Today I am going to do a review of Stackby. Now, you must pay attention. This is one of the most famous and, to be honest, one of the most powerful deals that has ever been on AppSumo. Many people, you know, they call it an “Airtable killer.” It is a very, very big tool. So let us take a look into this.
What is Stackby?
Basically, Stackby is a relational database tool that looks like a spreadsheet. What does that mean? It means it is like Google Sheets or Excel, but, uh, on steroids. It is not just for rows and columns. It is for building your own custom apps, your own business tools, without writing any code. You can manage anything, your projects, your clients, your content calendar, all in one place.
How is it useful?
This is the most important part. A normal spreadsheet is, to be honest, very “dumb.” It just holds data. Stackby is “smart.” It can do things with your data. The number one, killer feature is that you can connect columns to third-party APIs. For example, you can have a column for a YouTube video link. Then, you can have another column that automatically pulls in the, uh, the view count, or the like count, directly from YouTube. You can pull in Google Analytics data, Ahrefs data, Facebook Ads data… all into one master dashboard. This is something a normal spreadsheet cannot do.
Features
Now, the features are, to be honest, almost unlimited. But here are the main ones you need to know:
- Relational Database: You can link tables together. So you can have a “Clients” table and a “Projects” table, and you can link a project to a client. This is the main power.
- API Columns: This is the game-changer. You can connect to services like YouTube, Google Analytics, Ahrefs, Mailchimp, and pull live data right into your tables.
- Multiple Views: You do not just look at a grid. You can see your data as a Kanban board (like Trello), a Calendar, or a Gallery of images.
- Automations: You can create, you know, “if this, then that” rules. When a new row is added, or a status changes, you can send a Slack message, or an email.
Conclusion
The final question. Is Stackby worth it? I am going to be very direct. The Stackby lifetime deal is, I think, one of the top 5 “no-brainer” deals in AppSumo history. It is a foundational tool. You are not just buying one app, you are buying a platform to build your own apps.
Now, you must be warned. There is a learning curve. It is not as simple as Google Sheets. You have to, you know, you have to learn how to think in a “database” way. It will take a few hours. But if you are willing to learn, this one tool can replace, I mean, 5, 10, or even 20 other monthly subscriptions. It is an amazing, amazing deal. Simple as that.