Data

Airtable and the GDPR: AI training, data location and DPA

Team: Doesn't train on your data. EU hosting only on higher plans · DPA in the terms.

Vendor: Airtable (Formagrid Inc)Workspace and projectsChecked on How we check

Verdict

Is Airtable GDPR compliant?

Team

Business

Doesn't train on your data

EU hosting only on higher plans · DPA in the terms

Price: $20 / user / mo

No tool is GDPR compliant on its own: that depends on how your business uses it. This page shows the vendor's side, from its own pages. It is not legal advice.

Training

Does Airtable train on your data?

Trains on your data by default?

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Doesn't train on your data.

No. Airtable will not use, or let its AI providers or others use, Input, Output or any other Customer Data to train generative AI models

Source: airtable.comSection 'Customer Data Rights and Model Training' (last updated 23 Jul 2026)Checked on

Location

Where does Airtable store your data?

Where data is stored by default

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United States: data residency defaults to the US

Source: support.airtable.comParagraph 'Airtable offers data residency in the United States (default), Europe, and Australia'Checked on

EU hosting on this plan

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EU hosting only on higher plans.

Not on Team: data residency in Europe is only for Enterprise Scale, and some data (such as organisation metadata) stays in US data centres

Source: support.airtable.com'Plan availability: Enterprise Scale' and section 'What data remains in US data centers?'Checked on

Contract

Does Airtable sign a data processing agreement?

Data processing agreement (DPA)

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DPA in the terms.

Yes. Airtable's DPA (last updated 8 Sep 2026) is incorporated by reference into the agreement governing use of the Services

Source: airtable.comOpening paragraphsChecked on

Processors

Who else handles Airtable data?

Sub-processors (companies that handle the data for them)

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24 listed.

Public. 24 third parties (3 core infrastructure, 9 AI including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, AWS and IBM, 12 other) plus 3 Airtable subsidiaries; almost all in the US

Source: airtable.comPage 'Airtable Subprocessors' (last updated 25 Aug 2026)Second source: airtable.comChecked on

Retention

How long does Airtable keep your data?

How long data is kept

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On Team, Airtable's AI providers may keep prompts and answers for up to 30 days for safety moderation (Business and Enterprise Scale: not kept). After the agreement ends, Airtable deletes or anonymises personal data on written request; backups follow its own retention processes

Source: airtable.comSection 'Data Retention'Second source: airtable.comChecked on

Security

Which certifications and admin controls does Airtable have?

Security certifications

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SOC 2 Type 2; ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and 27701:2019; HIPAA support

Source: airtable.comCompliance sectionsChecked on

Admin controls for AI

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Yes. Customers can disable Airtable AI at any time from the admin panel or Workspace settings; choosing which AI providers to allow is only for Business and Enterprise Scale

Source: airtable.comOpening section ('disable Airtable AI via your admin panel or your Workspace settings')Checked on

The vendor doesn't say: price.

Alternatives

Airtable alternatives that don't train on your data

Other workspace and projects tools whose business plan doesn't train on your data and includes a DPA.

The five marks, in order: No AI training · EU hosting · DPA · Sub-processors listed · DPF or EU vendor. ✓ meets it, ✕ doesn't, – partly, ? not stated.

Tool · PlanVerdictYour five rules
  • Google Chat

    Google Workspace Business Standard · €13.60 / user / mo

    Doesn't train on your dataEU hosting available · DPA in the terms

    ✓✓✓✓✓

  • Miro

    Business · €20 / user / mo

    Doesn't train on your dataEU hosting available · DPA in the terms

    ✓✓✓✓✓

  • monday.com

    Pro · €19 / user / mo

    Doesn't train on your dataEU hosting available · DPA in the terms

    ✓✓✓✓✓

  • Teamwork.com

    Basics · $9.99 / user / mo

    Doesn't train on your dataEU hosting available · DPA on request

    ✓✓✓✓✓

  • Wrike

    Business · $25 / user / mo

    Doesn't train on your dataEU hosting available · DPA in the terms

    ✓✓✓✓✓

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