Comparison

SeaTable vs Airtable

SeaTable and Airtable both land on Depends.

SeaTable

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy it if you need a self-hostable, GDPR-native Airtable-style database at a low per-user price.

Depends

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.

SeaTable versus Airtable
Compare	SeaTable	Airtable
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	GDPR-sensitive EU teams	Ops and content teams tracking relational data
Who it's not for	Anyone needing only a simple contact list . use a spreadsheet	Small teams that just need a simple contact list
Privacy	GDPR-compliant and encrypted with a passed pen test; the one 2026 CVE hit the third-party n8n SeaTable connector, not SeaTable core.¹¹	SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified; HIPAA/FERPA available; CVEs found in ecosystem tooling, not core platform per sources reviewed.
Support quality	Trustpilot 3.7/5, tiny sample	2.0/5 Trustpilot service rating
Public sentiment	Users rate SeaTable 4.5-4.6 on Capterra and G2 as a cheaper, self-hostable Airtable alternative, though some find Airtable more polished.^¹	Professional reviewers rate it highly for flexibility, while Trustpilot reviewers sit at 2.0/5 with per-user pricing the loudest complaint.¹⁶
Biggest gotcha	TrustRadius lists 9 pricing plans . plan sprawl makes cost comparison painful¹³	Per-seat pricing scales fast with headcount; Reddit users call the model too high