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.
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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
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