Build no-code portals and business apps on Softr Databases or connected sources, with users, permissions, workflows, and AI managed through app-focused surfaces.
Softr is a no-code platform for internal tools, portals, and business apps. It supports Softr Databases, external data sources, user groups, permissions, native workflows, Ask AI, and Database AI Agents. Teable is the stronger Softr alternative when the relational data platform is the operating system rather than only the app backend: Teable AI can shape the database, operate records, build automations, and generate multiple apps and dashboards from the same open, self-hostable workspace.
What is Teable?
Teable is the AI Spreadsheet for Business. Teams can connect and migrate data from any system into one place, upgrade their operations, and build a true AI business data hub for AI workflows and custom apps that 100% fit your business, helping your team become truly AI-native.
Teable offers leading AI agent technology and a best-in-class user experience. Simply by chatting with Teable AI, users can work with complex Excel, CSV, and PDF files, configure tables and fields, analyze data, and build automations and custom apps across the entire workspace—with AI that understands real business context and takes action.
What is Softr?
Softr is a no-code application platform for portals, internal tools, directories, dashboards, and other business applications.
Apps can use Softr Databases or external sources, while user groups, permissions, native workflows, Ask AI, and Database AI Agents support application operations.
Generate custom apps and dashboards directly on the same live relational data
Strong no-code portals and business apps built from blocks, pages, data sources, users, and permissions
Open-core and self-hosting
Open-core and fully featured when self-hosted, including automations and all AI capabilities.
Hosted proprietary platform; published Softr apps and the builder are not self-hosted
Pricing and value
$20 Cloud Business combines 1M rows, AI Field, Teable AI, App Builder, 100K automation runs, dashboards, and email agents
LimitedWorkspace plans are priced around apps, users, database records, workflows, and feature limits rather than a unified high-capacity operational data workspace
Operational data model
Capability
Teable
Softr
Starting point
Model customers, projects, requests, assets, campaigns, approvals, and other business entities as linked records
LimitedSoftr Databases or connected sources used by applications, blocks, users, and workflows
Relationships
Use linked records, lookups, rollups, formulas, files, owners, permissions, comments, and change history in one workspace
LimitedRelationships can live in Softr Databases or connected sources, while the application remains a separate presentation layer
Workflow context
AI and automations work from live records, related data, files, owners, status, history, and permissions
LimitedContext is divided among the app, its data source, users, permissions, and workflows
Scale beyond projects
Use the same relational foundation for CRM, operations, inventory, finance requests, service delivery, and custom applications
LimitedDesigned first for delivering no-code applications and portals
Teable
Teable starts with the business data model. Projects and tasks can live beside customers, contracts, inventory, requests, approvals, files, and any other related record instead of becoming the only hierarchy the system understands.
Connect tables with linked records, lookups, rollups, formulas, files, permissions, comments, and history.
Let the same records power views, AI Field, automations, dashboards, apps, portals, and email workflows.
Use Teable AI to create or reshape the workspace as the operating process changes.
Softr
Softr now offers a native relational database as well as external data connections, so it is more than a front-end layer. Its product center remains the application and portal experience; database, builder, workflows, users, and permissions are configured to serve those apps.
Softr Databases support related records, lookups, rollups, formulas, and AI Agents.
Apps may also depend on Airtable, Google Sheets, SQL, or other connected sources.
The data model is managed in the context of Softr applications and workspace plan limits.
AI agents and field intelligence
Capability
Teable
Softr
Agent scope
Teable AI operates across records, tables, fields, views, SQL, files, apps, automations, scripts, integrations, and migration
LimitedAI co-builders, Ask AI, and Database AI Agents support app building and field-level enrichment
AI fields
Configure source fields, prompts, model settings, conditions, and batch AI fill from live record context
LimitedDatabase AI Agents can fill and enrich Softr Database fields, while app building and workflow setup remain separate surfaces
Workspace building
Ask Teable AI to create tables, fields, views, dashboards, apps, scripts, and automations, then verify the result
LimitedAI co-builders help generate applications and workflows around Softr's app model
Durable AI output
Store summaries, classifications, scores, extracted values, generated content, and decisions as fields that drive later actions
LimitedAI output can return to database fields or app workflows, but the operating experience remains app-centered
Teable
Teable AI is an operator for the whole data workspace, not only an assistant inside a task or an application canvas. It can change structure, process files, enrich records, build apps, and turn results into durable workflow state.
