Airtable vs Superhuman Docs
Pricing
Airtable: Free tier, paid from $20/seat/mo (billed annually)
Superhuman Docs: Free tier, paid from $12/mo per Doc Maker
Description
Airtable: Spreadsheet-database hybrid for everything
Superhuman Docs: Docs that work like apps (formerly Coda)
Pros
- Flexible as a spreadsheet
- Powerful as a database
- Great templates
- Powerful automations
- Better for complex workflows
- Scales well for teams
Cons
- Gets expensive with team size
- Can become unwieldy
- Steeper learning curve than Notion
- Can feel over-engineered
Details
Airtable is what spreadsheets should have been. Part spreadsheet, part database, all flexible. Founded by Howie Liu who noticed 90% of spreadsheets don’t even use formulas: people just organize stuff. Great for tracking anything from content calendars to customer lists to inventory. Bending Spoons, the Italian software company, completed its purchase of Airtable on 4 September 2026.
Superhuman Docs, called Coda until 8 July 2026, is documents with superpowers: think Notion but more programmable. Founded by Shishir Mehrotra (ex-YouTube VP) and Alex DeNeui. Used by Uber, Figma, Square, NYT. Better than Notion for complex workflows; worse for simple note-taking.
It is now part of Superhuman’s suite alongside Superhuman Mail, Grammarly and Go. Existing Coda docs moved over automatically, and prices did not change with the new name. The free plan includes collaborative docs, connected tables, forms and automations with a low quota. Pro costs $12 per Doc Maker per month billed annually ($15 monthly), and Business costs $33 ($40 monthly).
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