Google is Shutting Down Tables, Its Airtable Rival
(Friday September 12, 2025 @11:21AM (msmash)
from the google-graveyard dept.)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/12/0828229/google-is-shutting-down-tables-its-airtable-rival
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Google Tables, a work-tracking tool and [1]competitor to the popular spreadsheet-database hybrid Airtable , [2]is shutting down . TechCrunch:
> In an email sent to Tables users this week, Google said the app will not be supported after December 16, 2025, and advised that users export or migrate their data to either Google Sheets or AppSheet instead, depending on their needs.
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> Launched in 2020, Tables focused on making project tracking more efficient with automation. It was one of the many projects to emerge from Google's in-house app incubator, Area 120, which at the time was devoted to cranking out a number of experimental projects. Some of these projects later graduated to become a part of Google's core offerings across Cloud, Search, Shopping, and more. Tables was one of those early successes: Google said in 2021 that the service was moving from a beta test to become an official Google Cloud product. At the time, the company said it saw Tables as a potential solution for a variety of use cases, including project management, IT operations, customer service tracking, CRM, recruiting, product development and more.
[1] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/21/06/14/222239/googles-airtable-rival-tables-graduates-from-beta
[2] https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/11/google-is-shutting-down-tables-its-airtable-rival/
> In an email sent to Tables users this week, Google said the app will not be supported after December 16, 2025, and advised that users export or migrate their data to either Google Sheets or AppSheet instead, depending on their needs.
>
> Launched in 2020, Tables focused on making project tracking more efficient with automation. It was one of the many projects to emerge from Google's in-house app incubator, Area 120, which at the time was devoted to cranking out a number of experimental projects. Some of these projects later graduated to become a part of Google's core offerings across Cloud, Search, Shopping, and more. Tables was one of those early successes: Google said in 2021 that the service was moving from a beta test to become an official Google Cloud product. At the time, the company said it saw Tables as a potential solution for a variety of use cases, including project management, IT operations, customer service tracking, CRM, recruiting, product development and more.
[1] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/21/06/14/222239/googles-airtable-rival-tables-graduates-from-beta
[2] https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/11/google-is-shutting-down-tables-its-airtable-rival/
Unsurprising (Score:2)
These spreadsheets on roids are the first on the chopping block. Simple Saas apps that will be replaced by AI.