Softr guide
What Is Softr and When Should You Use It?
Softr is a no-code platform that turns your Airtable (or other) data into a real, branded web app — with logins, permissions and payments — without writing code. Here's what it is and when to use it.
How Softr works
Softr reads and writes your data source and renders it as web pages, lists, dashboards and forms behind user logins.
- Connects to Airtable, Google Sheets and more
- User authentication and permissions
- Lists, detail pages, forms and charts
- Custom domains and branding
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What Softr is great for
Anywhere you'd otherwise pay for custom software to show data behind a login.
- Client and customer portals
- Member areas and communities
- Internal tools and dashboards
- Directories, marketplaces and job boards
Softr + Airtable: the winning combo
Airtable holds and structures the data; Softr turns it into the app. Together they replace a lot of custom builds.
- Airtable for the database and automation
- Softr for the branded, logged-in front-end
- Make.com / n8n for deeper automation