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**Subject: How to Protect an Airtable App from Copying and Resale?**  

Hi everyone,  

I’m developing an Airtable application and have found a developer to finalize it. However, I want to ensure that they **can’t copy or resell my work**.  

What are the best practices to:  
- **Limit permissions** (prevent duplication of the base)  
- **Restrict access to automation and API keys**  
- **Secure the app using interfaces**  
- **Legally protect my project (NDA, intellectual property rights)**  

If anyone has experience with securing their Airtable setup or has practical suggestions, I would really appreciate your insights! 😊  

Thanks in advance for your help.  
 

​@Chef Tarik 

If you assign your Airtable developer “creator” access for your base, you can’t prevent them from doing any of those things.

Your best bet is to work with an Airtable consultant that you trust, and also have them sign any necessary legal documents that state that you own the work that they have created. You will probably want to work with a lawyer to make sure you have the proper documents.

Hope this helps! If you’d like to hire the best Airtable consultant to help you with anything Airtable-related, please feel free to contact me through my website: Airtable consultant — ScottWorld 

Hey ​@Chef Tarik, they will need “creator” access for sure (rather than “editor” as mentioned above) as to create tables, fields, and even edit them, “creator” access is needed.

There is no way in which you can avoid the developer from doing that. Also as mentioned above, best you can do is (1) find someone you trust (check for experience, reviews, and so on) and (2) get some nice agreements in place. Even with nice bulletproof agreements in place the risk is actually still there, so I would focus on  (1) to be honest.

I’m actually a former lawyer and currently a full time Airtable consultant (for some years now), and would still focus on (1) above. If you cannot, or do not want, to spend money on lawyers, you can still use known standard documents such as the NDA from oneNDA or similar.


Feel free to reach out if you need further help!

Mike, Consultant @ Automatic Nation

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