Notion

Notion databases sit inside the same workspace as its docs and wikis, so a team already living in Notion for notes and project tracking can add a structured table, tag it with select fields and relations to other databases, and build a view (board, calendar, table, gallery) without switching tools. That convenience is the whole appeal: one place for both freeform writing and structured data.

Pricing is per user per month across a few tiers, with the free plan usable for a small team’s whole workspace, databases included. The API lets you pull data out for a Softr or Noloco-style portal on top, though rate limits and query flexibility are noticeably behind a purpose-built database, so anything with heavy traffic or complex filtering will strain it. The ceiling is exactly that: Notion’s databases are good enough for a lightweight directory or internal list but weren’t built to be a production backend, and large databases can get slow to load. It fits teams who already run their workspace in Notion and want one more structured table without adopting a second tool just for that.