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I'm miffed about this increase and it's turning me away from the platform. I was using it for project management and employing automations to handle repetitive record updates necessary for our process. With automations cut in half from Pro to Teams, we're no longer able to run those automations on Airtable. Moving them to another automation platform then eats up API calls... Seems like an aggressive move on their part and we're not using the platform enough to warrant an increase in spend of over 2x. We're moving away.
From what I understand, the tools that update on a close to real time basis will exceed the 100,000 limit on the team plan. I'm not sure of how softr fits in, but even if they can squeeze below it won't leave much room for any other tools like zapier.
I am a single user on a pro plan working with mulitple free plan users. Thinking to use intefaces/shared views for visual and Fillout for edits. Big user of multi synced tables for creating masters table of views, fields and calendars etc. So am changing set up to sync tables into a master base and create a junction table to connect then sync that table again if necessary. As a bonus I had a lot of data in various bases which is never used at least with having to actively link in junction table it makes you think do I really need this - if not delete. Eventually hoping to automate but checking manual set up is useful and functional first. So plan to work within upcoming restrictions and if necessary upgrade to one business plan. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks for the video! The free and team plans now limit the workspaces to 1. What happens when the new policy takes effect? Do all my bases in various workspaces get grouped into one workspace?
Does the "per seat" mean per person that needs to log into Airtable or will it charge me for each separate set of user data I'm storing. Was going to use Airtable as my SaaS DB but I will not be able to pay $20 per customers data... That would eat up 100% of my revenue right there
Per seat is anyone who has comment access or better. If you give read only access it's free and won't cost a user seat. There are still options to consider. Building a frontend application on top of Airtable allows you to minimize the seat count. Alternatively, other platforms like SmartSuite have more generous free seat options.
I am currently on the Pro Plan, and with the attachment limits getting cut in half, I want to upgrade to the Business plan, but I need a domain. I can easily byu one, but have no idea how to set it up or even why it's needed now. Any suggestions for this?
The really annoying thing for me is the huge downgrade for the free version. You lose the extension block on the free plan which means no scripting at all unless you pay.
@@tommycoe2333 Do you have a question that is relevant to the conversation? I'm not saying they shouldn't make money. I'm talking about them removing critical features from the free version that many people rely on.
@topshelfgaming420 I'm not sure why you resorted to be rude. I'm pointing out the fact that they do not make any money on free plans. The free plans are taking up valuable resources from their products and giving no return. That's not a sustainable business model. Basically you want the product for free and are upset about it.
@@tommycoe2333 I came back too strong and I apologize for that but I still take issue with your argument. If the issue is that the free plan takes up valuable resources then don't offer a free plan. A crappy free plan is worse than not having a free plan at all because users never even get an accurate idea of why it would even be worth paying for. It's not good business. And for the record, I have a paid subscription currently but I also used the free version to it's limits where possible. And they removed the $10 tier which I would've been willing to upgrade to get some of those features back, but $20 is a hard sell for what used to be available for free. So it's not an expectation of not wanting to pay, it's that the value proposition has been skewed towards something very unattractive for people/businesses with limited budgets.
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Fantastic overview, thanks Gareth! Looking forward to you updating the community once we have more visibility on tracking API calls
I'm miffed about this increase and it's turning me away from the platform. I was using it for project management and employing automations to handle repetitive record updates necessary for our process. With automations cut in half from Pro to Teams, we're no longer able to run those automations on Airtable. Moving them to another automation platform then eats up API calls... Seems like an aggressive move on their part and we're not using the platform enough to warrant an increase in spend of over 2x. We're moving away.
Really sorry to hear that Tristan, hoping you find a tool that meets your needs more effectively. 🤞
From what I understand, the tools that update on a close to real time basis will exceed the 100,000 limit on the team plan. I'm not sure of how softr fits in, but even if they can squeeze below it won't leave much room for any other tools like zapier.
I think API utility will depend on the amount of data you're working with, as well as how many different places you need it to be updated/automated
I am a single user on a pro plan working with mulitple free plan users. Thinking to use intefaces/shared views for visual and Fillout for edits.
Big user of multi synced tables for creating masters table of views, fields and calendars etc. So am changing set up to sync tables into a master base and create a junction table to connect then sync that table again if necessary.
As a bonus I had a lot of data in various bases which is never used at least with having to actively link in junction table it makes you think do I really need this - if not delete. Eventually hoping to automate but checking manual set up is useful and functional first.
So plan to work within upcoming restrictions and if necessary upgrade to one business plan.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks for the video! The free and team plans now limit the workspaces to 1. What happens when the new policy takes effect? Do all my bases in various workspaces get grouped into one workspace?
I'm not really sure. I hope they are merged, but is check in with their support to be sure
Does the "per seat" mean per person that needs to log into Airtable or will it charge me for each separate set of user data I'm storing. Was going to use Airtable as my SaaS DB but I will not be able to pay $20 per customers data... That would eat up 100% of my revenue right there
Per seat is anyone who has comment access or better. If you give read only access it's free and won't cost a user seat.
There are still options to consider. Building a frontend application on top of Airtable allows you to minimize the seat count. Alternatively, other platforms like SmartSuite have more generous free seat options.
@@GarethPronovost So access tot interfaces with only read only access is free?
@@JacquesSpijkersmyfilms double check that it hasn't changed recently, but it has been free for read only access, historically
They could just do an API request to know the limit available..
Curious what this will do with the popularity off Softr....... Many user are on the free plan I think....
If so, most will likely need to upgrade to one user on a paid tier.
Great
Thanks for watching. 💪
I wish that we could be grandfathered in
Same! That was a disappointment 😥
I am currently on the Pro Plan, and with the attachment limits getting cut in half, I want to upgrade to the Business plan, but I need a domain. I can easily byu one, but have no idea how to set it up or even why it's needed now. Any suggestions for this?
I don't know why it's required. Have you checked in with their support?
@@GarethPronovost I did. They said it is required but couldn't (or didn't try) to explain why.
The really annoying thing for me is the huge downgrade for the free version. You lose the extension block on the free plan which means no scripting at all unless you pay.
Yeah, they really cut out a lot of functionality at the free tier
If they provide a valuable service shouldn't they be able to get paid for it?
@@tommycoe2333 Do you have a question that is relevant to the conversation? I'm not saying they shouldn't make money. I'm talking about them removing critical features from the free version that many people rely on.
@topshelfgaming420 I'm not sure why you resorted to be rude. I'm pointing out the fact that they do not make any money on free plans. The free plans are taking up valuable resources from their products and giving no return. That's not a sustainable business model. Basically you want the product for free and are upset about it.
@@tommycoe2333 I came back too strong and I apologize for that but I still take issue with your argument. If the issue is that the free plan takes up valuable resources then don't offer a free plan. A crappy free plan is worse than not having a free plan at all because users never even get an accurate idea of why it would even be worth paying for. It's not good business.
And for the record, I have a paid subscription currently but I also used the free version to it's limits where possible. And they removed the $10 tier which I would've been willing to upgrade to get some of those features back, but $20 is a hard sell for what used to be available for free. So it's not an expectation of not wanting to pay, it's that the value proposition has been skewed towards something very unattractive for people/businesses with limited budgets.