I've been using Google spreadsheets for several projects - recently I spent much time looking for an alternative system which would allow me to have a db with is
- Easy editing and viewing online. Google spreadsheets is quite clumsy with long multiline text fields.
- Good querying and filtering. Must accommodate fields with multiple values.
- Free to use for my purposes.
- Cloud /Backed up data.
- Private access
- Some Version control.
After considering many options (yaml file + private bitbucket repo + custom html UI, wiki,
FastoNoSQL with unqlite,
Private wikibase instance, Google datastore free quota, mongo hosted free quota), I stumbled on a
evernote forum thread by shrI +anant , which led me to Airtable. I found it to be much better and adequate for my needs. It also has some Google Drive integration (ie the db shows up, but is not stored there).
The free quota has the following features:
And if you have other favourites, let us know.
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Vishvas /विश्वासः