Trying to see if an idea is viable from a cost perspective but can't work out licensing implications
I want to build a FREE, NO COST application for a community scenario where kids are collecting and trading stickers. The plan is to use Softr and Airtable and the app is basically built but now I'm wondering if it's viable using free licenses.
Not sure of the number of users, don't anticipate it will be that many, maybe 100 even if successful
Hmm, the main limitations for free vs paid to me are: 1. Only 1000 records per base 2. Only 100 Automation runs 3. No scripting 4. 5 max users
With Softr there's no max user problem, and given that it's already built it seems you didn't need scripting to do it, so the question becomes how quickly do you think you'll hit 1000 records / 100 automation runs
The free tier also only has 1000 API calls per month, and Softr's probably using that to grab / edit data? I don't know of a way to check the number of calls used per month though, hopefully someone else has an idea about that
Thanks (again) Adam. I suspected as much. That's disappointing. Starting to wonder more and more if Airtable is right for the kind of solutions I'm working on.
If I upgrade, who needs to be upgraded? All users? or just the "core team"
Anyone who needs to edit the data directly within Airtable will need to be upgraded I'm afraid. Most of your data updates are going to be coming from Softr though right? If so, you could try to just pay for one account and create specific pages in Softr for your admin users if needed? (Or just give them forms to update stuff if it's sporadic)
In your use case, I don't think you need to upgrade, you can build a frontend with Softr, give users access to edit the Airtable data, you can also have 5 collaborators in the free plan, meaning people can get access to the studio application and build alongside.
