Adalo vs SeaTable

Adalo is a US-based no-code platform for building native mobile apps and web apps with a drag-and-drop editor. It targets non-technical founders, small businesses and community organizers who want a real app in the App Store and Google Play without hiring developers. Screens are assembled from components such as lists, forms, buttons and maps, and actions link them to a built-in relational database.

Data can live in Adalo's own database or in external collections connected through Airtable, Xano or any REST API, which lets teams move heavier logic to a proper backend later. A component marketplace adds payments, charts and other blocks, and custom actions call outside services. The free plan allows unlimited test apps; paid plans (Starter, Professional and Team) are priced mainly by the number of published apps, with custom actions and collaboration reserved for higher tiers.

Adalo fits simple booking, directory, loyalty and community apps, and MVPs meant to validate an idea quickly. It struggles when lists grow large, when logic gets complex or when performance becomes critical. FlutterFlow generates Flutter code you can export and suits more ambitious mobile projects, Bubble is stronger for complex web apps, and Glide is faster for internal apps built on spreadsheets.

SeaTable is a spreadsheet-database hybrid made by SeaTable GmbH in Mainz, Germany. It was founded in July 2020 by brothers Ralf and Christoph Dyllick-Brenzinger, longtime sales partners of the file sync product Seafile, together with Seafile's developers. Its core job is the same as Airtable's: give teams a familiar grid for structured data, then add relations, views, forms and automations on top.

Bases support linked tables, formulas, Kanban, calendar, gallery and timeline views, web forms, an App Builder for no-code internal apps, automation rules, and both Python and JavaScript scripts. AI credits power AI-assisted automations, processed on SeaTable's own AI server in Germany. The free cloud plan allows up to 25 users and 10,000 rows, Plus and Enterprise are priced per user in euros, and SeaTable Server can be self-hosted with a free 3-user license and paid licenses beyond that.

SeaTable fits European companies, public bodies and schools that want Airtable-style flexibility with EU hosting or full on-premise control. Its interface and template library are less polished than Airtable's, and the row limits on Plus are tight for larger datasets. Airtable has the bigger ecosystem, NocoDB and Baserow are open-source options that sit on top of your own database, and Grist is stronger for formula-heavy work.

The product moves quickly: SeaTable 6.0 in November 2025 added AI automations and a redesigned rule editor, and version 6.2 in July 2026 brought an HTML page type and more App Builder features. Prices are in euros excluding VAT; annual billing saves about 20 percent.