Baserow in 2022: Year in review

2022 has been a year of remarkable growth, strong connections with our users and community, the addition of new team members, exciting new features, and much more.

2022 in numbers:

Let’s start by looking at some numbers and the impact Baserow has had in 2022.

Baserow currently has 26,000 signups, a remarkable 250% increase in just one year. Since many of our users self-host Baserow, the total number of users is likely close to 100,000. The United States & Canada account for 50% of our new users, followed by Europe and Asia.

This year, our users have created 28,000 workspaces with 40,000 databases and 94,000 tables in the hosted version. The activity on our platform continues to grow, with over 11 million rows created and 88,000 files uploaded. This amounts to a storage usage of 47 Gigabytes on our SaaS offering.

That’s a significant amount of data! And we have plans to introduce even more features to make data management easier in Baserow.

2022 in company achievements

In 2022, we achieved a lot that we are proud of. Let’s take a look at our accomplishments.

We raised €5m in funding

We successfully raised a €5m seed round, enabling us to expand our team and build the most scalable, flexible, and user-friendly open-source no-code toolchain in the world. Read more about it here.

We welcomed 12 exceptional new team members

Our team has grown rapidly. From having only 1 employee last December, we now have 13 talented individuals at Baserow. We hired developers, content writers, a community manager, and salespeople. We are still actively hiring, so check out our open vacancies.

We gained 1500 new users every month

We now have over 26,000 users worldwide, which is a remarkable 250% increase compared to the end of 2021. We aim to maintain this growth in 2023. Thank you for being part of our journey!

We launched Baserow Enterprise

To meet the needs of larger teams, we introduced Baserow Enterprise. It offers advanced user management, enhanced data protection, privacy requirements, enterprise-grade scalability, and direct support.

We gained traction among SMBs, enterprises, and the public sector

Our users come from various sectors, including manufacturing, banking, technology, government, eCommerce, healthcare, and education. We are proud to have received daily requests for Baserow Enterprise from mid market, public sector, and enterprise customers. It’s an honor to be recognized by companies with great brands and reputations worldwide.

We ranked in the top 10 most starred open-source projects on GitLab

Being acknowledged and valued by the developer community means a lot to us. We are proud to be listed among the top open-source projects on GitLab. Check it out here and don’t forget to star Baserow!

We gained 2000+ new followers on social media

Our follower base across social media channels grew by 650%. We appreciate the interest and support shown by thousands of people who comment, like, and share Baserow. Haven’t joined the party yet? Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.

We published the no-code landscape

We created a curated directory of the best no-code tools to help navigate the visual development landscape. The map is open for contributions, so make sure to check it out.

Our remote team met in person in Spain

As a remote-only company, we meet twice a year in person to spend quality time together. In 2022, we had amazing team gatherings in the Canary Islands and Barcelona.

We upgraded the Baserow community forum

Our goal is for the Baserow community to be more than just a support center. We want it to be a place where you can shape product development, collaborate with the team, and enhance your use of Baserow. Over the past year, we made significant improvements, including new onboarding, categories, and initiatives. And there are even more exciting things to come. Join the growing community of Baserow enthusiasts!

We made learning Baserow easier

Last but not least, we have created user documentation and educational content, including tutorials, for Baserow users. Check out our user documentation for detailed information. Here are the most popular tutorials of 2022:

1. Build a high-converting email drip sequence using Baserow
2. How to transform any spreadsheet into a database
3. How to automate custom notifications from Baserow form submissions

2022 in product development

We have introduced numerous powerful new features that have made data management faster, easier, and more flexible. Here are some highlights from this year:

Manage data effortlessly

• Duplocate rows, views, databases, tables, and fields
• Multiple cell copying and pasting
• Footer aggregations for calculated column values

Visualize your data effectively

• Row coloring to highlight records

Ensure data integrity

• Undo-redo functionality
• Snapshots for creating full copies of databases and restoring them to specific points in time

Build advanced forms and surveys

• Pre-filling form fields using parameters in the URL
• Form conditions to show or hide fields based on criteria
• Survey mode to display one question at a time

Collaborate seamlessly

• Multiple collaborators field type for assigning collaborators from a list of users invited to your workspace

Consolidate your data

• Additional importing into existing tables
• Airtable importer for easy migration from Airtable

Enhance security and control

• Role-based access control (RBAC) to restrict data access by granting roles to workspace members individually
• Single sign-on (SSO) for logging in using the organization’s identity provider

Baserow in multiple languages

Baserow is now available in 7 languages: French, Nederlands, Deutsch, Espanol, Italiano, and Polski.

And more exciting updates!

• Built new integrations with Zapier and Make
• Shipped more self-hosting options
• Created new templates
• Launched performance improvements

Looking back, we’ve gained valuable insights this year and recognize that there’s still much to achieve. We’re dedicated to surpassing expectations and delivering more than what you’d expect from any no-code database available. Take a look at our roadmap for Q1 2023 here.

Coming soon: Baserow 2.0

In our effort to do better than expected, we are getting ready for 2023 to be a big year, marking the start of something new. Our goal is to help our users create applications faster, cheaper, and with better security. While we can’t share all the details yet, exciting updates are coming soon—keep an eye out!

Enjoy the end of 2022, and get ready for something even bigger. Thank you for being part of our journey!

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