Sheetgo vs Airtable

Keep your spreadsheets, or move to a new database

Both tools help teams run processes with forms, automations, and dashboards. Airtable brings your data into its database and apps. Sheetgo Workflows runs repeatable processes on the Google Sheets and Excel files your organization already uses. Your data stays in your own storage, ready for BI, AI, and workflows.

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The short answer

Choose by where your data lives

Airtable suits teams that want to build apps on a database. Sheetgo Workflows suits organizations that want to standardize processes on existing spreadsheets. Both include forms, automations, dashboards, and AI.

Choose Sheetgo if

✓Your team already works in spreadsheets
Sheetgo Workflows uses your existing Google Sheets and Excel files. Your team can keep working in those files as you set up repeatable processes.
✓You need forms, approvals, and dashboards
Your team can collect data with forms, route approvals, and use dashboards in a Sheetgo workflow.
✓You produce documents from data
Sheetgo generates PDFs and Google Docs and sends mail merges from spreadsheet rows.
✓You need governance across the organization
Enterprise adds SSO and central admin. Sheetgo also operates an accredited European Data Space. Virtual Employees handle tasks in roles such as inventory or finance operations, with a person approving consequential actions.

Choose Airtable if

✓You want to build a custom app
Airtable combines a database with interfaces, forms, and automations for building apps.
✓You want AI to help build your app
Airtable’s Omni builds apps from a description. Airtable also has Field Agents and AI Agents.
✓You’re ready to move the data
Airtable imports Google Sheets data once and accepts Excel files through .xlsx imports. Work then happens in Airtable.

At a glance

Sheetgo and Airtable side by side

Sheetgo

Airtable

Best for

Teams standardizing processes on existing spreadsheets

Teams building custom apps on a database

Your existing spreadsheets

The core of the product: processes run on the Google Sheets and Excel files you already use; data stays in your own storage

One-time Google Sheets import, without native live sync; Excel .xlsx import

Forms, approvals, dashboards

Forms, approval steps, and dashboards in workflows

Forms and interfaces, including views for approvers

Documents and email

PDF and Google Docs generation; mail merge

Page designer PDFs; Google Docs through paid automations

Applied to your processes: the AI Processor prepares spreadsheet data; Virtual Employees take on roles with human approval

Applied to building: AI that creates apps and agents inside Airtable

Governance

Enterprise SSO and central admin; Sheetgo keeps no copy of spreadsheet data

Business SAML SSO and SCIM; Enterprise Scale audit logs, DLP, and EU data residency

Pricing model

14-day free trial; Workflows Team is one plan for up to 3 seats

Free plan; paid plans priced per seat

As of October 2026. See Sheetgo Workflows pricing.

Frequently asked questions

What teams ask before they choose

What is the difference between Sheetgo and Airtable?

Airtable is a database you build apps on. You import spreadsheet data and work with it in Airtable. Sheetgo Workflows adds forms, approvals, dashboards, and automations to the Google Sheets and Excel files your team already uses. Your spreadsheet data stays in your own storage.

Do I have to migrate my spreadsheets to use Sheetgo?

No. Sheetgo connects to your existing Google Sheets, Excel, and CSV files in Google Drive, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Dropbox. Your files stay where they are, and your team keeps working in them.

Does Sheetgo have AI agents?

Yes. Sheetgo Virtual Employees are AI agents with a job description, such as inventory or finance operations. They work in your Google Sheets files and report to your team in Slack or Google Chat. A person approves anything consequential. The AI Processor also cleans, translates, and summarizes data inside your workflows.

Is Sheetgo suitable for large organizations?

Yes. Enterprise plans for Sheetgo Automations and Sheetgo Workflows add SSO, Google Workspace domain-wide delegation, central admin, and data governance. They also include an SLA and a dedicated account manager. Sheetgo is SOC 2 Type II (audited by BDO), GDPR, and CASA Tier 3 compliant. It doesn’t store copies of your file content. Core infrastructure runs in the United States; you can choose the United States or Europe for AI processing. Teams at Spotify, PepsiCo, and Nvidia use Sheetgo.

Is there a free plan?

Sheetgo Workflows has no free plan, but you can try it free for 14 days. Sheetgo Automations has a free plan for spreadsheet automations. Airtable has a free plan for up to 5 editors.

Does Sheetgo only work with spreadsheets?

No. Spreadsheets are Sheetgo’s core, but it also connects to business systems. BigQuery works as both a source and a destination. The API connector pulls data from apps such as Salesforce, HubSpot, and QuickBooks, and webhooks receive data from other apps.

Does Sheetgo only run on a schedule?

Sheetgo supports schedules and event triggers. Schedules run from every 15 minutes to once a year. On plans with smart triggers, workflows can also run when someone submits a form, another app sends a webhook, another workflow finishes, or a Google Drive file or folder changes (in preview). You can run workflows manually at any time.

Can I switch from Airtable to Sheetgo?

Sheetgo Workflows can run processes on Google Sheets and Excel files. Switching means moving the data you need into those files and setting up your workflows in Sheetgo. You can book a demo for help planning the move.

Try Workflows free, or book a demo

Start a free trial of Sheetgo Workflows to build a process on your existing spreadsheets. Or book a demo to discuss your organization’s workflows and where Virtual Employees could help.

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