Need affordable spreadsheet tool for team of 20 workers - Airtable costs too much

Looking for budget-friendly database solution

I run a small business and need help finding the right tool. Currently using Google Sheets to manage tasks with my team of 20 workers who handle order fulfillment.

Current setup:

  • I create the master database with all orders
  • Workers access it to see their assigned tasks
  • They update status using dropdown menus and checkboxes when tasks are complete

Google Sheets gets the job done but has issues. People accidentally hide rows, move things around, and there’s no good way to group orders together without messy workarounds.

I tried Airtable and loved it - much cleaner interface, better organization, nice filtering options. But the pricing kills it for me. Every person needs their own paid account and I can’t afford 21 monthly bills just for a nicer spreadsheet.

What I need:

A tool similar to Airtable that lets multiple people work with filtered views but doesn’t require individual paid accounts for each user.

Any recommendations would be awesome!

have u checked out notion? its free for personal use and pretty cheap for teams. the database views work similar to airtable and you can set permissions so ppl cant mess up ur main data like they do in sheets. been using it for my warehouse team and it works great

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