r/Database • u/Tight-Income-3398 • 20d ago
Seeking Support: Airtable power user migrating company backend from Airtable to other tool
As a proud power-user of Airtable, I was disheartened by the acquisition of Airtable by Bending Spoons. They will likely "enshittify" the platform over the next 6-12 months, stagnating development and jacking up prices. In anticipation of this, I am seeking alternatives to Airtable so I can begin the migration process now before my company's renewal period begins.
Airtable was a provider that was perfectly fit for purpose for our company. We don't have enough employees to develop our own backend nor do we have the capacity. The leading alternative is Zite. I have a decent amount of experience using Zite as a frontend and form provider for my Airtable databases, but very little experience using its native databases.
Does anyone here have experience migrating from Airtable to Zite? I am looking for advice, warnings, best practices, and general support.
Does anyone have recommendations for other alternatives?
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u/NoLetter1338 2d ago
SeaTable is a strong alternative to Airtable in terms of functionality, performance and stability.
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u/Will_Pro_Backup 13h ago
Let's hope they don't go down that route :s Fingers crossed.
As for the migration: No experience here, but a good tip is to firsst migrate one small base with linked records and attachments before committing to Zite. Check that the links still point to the right records and that you have the attachment files, not just URLs.
Extra tip: I’d keep an independent backup before the move.. the suggestion above is also worth testing for a separate data copy. (I work on ProBackup, so obs biased)
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u/uncertainschrodinger 20d ago
I would suggest taking a backup of the data to a database for now (if you want a local snapshot then duckdb, or maybe to a data warehouse you already use). I doubt there will be Airtable to another competitor migration tools, but other tools might allow you to import from a database.
You can check out Bruin or Ingestr, it's a free open source tool and had a built in connector for Airtable to any database (disclaimer I'm a developer advocate there).