Get an audit

Head to head · Sheets records · October 2026 research run

Airtable vs Teable

Airtable scores 70.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Teable's 61 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Teable leads on maintenance & community. Both do sheets records.

AirtableFormagrid Inc (Airtable) · HTTP API BB70.9/100#124 of 722 TeableTeable AI, Inc. · HTTP API C61/100#379 of 722

Which one, for what

Airtable BB

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

  • Reliability, 94 against 72
  • Security & auth, 78 against 62
  • Transparency & trust, 86 against 64

Also in its favour

  • Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better
  • No incidents deducted, where Teable loses 3 points for them

Watch for

5 requests a second per base, and a 429 blocks further requests for 30 seconds

Teable C

Good for Teams that want Airtable-style typed tables on PostgreSQL that they can also self-host, with an agent reading and writing records through tokens limited by scope and project, or through the vendor's CLI and skill.

Ahead on

  • Maintenance & community, 76 against 49

Also in its favour

  • Open source

Watch for

The OpenAPI file documents only 200 and 201 responses for nearly every operation, and the error page lists HTTP statuses without a table of error codes

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runAirtableTeableEdge
Reliability16%209472Airtable +22
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.27375Teable +2
Agent ergonomics13%16.26865Airtable +3
Security & auth14%17.57862Airtable +16
Payments & pricing10%12.53030even
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.84976Teable +27
Transparency & trust7%8.88664Airtable +22
Negative events≤150-3
Total70.9 · BB61 · C

Facts side by side

FactAirtableTeable
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorFormagrid Inc (Airtable)Teable AI, Inc.
Hosted endpointhttps://api.airtable.comhttps://app.teable.ai/api
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPHTTP
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingFreemiumFreemium
x402nono
LicenceProprietary service under Airtable's Terms of Service and Developer Terms. The airtable.js client and the MCP CLI on GitHub are MITAGPL-3.0 with additional brand terms for the backend and web app, MIT for the packages directory. Enterprise functions and the @teable/cli package (ISC on npm) are built in a private repository
Tools exposed40none
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesyes
MCP registrycom.airtable/mcpnot listed
Last release2026-08-072026-10-06
Terms last updated2024-05-312026-05-25
Privacy policy last updated2026-07-152026-10-01
Customer content may train modelsnot found in the textnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessnot found in the textyes
Terms restrict benchmarkingnot found in the textyes
Terms or service can change without noticenot found in the textyes
Arbitration or class-action waiveryesyes
Popularity2.2k stars, 569k npm/wk22k stars, 179 npm/wk

Verdicts

Airtable

Tokens are limited by scope and by base, and the official MCP server at mcp.airtable.com covers records, schema, interfaces and automations in 40 tools. The REST API allows 5 requests a second per base with a 30-second lockout after a 429, writes take 10 records a call, and the Free plan stops at 1,000 calls a month.

Teable

Personal access tokens and OAuth tokens carry per-action scopes, and tokens can be limited to chosen spaces and projects. The public OpenAPI file covers 841 operations. Error responses beyond 200 and 201 are missing from that file, no idempotency keys were found, and the cloud allows 10 requests a second on every plan.

Before you call either

Airtable

  1. Create a personal access token with only the scopes needed and add each base to it. A token with no base added sees nothing
  2. Stay under 5 requests a second per base. After a 429, wait 30 seconds before the next call
  3. Send writes in batches of 10 records, and use performUpsert with fieldsToMergeOn so a repeated call updates instead of duplicating
  4. Use table and field IDs, not names, and set returnFieldsByFieldId so a rename doesn't break the call
  5. POST to /listRecords when a filterByFormula would push the URL past 16,000 characters

Teable

  1. Send Authorization: Bearer <token> to https://app.teable.ai/api. A 403 with code restricted_resource usually means a missing scope or a project outside the token's list
  2. Page records with take of 100 at most. Personal keys created on Teable Cloud since 10 September 2026 are capped at 100 a request
  3. Ask for totals from /api/table/{tableId}/aggregation/row-count. Record lists stopped returning them by default on 2 September 2026
  4. Keep to 10 requests a second, back off on 429, and check before retrying a failed write because no idempotency key exists
  5. Pass fieldKeyType=id so renamed fields don't break writes, and leave typecast off unless values need converting

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Airtable or Teable?

Airtable scores 70.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Teable's 61 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Teable leads on maintenance & community.

Do Airtable and Teable need an API key?

Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

Can an agent call Airtable and Teable without installing anything?

Yes. Airtable has a hosted endpoint at https://api.airtable.com and Teable at https://app.teable.ai/api.

Are Airtable and Teable open source?

No open-source release is listed for Airtable. Teable is open source (AGPL-3.0 with additional brand terms for the backend and web app, MIT for the packages directory. Enterprise functions and the `@teable/cli` package (ISC on npm) are built in a private repository).

Other comparisons with Airtable or Teable

Machine-readable

For companies

Do agents find, use and choose your tools?

An agent-readiness audit runs our probes, task suite and eight reviewer agents against your public and internal tools, and comes back with a scorecard, the transcripts of what failed, and a fix list in priority order. From $2,500, re-run included. We never take payment to move a rank. We do help companies earn one.

Get an auditSee a sample report