Airtable usage, right in your menu bar.

I built it because I kept opening Airtable settings just to check usage. Now I don't.

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Always free for 1 workspace macOS 13+

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What it shows you

Small app. Useful signals.

Five things AirtableBar puts in front of you, without you opening Airtable.

Quotas at a glance

Per-workspace usage bars in the menu bar dropdown. AI credits, API calls, automation runs, records, attachment storage. No tab switching.

History that means something

Day, week, and cycle utilization charts, with the cycle reset date right there. See whether usage is normal, growing, or suddenly off the rails.

Spike detection that fires fast

Threshold alerts when usage crosses levels you set. Burst detection on AI credits the moment a single poll jumps. Burn-rate detection if you'll run out before the cycle resets.

Automatic AI kill switch

Optional, off by default. When you turn it on and set a threshold, an AI credits spike flips Airtable AI off for the workspace automatically. You get a macOS notification; one click re-enables it when you've sorted out what caused the spike.

Stays on your Mac

Local-first. No analytics, no tracking. What you do in Airtable stays on your Mac.

See it in action

Two minutes. The whole thing.

A walkthrough of menu bar usage, alerts, the kill switch, and how the app stays out of your way until you need it.

Walkthrough video, coming soon

Recorded on macOS Sonoma. Same workflow on macOS 14+.

Why this exists

I built it for myself.

I'm a no-code builder. Airtable runs my client work and a chunk of my own operations.

I kept opening Airtable every hour to check if a workspace was close to its quota. AI credits would spike out of nowhere when an automation went sideways, and I'd only find out when something stopped working.

AirtableBar is what I made so I could stop checking. It lives in your menu bar. It runs locally on your Mac. It talks only to Airtable. Your cookies and usage data never leave your device.

If your work depends on Airtable not running out of quota at the wrong moment, it's probably for you too.

— Maks, AirtableBar

Pricing

Free works for most people.

Every feature is included on every plan: kill switch, alerts, charts, everything. The only thing you pay for is monitoring more than 1 workspace.

Free

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1 workspace
All features included
macOS 13+

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Honest answers.

Is this an official Airtable product?

No. AirtableBar is independent and not affiliated with Airtable.

Can it guarantee I won't hit my limits?

No. The app polls Airtable on an interval, so usage can change between checks. What it does is make your usage visible early, send alerts when usage crosses thresholds you set, detect AI credit bursts, and give you a one-click way to disable Airtable AI when something spikes.

What if Airtable changes how usage data works?

I ship updates. AirtableBar reads usage through your authenticated Airtable session, the same way Airtable shows you usage on the settings page. If anything stops working, I fix it. If a fix isn't possible, paid customers get a refund.

How does the license work?

Your license binds to your Airtable identity, not your Mac. Use AirtableBar on any Mac you log into Airtable with: same license, same account, no activation dance. Switching to a different Airtable account later? Fill in the rebind form and it moves over.

What's an Airtable "workspace"?

In Airtable, a workspace is the container that holds your bases, your top-level grouping. Personal and single-team setups usually have one. Agencies tend to have one per client. Free covers 1, Pro covers 3, Unlimited has no limit.

Does the app track what I do?

No. The app reads your Airtable usage and pings the license server on launch to validate your key. That's it. Nothing about which workspaces you monitor, what's inside them, or anything you do with the app ever leaves your Mac.