Airtable vs Slack: who uses which
Customers, public proof and the companies that use both.
On usedby, 37 companies use Airtable and 50 use Slack. 2 companies use both, including OpenAI and Anthropic. Airtable leads among the Retail companies on usedby that use either tool, Slack among the Artificial Intelligence companies.Latest check Nov 13, 2026: 87 of 87 public lines checked. Counts include every proof level, job-post signals included. A company on both tools counts at any proof level, and a job post on one side is marked as such.
Who uses Airtable, Slack, or both
Every company with a public proof for at least one of the two tools.
35
listed for Airtable only
2
companies use both
48
listed for Slack only
On usedby, 35 companies are listed for Airtable only, 48 are listed for Slack only and 2 use both, out of the 85 companies listed for at least one. An absent listing does not prove non-use.
Who uses both
Companies with a public line on both tools, at any proof level: the strongest proofs come first, and a job post is marked.
| Company | First public proof, Airtable |
|---|---|
 OpenAI | On or before Jul 2025 |
 Anthropic | On or before Jul 2025 |
By industry
Which tool the companies on usedby use, by industry. Shares of the companies on usedby that use Airtable, Slack or both: a share of the companies on usedby, not of the market.
Listed for Airtable onlyBothListed for Slack only
More common with Airtable
- Retail4 of the 6 Retail companies on usedby that use either tool use Airtable.
More common with Slack
- Artificial Intelligence14 of the 14 Artificial Intelligence companies on usedby that use either tool use Slack, 2 of them alongside Airtable.
Source: every usedby line, from confirmed proofs to job-post signals (the weakest proof level).
Side by side
Facts from our data and from each vendor's public pages. Each line says where it comes from.
Vendor facts checked: Airtable, 6 of 6; Slack, 4 of 6. Missing facts remain unverified, not absent features.
AirtableSlackWhat customers report
Results as the vendor or the customer published them, with the source and the date.
Airtable
reducing the time to launch campaigns by 60%
SUSE
Vendor case study, airtable.com, captured Nov 10, 2026
90% time savings on weekly reporting with automation
Virgin Voyages
Vendor case study, airtable.com, captured Nov 10, 2026
Slack
that would take someone more than an hour
Mural
Vendor case study, slack.com, captured Nov 12, 2026
saves me four to five hours each week
Isometric
Vendor case study, slack.com, captured Nov 12, 2026
Evidence for your decision: Airtable
Source observations. Check the required plan and conditions before choosing.
Documented tasks
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Choice criteria
Free trial or free plan: YesSourced observation
Plan: Unknown
Free includes: 500 AI credits per editor each month. Learn more Unlimited bases 1,000 records per base Up to 5 editors
Integration: SlackSourced observation
Plan: Unknown
Connect Airtable + Slack in the Airtable platform
Usage limit: Script action unavailable; email limited to base collaboratorsRecheck required
Plan: Free
Conditions: Product scope needs verification
Product: Airtable Automations
Setup and limits: Free plan script action unavailable; email recipients restricted to base collaborators.; Region and deployment eligibility unknown.; Documentation only; not_tested. No authenticated vendor operation executed.
² On the Free plan, the "Run a script" action is unavailable, and the "Send email" action can only email collaborators on the base, not other email addresses.
Usage limit: Both failed and successful attempts consume monthly run allowanceRecheck required
Plan: Unknown
Scope: automation runs per workspace per month
Conditions: Product scope needs verification
Product: Airtable Automations
Setup and limits: Successful and failed attempts consume allowance.; Region and deployment eligibility unknown.; Documentation only; not_tested. No authenticated vendor operation executed.
³ Airtable counts an automation “run” each time a trigger is invoked. This means that both failed and successful automation attempts will count against a workspace’s monthly run allowance.
Questions about Airtable and Slack
Which is used more, Airtable or Slack?
Slack has more customers on usedby: 50 against 37 for Airtable. Airtable leads among the Retail companies on usedby that use either tool, Slack among the Artificial Intelligence companies.
Do companies use both Airtable and Slack?
Yes. 2 companies use both on usedby, including OpenAI and Anthropic.
Who uses Airtable?
37 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Airtable.
Who uses Slack?
50 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Slack.
How does usedby count customers?
A company counts when a public page shows it: a vendor's customer page, a case study, a press release or a job post, most saved with a dated capture. Every line is a customer, at one of four proof levels: confirmed, declared by the company itself, observed or signal (a job post, the weakest). A company counts as using both tools when it has a line on each, at any level; the list shows the strongest proofs first and marks job posts.