Airtable vs ClickUp

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Compared on	Airtable Free plan · from $20/seat/mo Visit Remove	ClickUp Free plan · from $7/user/mo Visit Remove
What it is	Spreadsheet-style database for building team apps, with AI built in	Work management app combining tasks, docs, chat and AI in one workspace
Free plan	Up to 5 editors; 1,000 records per base; 1 GB of attachments per base; 100 automation runs; 500 AI credits per editor per month; 1,000 API calls per workspace per month; 2 weeks of revision history.	60 MB storage, unlimited tasks, unlimited free plan members, 1 form; AI limited to trial access.
Cheapest paid plan	$20/seat/mo billed annually (Team)Airtable pricing	$7/user/mo billed annually (Unlimited)ClickUp pricing
What it covers	Seats are charged for users with edit permissions; read-only collaborators are free. Includes 15,000 AI credits per paid user per month.	AI is a separate add-on: Brain AI from $9 per user/month.
Free trial	None stated	None stated
Platforms	Web, API	Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome extension
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Not stated	Not stated
Open source	No	No
Good for	Tracking clients, inventory or content calendars in a shared database Building a simple internal app or dashboard for a team without code Automating notifications and record updates	Running client projects with tasks, deadlines and Gantt timelines Keeping team docs, chat and task lists in one place Automating routine status changes and assignments
Watch out for	Free plan caps each base at 1,000 records and 1 GB of attachments, with up to 5 editors On paid plans, every user with edit access to a base is billed as a seat SAML single sign-on and two-way sync require the Business plan	Free Forever is capped at 60 MB of storage and 1 form AI beyond a trial needs a paid add-on ($9 or $28 per user/month) on top of the workspace plan SAML SSO, SCIM and audit logs are limited to Enterprise
Made by	Airtable	ClickUp

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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