I went the baserow route because I feel that Airtable throttles features aggressively to push for paid accounts and my use cases don't warrant spending on a rec

I went the baserow route because I feel that Airtable throttles features aggressively to push for paid accounts and my use cases don't warrant spending on a recurring subscription. It's more limited features-wise (no formulas for instance) and the UI is more gloomy than Airtable but for simple needs that you want to protect against a future revenue maximization strategy (I wouldn't be surprised if Airtable kept dialing back what a free account provides) I can recommend it (and it supports .csv export in case you need to migrate)