What is Effortless Bases?
Effortless Bases turns your Airtable base into a production-ready PostgreSQL database — automatically.
You design your data in Airtable's familiar interface: create tables, define fields, build relationships. When you're ready, Effortless Bases reads your Airtable schema and builds a real PostgreSQL database from it, complete with proper data types, foreign keys, and security policies.
The result is a database you can actually ship with. Connect it to your app, query it with SQL, and use it as a backend — all without writing a single line of database setup code.
Who is it for?
Effortless Bases is built for makers, indie developers, and small teams who:
- Use Airtable to prototype or manage data
- Want a real database backend without manual schema design
- Need to move from "Airtable as a database" to something more robust
What problem does it solve?
Airtable is great for designing and exploring data. But it wasn't built to be your app's production database. Effortless Bases bridges that gap: design in Airtable, deploy to PostgreSQL.
Once your database is built, you're free to connect any app, framework, or tool that speaks PostgreSQL.
Ready to get started?
Head to Getting Started to create your account and build your first base.