The best No-Code Databases
Every option ranked — open-source, self-hostable, and commercial — by our transparent Sovereignty Score, with honest trade-offs so you choose what fits you, not us.
Spreadsheet-database hybrids for organizing relational data, building internal tools, and running team workflows without code — grid, kanban, calendar, and form views over structured records.
L5Applications — layer 5 of the AI stack- 1
Baserow
Top pickOpen sourceMIT-core, self-hostable no-code database with the closest Airtable-style experience.
Free to self-host (MIT core); paid cloud and self-hosted premium/enterprise tiers available · in our Airtable comparison →
What is Baserow? →93sovereignty - 2
Grist
Open sourceApache-2.0 relational spreadsheet with Python formulas and portable, self-contained documents.
Free / self-host (grist-core); optional managed cloud and paid full edition available · in our Airtable comparison →
What is Grist? →96sovereignty - 3
Teable
Open sourceAGPL-3.0 no-code interface built directly on PostgreSQL, designed to scale to millions of rows.
Free to self-host (Community Edition); paid cloud and Enterprise Edition tiers available · in our Airtable comparison →
What is Teable? →91sovereignty - 4
NocoDB
CommercialTurns an existing SQL database into a smart no-code interface; now source-available, not OSI open-source.
Free to self-host for internal/personal use; commercial license required to offer it as a managed service; paid cloud available · in our Airtable comparison →
What is NocoDB? →78sovereignty
Is it free?
The free tier, its real limits and where you start paying — read from each vendor's own pricing page and dated.
Run these yourself
What each one actually needs — real RAM, honest running cost, and the setup time nobody quotes.
- Self-hosting Baserow 4 GB. Baserow staff advise starting at 4 GB, and say a basic setup grows to about 3 GB
- Self-hosting Grist 8 GB. That is Grist's 'known good configuration for a variety of moderate workloads'. Memory follows how many documents are open at once, because each open document is loaded fully into RAM
- Self-hosting Teable 4 GB. That is the vendor's stated minimum for the app, PostgreSQL and Redis together, and Teable publishes no higher recommended figure. Treat it as the floor and watch memory once tables grow large
- Self-hosting NocoDB 8 GB. That is the vendor's production specification, with 4 vCPU and 50 GB+ disk; its 2 GB minimum is for trying it out
Replacing a specific tool?
Head-to-head comparisons for each popular no-code databases product.
Straight head-to-heads
Two no-code databases tools, side by side — verified facts and a plain verdict.