Airtable vs Budibase

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Airtable is the stronger AI pick in Low-Code & No-Code: it has a visibility score of 10.9 versus 5.2 for Budibase, and ranks ahead in 33% of the answers that name both.

Choose Airtable if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (10.9 vs 5.2)
You need ISO/IEC 27001:2022 or ISO/IEC 27701 or SOC 2 Type 2 or HIPAA or TX-RAMP Level 2 coverage
Per seat pricing suits your budget better than flat tiers
User-friendly spreadsheet-database hybrid for no-code work

Choose Budibase if…

You want a lower entry price ($19 vs $20)
AI answers describe it more positively (67% vs 24% positive)
You need ISO 27001 coverage
Flat tiers pricing suits your budget better than per seat

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Airtable	Budibase
Visibility score	10.9%	5.2%
Change vs last week	down−1.5%	down−0.5%
Rank in Low-Code & No-Code	#10	#20
Share of voice	3.2%	1.6%
Mentions this run	18	9
Positive in AI answers	24%	67%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Airtable −1.5pp · Budibase −0.5pp over 1 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Airtable leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

9.4%

7.6%

AI Mode

11.5%

6.3%

Perplexity

11.8%

1.9%

AirtableBudibase

Head to head in AI answers

3 engine answers name both brands

1Airtable ranked higher

2Budibase ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Airtable	Budibase
Best low-code platform for startups	Perplexity	#5	#8
Is there a free low-code platform for small teams?	ChatGPT	#6	#2
Is there a free low-code platform for small teams?	AI Mode	#4	#2

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Airtable	Budibase
Pricing model	Per seat	Flat tiers
Entry price	Free; paid from $20 per seat / mo	Free; paid from $19 / mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Cloud, with US and EU hosting options	Self-host on your own infrastructure or use Budibase Cloud
Compliance	ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27701, SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA, TX-RAMP Level 2	ISO 27001
Support	—	Community forum, docs and chat, Email support on Business plan, Priority SLAs and account manager on Enterprise
Founded	2012	2019
Headquarters	—	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Employees	—	51–200
Funding	Series F · $1350M raised	Seed (about $1.8M, before Seed II) · $9M raised
Best for	Teams and enterprises that need to build governed, AI-enabled business apps and workflows without writing code.	IT and operations teams in regulated organizations that want agents, apps and automations they can self-host.