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Kintone vs Airtable

Kintone and Airtable both land on Depends.

Airtable

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Confidence: Medium

Buy if you're a mid-size ops, content, or product team needing relational data, automations, and enterprise compliance like SOC 2 or HIPAA.

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Kintone versus Airtable
CompareKintoneAirtable
VerdictDependsDepends
Best forOps teams building custom workflow apps without developersOps and content teams tracking relational data
Who it's not forSmall teams wanting a simple contact list or shared trackerSmall teams that just need a simple contact list
PrivacyHIPAA compliant (Nov 2025); historical Android app CVEs (2016-2020) disclosed; no Log4j2 impact.⁸SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified; HIPAA/FERPA available; CVEs found in ecosystem tooling, not core platform per sources reviewed.
Support qualityNo support evidence in sources2.0/5 Trustpilot service rating
Public sentimentUsers across G2, Capterra, and Software Advice describe Kintone as easy to use, powerful, and versatile for custom team apps.¹Professional reviewers rate it highly for flexibility, while Trustpilot reviewers sit at 2.0/5 with per-user pricing the loudest complaint.14
Biggest gotchaPer-user pricing means costs grow with headcount⁵Per-seat pricing scales fast with headcount; Reddit users call the model too high

Pick Kintone when

  • Ops teams building custom workflow apps without developers
  • Companies centralizing approvals and databases
  • Teams outgrowing spreadsheets
  • Mid-market firms needing HIPAA-compliant no-code

When Kintone is not a fit

  • Small teams wanting a simple contact list or shared tracker
  • Buyers expecting ready-made CRM . you build apps yourself
  • Anyone wanting instant plug-and-play with zero setup
  • Guess: cost-sensitive users . per-user pricing scales with headcount

Pick Airtable when

  • Ops and content teams tracking relational data
  • Mid-size teams automating manual workflows
  • Non-technical teams building lightweight internal apps
  • Companies needing SOC 2 or HIPAA compliance

When Airtable is not a fit

  • Small teams that just need a simple contact list
  • Solo users . a spreadsheet is free and sufficient
  • Cost-sensitive teams; per-seat pricing bites as headcount grows
  • Buyers wanting a dedicated CRM or self-hosted control

Sources

  1. Kintone Reviews . G2g2.com
    review
  2. Kintone Review 2026: Rated 4.6/5 by 223 Users . Findstackfindstack.com
    review
  3. Kintone Reviews . Capterracapterra.com
    review
  4. Kintone Reviews . Software Advicesoftwareadvice.com
    review
  5. Infinity vs Kintone . TrustRadius (pricing)trustradius.com
    review
  6. Kintone Reviews . Gartner Peer Insightsgartner.com
    review
  7. Kintone Achieves HIPAA Compliancekintone.com
    news
  8. CVE-2016-1186 . NVDnvd.nist.gov
    security
  9. Kintone Securitykintone.com
    official
  10. Scaling up a testing program for Cybozu . Pearson VUEpearsonvue.com
    official
  11. Kintone Developer Program (customer count)kintone.dev
    official
  12. Switching from Quickbase . Reddit r/nocodereddit.com
    review
  13. Airtable Review . PCMagpcmag.com
    review
  14. Airtable Reviews . G2g2.com
    review
  15. Airtable Reviews . Trustpilot (2.0/5)trustpilot.com
    review
  16. Airtable Review . EXPERTE.com (3.9/5)experte.com
    review