Sourcetable
Sourcetable is a spreadsheet-focused service for generating formulas, transforming tables, analyzing spreadsheets, and automating workflows.
What Sourcetable is
Sourcetable is a spreadsheet-focused service for generating formulas, transforming tables, analyzing spreadsheets, and automating workflows. It also lists API access, with its primary platform identified as multiple and API also listed as a platform. A free plan is available, and paid options are organized around monthly credit allowances. The Regular plan resets monthly and includes 50 credits, but no price is listed. Pro costs $29 a month and includes 2,000 credits. Max costs $100 a month and includes 6,000 credits, with usage described as unlimited subject to Abuse Guardrails. Sourcetable also lists two extra-credit options: Extra Credits Pro includes 2,500 credits at a 33% discount, with no price listed, while Extra Credits Max includes 3,333 credits at a 25% discount for $0.02 a month. Comparing plans means weighing the listed credits, discount terms, and prices; the Regular and Extra Credits Pro prices are not provided.
Good
- Free plan is available.
- Supports formula generation and table transformation.
- Includes spreadsheet analysis and workflow automation.
- API access is listed.
- Pro includes 2,000 credits per month.
Watch out
- Max usage is subject to Abuse Guardrails.
Who it suits
Sourcetable may suit people who want spreadsheet analysis, formula generation, table transformations, or workflow automation, including through API access. Its plans are differentiated by monthly credit allowances and listed prices.
Verdict
Sourcetable combines spreadsheet tasks and API access with a credit-based plan structure. Check the stated allowance and price for the plan you are considering, since two listed options have no price.
Plans and prices
From Sourcetable's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Regular | Free | 50 credits included · resets monthly · AI query limits · Free / user / month |
| Pro | $29 a month | 2,000 credits included · resets monthly · Deep Research · Python/data-science toolkit · SQL editor · $29 / user / month |
| Max | $100 a month | 6,000 credits included · resets monthly · advanced agents · unlimited AI messages subject to abuse guardrails · $100 / user / month |
| Extra Credits Max | $0.02, paid once | 3,333 credits · credits do not expire · 25% discount · $0.015 per credit |
| Extra Credits Pro | $0.02, paid once | 2,500 credits · credits do not expire · 33% discount · $0.020 per credit |
The facts
Each one read from Sourcetable's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI analysis
- Users can ask natural-language questions about spreadsheet, database and application data, with the assistant generating analysis and formulas.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API
- The FAQ describes a REST API using standard HTTP methods and JSON for workbook, query, metadata, user and integration operations.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- API extensibility
- Webhook events cover workbook, data-refresh, query, integration, user and cell changes, with HMAC-SHA256 signatures.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Availability target
- The security documentation lists a 99.9% production-service uptime target.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Collaboration
- Multiple users can edit one workbook simultaneously with live cursors and changes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Connectors
- Sourcetable advertises connections to more than 900 databases, APIs and business applications.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Data cleaning
- AI, formulas and code can clean, reshape and structure datasets inside the workbook.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Data visualization
- The product creates charts and graphs from prompts and supports downloadable or embeddable visualizations.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The company says its help resources include step-by-step guides, videos, use-case examples, contextual AI help, webinars, case studies and a community forum.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Formula generation
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Generic REST connector limitation
- The FAQ says there is currently no generic REST API connector; users must use files, webhooks, Apify or enterprise custom work.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Installation
- It is browser-based and can be installed as a Chrome or Edge Progressive Web App that creates a standalone desktop shortcut.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Large files
- The FAQ states that uploads can reach 10GB and that server-side processing supports files with millions of rows.checked 15 Oct 2026
- License limitation
- A Sourcetable co-founder told Hacker News that a heavily modified licensed spreadsheet engine prevents the company from open-sourcing the entire product.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: customization
- G2 reports repeated complaints that visualization and advanced customization options are limited.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: dynamic data
- G2 includes a reviewer concern that feeding dynamic data can be difficult and complicate use.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Mobile availability
- Sourcetable works through mobile browsers on iOS and Android, while the FAQ says there is no dedicated native mobile app.checked 15 Oct 2026
- News: Deep Research
- The company blog lists a March 31, 2026 announcement introducing Deep Research.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company headquarters
- LinkedIn lists San Francisco, California as headquarters.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists Sourcetable as a privately held company with 2–10 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- LinkedIn lists the company as founded in 2022.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- News: mobile browser
- The company blog lists a March 26, 2026 announcement that Sourcetable works on mobile browsers without a native app.checked 15 Oct 2026
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