Tables market gap analysis
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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 |
Additional notes
- Microsoft Lists is more specifically similar to Airtable or Tables
- Google AppSheet is specifically for building apps from the data → version 2. But their interface and templates list might be helpful to check requirements.
- SeaTable is a partner organization of Seafile, but not open source
- Microsoft Power Apps is very similar to Google AppSheet
- Anytype is related but very experimental
- Notion has interactive tables with different views
- Monday also does a lot of table-based organization
- AppFlowy is a Notion alternative which also has interactive tables
- Other apps in the no-code space https://www.producthunt.com/topics/no-code
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