# Airtable vs NocoDB (slim)

> NocoDB scores 75.7 (BB) on agent readiness against Airtable's 70.9 (BB), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Airtable leads on security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do sheets records. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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NocoDB scores 75.7 (BB) on agent readiness against Airtable's 70.9 (BB), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Airtable leads on security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do sheets records.

- Airtable: BB 70.9, rank #124 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/airtable.min.md
- NocoDB: BB 75.7, rank #37 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nocodb.min.md
- Airtable, good for Teams that already keep operational data in Airtable and want an agent to read, filter and update typed records or build bases through MCP. Ahead on Security & auth, 78 against 71; Transparency & trust, 86 against 76.
- NocoDB, good for Teams that want Airtable-style typed records with the option to self-host, and an agent that reads, filters and writes records or builds schema through MCP with a narrow allowlist. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 85 against 73; Agent ergonomics, 74 against 68; Maintenance & community, 87 against 49.

| Category | Airtable | NocoDB |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 94 | 97 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 73 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 68 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 78 | 71 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 49 | 87 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 86 | 76 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Airtable | NocoDB |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Formagrid Inc (Airtable) | NocoDB Inc |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.airtable.com` | `https://app.nocodb.com` |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Airtable's Terms of Service and Developer Terms. The airtable.js client and the MCP CLI on GitHub are MIT | Sustainable Use License 1.0 since January 2026 (source-available, not OSI-approved; AGPL-3.0 before). NocoDB Cloud is a proprietary service under NocoDB's Terms of Service |
| Tools exposed | 40 | 199 |
| MCP registry | `com.airtable/mcp` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-08-07 | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | 2024-05-31 | 2025-10-14 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-15 | 2026-03-20 |
| Popularity | 2.2k stars, 569k npm/wk | 65k stars, 6.3k npm/wk |