Airtable vs. Redmine

At a glance

Best for

Best for teams that want to build custom project and work-tracking apps on a flexible database rather than adopt a fixed tool.

Freelancers
Small and mid-sized
Enterprise

Redmine

Best for

Best for software and engineering teams that want a free, self-hosted tracker tied to their own repositories.

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion	Airtable	Redmine
Starting price	Free; Team from $20 / user / month Billed annually. Business $45 per user and month, Enterprise Scale on request. Paid per seat for users with edit access; read-only collaborators, form submissions and share links are free.	Free (open source, self-hosted)
Free trial	Free tier	Not stated
API	Yes, a developer API plus built-in automations	Yes, a REST API in XML and JSON
Languages	Not stated	49
Hosting	Cloud (SaaS)	Self-hosted; no vendor-hosted edition
Made in	USA	Not stated
Task planning	Yes, work and projects in grid, kanban, calendar and gantt views	Yes, issue tracking with customizable statuses, types and workflows, plus Gantt charts and calendars generated from issue dates
Resource planning	No dedicated module; allocation is built on your own tables and Interfaces, with Airtable's resource planning, resource allocation and capacity planning templates as a starting point	No capacity or workload planning in the core: issues are assigned per person and Gantt charts are drawn from issue dates, and anything beyond that comes from third-party plugins
Time tracking	No dedicated module; hours are recorded in fields on a base you set up, with Airtable's time management and contractor time tracker templates as a starting point	Yes, part of the core, with time entered at project or issue level and reporting by user, type, category or activity
Reporting and controlling	Dashboards and charts through Interfaces	Yes, time entry reports by user, type, category or activity, plus issue filtering on custom fields
Integrations and API	Yes, a developer API plus built-in automations	Yes, a REST API in XML and JSON, plus repository integration with Subversion, CVS, Mercurial, Bazaar and Git
AI features	stated Yes	No
Deployment	Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based	Browser-based, On-premise
Support	more entries Email helpdesk, Community forum	Community forum
Onboarding	more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Live online demos and webinars	Documentation and knowledge base
Company size	Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise	Not stated
Integrations	more entries Slack, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Dropbox, Box, Salesforce, Zendesk, Jira, GitHub, Stripe, Twilio, Typeform, Jotform, Miro, Unito, WordPress, Snowflake, Databricks, Tableau Cloud	Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, CVS, LDAP

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The short version

Key Differences

Starting price Airtable Free; Team from $20 / user / month Redmine Free (open source, self-hosted)
Deployment Airtable Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Redmine Browser-based, On-premise
Hosting Airtable Cloud (SaaS) Redmine Self-hosted; no vendor-hosted edition
Support Airtable Email helpdesk, Community forum Redmine Community forum
AI features Airtable Yes Redmine No

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Airtable

Strengths

Flexible relational database that adapts to many workflows
Grid, kanban, calendar and gantt views plus a custom Interface builder
Airtable AI and automations built in, with a free tier and a developer API

Limitations

Not a purpose-built project manager; resource planning and time tracking need a custom setup
Per-seat pricing for edit users adds up for larger teams

Redmine

Strengths

Free and open source under the GNU General Public License v2, with no per-user cost
Self-hosted, so project data stays on your own infrastructure
Repository integration with Subversion, CVS, Mercurial, Bazaar and Git
REST API in XML and JSON covering issues, projects, users and time entries
Available in forty-nine languages and runs on MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite

Limitations

No vendor-hosted edition, so you run, secure and upgrade the installation yourself
No resource or capacity planning in the core application
Requires a Ruby on Rails stack and a database to operate

Plans

Pricing

Airtable

Free $0 For individuals or small teams getting started.
Team $20 Per user and month, billed annually.
Business $45 Per user and month, billed annually.
Enterprise Scale Custom On request.

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Redmine

Open source Free Released under the GNU General Public License v2. Self-hosted, so you provide and run the server.

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What users say

Review Scores · opens after launch

Airtable

Ease of use: Not rated yet
User interface: Not rated yet
Onboarding: Not rated yet
Support and service: Not rated yet
Value for money: Not rated yet
Features: Not rated yet

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Redmine

Ease of use: Not rated yet
User interface: Not rated yet
Onboarding: Not rated yet
Support and service: Not rated yet
Value for money: Not rated yet
Features: Not rated yet

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Where this comes from

Airtable https://www.airtable.com · checked against the official source on 2026-09-06

Redmine https://www.redmine.org · checked against the official source on 2026-09-07

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.