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SSmartsheet

Smartsheet Inc.

4.2/5
AAirtable

Airtable

4.5/5
ROI categoryops efficiencyops efficiency
Time-to-Value2–4 weeks for Pro/Business self-serve (~30d)1–2 weeks (~14d)
Typical annual TCO$5,700/yr$12,000/yr
Starting price$108/yr$0/yr
Implementation feeNoneNone
Seat tiersPro 1–10 Members, Business 3+ Members, Enterprise 10+ Members, Advanced Work Management customNo minimum seats; read-only collaborators, form submissions and share links are not charged.
Implementation friction2/52/5
Friction meter
Best forPMOs and program offices needing real-time portfolio visibility across many projects; Operations teams automating intake, approvals and cross-team workflows; IT and digital teams tracking milestones, dependencies and capacity; Client delivery and services teams running projects at scale with client portals; Enterprises needing SSO, data residency and auditable governance controlsTeams that need to build internal apps and workflows without engineering help; Ops, marketing and product teams unifying data spread across many tools; Enterprises that require governance: SSO, RBAC, audit logs and data residency; Organizations deploying AI agents over structured business records
Not forTeams wanting a lightweight free task app with no admin overhead; Organizations needing native ERP, job costing or financials; Software teams wanting a code-centric issue tracker; Buyers unwilling to pay add-on licence fees for premium capabilitiesTeams that need a full SQL warehouse or heavy analytical query engine; Buyers requiring on-premises or self-hosted deployment; Very small teams with no appetite for configuration or base design; Regulated workloads that require FedRAMP authorization

Stack fit matrix

SalesforceIntegrationIntegration
AWSNativeNot supported
SnowflakeNot supportedIntegration
HubSpotIntegrationNot supported
Google WorkspaceIntegrationIntegration
Microsoft 365IntegrationIntegration
SAPIntegrationNot supported
SlackIntegrationIntegration
MCP (Model Context Protocol)NativeNot supported

Compliance

SOC 2
ISO 27001
GDPR
HIPAA
FedRAMP
ISO 42001
IAPP AIGPnamed staff

Company & support

Who is behind each solution, and how you reach support. “Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention a channel, not that it is unavailable.

Founded2005 (21 yrs)2012 (14 yrs)
HeadquartersBellevue, USSan Francisco, US
PhoneNot listedNot listed
EmailNot listedNot listed
Live chatNot listedNot listed
Support portal / ticketsAll plansAll plans
Community forumAll plansNot listed
Help centre / docsAll plansAll plans
Dedicated account managerPlan not statedNot listed
In person / on-siteNot listedNot listed
Support hoursNot recordedNot recorded
Response timeNot statedNot stated

AI & MCP readiness

Whether each solution can join your AI stack, and what it asks of you to do so.

MCP connectionreaches AI clientsOfficial serverNot supported
AI featuresCopilot / assistant; NLP automation; AI governance toolingAgentic workflows
Model keyNot recordedNot recorded
AI usage auditFull audit trailNot recorded

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Implementation friction × Verified buyer score

1.0/52.0/53.0/54.0/55.0/50.0/51.3/52.5/53.8/55.0/5Friction ← betterBuyer score ↓ betterLoved & EasyLoved & HeavyRisky & EasyRisky & Heavy
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