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Tables market gap analysis

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Since Jan 13, 2025.

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Market analysis, focusing on the most common "tables" software solutions.

Feature Nextcloud Tables Microsoft Lists / SharePoint Airtable NocoDB (open source) Baserow (open source) SeaTable (open source)
Field types like tags/select, person, file ❌ Planned for v1 ✅ Column types docs ✅ Field types docs
Different views ❌ For v2 ✅ Views overview ✅ Screenshots
Reorder columns ✅ #607 ✅ Views docs
Add table/view as an app in top bar ❌ For v2 ?
Notifications ? ? ? ?
Templates ?
Template directory ❌ Possibly use app store, with a new category "Templates" ✅ Templates ✅ Templates
Sharing via link ? ? ? ?
Ability to embed tables elsewhere ❌ Could do it similar like Calendar embedding ✅ Embedding docs
Integration with other apps Other Nextcloud apps (Calendar, Tasks, Notifications, etc.) Check what SharePoint does here ❌ No other internal apps ❌ No other internal apps ❌ No other internal apps ❌ No other internal apps
Integration with 3rd party apps ❌ Maybe more look at automation and Flow integration ✅ Marketplace ✅ App store docs ✅ Plugin docs ✅ Integrations
Import from others ❌ Could be done via a "Microsoft integration" app like the other migration apps ✅ Importing guide ✅ Import from Airtable ✅ Airtable importer (beta) ✅ Importing docs
Mobile app ❌planned Android yes, iOS planned

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