Basestash vs On2Air Backups
July 11, 2026 · Basestash
On2Air Backups is the longest-standing Airtable backup tool and a solid product — if you’re evaluating it, you’re asking the right question. This page lays out how Basestash differs so you can pick the right tool for how you actually work. Where we describe On2Air, we describe its publicly documented behavior as of July 2026; check their site for current details.
The core difference: files in your Drive vs a restorable archive
On2Air exports your data out — scheduled backups of tables and attachments delivered as files (CSV/JSON) into your own Google Drive, Dropbox, or Box. You own the storage, and recovery means opening those files and rebuilding what was lost by hand or re-importing.
Basestash keeps a versioned archive you can operate on. Every snapshot stays browsable in your browser — search records, inspect fields, compare what changed between snapshots — and when something goes missing you restore it back into Airtable in one click. Record-level restore on every plan; whole-table restore and point-in-time recovery on Pro.
Feature comparison
| Basestash | On2Air Backups | |
|---|---|---|
| Backup model | Hosted, versioned snapshots | File exports to your Drive/Dropbox/Box |
| Browse & search old snapshots | Yes, in the browser | Open exported files manually |
| Restore into Airtable | One click (record; table/point-in-time on Pro) | Manual re-import from files |
| Schema history | Versioned with every snapshot | Schema included in exports |
| Record comments | Captured | Not part of CSV exports |
| Real-time change capture | Pro plan (webhook-driven) | Scheduled backups |
| Storage | Included & encrypted — or delivered to your own S3 bucket (Pro) | Your own cloud storage |
| Get data out as files | CSV/JSON export of any snapshot table | Native — that’s the model |
| Price (monthly) | $15 Starter / $29 Pro | $9.99–$79.99 by tier |
| Free trial | 14 days, full Pro, no card | Offered — see their site |
When On2Air is the better fit
If your backups must land specifically in Google Drive, Dropbox, or Box, On2Air delivers there natively and Basestash doesn’t. (If “storage you control” means an S3 bucket — AWS, R2, Backblaze — Basestash Pro delivers copies there too, alongside its hosted restore.) On2Air is also the natural pick if what you really want is periodic file archives to feed other tools.
When Basestash is the better fit
If the scenario you’re insuring against is “someone deleted or mangled records and we need them back — fast”, a folder of CSVs is the slow path: find the right file, find the right rows, rebuild linked fields by hand. Basestash is built around that exact moment: find the record in a snapshot, click restore, done. Add schema history, comment capture, and point-in-time recovery, and the difference is a backup you use rather than store.
Try both, honestly
Both products have trials. Connect a test base to each, delete a record, and time how long recovery takes end-to-end. That one experiment answers the question better than any comparison table — start the Basestash side here.
Basestash backs up your Airtable bases on a schedule, keeps every snapshot browsable, and restores lost records in one click.
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