Key takeaways
- Airtable is general no-code software. Its deal flow templates are published by the community, not by Airtable.
- Airtable forms take file attachments, but its help article says forms are single-page and can't save and resume a partial submission.
- Delsivo reads the deck itself and cites every fact to a slide. In Airtable, that would have to be built from fields, agents and automations.
- Airtable has a free plan and published per-seat prices. Delsivo has no published prices and is at the design partner stage.
What each does
Delsivo
Delsivo gives a venture fund a branded application portal, reads each PDF deck with facts cited to slides, applies the fund's published thesis as a rubric with Met, Mismatch and Unknown per criterion, and keeps claims, requests and decisions in one deal record. People decide every stage change. It is at the design partner stage.
Airtable
Side by side
| Compared | Delsivo | Airtable |
|---|---|---|
| Main job | Inbound intake, deck reading, thesis screening, claims and diligence requests for venture deals | A no-code workspace for building apps, databases, interfaces and automations for any team source |
| Deal tracker | Built in, with suggested stages and an analyst queue (Pilot) | A Deal Flow CRM template is listed under community published bases, with a deals pipeline, funding rounds and a companies directory source |
| Founder intake | A branded portal on your fund's subdomain with save and resume, a receipt and a secure founder link (Pilot). Your own domain in the first release | Airtable forms support file attachments, can be shared by link or embedded, and can show or hide fields based on earlier answers source |
| Save and resume | Founders can save and come back; a retried submit creates one deal and one receipt (Pilot) | Forms are single-page, can't save and resume a partial submission, and each submission creates a new record source |
| Reading decks | PDF decks read with every extracted fact cited to its slide, and weak extraction flagged instead of guessed (Pilot) | No pitch deck reading or slide citations are described on its AI page; its PDF example extracts line items, costs and specs source |
| Thesis | Your thesis as a versioned rubric. Each criterion shows Met, Mismatch or Unknown with the rule, value and source. Unknown becomes a question (Pilot) | No thesis rubric or claim verification is described on its AI page. These would be built from general fields, agents and automations source |
| Branding | Your logo, colours, fonts from a list and copy on every founder page and email (Pilot) | A logo, cover image and removing Airtable branding on forms need a paid plan, and fully custom branding is not available source |
| Security | Designed controls: each fund's data kept apart, MFA for staff and partners, files scanned before preview. No certification yet | Its trust page lists a SOC 2 audit with the report on request and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification source |
Pricing
No published prices. Delsivo is at the design partner stage, and each pilot is priced with the fund. Annual workspace pricing, with application and AI usage allowances, is set after real pilot usage is measured. Funds pay; founders never do. See pricing.
- Airtable: A Free plan at no cost. Team is $20/user/month and Business $45/user/month when billed annually; Enterprise Scale is custom. source
- Airtable: Billed monthly, Team is $24 and Business $54 per collaborator per month. Free allows 1000 records per base and Team 50000. source
What it takes to run Airtable for VC deal flow
You design the base: tables for companies, founders and deals, a form for applications, views for each stage and automations for notifications. A community template can give you a head start. After that, someone on the team keeps it working as the process changes, and decides how the thesis, deck notes and reasons for passing are recorded.
That freedom is the point of Airtable, and some teams enjoy it. Delsivo trades it for a structure built around venture review, so the deck, its cited facts, the thesis check and the claims arrive already linked. See how Delsivo works.
Where Delsivo is weaker
- Delsivo is at the design partner stage. Airtable is available today, with a free plan.
- Airtable can model almost any process. Delsivo's structure is fixed around venture review.
- Airtable lists many integrations, an API and scripting. Delsivo connects only to Slack and Google or Microsoft 365 calendars, with no API yet.
- Airtable states a SOC 2 audit and ISO 27001 certification. Delsivo has no certification yet.
- Delsivo reads PDF decks first and works in English first.
Which to choose
Choose Airtable
You want to design your own deal tracker, connect it to other workflows, need integrations today, and are happy to build and maintain fields, forms and automations yourself.
Choose Delsivo
You want founder intake, deck facts cited to slides, thesis screening and claim tracking built in rather than assembled, and you can join a design partner pilot.
Choose Airtable alone, for now
Inbound is light and the free plan or a published per-seat plan covers your team.
Sources
- www.airtable.com/ (checked 6 November 2026)
- www.airtable.com/templates/vc-deal-flow-and-contact-manager/expzlyTzLHP0IApEh (checked 6 November 2026)
- support.airtable.com/articles/8588280258-getting-started-with-airtable-form-views (checked 6 November 2026)
- www.airtable.com/platform/ai (checked 6 November 2026)
- www.airtable.com/company/trust-and-security (checked 6 November 2026)
- www.airtable.com/solutions (checked 6 November 2026)
- www.airtable.com/pricing (checked 6 November 2026)
- support.airtable.com/articles/2277136852-airtable-plans-overview (checked 6 November 2026)
This comparison is based on information Airtable publishes, read on the dates shown. It is not a scored hands-on benchmark. Airtable is a trademark of its owner. Delsivo makes a competing product. Corrections are welcome through our contact page.