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Head to head · Sheets records · October 2026 research run

NocoDB vs Teable

NocoDB scores 75.7 (BB) on agent readiness against Teable's 61 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do sheets records.

NocoDBNocoDB Inc · HTTP API BB75.7/100#37 of 722 TeableTeable AI, Inc. · HTTP API C61/100#379 of 722

Which one, for what

NocoDB BB

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

  • Reliability, 97 against 72
  • Schema & documentation, 85 against 75
  • Agent ergonomics, 74 against 65
  • Security & auth, 71 against 62
  • Maintenance & community, 87 against 76
  • Transparency & trust, 76 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 user on every plan, shared by all of that user's tokens, with a 30-second block after a 429

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.

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 runNocoDBTeableEdge
Reliability16%209772NocoDB +25
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.28575NocoDB +10
Agent ergonomics13%16.27465NocoDB +9
Security & auth14%17.57162NocoDB +9
Payments & pricing10%12.53030even
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.88776NocoDB +11
Transparency & trust7%8.87664NocoDB +12
Negative events≤150-3
Total75.7 · BB61 · C

Facts side by side

FactNocoDBTeable
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorNocoDB IncTeable AI, Inc.
Hosted endpointhttps://app.nocodb.comhttps://app.teable.ai/api
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTPHTTP
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingFreemiumFreemium
x402nono
LicenceSustainable 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 ServiceAGPL-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 exposed199none
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesyes
Last release2026-09-292026-10-06
Terms last updated2025-10-142026-05-25
Privacy policy last updated2026-03-202026-10-01
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
Popularity65k stars, 6.3k npm/wk22k stars, 179 npm/wk

Verdicts

NocoDB

API tokens and MCP connections are limited by permission category and by base, and an MCP connection registers only the tools it is allowed. The v3 REST API has a public OpenAPI file. Requests are capped at 5 a second per user, REST writes take 10 records a call, and the Free plan stops at 1,000 API 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

NocoDB

  1. Create a fine-grained token limited to the bases and categories the task needs. Send it as xc-token or as a Bearer token
  2. Stay under 5 requests a second across all tokens of one user. After a 429, honour Retry-After or wait 30 seconds
  3. Send REST writes in batches of 10 records. The MCP record tools take up to 100, counted as one API call per 10 records
  4. Write date filters with a sub-operator, such as (due_date,eq,exactDate,2026-06-01), and put no space after ~and or ~or
  5. Use /records/upsert with a merge key so a repeated write updates the record instead of adding a duplicate

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, NocoDB or Teable?

NocoDB scores 75.7 (BB) on agent readiness against Teable's 61 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.

Do NocoDB and Teable need an API key?

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

Can an agent call NocoDB and Teable without installing anything?

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

Are NocoDB and Teable open source?

No open-source release is listed for NocoDB. 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).

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