more people adopt it.
• Moving past 50,000 records per base forces a jump from 20 to 45 dollars per seat on annual billing, with no tier in between.
• Reviewers report slower performance and limited advanced reporting on large bases.
• Complex setups take time to learn, and reviewers score its ease of use and support lower than its flexibility.
• Bending Spoons bought Airtable in 2026 and followed with layoffs, which leaves customers unsure about future pricing and the product roadmap.

Fibery

Pros

• Users define their own databases and relations, so a single workspace can replace separate tools for feedback, roadmaps, and wikis.
• Observers and guests are free on every plan, so stakeholders can view and comment without adding paid seats.
• Nine view types, including Gantt with dependencies, Timeline, Calendar, and Map, are built in.
• Reviewers on G2 and Capterra describe support as responsive and hands-on, including help with complex setups.
• Every plan includes AI features and an MCP server, and the vendor says customer data is not used to train AI models.

Cons

• Reviewers most often complain about the steep learning curve, especially for non-technical teammates.
• Teams must model their processes before tracking feels natural, which adds setup overhead.
• Reviewers describe dashboards and charts as less polished than in dedicated tools, and portfolio resource planning is limited.
• SSO and SCIM are available only on Enterprise, which requires at least 25 paid seats.
• Fibery does not list native time tracking or team chat on its features page.