#36 in Frameworks & LibrariesUpdated 2026-08

Teable

by Teable · AI spreadsheet-database for apps, automations and workflows

BenchRank score

51.7

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Overview

Teable is a database presented as a spreadsheet, with grid, form, kanban, gallery and calendar views and typed fields including formula, link to record, rollup and lookup. It adds AI fields, AI chat and an app builder, so uploaded files such as receipts, contracts and CVs can be turned into structured records, apps and automation runs. Cloud and self-hosted deployment are both offered.

Best for: Small teams replacing scattered spreadsheets with a shared database, AI fields and automations
Pricing: Free plan, then $10/seat/month (Pro) and $20/seat/month (Business) billed yearly, or $12 and $24 billed monthly.
Runs on: WebSelf-hosted

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Free plan includes AI fields, AI chat, app builder and automations
Self-hosted deployment offered for control over data storage
Five view types: grid, form, kanban, gallery and calendar
Unlimited rows per table and custom SMTP email on every plan

Trade-offs

Free plan capped at 1,000 rows and 100 automation runs a month
SSO and authority matrix need the $20/seat/month Business plan
API rate limit stays at 10 requests per second on all three plans
Audit logs are listed as coming soon

Pricing

Published plans and prices from Teable’s own pricing page.

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Pricing transparency
Whether real prices are published, self-serve signup exists, and usage costs are knowable without a sales call.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.

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Where this comes from

The Teable pages BenchRank reads when it scores the product — its documentation, release notes, status and security pages, and its repository where there is one.

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