Baserow Reviews

The Data Storage, Data ase design which is drag n drop makes this a more better product. The availability of a number of templates that align to the Projectneeds is welcome and the User Interface design is welcome. Further, the structure of Project management and layout plays a more bigger role in the daily activity management of App.

It is not easily understood to a non-starter and the pricing model while seems average, moreneeds to be done on the feature availability and a more cost-effective method or package defined.

Hey Samuel, Thanks for taking the time to review Baserow! Sounds like you're making use of Baserow in many different use cases. Feel free to jump into our community with feature suggestions or anything else so we can make it happen. - Hiram

easy to deployeasy to useeasy to understand

we have to replace Google Forms and it cannot do it

Hi Yoann, Thanks for taking the time to review Baserow! Glad it was easy to deploy and easy to understand. Data governance and security don't have to come at the expense of efficiency, so it'd be great to understand more about your processes and how Baserow could actually help you work more efficiently. Feel free to jump into the Baserow Community (community.baserow.io), and I'm sure we or other community members would be able to help you come up with some useful workflows that could free up your resources. - Hiram

clean interface. seems to load much faster than airtable. support is by far exceeds others.

Baserow, is missing many features offered by airtable. Such as the view imbed feature, where we can imbed a certain view, with automatically generated I frame, with options to convert the "grid" view into card format, (horizontal), that's very pleasing to look at. another, is hidden items. with baserow there is no option to hide items in order to minimize "item headers", but have all item's fully visible in expanded mode. in base row hidden items remain hidden, which makes the entire feature worthless. also, the controls, are as worthless as airtable, and are not compatible with mobile devices, in imbed / I Frame mode. Serious IOs compatibility as well, just like the competition.

Hi Mazin, thanks for taking the time to review Baserow and sharing your feedback. Much appreciated. As a heads up, views can be embedded into an iframe (a good example of this in action would be our baserow.io/templates page). We also have Gallery view, which is similar to what I believe you're looking for regarding "card format." For the other stuff, I may not be fully understanding, but I highly recommend jumping into the Baserow Community (community.baserow.io) so that you can share screenshots/GIFs of what you're looking for in Baserow. Once we have a better understanding of that, then we can start the process of fitting it into the roadmap. :) -Hiram

I like that it is using a FOSS model, and features self-hosting. The UI is much more laid back compared to competitors like SmartSuite and Airtable. Which can be a bit much with the UI colors. Baserow has the cleanness of a tool like Notion which I prefer.Also, the templates are really good. Would love to be able to help expand them.Love how the forms work as well as public sharing, it's just better than Airtable's setup here. Something nice about the cloud-based version.

The user access is really bad. There should be a way to share a single base without everything in the workspace without having to go to the highest plan. Even then going through teams only for that kind of access is archaic and harder for users to manage. I have files I'd like only certain people to access, and sometimes on an individual basis. I would love it if Baserow had a feature to let guests...

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Hey Jacob, Really appreciate your input and in-depth review! Glad that the templates are helpful—we have new ones (and updates to existing ones) with every release, so keep an eye out on those. We're going to take some notes regarding your suggestions around user access control. Security is a huge point of focus for us, which includes RBAC and granular permissions for both internal and external collaborators. Would...

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I think the most I liked about Baserow was that it offered a lot of the features I was expecting coming from using Notion. I also worked with Airtable before and I think that Baserow can substitute both those platforms. But it exceeds them because Baserow is open source. That's what I like about this app. You can host it wherever you want and you get a solid user experience. I certainly see myself using this app for my day to day needs and for my clients as well. Also preparing templates with this app is easy and I would definitely pursue that angle as well.

I feel like a rich text field like HTML or Markdown is missing in Baserow. I saw it in their development roadmap and I can't wait to also see that field in the list of fields Baserow offers. This is important to me because with this field, I won't have to rely on google docs, or uploading markdown files to the attachment field for writing longer form content.

Hey Zachary, Really appreciate your evaluation and recommendation of Baserow! Rich text field is indeed on the roadmap, and a feature I'm personally really excited for as well. We'll take into consideration the possible implementation of Markdown too, which I'm a _big_ fan of. With this, Baserow could be an extremely powerful CMS and handle tons of long-form content with more versatility. - Hiram

If you want the ease of use of solutions like Airtable but at the same time control over your data and no vendor lock-in, look no further than Baserow!

The product is stable but not fully mature yet. Do not expect perfect UI/UX that other solutions like Rows or Airtable might offer.

Hey Daniel, Thanks for your awesome review! We've got tons of exciting new updates every month, so keep an eye on the roadmap and feel free to jump into the community with your feature suggestions. :) - Hiram

I love the flexibility and the ease of implementing basic relationships between tables, calculated fields, and different field types.

When using the API, the field names are very cryptic and I haven't figured out a way to make them more readable.

