Airtable and Layer Compared

Product Comparison

Layer is the Alternative to Airtable for Building Data Workflows

Tricky workflow that no-one makes an app for? Layer has you covered. Build any type of workflow from scratch with 20+ flexible fields, automations, 9 view types, and so much more. The best part? All of your data is organized around your building, not just a random ID number.

Drag & Drop Reports

Create Beautiful PDF layouts from your data

Drawing Markups

Link markups to data & photos

Automations

Perform actions as events happen

Shareable Views

Collaborate over data in inifinite ways

Model Viewer

Flexible Fields

Create fields to capture any type of data

Templates

Standardize your team's work

Files & Photos

Attach photos or files to locations and model items

Layer vs. Airtable

Layer is the only no-code workflow building platform that integrates directly with Revit and integrates spatial data types.

Overview

Functionality

Support

Why Layer?

Layer

Airtable

No code workflow building platform

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Easy to use tabular interface

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Form Builder

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Shareable Views

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20+ Flexible Field Types

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Formulas, Automations, & Relationships

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Revit Integration & Revit Add-in

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Custom Report Builder

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Free onboarding with a US based team of AEC professionals for all users

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Unlimited projects, sheets, files, storages, and workflow templates for all users on all plans

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Layer vs. Airtable

Layer is the only no-code workflow building platform that integrates directly with Revit and integrates spatial data types.

Overview

Functionality

Support

Why Layer?

Layer

Airtable

Core Focus

BIM-integrated data collection & workflow building

General Workflow Building tool

Drawing Mgmt.

Supports PDFs but focuses on BIM elements

No direct drawing support

Sharing

Real-time markups, task assignments, RFIs, submittals, Multi-user data entry, issue tracking, Revit-linked comments

Real-time markups, task assignments, RFIs, submittals

Field Reporting

Offline data capture, auto-syncs project info

Punch Lists

Create and track tasks directly on drawings or a point in a Revit model

Create and track open tasks

BIM Integration

Direct Revit Integration for Desktop & mobile, plus Revit Add-in

Trigger custom actions using ACC Connect Hook into Airtable's workato connector

Photo & Data Linking

Attach photos and reports to drawings or Revit elements

Attach photos and reports to sheets

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Ready for a software company that doesn't treat you like another #?

Layer is the workflow platform for buildings with no pricelocked features or limits and personable support.

With Airtable, you pay per Workspace. Have cross-collaborative teams that need to share some things, but gate others? That will double your cost or more. Layer takes a different approach: project or workspace limits, no hidden costs. Whether you're managing one project or a hundred, you can attach unlimited notes, photos, and data at no extra charge.

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We believe software should be build around your workflows, not the other way around. As professionals from the built environment, we designed Layer around what's most important to you: The building. Layer’s built-in Revit integration means your building data stays in sync.

Whether you're tracking a single renovation or managing a portfolio of buildings, you get the same seamless access to notes, photos, and Revit integration. Need enterprise level customization or pre-built templates that match your standards & don't have the time? We’ll work directly with you, it doesn't matter if your team has 10 people or 10,000+.

Don't just take our word for it… Hear what our users have to say about Layer

Pádraic Daynes

Amica Senior Lifestyles

Layer has allowed my company to deliver many of our projects faster and with greater ease. For my industry, Layer's ability to attach pictures, descriptions, and other information to specific points in a building while simultaneously adding them into a searchable, robust database greatly improves our workflow to become more organized and faster.

Jason Maple

Bryan Health Systems

Layer ensures we have the right data at the right time. The direct integration into Revit is also a major bonus.

Olga Kerkhanidi

DMA Architects

From heritage buildings to new construction, Layer works as a kit of parts to manage our data. It’s a highly flexible tool that adapts to your workflows and not the other way around.Their staff are available and truly care about the success of our projects.

Mark LePage

Architect & Entrepeneur

Layer is very impressive and intuitive. When you see that a conversation about the flooring material in a specific room in a specific building can be found in seconds and that can happen over and over all day long, it’s amazing how much time and money using Layer would save.

Drew Zeiba

Tech Editor

The goal of Layer App is to increase project transparency and ease of use by allowing all of the information on a building to exist together and to allow team communication to happen within the same space.

Roy Carroll

Kasian Architecture

Layer’s support team has helped us speed up the time it takes us to accomplish our goals. Once you have a Layer template set up, the rest is easy peasy. The fields are already there because I copied it from the original template. All I need to do is input the data.

Want to learn more about making the switch to Layer?

Layer is a flexible data & workflow platform for buildings

Made with ♡ in Nebraska

Layer is a flexible data & workflow platform for buildings

Made with ♡ in Nebraska

Layer is a flexible data & workflow platform for buildings

Made with ♡ in Nebraska