Like Airtable, But With
Charts & Audit History Built In
Omnismith gives you everything Airtable does — custom schemas, relational references, REST API — plus time-series dashboards and a complete audit trail for every record.
No credit card required · 150 entities free forever
What Airtable Doesn't Give You
Time-Series Charts
Airtable stores data but doesn't track how it changes over time. Omnismith lets you push numeric metrics via API and visualize trends with charts, stat widgets, and gauges.
Full Audit History
Airtable doesn't have a detailed change log. Omnismith records every field change — author, old value, new value, timestamp — with filtering and CSV export for compliance.
Metric Ingestion API
Airtable's API is for CRUD operations on records. Omnismith's metric ingestion endpoint lets monitoring agents push time-series data directly, enabling server and infrastructure dashboards.
Head-to-Head Comparison
| Feature | Airtable | Omnismith |
|---|---|---|
| Custom field types | ✓ | ✓ |
| Time-series charts | — | ✓ |
| Full audit history | — | ✓ |
| Per-resource RBAC | Partial | ✓ |
| REST API with OpenAPI spec | ✓ | ✓ |
| Webhook & Telegram automations | Partial | ✓ |
| Metric ingestion API | — | ✓ |
| Self-hostable | — | Planned |
| AI assistant | ✓ | ✓ |
| CSV import/export | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free tier | Limited | 150 entities forever |
Comparison based on publicly available information as of early 2026. Features may change.
Who Should Switch to Omnismith
IT & DevOps Teams
If you're tracking servers, assets, or infrastructure metrics, Omnismith's time-series charts and metric ingestion API make it the stronger choice over Airtable's static records.
Teams That Need Audit Trails
If you have compliance requirements or need to know who changed what on every record, Omnismith's per-field audit history fills a gap Airtable simply doesn't address.
Developers Building Internal Tools
If you want a headless backend with a full REST API, OpenAPI spec, and RBAC — Omnismith gives you all of that as a service, no backend code required.
Teams Tired of Airtable's Pricing
Airtable's Team plan starts at $20/user/month. Omnismith's Team plan is $49/month for unlimited users — better value for larger teams.
When to Stay on Airtable
Omnismith is the stronger choice for structured data with metrics and history. But Airtable is still better if you need:
- → Rich gallery / Kanban / Calendar views as a primary interface
- → Native integrations with 100+ SaaS tools via Airtable Automations
- → Collaborative spreadsheet-style editing with non-technical users
Omnismith is purpose-built for structured entity tracking, metrics, and audit history. It's not a full Airtable replacement for every use case.
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