Hey Brandon, thanks for your review! Mind reading is something we implemented recently, which is how we've been able to ship features shortly after you think of them. (Kidding.) On a more serious note, we have some API docs which should be helpful, but if you still need some help, I'd recommend jumping into the Baserow Community (community.baserow.io) so that a fellow Baserower can help you out. -Hiram

Easy migration from other applications and the lean and clean interface. The support has been outstanding.

The worst feature by far is typography. The emphasis is on the structure rather than the content. For example, the Field names are Black and Bold and prominent, while the content is grey and subsidiary. The lack of any typographic controls is almost a deal breaker.

Hey Brian, Thanks for taking the time to review us! Glad to hear your migration and setup has been effortless on Baserow. I've made a note of your feedback regarding the typography and contrast. We're actually undergoing lots of product design revamps right now, so I can't imagine it'll be too long before this is improved. - Hiram

Baserow is the most affordable software on the market that allows for easily creating a highly customizable, multi variable catalog of items and even has the capacity to include photos. I use it to create and sort lists of hundreds of items and props and organize them by all the scenes that they play in. When the scheduled day for a scene changes, with a few simple clicks, I can change the day that scene was slated to shoot on and all the dozens of not hundreds of props associated with that scene shift to the new day. It has shaved so much time off of managing itemized lists.

The interface on mobile or tablet is a bit crowded. But I understand that is also somewhat because of how I use the product out in the field. I feel like the card view could have more formating or vanity organizational options.

Hey Juliana, thanks so much for your review! Glad to hear Baserow is making it easy for you to manage your catalog and streamline your workflow. We've taken note of your feedback surrounding card view and how you use Baserow on the go so we can improve your experience in this regard. Feel free to reach out with more suggestions, or pop them into the Baserow Communtiy (community.baserow.io). -Hiram

- the number of type of fields- view of each parameter of other tables- Easy computation of data- Possibility to use data with other apps (retool, appsmith, etc...)

- not able to find easily identical data on big data import from csv for example- the filtering with only "and" or "or" is very boring and timewasting when we want to filter on a multiple value parameter with a lot of values- Computed link to data from other tables not available- agenda should be improved and a way to link to personnal agenda (gmail or other)

Hey Samuel, appreciate you taking the time to share your experience with Baserow! Awesome to hear that you've got a lot of functions working together to manage your projects and data. Interested to hear more about your issue identifying identical data on import. Would you mind popping this (and your other questions) into the Baserow Community (community.baserow.io)? This'll help us understand your use case better and figure out some solutions for you. -Hiram

We mainly use baserow as a substitute to google sheets and it does that exceptionally.

The biggest issue is that the free version only allows 1 user, which means all users have to share an account. Not very ideal but it works. I also understand this is a paid feature.

Hi Kenneth, Great to hear that Baserow is helping you meet your business needs! We have some resources in our community and blog for helping you make the best choice when it comes to the right platform for your business, so be sure to take a look at those—I trust you'd find them helpful. Of course, if you need help with anything else, we're also happy to chat. - Hiram

The form structure is here straight forward I love how simple and intuitive is to set up

I use the forms a lot and I would love to have more colors available so the form match my brand

Hey Ivan, thanks for taking the time to review Baserow! Sounds like you're big on forms, and would like more UI customization options for forms, correct? I hope you've also tried out Survey, which is a cleaner interface version of Form view that displays one question at a time, rather than seeing the entire form at the same time. If you have any more suggestions for how your experience can be improved, we'd love to hear about them in the Baserow Community (community.baserow.io).

In olden times, one would build integration around spreadsheets with technologies like Visual Basic and such. Filemaker is another piece of software that comes to mind. These projects often grow to form the backbone of small-medium sized companies. While the use case is completely legitimate, it can be frustrating to see the vendor lock-in and potential tech debt this causes. Baserow is open source, really nice and accessible from a user perspective and yields the more modern integration landscape of a web application / REST API.

Functionality is sometimes a little too basic, having page-sized print layouts would enable many more use cases.

Hi Frank, Thanks for sharing your experience and input. We'd love to know what functionality you think Baserow is missing—check out our roadmap and/or GitLab repo to see if something catches your eye. Also curious about the page-sized print layouts you're mentioning—not sure I fully understand the use case, but feel free to pop this into the Baserow Community (community.baserow.io) so we can understand and evaluate your suggestion (and make it happen). - Hiram

irtable is a great service, but it has some limitations, especially when it comes to the number of records and pricing. Baserow is poised to become the perfect open-source alternative, as it has the same minimalist design and ease of use, and also has a roadmap with useful features that are necessary to become a fully functional database.

Baserow currently lacks some features when compared to Airtable, such as grouping by, count, and roll-up functions, as well as some webhooks and automation features. However, these features are on the roadmap and expected to be released this year. Additionally, some of the more advanced features such as role-based field permissions and logging will only be available in the enterprise version and not in the free open-source version.

Hey Alexander, Thanks for taking the time to review us! Not sure if you've swung back to Baserow recently, but it might be helpful to fill you in on some of the features you mentioned: 1. Group by: This may end up getting moved up on the roadmap. 2. Count and rollup functions exist. The rollup field isn't native like on Airtable, but it's still possible to do it through a formula field. 3. Webhooks...

