Ninox Alternatives for No-Code Databases and Team Apps

Ninox is still a working product. It is a no-code database from the German company Ninox Software GmbH, with native apps for Mac, iPad, iPhone and Android and a web app for teams. The Ninox pricing page lists a free plan for up to 5 users, 5,000 records and 100 MB, then Team at EUR 25 and Business at EUR 40 per user a month, billed annually. Prices exclude VAT, and the cloud runs on AWS with the server region in Germany.

People look elsewhere for three reasons. The per-user price climbs fast once a whole office needs access. Record limits are counted per user (50,000 on Team, 250,000 on Business). And there is no native Windows app, so Windows staff work in the browser. The seven picks below start with the closest European replacement and end with tools that solve a different part of the job.

Prices below are as of November 8, 2026. Our method is on How we review tools.

Quick comparison

SeaTable

SeaTable is sold by SeaTable GmbH and keeps cloud data in German data centers, so the GDPR story most Ninox buyers care about stays the same. It looks like a spreadsheet with linked tables, and buyers pay in euros, excluding VAT, the same way they pay Ninox.

The free cloud plan is unusually wide: up to 25 users, 10,000 rows and 2 GB of storage, against Ninox's 5 users and 5,000 records. Teams that need their own hardware can run SeaTable Server, which has a permanently free tier for 3 users.

Best for: European teams that want EUR billing, German hosting and a bigger free tier than Ninox.

Pricing:

• Free: EUR 0, up to 25 users, 10,000 rows, 2 GB
• Plus: EUR 7 per user a month billed yearly, EUR 9 billed monthly; 50,000 rows, 50 GB
• Enterprise: EUR 14 per user a month billed yearly, EUR 18 billed monthly; unlimited rows, 100 GB
• Dedicated cloud: from 100 users, yearly billing, contact sales
• Server (self-hosted): free for 3 users; paid licences have a 1-year minimum. All prices exclude VAT

Watch out for:

• Paid Server licences for 10, 25 or 50 users have no published price, and the SeaTable price list says the fee is usually invoiced up front for the whole term.
• There are no native desktop apps like Ninox for Mac. Work happens in the browser or the mobile apps.

Official site: SeaTable.

Airtable

Airtable is the default many Ninox users compare against, mostly for its template gallery, its interface designer and the number of tools that connect to it. Read-only collaborators are free on Team and Business, which helps when most staff only look up records.

Prices are in US dollars per editor. Team costs $20 a month billed yearly or $24 billed monthly. Business is $45 or $54, and the self-serve Business plan needs an address on a private email domain, not Gmail or Yahoo.

Best for: Teams that want the widest choice of templates, integrations and outside consultants.

Pricing:

• Free: 1,000 records per base, 1 GB of attachments per base, 100 automation runs a month, up to 5 editors
• Team: $20 per user a month billed yearly, $24 billed monthly
• Business: $45 per user a month billed yearly, $54 billed monthly
• Enterprise Scale: custom price

Watch out for:

• The free plan stops at 1,000 records per base, a fifth of what Ninox Free allows, per the Airtable plans article.
• Failed and cancelled automation runs count toward the monthly run limit.

Official site: Airtable.

Baserow

Baserow is an open-core database builder whose non-premium features are under the MIT licence. You can run it yourself with one Docker command, Docker Compose or a Helm chart, and the self-hosted edition has no storage cap. The current release in the repository is 2.4.1.

On the hosted side, Premium is $10 per user a month billed yearly or $12 monthly, with 50,000 rows and 20 GB per workspace. Unlike Ninox, the row limit belongs to the workspace rather than to each user, so adding a colleague does not add capacity.

Best for: Teams that want the option to self-host on a permissive licence without giving up a hosted plan.

Pricing:

• Free cloud: 3,000 rows and 2 GB per workspace, 2,000 automation credits
• Premium: $10 per user a month billed yearly, $12 billed monthly; 50,000 rows, 20 GB
• Advanced: $18 per user a month billed yearly, $22 billed monthly; 250,000 rows, 100 GB
• Enterprise: price on request, invoice billing
• Self-hosted: the MIT-licensed edition is free

Watch out for:

• Premium and enterprise features sit outside the MIT licence, as the Baserow repository notes, so a free self-hosted install does not get everything the cloud plans have.
• The free cloud plan caps rows at 3,000 for the whole workspace.

Official site: Baserow.

NocoDB

NocoDB puts a spreadsheet-style interface on top of a SQL database, so a team can keep its data in Postgres or MySQL and still edit it like a table. That is a different model from Ninox, where the data lives inside Ninox's own store.

