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The database everyone can use, without the seat count
Airtable proved that a database could be as friendly as a spreadsheet, then priced it per seat and capped your rows by subscription tier. Baserow gives you the same building experience, grid views, forms, kanban boards and a full API, running on your own infrastructure with no per-seat fees and no row limits. Node deploys, manages and supports Baserow as a production service hosted in the UK.
What Baserow is
Baserow is an open source no-code database platform. It looks and works like a spreadsheet, so anyone in the business can build with it, but underneath each table is a real database with typed fields, relationships between tables, filters, sorting and permissions. Teams use it for CRM pipelines, project trackers, content calendars, asset registers, inventories and any structured data that currently lives in a sprawl of spreadsheets.
Every table you create is instantly available through a REST API, so what starts as a simple tracker can become the backend for internal tools, websites and automations without a rebuild. Views let different people see the same data differently: a grid for the operations team, a kanban board for delivery, a public form for collecting submissions.
Because Baserow is open source and self-hostable, the whole platform can run on infrastructure you control. That is the difference Node builds on: you get the Airtable experience with a straight answer to where your data lives and who can reach it.
Why self-hosted Baserow instead of Airtable
No per-seat fees: Airtable charges for every collaborator, at the time of writing around 20 US dollars per seat per month on its team tier, and the bill climbs as adoption spreads. Self-hosted Baserow has no per-user licence. Add the whole company for the same flat managed fee.
No row limits: Airtable caps rows per base by pricing tier, and growing teams hit those caps at the worst possible moment. Baserow databases grow with your deployment, not your subscription plan.
UK data residency: your customer lists, pipelines and operational data stay on UK infrastructure under an Article 28 data processing agreement, rather than in a US vendor's cloud. For regulated sectors and privacy-conscious organisations, that removes a whole category of questions.
No lock-in: your data sits in an open platform you can export in full at any time, in open formats. If you ever leave, you take everything with you.
Forms and sharing without upsells: public forms, shared views and API access are part of the platform, not features rationed by tier.
Views, forms and collaboration
Baserow's views turn one dataset into many working surfaces. Grid views behave like the spreadsheet your team already understands. Kanban and gallery views suit pipelines and visual catalogues. Form views collect structured submissions from staff or the public straight into a table, with no separate form tool to pay for. Collaboration is real time, so two people editing the same table see each other's changes as they happen, and granular permissions keep sensitive tables restricted to the right people.
A backend for your internal tools
Every Baserow table exposes a REST API automatically, with webhooks that fire when records change. That makes Baserow a practical backend for internal tools and automations. We pair it with n8n workflow automation so a new row can trigger a workflow: a form submission raises a ticket, a deal moving stage notifies the delivery team, a stock level dropping generates a purchase order. Structured data plus automation, all on infrastructure you control.
Baserow or NocoDB?
We run both of the leading open source Airtable alternatives. Baserow is the better fit when you are building databases from scratch and want the friendliest possible experience for non-technical teams. NocoDB takes a different approach: it layers a spreadsheet interface over databases you already run, such as an existing Postgres or MySQL system. If you are not sure which suits, we will advise honestly, and both run on the same managed platform.
Keycloak and single sign-on
Every application in a Node tenant joins your own Keycloak realm, so staff sign in once with corporate credentials and use Baserow alongside every other app we run for you. Admins grant and revoke access centrally, MFA and session policies apply consistently, and leavers lose access the moment they are removed from your identity system. It is one of the ways the Node platform turns a collection of apps into a coherent workspace.
How Node runs Baserow for you
We operate Baserow as a fully managed service, not a server you have to babysit.
Deployment: we deploy Baserow in a production configuration with a proper database, object storage for file attachments and TLS on your own domain.
Upgrades and maintenance: we test and apply updates, manage migrations and keep your instance current and secure without disrupting your team's work.
Monitoring and support: we monitor availability and performance, take regular backups of your databases and files, and our team is on hand when you need changes or help.
Your infrastructure or ours: hosted on Node's UK infrastructure or deployed into your own environment, on-premises or in your cloud accounts, with the same managed service either way.
The economics of per-seat pricing: a no-code database succeeds by spreading. The moment Airtable becomes useful, more of the company wants in, and every new collaborator adds to a per-seat bill that compounds monthly. Thirty people on a paid Airtable tier can cost thousands of pounds a year before you hit a row cap. A managed Baserow deployment from Node is a flat, predictable cost however many people use it and however many rows they create. Adoption becomes a win, not a budget problem.
Adoption and community
200,000+ active users Baserow reports more than 200,000 active users, and its site carries testimonials from adopters including the Royal Bank of Canada, which uses it as the single source of truth for policy and risk incident data.
“I've had a great experience self-hosting Baserow! It's super easy to deploy on Linux servers and interface with via APIs. Plus the UI is slick!”
Hacker News
“Baserow looks so polished, very impressive for such an early stage project. Loved how easy it was to get the auto generated API working too!”
Hacker News
Quotes are from public community discussions, linked to their original sources.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best open source alternative to Airtable?
Baserow is one of the leading open source alternatives to Airtable. It provides the same spreadsheet-style database with grid, gallery, form and kanban views, real-time collaboration and an automatic API, and it can be self-hosted so your data stays on infrastructure you control. Node Digital deploys and manages Baserow for UK organisations. We also run NocoDB, which takes a different approach by sitting over your existing databases.
Where is our Baserow data hosted?
On Node's UK infrastructure, or in your own environment if you prefer. Either way your records never sit in a US SaaS vendor's cloud, and the service is backed by an Article 28 data processing agreement so your GDPR position is clear.
Can you migrate us from Airtable to Baserow?
Yes. Airtable bases can be exported and Baserow imports tabular data directly, and Baserow includes an Airtable import feature. We handle the migration, rebuild your views and forms, and reconnect any integrations so your team switches over without losing work.
Does Baserow have row limits like Airtable?
No. Airtable caps the number of rows per base by pricing tier. Self-hosted Baserow has no such gating: your databases are limited by the resources of your deployment, not by a subscription plan, and we scale the deployment as your data grows.
Does Baserow support single sign-on?
Yes. Every application in a Node tenant joins your own Keycloak realm, so your team signs in to Baserow with the same corporate credentials they use everywhere else, with MFA and access policies enforced centrally.
What does the managed Baserow service include?
Deployment in a production configuration, upgrades and security patching, monitoring, backups of your databases and files, and support from our team when you need changes or something needs attention. You use Baserow; we run it.
Talk to us about Baserow.
Drop us a line and our team will discuss your requirements and how a managed Baserow deployment can replace Airtable at a flat, predictable cost.
Our heritage
These projects were delivered by Tokyo Digital, acquired by Node in May 2023 and now a wholly owned subsidiary of Node DT Group. The same team builds and runs the Node platform today.