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Architecture comparison

Airtable vs Notion

Airtable runs closer to the foundational model (Direct API) than Notion (Direct API). Shared foundation: OpenAI · GPT, Anthropic · Claude (highlighted).

Airtable

Productivity

Proximity
Direct API
Models
OpenAI · GPTAnthropic · Claude
Cloud · datastore
AWSMySQLRedis
Compliance
SOC 2HIPAAGDPR
Architecture

Low-code database whose 'spreadsheet-database' is backed by MySQL with heavy Redis caching on AWS. Airtable AI/Cobuilder routes to OpenAI and Anthropic.

Notion

Productivity

Proximity
Direct API
Models
OpenAI · GPTAnthropic · Claude
Cloud · datastore
AWSPostgreSQL (sharded)
Compliance
SOC 2HIPAAGDPR
Architecture

Block-based docs stored in a heavily sharded PostgreSQL fleet on AWS (publicly documented re-sharding to hundreds of shards). Notion AI routes to OpenAI and Anthropic models.

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