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I like the ease of setting up my templates and importing data from other locations. Also their pricing fits our small/mid-size organization better than Airtable, and the ability to connect to our servers to own our information.

Need more automations and ability to select more than one item at a time...would save tons of time.

Hey Rob, Thanks for your review—glad Baserow has fit into your team's tech stack nicely. Good news—native automations are coming! In the meantime, I'm sure the Baserow Community (community.baserow.io) would love to help you get some more powerful automations up and running through Zapier, n8n, Make, or something else. Here to help as always. - Hiram

Baserow.io stands out for its ease of use, it requires less advanced technical skills. The intuitive interface and quick setup allowed us to create custom databases and start working on our projects promptly.

One limitation of Baserow.io is its relatively limited advanced functionalities for complex data handling or manipulation. While it excels in simplicity and basic database management, however, it lacks the advanced features needed for sophisticated data operations.

Hi Darlington, Thanks for taking the time to review Baserow! We're glad you're enjoying the intuitive interface and quick set up so that you can hit the ground running. Would love to learn more about your advanced data manipulation needs, because I'm sure there's something we could do. Feel free to jump into the Baserow Community (community.baserow.io) or reach out to us directly so that we can better understand your requirements and come up with something that might work for you! - Hiram

It is open source, and can be used both hosted and self-hosted

There are many basic features missing when compared to Airtable, such as Group By. The product also seems a bit slow to iterate and add these key features, which have been requested for more than 1 year ago.

Hey Malcolm, Thanks for taking the time to review Baserow! Aside from "Group by," what are some other features you'd like to see? We've seen more community feedback around "Group By," so that may end up moving up on the roadmap. Feel free to jump into the Baserow Community (community.baserow.io) for more feature requests/suggestions. - Hiram

I probably like the functionality and having the ability to self host the product is very important to be able to fully customize and align it with the institution's requirement

The only thing we are missing is the live data view. For example is the live connection between airtable/google sheet existing table where we can see the changes to the original table in real time

Hey Domingo, Appreciate your recommendation of Baserow. Glad you and your team is making good use of Baserow's self-hosted solution to stay compliant with all necessary policies and requirements. We have real-time collaboration, and changes to the database are always reflected instantly. I may not be fully understanding what you're referencing here when it comes to live data view, but we're happy to look into it for you if you pop your question into the Baserow Community (community.baserow.io). - Hiram

- Open-core philosophy with huge number of available features for free plan- Very stable- Reliable API- Speed

Lack of some features but the product is on a fast-pace development

Hey there, Thanks for your recommendation of Baserow! We know performance, speed, and reliability are integral, especially when dealing with large amounts of data, so it's great to hear that your experience has been in line with what we set out to achieve. - Hiram

Fantastic product plus apis. Very useful

No ROLE BASED ACCESS CONTROL in the free version

Hey there, Thanks for your review! Glad you're enjoying the API-first nature of Baserow. - Hiram

Baserow stands out with its user-friendly interface, extensive customization options, seamless collaboration features, reliable performance, and cloud-based accessibility.

I have not found any cons or drawbacks so far. Therefore, I highly recommend giving Baserow a try.

Hey Marek, Appreciate you sharing your experience! We're glad that Baserow is helping you manage all of your data projects in a performant and collaborative way. - Hiram

It's simplicity and ease of use. It's a daily use for me with project planning and keeping track of records, such as client design requests and comments.

Only con I can think of would be the storage, even for the lowest paid tier ($5/mo) you only get 5GB of storage. I'd like to see it being at least 20GB or higher.

Hey there, Thanks for your feedback and review! We recently increased our Advanced plan from 100k rows to 250k rows at no additional cost to show our commitment to making Baserow both scalable and performant. If you need unlimited storage, self-hosting is always an option. :) - Hiram

The free tier is super generous, making it an easy recommendation for many clients to just test the waters first before committing to the product full on. It has support for many types of fields but we're waiting on a few more to be released!

Kanban isn't available on the free tier, making it difficult to use it on small unpaid projects for planning.

Hey Paul, Thanks for using Baserow! Glad you're enjoying the generous hosted storage limits. Take a glance at our roadmap and/or GitLab repo—we'd be interested to hear what other field types you're looking for so we can make it happen. - Hiram

Easy to use & super fast API. You can also host it by yourself.

Lack of features & finish compared to Airtable.

Hey Chandan, appreciate you taking the time to review Baserow! Glad Baserow's speedy API is doing wonders for you. We have lots of devs working with the API in the Baserow Community (community.baserow.io). Feel free to jump in anytime. -Hiram

The product is easy to use and covers every startup company need.

I would like to see some ready templates for basic needs.

Hi Cansu, thanks for sharing your review! Glad to hear Baserow is covering all your needs. We already have 65+ templates (baserow.io/templates) and release new ones every month, but if you have very specific templates you'd like to see, feel free to suggest them in the Baserow Community (community.baserow.io) and we'll work on building them for you. -Hiram