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title: "Airtable vs Microsoft Planner: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Airtable or Microsoft Planner more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Team productivity platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Airtable vs Microsoft Planner: Which is searched more?

Is Airtable or Microsoft Planner more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Team productivity platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Airtable and Microsoft Planner
- **Competitive set**: Team productivity platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Airtable Share of Search**: 9.3%
- **Microsoft Planner Share of Search**: 2.3%

## Is Airtable or Microsoft Planner more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Airtable had more branded searches than Microsoft Planner among team productivity platforms worldwide. Airtable had about 673,000 branded searches, while Microsoft Planner had 165,000. Airtable made up 9.3% of all team productivity platform searches we track, and Microsoft Planner accounted for 2.3%.
- Airtable was ahead of Microsoft Planner in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Airtable’s share of searches among team productivity platforms worldwide moved from 8.4% to 9.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 673K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Microsoft Planner’s share of searches among team productivity platforms worldwide moved from 2.5% to 2.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 201K to 165K.

## Top team productivity platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Microsoft Planner was mentioned in three out of five: in one of the three ChatGPT answers and in both Google AI Overviews. Airtable did not appear in any of the five answers.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Asana | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| ClickUp | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| monday work management | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Trello | 4th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Notion | 5th | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Microsoft Planner | 6th | 1 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Smartsheet | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Airtable | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Coda | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about team productivity platforms

- Asked ChatGPT "Which team productivity platform should I use?": 1. ClickUp, 2. Asana, 3. monday work management, 4. Notion
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best team productivity platforms?": 1. ClickUp, 2. Asana, 3. monday work management, 4. Notion, 5. Trello, 6. Microsoft Planner
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best team productivity platform for a small team?": 1. Asana, 2. ClickUp, 3. Notion, 4. monday work management, 5. Trello
- Searched Google, AI Overview "work management software": 1. Asana, 2. monday work management, 3. ClickUp, 4. Trello, 5. Microsoft Planner
- Searched Google, AI Overview "project tracking app": 1. Trello, 2. Asana, 3. ClickUp, 4. Microsoft Planner

Not named in any answer: Smartsheet, Airtable and Coda.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 21, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for team productivity platforms worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Smartsheet overtook Airtable to rank 4th among team productivity platforms worldwide, with 9.4% of the searches.
- In September 2026, Airtable lost share of searches among team productivity platforms worldwide, from 10.5% to 9.3%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Microsoft Planner worldwide fell 17.9% over 12 measured months, from 201K to 165K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Airtable estimated searches | Airtable Share of Search | Airtable rank | Microsoft Planner estimated searches | Microsoft Planner Share of Search | Microsoft Planner rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 673K | 8.4% | 5 | 201K | 2.5% | 7 |
| Nov 2025 | 550K | 7.7% | 4 | 165K | 2.3% | 7 |
| Dec 2025 | 450K | 7.4% | 5 | 135K | 2.2% | 7 |
| Jan 2026 | 673K | 9.3% | 4 | 246K | 3.4% | 7 |
| Feb 2026 | 673K | 9.3% | 4 | 201K | 2.8% | 7 |
| Mar 2026 | 673K | 8.3% | 4 | 246K | 3% | 7 |
| Apr 2026 | 550K | 7.8% | 4 | 201K | 2.9% | 7 |
| May 2026 | 550K | 8.3% | 4 | 165K | 2.5% | 7 |
| Jun 2026 | 673K | 10% | 4 | 165K | 2.5% | 7 |
| Jul 2026 | 550K | 8.9% | 4 | 165K | 2.7% | 7 |
| Aug 2026 | 673K | 10.5% | 4 | 165K | 2.6% | 7 |
| Sep 2026 | 673K | 9.3% | 5 | 165K | 2.3% | 7 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Airtable’s and Microsoft Planner’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Airtable**: Measured on the search term “airtable”.
- **Microsoft Planner**: Measured on the search term “microsoft planner”.

- [Airtable profile](/demand/global-en/brands/airtable)
- [Microsoft Planner profile](/demand/global-en/brands/microsoft-planner)
- [All team productivity platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/team-productivity-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 9 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Airtable or Microsoft Planner more popular in search?

In September 2026, Airtable had more branded searches than Microsoft Planner among team productivity platforms worldwide. Airtable had about 673,000 branded searches, while Microsoft Planner had 165,000. Airtable made up 9.3% of all team productivity platform searches we track, and Microsoft Planner accounted for 2.3%.

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