Airtable vs Hive

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 Project Management: it has a visibility score of 4.9 versus 3.6 for Hive, and ranks ahead in 50% of the answers that name both.

Choose Airtable if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (4.9 vs 3.6)
You need ISO/IEC 27001:2022 or ISO/IEC 27701 or SOC 2 Type 2 or HIPAA or TX-RAMP Level 2 coverage
User-friendly spreadsheet-database hybrid for no-code work
Collaborative operational data and lightweight workflows

Choose Hive if…

You want a lower entry price ($5 vs $20)
You need SOC 2 or ISO 27001 or GDPR or CCPA coverage

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Airtable	Hive
Visibility score	4.9%	3.6%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Project Management	#16	#21
Share of voice	2.4%	0.8%
Mentions this run	13	5
Positive in AI answers	24%	—

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Airtable 0pp · Hive 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Airtable leads on 2 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

6.8%

0.9%

AI Mode

4.1%

Perplexity

3.7%

9.8%

AirtableHive

Head to head in AI answers

2 engine answers name both brands

1Airtable ranked higher

1Hive ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Airtable	Hive
Alternatives to the most popular project management tool	ChatGPT	#9	#13
Which project management tool offers a free trial?	Perplexity	#11	#9

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Airtable	Hive
Pricing model	Per seat	Per seat
Entry price	Free; paid from $20 per seat / mo	Free; paid from $5 per seat / mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Cloud, with US and EU hosting options	Cloud-hosted web app, with mobile and desktop applications
Integrations	—	1000+
Compliance	ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27701, SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA, TX-RAMP Level 2	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA
Support	—	Contact form for questions, Dedicated Customer Success Manager on Enterprise, Unlimited onboarding on Enterprise
Founded	2012	2016
Headquarters	—	New York City, NY, United States
Employees	—	51–200
Funding	Series F · $1350M raised	Series B, led by Rembrandt Venture Partners with Zoom's Apps Fund participating · $28M raised
Best for	Teams and enterprises that need to build governed, AI-enabled business apps and workflows without writing code.	Fast-moving teams such as marketing, creative, agencies and PMOs that want projects, tasks and approvals in one workspace