The Teable alternative for what happens after the table
Switch if the table is the start, not the job: Cheqq builds the records, the steps that run on their own and the documents the work produces, from a description. Stay with Teable for very large tables at a low price, or to self-host an open-source database on Postgres.
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What Teable is forA no-code database built on Postgres, open source and self-hostable, designed to stay fast as tables get large and to bring AI into the base itself.
A system where the base is only one part: records, fixed-step workflows, published apps with server-enforced permissions, generated documents, and an agent that knows each system you install.
Why people move from Teable
Nothing here is a knock on Teable. These are the points at which a tool stops being the right shape for the job, whichever tool it is.
You still need the layer above
A fast base is necessary and not sufficient. The portal, the report and the recurring process are separate problems that keep landing somewhere else.
Customers need a page, not a view
Sharing a base view and publishing an app at its own address are different things, and only one of them is something you would send to a customer.
The deliverable is still a file
However good the base, what gets sent to a client or a board is a deck, a sheet or a document — and that is still assembled by hand.
One assistant for everything
A single AI over all your data has to guess which part you mean. A specialist scoped to one system already knows.
Cheqq vs Teable, row by row
In plain terms. Where Teable is the stronger answer, the row says so.
| Capability | Cheqq | Teable |
|---|---|---|
| Database performance and scaleEven | Cheqq Records stored in Postgres, sized by plan. | Teable Postgres-backed and explicitly engineered for large tables — the thing Teable is best known for. |
| Self-hosting and open sourceTeable | Cheqq Hosted only. | Teable Open source under AGPL-3.0 and self-hostable on Postgres; the free Community edition leaves out automations and AI. |
| AI in the tableCheqq | Cheqq Columns that research the web with citations, score and classify, with typed output including select, number, currency, image and video, and a cost quote before the run. | Teable AI field types that generate content from the base. |
| AutomationCheqq | Cheqq Workflows start from a schedule, an email to their own address, a webhook or a record change, with branches, loops, code and approval steps that hold for a named person. | Teable Automations over the base: 25,000 runs a month on Pro, 100,000 on Business. |
| Apps on the open webEven | Cheqq Published at their own address, with a binding that lists the fields the app may touch and a server that enforces it, plus deploy history and one-click rollback. | Teable Apps from its App Builder at a public address, with sign-in for app users, and outside collaborators who can edit shared tables without a seat. Custom domains on Business. |
| Documents and decksCheqq | Cheqq Decks, sheets and reports built from the records as .pptx, .xlsx, .docx and .pdf, editable, versioned and shareable by link. | Teable Built with its apps and views. |
| AgentsCheqq | Cheqq One agent you talk to, with a specialist behind it per installed system, each scoped to its own data. Every turn can be restored or forked. | Teable AI chat, an IM bot and the App Builder, drawing on per-seat AI credits. |
Teable’s column checked against its own site on .
Both products move fast. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.
What you would build instead
Sentences you could type on your first afternoon, and what comes back.
status = "open"Ship the thing the data was for.
A booking page, an intake form, a public directory: described in a sentence and live at its own address, reading the same records, restricted to the fields you name.
A deck built from the records.
Layouts chosen to fit what each slide says and charts drawn from the records. When the numbers change, the deck follows, and it exports as a .pptx anyone can open.
Moving from Teable
Export the tables
Download each table as CSV and upload them together. Cheqq turns them into records with the right kind of field for each column.
Describe the process around them
What should happen when a row arrives or changes. Read the steps before you switch them on.
Publish the pages
Booking pages, intake forms and directories go live at their own address, able to touch only the fields you list.
Once Cheqq has built it, you can ask someone on our team to check it.
When to stay with Teable
You want to self-host
Teable is open source and runs on your own infrastructure. Cheqq does not, and that is a real difference rather than a detail.
Very large tables are the whole problem
If your requirement is millions of rows in one base with a spreadsheet UI over them, that is the problem Teable set out to solve.
You already have the rest of the stack
If your apps, automations and reporting are settled elsewhere and working, a focused base is the right shape and adding surfaces you will not use is not an upgrade.
Switching from Teable
Is Cheqq open source like Teable?
No. Teable is open source and self-hostable and Cheqq is hosted only. If that is a requirement for you, Teable is the better choice and we would rather you knew that here than after signing up.
How do the AI columns differ?
Cheqq's columns emit typed output — text, select, number, currency, image or video — can research the web and attach citations, quote a price before running across your rows, never overwrite a value you typed by hand, and keep restorable history per cell.
Can Cheqq publish apps to my own domain?
Not yet. Every published page gets its own address straight away, and your own domain isn't available today. Teable offers custom domains on Business.
What about large tables?
Records are stored in Postgres and sized by plan rather than by a per-base cap. Teable is the more specialised answer if extreme table size is your defining constraint.
Sources
- Teable — Pricing — checked
- Teable — New pricing (September 4, 2026) — checked
- Teable — External editing at no extra cost — checked
- Teable Help — App Builder — checked
- Teable on GitHub — License — checked
Comparing something else?
vs SmartSuite
vs NocoDB
vs Excel
vs Google SheetsThe base, and everything it feeds
Import a table and publish the app, the report and the process that go with it. Free to start.