Front end for Airtable recommendations

[Andrew_Davies]

Hello all

I know there is no "one size fits all" answer to this question - but I am desperate to get it resolved.

Keen on anyones ideas / thoughts on a front end solution for Airtable.  At the moment I use lots of shared bases - which does the job, but I would love other users to be able to edit and comment on records.

Requirements are :

• Ability to edit / update / add Airtable records
• All data / backend to be stored in Airtable 
• Needs to look clean / classy / professional / snappy - but I would be creating a functional website used to manage projects - not necessarily sell things
• Ability for users (that I invite) to be able to log in and add comments   Only up to about 10 users.  Log in process should be very easy (I like Glideapps method of using an email pin)
• Grouping a list of data essential (ie - grouping by category / type) - just like you can in an Airtable grid view.
• Scaleable - initially I want to use it as a simple "Maintenance log" - where users can log issues.  Eventually I would like to use it for inventories, schedules, condition reporting etc.
• Ideally priced around $30 p/month
• IN active development - being improved all the time

So far I have tried :

• Softr is winning for me at the moment. Built a nice website this morning.  Could do with a few more layout options - but I may be missing something.  I would need the professional plan which is over my budget though (typically - I only need a little more than the cheapest paid plan offers)
• Glideapps is promising too - but I have doubts over its scaleability.
• Stacker just looks too expensive.  
• Miniextensions looks good, but I just don't get their pricing/
• Airtable Extensions would have been ideal(ish) - except for the lack of custom domain.  But Airtables pricing is nuts.  I could manage with users just commenting - with 10 users that would be approx $200 p/month - not worth it.
• Have also tried Pory - didn't get very far - happy to give it another go.

Any thoughts / suggestions would be much appreciated!

Andrew

[Andrew_Davies]

I am leaning towards Glide if anyone is interested. 

anyone have any experience with Glide?

[Lforino]

@Andrew_Davies    Did Glide work out for you?  I am looking front end for apps that I built in airtable.  I would eventually like some of these to be open to our customers as a form of self servicing.  Budget isn't the most important thing for us, as most of the products you mention seem to be around $100/mo.  

Would love to hear what you chose and how its working for you and what limitations it has that you weren't aware about?

[Andrew_Davies]

Hi

Sorry for the slow reply. Have you got anywhere yet?

Glide has worked out well for me but it’s not perfect. I guess that’s the nature of no-code - there is an inevitable compromise. 

One of my issues is there is so much choice!  I delve into one solution thinking it’s the bees knees, only to hit a road block after several wasted days. But that said, I have settled on Glide (for now at least)

it’s an ever changing market though and definitely worth keeping an eye on what is available. Thinks are l improving all the time. 

Likewise - would be interested to hear how you get on!

andrew