Can we stay on just Baserow?

Yes. Appsmith is for the moment someone says "I need a custom form and a role." Don't add it on day one if the grid is enough.

Stacks / Forms

Medium

Baserow + Appsmith

Airtable replacement: a real database with a spreadsheet UI, plus internal tools on top.

The problem

Airtable starts as a grid and ends as the company's undocumented source of truth — with a seat bill and an API budget. Internal tools then get rebuilt in yet another SaaS.

Replaces

Airtable

Estimated SaaS saved

$2,400

per year, small team, before lock-in

Deploy on Railway

Sponsor this stack

Placeholder: Baserow + Appsmith + Postgres. Medium complexity; second-wave template.

The stack

Baserow
Open-source Airtable
Catalog entry →
Appsmith
Internal tools on that data
Catalog entry →

Cost table

You stop paying	Typical / year	Self-host instead
Airtable Team	$2,400	Baserow + Postgres
Retool / similar	$3,600	Appsmith

Agent setup prompt

Replace Airtable with Baserow and put Appsmith on top for internal tools.

- Postgres behind Baserow.
- Model the first base after the team's noisiest Airtable (CRM-lite, inventory, or content calendar).
- Build one Appsmith screen: list, filter, edit.
- Document CSV import from Airtable and who owns the schema.

Also as markdown: /stacks/baserow-appsmith.md

FAQ

Can we stay on just Baserow?: Yes. Appsmith is for the moment someone says "I need a custom form and a role." Don't add it on day one if the grid is enough.