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Need to build an internal app? Or just want a more advanced system for tracking or automating your work? These database tools will let you do just that.

The best database software for building apps | Zapier

Whether you need to manage customer data, organize inventory information, or keep track of your business contacts, there's likely an app for that. Or 30. The only problem is, no app is a perfect match to the way you work.

These database software solutions do more than store your data—they let you create and build apps to do something with that data.

The 8 best database-powered app builders

Some of your Airtable bases may be extra important or time sensitive, and you 

Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone. Airtable is a fast and flexible way to create tables to keep track of anything, from sales leads to vacation planning to inventory management.

Triggers when a new record is created or new or existing records when first added to a selected view.

New Record

Triggers when a record is created or updated.

New or Updated Record

Find Many Records (Advanced)

Find Record

Find or Create Record(s) (With Line Item Support)

Find or Create Record

Creates a new record with auto-populating fields.

Create Record

Create up to 10 new records (supports line items).

Create Records (Advanced)

Find and update an existing record, or create a new one.

Create or Update Record

Delete Record

Update Record

Custom Actions (Beta)

This is an advanced action which makes a raw HTTP request that includes this integration's authentication.

API Request (Beta)

One of the most popular email services, Gmail keeps track of all your emails with threaded conversations, tags, and Google-powered search to find any message you need.

Gmail

Triggers when you receive a new attachment.

New Attachment

New Label

Triggers when you receive a new email and label it within two days.

New Labeled Email

Triggers when a new email appears in the specified mailbox.

New Email

Triggers when you receive a new email that matches a search string you provide.

New Email Matching Search

Triggers when you receive a new email and star it within two days.

New Starred Email

New Thread

Find Email

Find or Send Email

Add Label to Email

Delete Email

Create Draft

Create a draft reply to an existing email.

Create Draft Reply

Create Label

Send Email

Remove Label From Email

Reply to Email

Send Gmail messages for new Airtable records in views

Notify your team when new records are available when you use this Airtable to Slack automation. Once set up, every time a new record is added in Airtable, Zapier will automatically send a new message via Slack. By keeping your team updated on changes you can improve collaboration and productivity.

Slack is a platform for team communication: everything in one place, instantly searchable, available wherever you go. Offering instant messaging, document sharing and knowledge search for modern teams.

Slack

Triggers when a new message is posted to any public channel.

New Public Message Posted Anywhere

New Channel

Triggers when a new message is posted to a specific #channel you choose.

New Message Posted to Channel

Triggers when a custom emoji has been added to a team.

New Team Custom Emoji

Triggers when a new file is uploaded to your workspace.

New File

Triggers when a username or highlight word is mentioned in a public #channel.

New Mention

Triggers when a new message is found that matches the query.

New Message From Query

Triggers when a new message is posted to a specific #private-channel or multi-dm.

New Message Posted to Private Channel

Triggers when a Message is pushed from Slack.

New Pushed Message

Triggers when a reaction (aka reactji) is added to a message in a public #channel.

New Reaction Added

New Saved Message

Triggers when a new Slack user is created / first joins your org.

New User

Finds a Slack message using the Slack Search feature.

Find Message

Finds a user by matching against their email instead of their username.

Find User by Email

Find User by ID

Finds a user by matching against their real name instead of their username.

Find User by Name

Find User by Username

Adds a reminder for yourself or a teammate, just like the `/remind` slash command.

Add Reminder

Invite an existing User to an existing Channel. You must be a member of the channel to invite someone to it.

Invite User to Channel

Posts a message to the specific #channel you choose. Message delivery can be scheduled for later.

Send Channel Message

Sends a direct message to a user or yourself from the Slackbot. Can also schedule a message for later.

Send Direct Message

Create Channel

Post a new message to a private channel you choose. Can also schedule a message for later.

Send Private Channel Message

Set Channel Topic

Update basic profile fields such as name or title

Update Profile

Sets your Slack status to the given text and emoji.

Set Status

Invite a new User to your Slack workspace. Uses legacy tokens.

Invite New User

Post new Airtable records to Slack

Keep your Google Calendar updated with dates in your spreadsheets. Set up this Zapier template to create a detailed Google Calendar event whenever a new row is created in a selected Spreadsheet.com worksheet. For example, a project plan workbook in Spreadsheet.com can be used to track tasks and their deadlines, which will appear as events in your Google Calendar.

Spreadsheet.com is the all-in-one spreadsheet for teams

Column Value Changed

Triggers when data is entered in to a row.

Row Created

Triggers when a new row is created using a specific form.

Row Created Using Form

Row Updated

Triggers when a select column value changes from a specific value to another specific value.

Select Field Changes (A -> B)

Triggers when a select column value changes to a specific value.

Select Field Changes (Specific Value)

Find a worksheet row by looking up a field value.

Lookup Worksheet Row

Create Row

Update Row

Google Calendar lets you organize your schedule and share events with co-workers and friends. With Google's free online calendar, it's easy to keep track of your daily schedule.

Google Calendar

New Calendar

Triggers when an event is cancelled or deleted.

Event Cancelled

Event Ended

Triggers when a specified amount of time before an event starts.

Event Start

Triggers when an event is created or updated (except when it's cancelled).

New or Updated Event

New Event

Triggers when an event is created that matches a search.

New Event Matching Search

Find Event

Finds a specific event by its ID in your calendar.

Retrieve Event by ID

Finds multiple events in your calendar as line items.

Find Multiple Events

Find or Create Event

Invites one or more person to an existing event.

Add Attendee(s) to Event

Create Calendar

Delete Event

Create Detailed Event

Create an event from a piece of text. Google parses the text for date, time, and description info.

Quick Add Event

Updates an event. Only filled fields are updated.

Update Event

Create detailed events in Google Calendar from new Spreadsheet.com rows

Activate this Zap to automatically create a new lead in Salesforce.com whenever a new row is created from a form in a selected Spreadsheet.com worksheet. For example, a CRM workbook in Spreadsheet.com can be used to capture sales leads with a Form view, and create a corresponding lead in Salesforce, saving you from tedious manual data entry.

Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship manager (CRM) application.

Salesforce

Triggers when a new Attachment is added to a case.

New Case Attachment

New Contact

Triggers when a field is updated on the object specified. It will output the old and new field values.

New Field History Tracking Event

Triggers when an attachment, note, or content document is added or updated on any record of the specified Salesforce object.

New or Updated File on Record

New Lead

Triggers when a new outbound message is received in Salesforce.

New Outbound Message

Triggers when a record of the specified Salesforce object (ie. Contact, Lead, Opportunity, etc.) is created.

Triggers when a field of your choosing (ie. email address, status) is updated on any record of a specified Salesforce object (ie. Contact, Lead, Opportunity, etc.).

Updated Field on Record

Triggers when any record of the specified Salesforce object (ie. Contact, Lead, Opportunity, etc.) is updated.

Updated Record

Finds Child Records for a given Parent ID, and returns the Child records as line-items.

Find Child Records

Finds a record of a specified Salesforce object by up to two fields and values you choose.

Finds a record of a specified Salesforce object by a field and value you choose (with line-item support).

Find Record(s)

Finds one or more records of a Salesforce object using a Salesforce Object Query (SOQL) WHERE clause (with line item support).

Find Record(s) by Query

Finds a record of a Salesforce object using a Salesforce Object Query (SOQL) WHERE clause.

Find Record by Query

Gets all notes and attachments for a record.

Get Record Attachments

Find a record. Optionally create a record if not found.

Finds a record of a Salesforce object using a Salesforce Object Query (SOQL) WHERE clause. Optionally create a record if not found.

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