Airtable gives you the database. Forge delivers the working tool.
Airtable is a powerful database you build on - and the building is the cost. Forge picks the right tool for your agency, builds it, brands it, hosts it and runs it, with a managed Postgres backend you never see. You answer a few plain questions; we ship the finished thing.
no code · we run the infrastructure · flat monthly pricingForge isn’t an app builder. It’s the managed internal-tools team for your agency.
Airtable nails the database. Forge owns the agency tool.
Airtable is a fine database product. If you want to design tables, build views, wire up automations, and operate the whole thing, it's a flexible base to build on.
But most agencies don't want a database - they want the portal. They want each client logging into a branded space, the right data per client, and the agency owner spending zero time configuring views, fixing broken automations, or hitting the Airtable per-record and per-user limits. Forge starts from the tool you actually need - a client portal, a status page, a time tracker - builds it shaped to your work, and runs every piece of infrastructure behind it.
Built for agency owners, not builders.
Opinionated presets, not a blank canvas
You don't want to describe an app from scratch - you want the right one. Forge gives you a catalog of agency tools (client portals, status pages, time tracking), set up by answering a few plain questions.
Fully managed - zero tech tax
Hosting, database, domains, secrets, updates - all on infrastructure we own and run, that your clients never see. You never connect a service, watch a meter, or redeploy anything.
Built for your whole client roster
Forge is designed around the agency-to-client relationship: a separate, branded, separately-tracked tool for each client - not one app at a time.
It gets better after launch
Every tool ships with usage analytics you can share with clients to prove value, and a feedback channel that quietly improves it - without you lifting a finger.
Flat, predictable pricing
One monthly subscription covers the AI and the hosting. No credits to burn, no usage meter to watch, simple to expense.
Improves for everyone, automatically
Because tools are built from structured presets, feedback from one agency improves the preset for all of them. The whole catalog gets better over time.
Forge vs Airtable
| Forge | Airtable | |
|---|---|---|
| Who it's for | Agency owners who want the working tool | People who want to build the database themselves |
| You start from | A catalog of agency presets, set up by a few plain questions | A blank base - design every table, decide every field |
| Backend | A managed Postgres database per tool, fully isolated | Airtable's database - with record, attachment and automation limits |
| Per-client isolation | A separate, fully-branded tool per client | One base - views and shares from a shared structure |
| Branding | Your logo, colors, custom domain | Airtable-branded interface and URLs (custom domain is enterprise-only) |
| When workflows change | Ask in plain English - we update and republish | Open the base, redesign, retest, fix what broke |
| Pricing model | Flat monthly per agency, unlimited tools and clients | Per-user, per-base, with record limits per plan |
Glossary & calculators
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The Airtable alternative your agency can actually hand off.
Pick a tool, answer a few plain-language questions, and we build, host and run it for you. No code, no infrastructure, nothing to maintain.