What the evidence answers

A reading of reviewed official documentation for Airtable and Tray.ai. It is not a hands-on test, a ranking or a recommendation of one product.

Price

  • Airtable From $24/mo per user
    • Free: no subscription charge
    • Team: $24.00 monthly per seat
    • Team: $240.00 annual per seat ($20/mo equivalent)
    • Business: $54.00 monthly per seat
    • Business: $540.00 annual per seat ($45/mo equivalent)
    • Enterprise Scale: Vendor quotation required
  • Tray.ai Quote only
    • Pro: Vendor quotation required
    • Team: Vendor quotation required
    • Enterprise: Vendor quotation required

A complete like-for-like price comparison is not established; the next checks say what is missing.

Documented for both

Usage definition
Airtable Automation usage is counted in runs per month against a per-plan limit (100 to 500,000).
Tray.ai Every step that runs is a task, including the webhook trigger; Loop and boolean steps count each time they run, once per list item, plus the loop's final check; Example: a webhook delivering 2 records through Clearbit, a loop, a boolean and Slack used 9 tasks in one run
Included volume
Airtable Automations per base: 75 on Free, 100 on Team, 150 on Business, 200 on Enterprise Scale; Runs per month: 100 on Free, 25,000 on Team, 100,000 on Business, 500,000 on Enterprise ScaleFree: 100 automation runs per monthTeam: 25,000 automation runs per monthBusiness: 100,000 automation runs per monthEnterprise Scale: 500,000 automation runs per month
Tray.ai Task volume is a contracted entitlement, shown as an allowance line in the usage dashboard.Pro: 3 workspaces; 7-day insights and 7-day log retentionTeam: 20 workspaces; 30-day insights; 7-day log retention that can be extendedEnterprise: Unlimited workspaces; 180-day insights
Premium integrations
Airtable Automations can work with tools such as Google Workspace, Slack, Facebook and Twitter, and can run JavaScript.Team: Standard sync integrationsBusiness: Premium sync integrations, Two-way sync, Verified dataEnterprise Scale: Enterprise Scale integrations
Tray.ai 700+ connectors and connector development are included in all plans.
AI charges
Airtable Extra AI credits come in packs of 10k to 200k, starting at USD 20 a month for 10,000 credits.Free: 500 AI credits per editor per monthTeam: 15,000 AI credits per paid user per monthBusiness: 20,000 AI credits per paid user per monthEnterprise Scale: 25,000 AI credits per paid user per month
Tray.ai AI connectors convert input and output tokens into tasks at a token-to-task ratio set in your contract, available from support.
Overage charges
Airtable Automation runs are capped at the current plan's limit.
Tray.ai Admins can cap monthly tasks per workspace, for example for sandbox or development workspaces; Retries are not charged

Limits to check

  • Airtable Team and Business bill every user with edit permission on at least one base; read-only collaborators, form submissions and share links are free.
  • Tray.ai Pro allows 3 workspaces, Team 20 and Enterprise unlimited; regional hosting, log streaming and on-premise connectivity are Enterprise features.

Not verified yet

No reviewed evidence for either product on trigger polling.

Documented for one product only, shown in the table below: Tray.ai: hosting responsibility.

Not verified means our reviewed sources do not establish it. It does not mean a product lacks the capability or that it costs nothing.

Next steps

  • Request a written quote from Tray.ai for your seats, usage and term.
  • Ask Airtable about trigger polling and hosting responsibility; our sources do not establish them yet.
  • Ask Tray.ai about trigger polling; our sources do not establish it yet.
Documented scope and limits; unverified dimensions remain unknown.
RequirementAirtableTray.ai
Pricing
From $24/mo per user

Compare all 4 plans

Who it is for
Trigger-and-action automations on data in Airtable bases, from a single notification to multi-step workflows.

