
Discovery Sprints founder Stuart Balcombe created this base to help companies document and use feedback from their customers (instead of “throwing spaghetti at the wall,” he says).ħ. Learn from what your customers are saying. Scott Hemmeter built an intuitive template for small and medium companies to organize prospects, customers, and sales transactions.Ħ. The DIY CRM (customer relationship management) system continues to be a great use case for entrepreneurs using Airtable. The “Formula Playground,” compiled by a former Airtable employee, is a truly delightful way to start using one of Airtable’s most powerful features.ĥ. “The community gave us so much great material to choose from, and we thought this was a great opportunity to not only showcase what’s possible with Airtable, but to highlight some amazing creators.Ĥ.

The Airtable team wanted to “showcase the edge cases,” according to Jordan Scott, Airtable’s Head of Community, who served as one of our judges. We didn’t choose bases with an eye toward metrics or popularity. A few were signs of the times, like a base of COVID-19 resources that’s been continually updated since 2020. This year, the top bases included remarkable entries, like a base for anti-oppression materials and a way to organize your vinyl records. Need a template for cataloging your mouse colony? Or a beginner’s guide to craft beer? Airtable’s community members have shared it in Universe.

For those who aren't familiar, Airtable Universe is where anyone in the galaxy can explore, discover, and share an Airtable base they created themselves. So we created a list of the most stand-out bases of the year. This year, the ideas we found in Airtable’s Universe were truly out of this world. We chose 11 stand-out bases (because who could pick just 10?)