Build and modify the data model, views, apps, dashboards, automations, scripts, and integrations through Teable AI.
Use AI Field for extraction, classification, enrichment, summaries, scoring, translation, and generated content.
Keep AI output attached to live records so teams can audit it and use it in later workflow steps.
Softr
Softr includes app-oriented AI and Database AI Agents that can enrich fields, summarize, extract from PDFs, and search the web. Teable adds a workspace-wide agent that can also reshape tables, fields, views, SQL, apps, automations, scripts, integrations, and migrations.
Database AI Agents run on Softr Database fields with prompts and conditions.
AI co-builders help create applications and workflows.
AI usage draws from plan-based credit pools.
Automation and workflow execution
Capability
Teable
Softr
Automation foundation
Run triggers, conditions, scripts, HTTP requests, webhooks, AI steps, approvals, Slack updates, and email actions from live records
LimitedNative Softr Workflows react to app actions, database changes, external tools, and AI-powered steps
Run context
Every run can use record values, relations, files, owners, status, AI Field output, permissions, and history
LimitedRuns are centered on app actions, Softr Database changes, connected sources, and workflow triggers
Operational output
Write results back to records, dashboards, apps, approvals, email agents, reports, and next actions
LimitedOutputs update the app, database, or connected external tools
Change management
Change fields, data, automation, app, and dashboard together as one operating system
LimitedChanges can span the app builder, data source, permissions, and workflow builder
Teable
Teable automation is record-aware. The automation, source data, related records, app experience, dashboards, approvals, and workflow history remain in one operating workspace.
Describe a process to Teable AI and let it help shape fields, triggers, conditions, scripts, and actions.
Use AI Field output, files, relationships, owners, permissions, and record history during execution.
Connect approvals, dashboards, Slack, webhooks, reports, and personalized email follow-ups without moving the source of truth.
Softr
Softr Workflows provide a native automation layer for app actions, database events, external tools, and AI. Teable's advantage is consolidation: the automation engine, high-capacity relational records, field AI, apps, dashboards, email agents, and deployment control share one operating layer.
Workflows can respond to in-app actions and database changes.
The AI co-builder can generate workflow logic from a description.
Workflow usage, AI, app users, and records are governed by workspace plans.
Apps, portals, and dashboards
Capability
Teable
Softr
App creation
Generate internal tools, portals, approval apps, booking pages, dashboards, and CRUD applications directly on live Teable data
Strong no-code portals and business apps built from blocks, pages, data sources, users, and permissions
Data connection
Apps read and write the same linked records used by AI Field, automations, permissions, dashboards, and email agents
LimitedApps connect to Softr Databases or external sources through the Softr application layer
Business users
Give employees, partners, or customers an experience tailored to the workflow instead of exposing the underlying table
Softr is strong at role-based portals and user-facing no-code apps
Backend changes
Update the relational schema, workflow logic, app, permissions, and dashboards from one workspace
LimitedBackend and app changes are managed across database, builder, workflow, and permission surfaces
Teable
Teable App Builder treats the app as one expression of live business data. The same records can also power grid views, dashboards, automations, AI fields, approvals, reports, and email agents.
Build internal tools, customer or partner portals, approval apps, booking pages, dashboards, and operational interfaces.
Keep app permissions, records, AI output, automations, and history connected.
Let Teable AI help create both the backend structure and the user-facing application.
Softr
Softr is a capable no-code app builder and may be the better choice when the main requirement is rapidly assembling a polished portal from blocks. Teable is stronger when the app is one part of a deeper relational operations platform with workspace-wide agents, automation, SQL, and self-hosting.
Strong block-based builder for portals and internal tools.
Mature user groups, permissions, authentication, publishing, and custom domains.
The app-centric model is less direct for teams prioritizing a broad operational database and agent-controlled backend.
Deployment, scale, and value
Capability
Teable
Softr
Deployment
Choose Teable Cloud or a fully featured self-hosted deployment
Hosted proprietary platform; published Softr apps and the builder are not self-hosted
Product ownership
Open-core and fully featured when self-hosted, including automations and all AI capabilities.
Hosted proprietary platform
Capacity model
Cloud Business supports 1M rows, 100GB attachments, and 100K automation runs; self-hosted capacity follows your infrastructure
LimitedCapacity is governed by plan limits across apps, users, records, workflows, and AI usage
Pricing fit
$10 Pro and $20 Cloud Business combine the relational data layer, AI Field, Teable AI, App Builder, automations, dashboards, and email agents
LimitedWorkspace plans are priced around apps, users, database records, workflows, and feature limits rather than a unified high-capacity operational data workspace
Teable
Teable consolidates the database, AI field layer, workspace agent, automation engine, app builder, dashboards, and deployment choice. That reduces the need to assemble and govern separate tools around operational data.
