Is SmartBDM really free?

Yes. SmartBDM is a free AI-first CRM with unlimited users, a shared WhatsApp inbox, a mobile app and built-in AI agents. Free holds up to 10,000 leads; past that, Scale at ₹20,000 a month. AI work runs on credits, ₹1 each — an AI voice call is 4 credits per connected minute, an AI WhatsApp conversation 2 credits per lead each month, a voice note 1 credit per voice note.

Airtable is free too. What's different?

Airtable's free tier is 5 editors and 1,000 records a base, and it isn't a CRM. SmartBDM is a full AI-first CRM with no user limit, plus Datasets for the sheets you keep.

No. Never — not for the CRM, not for the AI. Credits pay for AI work, not for people.

Can I keep my spreadsheets?

Yes. Datasets are spreadsheet grids inside SmartBDM, with cells that link to real leads and people. Import a CSV or XLSX and go.

A shared inbox, templates and re-engagement, with every chat saved on the lead. Free.

Can I migrate from Airtable?

Yes. Upload your lead tables as leads and the rest as datasets; you’re live the same day. No card, no call.

Stop building a CRM in a spreadsheet. Get one free.

Airtable is free for 5 editors, then $20 to $45 a seat a month, in dollars. SmartBDM is a free AI-first CRM with unlimited users, a shared WhatsApp inbox, a mobile app and built-in AI agents.

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Free for your whole team · unlimited users · no card

Airtable is wonderfully flexible.

A database anyone can shape.

Any shape you like

Tables, views, links and automations for almost any process.

A real free tier

Up to 5 editors and 1,000 records a base, for nothing.

Easy to start

If you can use a spreadsheet, you can use Airtable.

An AI-first CRM that's free. Spreadsheets included.

A base you built is a CRM nobody updates. SmartBDM is the free AI-first CRM, WhatsApp inbox and AI agents — with Datasets for the sheets you still need.

Every rep on it, at ₹0.

Not 5 editors. Field reps, tele-callers, managers — no seat count.

Spreadsheets beside your leads.

Datasets: grids that link to real leads, people and pipelines. Free.

WhatsApp is the inbox.

Every chat lands on the lead, shared by the team. Free.

Reps speak. The AI writes.

A voice note in every Indian language becomes a summary, a stage and a follow-up.

AI that acts.

Scores every lead, sets follow-ups, plans the day — free. Smart Inbound answers enquiries and Smart Outreach works old leads, on credits.

SmartBDM vs Airtable, at a glance.

How they compare

SmartBDM

Airtable

Unlimited users in free plan

SmartBDMYes — the whole team, free

Airtable5 editors

Pricing

SmartBDM₹0 for the AI-first CRM; AI work on credits, ₹1 each

AirtableFree for 5 editors; $20–$45 a seat a month

What it is

SmartBDMAn AI-first CRM for sales teams

AirtableA database builder

Spreadsheets

SmartBDMDatasets, linked to live leads — free

AirtableThe product — a real strength

WhatsApp inbox

SmartBDMBuilt in, shared, saved on the lead

AirtableNot built in

SmartBDMAgents that score, plan and follow up — free

AirtableAI credits per seat

Mobile

SmartBDMThe full AI-first CRM on iOS and Android

AirtableA mobile app for bases

Free for the whole team. No seats to count.

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The whole AI-first CRM. Free.

Everything you were building in a base, already built.

Pipelines, your way.

Custom stages and fields. Every note, call and chat on one timeline. Free.

One shared inbox.

Two-way WhatsApp on the lead, for the whole team. Free.

Every AI agent that helps your rep.

Scores, plans, follows up, keeps every lead current. Free.

Who to call today.

An AI score on every lead and a ranked daily plan. Free.

Click to Call.

One tap rings your rep, then the lead, through your own IVR. Free.

WhatsApp re-engagement.

Wake dormant leads in compliant batches, your number protected. Free.

Numbers you can click into.

Overview, outcomes, team — and the leads behind every number. Free.

Datasets.

Spreadsheets beside your leads, linked to real records. Free.

iOS and Android.

The whole AI-first CRM on every rep's phone. Free.

Voice notes. Speak the update.

In every Indian language, written into the lead. 1 credit per voice note.

AI answers every WhatsApp enquiry.

WhatsApp AI (Smart Inbound): replies in seconds, qualifies, hands over. 2 credits per lead each month, from ₹5,000 a month on Free · in Scale.

AI calls and messages your old leads.

AI calling + WhatsApp (Smart Outreach): until someone engages, then a rep. 4 credits per connected minute, from ₹5,000 a month on Free · in Scale.

Free vs per seat, in dollars.

Twenty people on Airtable Team: about $400 a month. SmartBDM: ₹0.

SmartBDM

Free · unlimited users · no card

₹0 for your whole team. AI work pay as you go, 1 credit = ₹1.

Unlimited users, free
WhatsApp inbox and AI agents included
Web, iOS and Android
On credits: Voice Notes, Smart Inbound, Smart Outreach

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Airtable

Per seat, per month (USD, billed annually)

Free(up to 5 editors, 1,000 records a base)$0 / user / mo
Team$20 / user / mo
Business$45 / user / mo
Enterprise ScaleOn request

A 20-person team on Team: about $400 a month, just for seats.

Airtable pricing sourced from its public pricing page as of Sep 2026; prices and plans change — verify on the vendor's site. Last reviewed Sep 2026.

Bring the base. Upload it.

Your lead tables become leads, the rest become datasets, the same day.

Your lead tables, as leads

Upload them and each row is a lead with an owner and a stage.

Keep the sheets you need

Other tables import into Datasets, beside your leads.

Keep your lead sources

Forms, WhatsApp and webhooks keep feeding leads in.

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What teams on Airtable ask us

Talk to sales

Credits at volume, a big team, a question first? Tell us how your leads arrive. We’ll call you back.

Put your whole team on it today. Free.

Unlimited users. No card. Your organisation is ready in about two minutes.

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