Excited to hunt Zoho Tables today.
Spreadsheets break the moment work gets collaborative. Real databases need a developer. Zoho Tables sits right in between: describe what you need, Zia builds the base, and the same data flows into Grid, Calendar, Gallery, Gantt, Form, and Kanban with zero exports.
A few highlights to look out for: automations that kill the busywork, reports that stay current on their own, and a mobile app that spins up a base by voice with Siri and lets you annotate images with Apple Pencil.
I'll let the makers (the engineering, design, and product team) share what they set out to solve and how it came together. Give it a try and let them know what you think.
same data across Grid, Calendar, Gallery, Gantt, Form and Kanban with zero exports is the actual hard part, most tools that promise multi-view end up with each view as basically a separate copy that drifts. being a Zoho product also means it's probably not disappearing in 2 years like half the Airtable alternatives that launch here
the "same data, zero exports, six views" pitch is the right one, that's the actual pain with spreadsheet-to-database migrations today. curious how far the relational model goes though - once a team outgrows a single base, can you link records across separate bases, or does everything need to live in one base to stay connected? that's usually the point where teams hit a wall and start exporting to glue two systems together anyway
The prompt-to-base generation is neat, but the thing that decides whether I'd build on it is getting data back out cleanly. Is there a read/write API and a full export that preserves schema and table relationships — not just flat CSV rows — so a base isn't locked in? And can permissions be scoped per field or collaborator, or is sharing all-or-nothing at the base level?
With AI being added across the Zoho suite, how do you ensure automation improves productivity without overwhelming users?
How does Zoho Tables handle permissions and access control when multiple teams are working from the same base, especially across different views like Kanban, Calendar, and Forms?
Is this like a mini version of Zoho Projects? This looks like a mini project tracker.
Love how clean the grid layout feels, especially with the way views and tables sit side by side without crowding the screen.
The mix of spreadsheet feel with database structure is a nice balance, and the AI suggestions actually picked up on patterns I hadn't spotted in my own data.
How does the AI actually decide what to organize for me versus what it leaves alone? Curious if I have to train it or if it just figures things out from the start.
The hybrid setup feels genuinely useful for tracking projects without juggling separate tools, and the AI suggestions actually caught a formula mistake I missed
how does this differ from airtable in practice? curious what ai features actually save me time versus just being a gimmick
How does the AI actually help organize messy data, like does it auto-tag entries or just suggest formulas when prompted?
How does Zoho Tables actually compare to Airtable when it comes to handling large datasets and complex relations between tables?
How does this actually differ from Airtable in practice, especially around the AI features and automation limits? Curious if the spreadsheet feel is closer to Excel or more like a database UI.
Tried it for a small project and the blend of spreadsheet and database feels more natural than I expected, especially linking related rows without formulas. The AI suggestions for cleaning up messy data were a nice touch too.
Does it play nice with existing Zoho apps like CRM or Invoice, or would I need to rebuild my workflows from scratch to get the automation piece actually working end-to-end?
How does the AI actually decide what counts as worth automating for someone like me just starting out? Curious if it learns from my patterns or if I have to manually set up every workflow from scratch.
How does the AI actually help organize my work day to day, like can it suggest formulas or flag messy data on its own or do I have to ask it directly?
how does the AI actually decide what to automate vs what to leave manual, especially when data structure shifts across teams?
About Zoho Tables on Product Hunt
“Smarter way to manage work and data.”
Zoho Tables launched on Product Hunt on July 7th, 2026 and earned 150 upvotes and 40 comments, placing #12 on the daily leaderboard. Zoho Tables is a no-code spreadsheet-database hybrid with AI brains to organise work, automate workflows, and collaborate in real time.
Zoho Tables was featured in Productivity (655.7k followers), SaaS (43k followers) and Artificial Intelligence (473.1k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 299k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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