Choose cloud convenience or self-host for infrastructure and data control.
Keep automation, AI, apps, and data capacity in one product model.
Avoid paying for a project tool plus a database, app builder, automation platform, and portal layer when one workspace can run the process.
Softr
Softr is a hosted proprietary app platform. Pricing and capacity are shaped by apps, application users, database records, workflows, AI credits, and plan features; a self-hosted Softr product is not available.
Workspace plans govern app count, users, records, workflows, and feature access.
Every plan includes a small monthly pool of AI credits, with add-ons on paid plans.
The builder and published-app platform remain hosted by Softr.
How to move from Softr to Teable
Connect Softr to Teable AI for an API-assisted migration, or export the source data and import it as linked operational records.
1Open Teable AI Chat, type /, and select Connect Everything.
2Authorize Softr and any underlying data source with API credentials that can read the applications, Softr Database tables, fields, related records, users, and files you want to migrate.
3Ask Teable AI to inspect Softr Database tables, fields, related records, app users, accessible files, and data exposed by connected sources and propose the target tables, fields, links, owners, statuses, files, and views.
4Review the proposed mapping, run the migration, validate permissions and record counts, then revoke or rotate the source token.
5Use the migrated records to generate views, AI Field, automations, dashboards, apps, approvals, and email workflows.
Option 2
Export and import the source data
1Export Softr Database tables as CSV, or export the underlying Airtable, Google Sheets, SQL, or other connected source using that source's tools.
2Upload the exported files to Teable or drop them into Teable AI.
3Map projects, tasks, records, custom fields, statuses, owners, and related entities to typed Teable fields and linked records.
4Import a representative workspace first and verify links, formulas, attachments, dates, permissions, and record counts.
5Rebuild the operating experience with Teable views, App Builder, dashboards, AI Field, automations, and email agents.
Migrate the data layer before rebuilding the application experience. Page layout, block configuration, custom code, authentication, user groups, permissions, workflows, and external-source behavior may require separate mapping because app configuration is not the same as database data.
Softr users usually ask
Is Teable a Softr alternative?
Yes. Teable is a strong Softr alternative when the team needs more than no-code business app and portal builder: relational business data, workspace-wide AI, record-aware automation, custom apps, dashboards, and cloud or self-hosted deployment in one platform.
What is the main difference between Teable and Softr?
Teable starts with a relational operational data layer that also powers AI Field, Teable AI, automations, dashboards, apps, permissions, and email workflows. Softr is centered on no-code business app and portal builder.
Can Teable migrate Softr data?
Yes. In Teable AI Chat, type /, select Connect Everything, and provide an authorized Softr token or connection. Teable AI can inspect API-accessible Softr Database tables, fields, related records, app users, accessible files, and data exposed by connected sources, map the structure and relationships, and migrate them into Teable. Export-and-import is also available when an API does not expose a particular asset. Connect and migrate Softr data to Teable.
Can Teable replace Softr automations?
Yes, when the process should run from live relational records. Teable automations can use owners, statuses, linked records, files, AI Field output, permissions, scripts, webhooks, approvals, Slack updates, reports, and email actions in the same workspace.
Can Teable build apps for workflows currently managed in Softr?
Yes. Teable App Builder can generate internal tools, portals, approval apps, dashboards, forms, booking pages, and CRUD applications directly on migrated or newly modeled business data.
Does Teable support self-hosting while Softr does not?
Yes. Teable is open-core and can be self-hosted with automations and AI capabilities. Softr is delivered as a hosted proprietary platform.
When is Teable better than Softr?
Teable is better when the primary requirement is a high-capacity relational operational database with workspace-wide AI, automation, SQL, multiple apps, dashboards, email agents, and self-hosting. Softr remains strong when the primary requirement is quickly building a polished no-code portal or internal tool.
Does Softr have its own database and AI agents?
Yes. Softr Databases support relational fields, formulas, and Database AI Agents, and Softr Workflows automate app processes. Teable's difference is a broader agent-controlled operations layer with relational data, SQL, AI Field, automations, apps, dashboards, email agents, and self-hosting together.
Move from Softr to Teable
Turn your operational data into AI workflows and custom apps that fit your business.
