Airtable vs Google Workspace
Pricing
Airtable: Free tier, paid from $20/seat/mo (billed annually)
Google Workspace: From $7 per user/mo on an annual plan ($8.40 month to month); 14-day trial
Description
Airtable: Spreadsheet-database hybrid for everything
Google Workspace: Google's business suite: Gmail on your own domain, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Meet, with Gemini built in
Pros
- Flexible as a spreadsheet
- Powerful as a database
- Great templates
- Professional email at your own domain on every plan
- Business Starter includes 30 GB of storage per user, video meetings for up to 100 people and Gemini in Gmail
- The Flexible plan bills monthly for the users you have, and you can cancel at any time
Cons
- Gets expensive with team size
- Can become unwieldy
- Business Starter leaves out Gemini in Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drive; those start on Business Standard at $14 per user a month on an annual plan
- Recording Meet calls needs Business Standard or higher
- Introductory discounts apply to new customers for the first 12 months only
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.
Workspace gives you email at your own domain plus Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Meet under one login. Gemini, Google’s AI assistant, is built into Gmail on every plan and into the other apps from Business Standard up.
Business Starter covers the basics for one person: email, 30 GB of pooled storage per user and meetings for up to 100 people. Business Standard ($14 per user a month on an annual plan) adds 2 TB of storage, meeting recordings, appointment booking pages and eSignature in Docs and PDFs.
The prices on the pricing page assume a one-year commitment. Paying month to month on the Flexible plan costs more: $8.40 per user for Business Starter. New customers also get introductory prices for their first 12 months, on up to 20 users.
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