Notion vs Airtable
Updated February 2026 • Comprehensive comparison
🎯 Quick Verdict
Notion is best for: Teams needing flexible docs and project management
Airtable is best for: Teams needing structured data and workflows
Feature Comparison
Docs
✓ Notion ✗ Airtable
Database
✓ Notion ✓ Airtable
Wiki
✓ Notion ✗ Airtable
Projects
✓ Notion ✗ Airtable
Ai
✓ Notion ✗ Airtable
Collaboration
✓ Notion ✓ Airtable
Api
✓ Notion ✓ Airtable
Templates
✓ Notion ✗ Airtable
Views
✗ Notion ✓ Airtable
Automations
✗ Notion ✓ Airtable
Forms
✗ Notion ✓ Airtable
Integrations
✗ Notion ✓ Airtable
Apps
✗ Notion ✓ Airtable
Feature
Notion
Airtable
Docs
✅
❌
Database
✅
✅
Wiki
✅
❌
Projects
✅
❌
Ai
✅
❌
Collaboration
✅
✅
Api
✅
✅
Templates
✅
❌
Views
❌
✅
Automations
❌
✅
Forms
❌
✅
Integrations
❌
✅
Apps
❌
✅
💰 Pricing
Pros & Cons
Notion
✅ Pros
- Extremely flexible and customizable
- Great for documentation and wikis
- Powerful database features
- Strong community and templates
- Good free tier
❌ Cons
- Can be overwhelming at first
- Performance issues with large databases
- Offline support is limited
- Not ideal for real-time collaboration
Airtable
✅ Pros
- Easy to learn (spreadsheet-like)
- Multiple views (grid, kanban, calendar)
- Powerful automations
- Great API and integrations
- Strong for relational data
❌ Cons
- Gets expensive quickly
- Limited formatting in records
- Not great for documents
- Row limits on lower tiers
🏆 Final Verdict
Both are excellent tools, but they serve different needs.