SeaTable

What SeaTable is

SeaTable is a no-code and low-code platform that pairs a spreadsheet-style relational database with an App Builder. Its home page sums the idea up as "AI No-code platform: As flexible as Excel with the power of a database." It is written for citizen developers and programmers alike: an operations, HR or finance team that wants to build its own tracking systems, and an IT team that wants data control, on-premises hosting and an escape hatch into scripts. The company's ERP guide describes SeaTable as "an AI no-code solution based in Germany", developed for companies with a high level of data protection awareness and complex process requirements.

The home page gives its own reach figures: 100.000+ downloads in the first year on Docker Hub, 1.500+ daily users on SeaTable Cloud and a 4.6 rating on Capterra. The interface is available in German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese.

What you build and how

The core is a relational database presented as tables. You create as many tables as you like within a base and link them, and the home page says SeaTable can hold images, documents, emails, checkboxes, selection lists, links and AI-supported workflows, all managed in the browser. The data can be seen through a base editor, gallery, Kanban, timeline and calendar views, with table relationships shown visually. Real-time synchronization means everyone works on the same data at once, with comments, notifications and sharing for collaboration.

The App Builder is the second half, and the reason SeaTable also sits among app builders. The home page calls it a WYSIWYG, drag-and-drop builder for "a wide variety of solutions such as CRM, project management or individual business apps". A table of customers or orders stays the data source, and the app becomes the front end colleagues open: input forms, reporting dashboards and self-service portals. The company says apps can be shared with external stakeholders using password protection and granular permissions, and the ERP guide describes role-based portals where employees, customers or suppliers see "exactly the data relevant to them" without seeing the database structure underneath.

Where no-code runs out, SeaTable offers scripts. It supports "Direct integration of JavaScript and Python without extensions or add-ons", and the plan comparison lists unlimited JavaScript and Python runs on Enterprise. The ERP guide puts the low-code side plainly: a low-code approach "can be easily implemented in SeaTable thanks to integrated scripts."

Automations handle routine work through an automation editor. The ERP guide gives examples: sending payment reminders by email, notifying customers of status changes and raising inventory alerts when stock falls below a minimum. AI is built into these automations. The company says it hosts its own LLM on its AI server and its own MCP server, both in Germany, so AI can run in workflows without sending data to outside services. An AI Chat Plugin lets you connect your own agent or LLM to a base, and a self-hosted installation can run SeaTable's open-source MCP server on your own hardware.

Integration runs through an API, SDKs and native integrations. The company names email providers and Google Calendar among the native integrations and says it offers apps "for all leading integration platforms". Its API goes beyond reading and editing rows: it can create a sharing link, add a team member or bring in external data sources. Imports and exports cover CSV and XLSX, and existing Airtable bases can be imported with a base ID and an access token through an "Import base from Airtable" option. The company says data can be exported at any time through CSV or Excel, the API or backups.

Templates give a starting point and import into an account in one click: the home page shows working time recording, an action plan and an editorial plan, and the ERP guide points to CRM and warehouse management templates. Solution pages cover marketing, project management with Gantt charts and Kanban boards, human resources, public service, software development backlogs, operations, finance and sales.

Deployment is a real choice. SeaTable Cloud is the hosted service, SeaTable Server is the on-premises option "for full control over your data", and SeaTable Dedicated combines the two. In Dedicated and on-premises setups you get your own URL, colors, logo, templates, user roles and permissions.

Plans, security and support

Pricing is per user per month. The ERP guide says the model is "a monthly license per user, with no add-ons, paid plugins, or data packages." A free plan exists, and the home page FAQ says you can "use our basic functions free of charge and upgrade to advanced functions later". The company says the free account already includes API usage, automations, native integrations, timeline views and scripts, plus dynamic filters for linked records, conditional filters for app pages, shared records and a custom logo on web forms. SeaTable Plus, the entry paid plan, costs €7 per user per month.

The company publishes full figures for SeaTable Enterprise: €14 per user per month with annual billing or €18 with monthly billing, with unlimited bases, tables and rows, 100 GB of file storage, a 12-month snapshot retention period, unlimited JavaScript and Python runs, a team admin panel, integrated AI functions, the MCP server, a big data backend and EU server locations. The comparison lists preferred support and optional corporate support and SLAs, and 2-factor authentication, an enterprise admin panel and authentication via AD/LDAP, SAML or OAuth on the admin side. Public institutions such as universities, clubs and nonprofits are invited to ask about special rates.

On security, the home page says "The SeaTable Cloud is hosted in certified German data centers of a Swiss provider", which the ERP guide names as Exoscale, and that cloud data is hosted exclusively in the EU. The company calls SeaTable GDPR-compliant and lists single sign-on, two-factor authentication and custom role permissions with granular access and editing rights. With your own server, "you decide where SeaTable stores your data."

Support comes from a help area, a quick guide, online courses, a forum, a blog and customer stories, and the home page says the team is available to answer questions about no-code platforms and your use case.

Who it suits and who it does not

SeaTable fits teams that want spreadsheet-style tables plus a real app layer and care where the data lives: an operations team in a European company, a public-sector body, or an IT group that must keep data on its own infrastructure. The ERP guide shows a small business building customers, suppliers, products, orders, inventory and invoices as linked tables, with forms for purchase requests and dashboards on top. Scripts in JavaScript and Python give technical members room to go further, and the per-user price with no add-ons is simple to budget.

The caveats are practical. Self-hosting means running and updating the server yourself, which needs some IT capacity. Per-user pricing adds up as a team grows, so a company with many occasional users should weigh the seat count. And the most detailed published figures are for Enterprise, so a smaller team will look at the Plus and free plans to see which features it needs.