I’m looking for a good self-hosted solution that works like Airtable. I tried Baserow first because people said it was simple to use and had nice templates ready to go.
But I ran into some problems with it. The memory usage is crazy high - it eats up around 2.5 GB of RAM which is way too much for my server. Plus a lot of the cool features like kanban boards and calendar views are locked behind a paywall in their premium version.
So now I need to find something else. I’ve been looking at SeaTable and NocoDB as possible options. Has anyone here used these before? Which one would you recommend? I mainly need something that doesn’t use tons of memory and has most features available for free. Any other suggestions besides these two would be great too.
NocoDB has been solid for me after switching from a similar setup. Memory footprint is much more reasonable compared to what you described with Baserow - typically runs under 500MB in my experience. The interface feels familiar if you’re coming from Airtable and most core functionality is available in the free version. One thing to consider is that NocoDB connects to existing databases like MySQL or PostgreSQL, so you’re not locked into their data format. This made migration easier for me and gives more flexibility long term. Setup was straightforward using Docker and I haven’t hit any major limitations yet for basic relational database work with a decent web interface. SeaTable might be worth testing too but I found NocoDB met my needs without the complexity.