Host Baserow without installing anything
A collaborative database you build without writing a line of code, and that exposes a REST API for every table the moment it exists.
Starting at €15.99/month
Introduction
Baserow installed, updated and backed up by us, on a machine in France. A no-code collaborative database with grid, gallery, kanban and form views: an Airtable alternative designed to be self-hosted. You install nothing and configure no server: the application is online a few minutes after you order, under your own name.
The plan that suits it is App Performance at €15.99/month incl. VAT — 8 GB of memory, against a theoretical minimum of 2 GB. Baserow is not a spreadsheet: it is a Django application backed by PostgreSQL, with Redis, Celery workers for background jobs and a permanent WebSocket link so two people watch the same row move at the same time. Each of those pieces takes its share, and the gap with the theoretical minimum shows from the second sizeable table onwards.
Moving in from Airtable is planned for by the publisher: you paste your base's public share link and Baserow recreates the tables, fields and rows. Failing that, the importer takes CSV, JSON, XML and a plain paste from a spreadsheet. Underneath, your data lives in an ordinary PostgreSQL database, and CSV export stays available table by table — enough to leave without negotiating.
What managed hosting changes
Linked tables, not spreadsheet tabs
A link field connects a customer record to its orders, a lookup pulls a value from the linked table, and a formula works out the rest. That is the difference between a database and a workbook where the same fact is retyped in three places.
A REST API per table, with nothing to write
As soon as a table exists it can be queried in JSON. Database tokens are set table by table for read, create, update and delete, and webhooks tell another tool — n8n, for instance — the moment a row changes.
Import from Airtable, CSV, JSON and XML
An Airtable base comes across from its public share link. Otherwise the importer reads CSV, JSON and XML, and even accepts a direct paste from a spreadsheet, guessing column types as it goes.
Filtered views and public forms
Every view keeps its own filters, sorting and visible columns: the same table is a tracking board for one person and a short list for another. A public form feeds the table from outside without opening the rest.
Why hand it over rather than install it
An association tracking its members
The public membership form fills the table, a filtered view lists unpaid subscriptions, and the treasurer works on the same data as the secretary — not on a copy of the file received by email.
A tradesperson following building jobs
A jobs table linked to the customers table, photos dropped into a file field, and one view per stage: quote sent, accepted, under way, settled.
A three-person team leaving Airtable
The base comes across from its share link, tables and fields follow, and the bill stops climbing with every person added.
A shop preparing its catalogue
The gallery view shows pictures instead of rows, several people fill in the records, and a CSV export then feeds the online shop.
A developer who needs a back office right now
The tables act as the data store, the REST API and tokens grant access, webhooks trigger the rest. Nobody wrote an admin screen.
A working database that stays in France
The instance runs in our own datacentre in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, and the automatic backup kept for 14 days restores from the client area.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Baserow reads an Airtable base's public share link and recreates the tables, fields and rows. Plan a review pass: the common field types come across well, but complex Airtable formulas and automations have no direct equivalent and must be rebuilt. If you prefer going table by table, CSV or JSON import does the same thing more slowly but under your control.
The Baserow core is open source, and that is what we install: grid and gallery views, public forms, link fields, formulas, REST API, webhooks, CSV export. The publisher sells premium features separately — kanban, calendar and timeline views, row comments, JSON and XML export — plus enterprise features such as fine-grained roles. The licence is bought from them and installed on your instance.
For a back office, a product reference or an operational tracker, yes: the REST API, tokens and webhooks are enough, and n8n or Node-RED plug in without trouble. It is not a transactional engine, though: beyond a few hundred thousand rows per table, or if several jobs write at the same time, you want a real PostgreSQL database with a layer such as Directus on top.
Nothing. You choose the application, fill in the two or three fields it asks for, and it goes online; the address and credentials arrive by email. The recommended plan for Baserow is App Performance, at €15.99/month incl. VAT with 8 GB of memory, and it can be changed later without reinstalling.
Yes, they are part of the service. A self-hosted application left un-updated is a security risk, not a saving. Version upgrades are applied and checked by us, with a backup kept for 14 days so you can roll back from the client area.