Automations can also act in tools such as Google Workspace and Slack, or run JavaScript.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Airtable automations product page

One governed platform (Tray iPaaS) for integration, automation, MCP services and AI agents, sold by quote.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Tray.ai iPaaS pricing page: plans, add-ons and FAQ

Coverage limits
Team and Business bill every user with edit permission on at least one base; read-only collaborators, form submissions and share links are free.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Airtable pricing page: pricing FAQ

Pro allows 3 workspaces, Team 20 and Enterprise unlimited; regional hosting, log streaming and on-premise connectivity are Enterprise features.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Tray.ai iPaaS pricing page: plans, add-ons and FAQ

Usage definition
Automation usage is counted in runs per month against a per-plan limit (100 to 500,000).

What counts as one run is not defined on the pricing page.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Airtable pricing page rendered: plan cards and comparison table

Every step that runs is a task, including the webhook trigger; Loop and boolean steps count each time they run, once per list item, plus the loop's final check; Example: a webhook delivering 2 records through Clearbit, a loop, a boolean and Slack used 9 tasks in one run

Tray describes a task as roughly one workflow step each time it runs; a connector that makes several API calls in one step counts once. Retries are not charged. Each Connectivity API Call Connector request is 1 task.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Tray.ai docs: usage and billing, what a task is

Included volume
Automations per base: 75 on Free, 100 on Team, 150 on Business, 200 on Enterprise Scale; Runs per month: 100 on Free, 25,000 on Team, 100,000 on Business, 500,000 on Enterprise Scale

Compare-table columns are Free, Team, Business and Enterprise Scale.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Airtable pricing page rendered: plan cards and comparison table

  • Free 100 automation runs per month
  • Team 25,000 automation runs per month
  • Business 100,000 automation runs per month
  • Enterprise Scale 500,000 automation runs per month
Task volume is a contracted entitlement, shown as an allowance line in the usage dashboard.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Tray.ai docs: usage and billing, what a task is

  • Pro 3 workspaces; 7-day insights and 7-day log retention
  • Team 20 workspaces; 30-day insights; 7-day log retention that can be extended
  • Enterprise Unlimited workspaces; 180-day insights
Premium integrations
Automations can work with tools such as Google Workspace, Slack, Facebook and Twitter, and can run JavaScript.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Airtable automations product page

  • Team Standard sync integrations
  • Business Premium sync integrations, Two-way sync, Verified data
  • Enterprise Scale Enterprise Scale integrations
700+ connectors and connector development are included in all plans.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Tray.ai iPaaS pricing page: plans, add-ons and FAQ

Hosting responsibilityNot verified
  • Enterprise Regional hosting, Advanced on-premise connectivity, SSO and HIPAA
AI charges
Extra AI credits come in packs of 10k to 200k, starting at USD 20 a month for 10,000 credits.

Enterprise Scale packs through sales.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Airtable pricing page rendered: plan cards and comparison table

  • Free 500 AI credits per editor per month
  • Team 15,000 AI credits per paid user per month
  • Business 20,000 AI credits per paid user per month
  • Enterprise Scale 25,000 AI credits per paid user per month
AI connectors convert input and output tokens into tasks at a token-to-task ratio set in your contract, available from support.

Merlin Text Generation, Merlin Text Analysis and AI-Agent-Utils generate token usage; document processing (Merlin IDP) counts pages. Agent Development (Agent Gateway for MCP and Merlin Agent Builder) is an add-on.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Tray.ai docs: usage and billing, what a task is

Overage charges
Automation runs are capped at the current plan's limit.

No pay-as-you-go runs are described.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Airtable pricing page: pricing FAQ

Admins can cap monthly tasks per workspace, for example for sandbox or development workspaces; Retries are not charged

Usage alerts go out at 80% and 100% of the task entitlement, which includes AI token tasks. No overage rate is published.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Tray.ai docs: usage and billing, what a task is

1 requirement without reviewed evidence here

Not verified means the reviewed sources do not establish it; it does not mean a product lacks it or that it costs nothing.

  • Trigger polling Airtable: not verified · Tray.ai: not verified

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