The self-hosted Community edition is free with unlimited records, storage and seats. In the cloud, Plus and Business can switch to a flat fee for unlimited seats ($108 or $216 a month, billed yearly), which caps the bill for larger offices.

Best for: Teams with an existing SQL database who want a no-code front end on it.

Pricing:

• Free cloud: 3 editors, 10 commenters, 1,000 records, 1 GB, 1,000 API calls a month
• Plus: $12 per seat a month billed yearly or $15 monthly; unlimited seats for $108 a month yearly or $135 monthly
• Business: $24 per seat a month yearly or $30 monthly; unlimited seats for $216 or $270 a month
• Scale: $45 per seat a month yearly or $54 monthly, 3-seat minimum
• Self-hosted Community: free

Watch out for:

• The nocodb package on npm ships under the Sustainable Use License, a fair-code licence that is not OSI open source.
• The free cloud plan holds only 1,000 records and 3 editors.

Official site: NocoDB.

Zoho Creator

Ninox users who wrote a lot of scripts tend to land on Zoho Creator. It is a low-code app builder more than a database, with forms, reports, customer portals and workflow logic written in Deluge, Zoho's scripting language. It also plugs into Zoho CRM, Books and the rest of the Zoho suite.

Prices depend on country. In the US list, Standard is US$8 per user a month billed yearly and covers 1 app; Professional at US$20 removes the app limit. Our Zoho Creator alternatives page covers the wider low-code field.

Best for: Businesses that need portals, approvals and scripted logic, especially if they already run Zoho apps.

Pricing:

• Free edition: one app for individuals or small teams
• Standard: US$8 per user a month billed yearly, US$12 monthly; 1 app
• Professional: US$20 billed yearly, US$30 monthly; unlimited apps
• Enterprise: US$25 billed yearly, US$37 monthly
• 15-day trial of Professional, no card needed

Watch out for:

• The Zoho Creator limitations page lists caps such as 80 single-line and similar fields per form and fewer search options in reports above 10,000 records.
• Deluge is Zoho-only, so logic written in it does not move to another platform.

Official site: Zoho Creator.

Knack

Knack prices by account and record count, not by user. That flips the Ninox math: a 40-person team pays the same as a 4-person team, as long as the data fits the plan. Apps run in the browser with logins, roles and forms, so it works well for client portals and field teams.

Starter is $49 a month billed yearly for 20,000 records, 2 GB and 3 apps. Pro is $110 a month billed yearly with 50,000 records and unlimited apps. There is no free plan, only a 14-day trial without a card.

Best for: Apps with many logins but modest data, such as portals and member directories.

Pricing:

• Starter: $49 a month billed yearly, or $59 monthly ($19 a month for the first 3 months for new customers); 20,000 records, 2 GB, 3 apps
• Pro: $110 a month billed yearly, or $130 monthly ($49 for the first 3 months); 50,000 records, 10 GB
• Corporate: from $250 a month billed yearly or $300 monthly; 125,000 to 2.5 million records
• Enterprise: contact sales

Watch out for:

• Record limits are hard plan limits, and the Knack pricing page says the final Corporate price depends on usage.
• Knack has no offline desktop app, so it does not replace Ninox's local Mac databases.

Official site: Knack.

Notion

For some teams Ninox was overkill: a contact list, a project tracker and a few linked tables. Notion databases cover that, with the bonus that docs, wikis and meeting notes sit in the same place. Relations, rollups and forms are built in, though there is no scripting language.

Plus costs $10 and Business $20 per member a month billed yearly ($12 and $24 billed monthly). Notion AI features such as the Notion Agent and AI meeting notes are part of Business; Free and Plus get a limited trial.

Best for: Small teams whose database is mostly a tracker that lives next to their documents.

Pricing:

• Free: $0; unlimited blocks for one member, a block limit for multi-member workspaces
• Plus: $10 per member a month billed yearly, $12 billed monthly
• Business: $20 per member a month billed yearly, $24 billed monthly, AI included
• Enterprise: custom

Watch out for:

• On the free plan each upload is capped at 5 MB and page history at 7 days, per the Notion pricing page.
• It has no calculated scripts or triggers like Ninox, so complex business rules do not fit.

Official site: Notion.

How to choose

When to stay with Ninox

Stay with Ninox if you rely on its Mac app with databases stored on your own machine, or on its private cloud and on-premise server, which the Ninox products page offers for companies that want their own location and user admin. Few tools on this list match that mix of local Apple apps and self-hosting. The free plan for 5 users also never expires, so a small team has no deadline to move.

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