Pory vs Porchy: Which Is Better?

Both Pory and Porchy solve the same core problem — sharing Airtable data with external users without handing out Airtable seats — but they approach it with very different philosophies and at very different price points.

Quick Comparison

	Pory	Porchy
Primary focus	No-code app builder	Lightweight client portals
Data source	Airtable (multiple bases/tables)	Airtable
Access model	Account-based logins	Magic links (no passwords)
Branding	Custom UI, layouts	Logo, colors, layout
User base	30,000+	Newer, smaller
Free plan	Yes	Yes (1 portal, 1 client)
Paid pricing	Not disclosed in source	$290/yr (annual)
Best for	Complex portals, multiple use cases	Simple, fast client portals

Pory

Pory markets itself as a no-code app builder rather than just a portal tool, and that framing matters. With 30,000+ users, it's the more established product here, and it shows in the breadth of what it supports.

What Pory does well:

Pory lets you connect data from multiple Airtable tables and bases in a single portal — useful if your client data is spread across a complex base structure. You can control permissions granularly: what users can view, create, and edit. It ships with pre-built templates covering community portals, volunteer portals, customer portals, supplier portals, partnership portals, and vendor portals, which meaningfully reduces setup time on each new project.

The UI builder is where Pory differentiates itself most. You're not constrained to a fixed layout — you can design database-driven web apps that look like proper products. This makes it well-suited to agencies or operators who are building portals repeatedly and need flexibility across different client types.

Pory's limitations:

The power comes with complexity. Pory has a steeper learning curve than the alternatives, and building something polished takes longer than a few minutes. Pricing details weren't available in the scraped content, so you'll need to check their site directly — but plans exist at multiple tiers, with limits on portals, users, and features scaling accordingly. The account-based login model means clients need to create and manage credentials, which adds friction compared to link-based access.

For teams that only need to share a simple read-only view with clients, Pory's full feature set can feel like overkill — and you'll pay for capabilities you won't use.

Porchy

Porchy takes a deliberately narrower stance: it does one thing and tries to do it faster and more cheaply than anyone else. The pitch is "80% of the features, a fraction of the price. Ready in minutes, not weeks."

What Porchy does well:

The magic link model is Porchy's standout feature. Each client gets a unique secure link — no account creation, no password resets, no login friction. You just send the link and the client sees their filtered view. For client portals specifically (as opposed to community platforms or internal tools), this is often exactly the right trade-off.

Porchy is built to live inside your existing Airtable workflow. You manage portals and clients directly from within Airtable itself, eliminating context-switching. When you update a record in Airtable, the portal reflects it immediately — your Airtable base is the authoritative source of truth, with no manual syncing or exports.

Field-level visibility controls mean you decide exactly which columns each client sees, and branding is simple: upload a logo, set colors, pick a layout. Setup reportedly takes under five minutes for a first portal.

Porchy's limitations:

Porchy's simplicity is also its ceiling. It's not trying to be a no-code app builder — there's no complex multi-view layout designer, no user-generated content flows, no community features. If you need clients to submit forms, collaborate on records, or interact with data beyond viewing a filtered table, Porchy may not cover it.

The free plan is limited to 1 portal and 1 client — barely enough for testing, not enough for production use with multiple clients. The paid plan at $290/yr (annual) is genuinely affordable, but monthly pricing isn't published prominently, which is worth clarifying before committing. Porchy is also a newer product with a much smaller user base than Pory, which means less community documentation, fewer integrations, and more risk of early-stage rough edges.

When to Choose Pory

• You need portals for multiple use cases simultaneously (customers, vendors, partners, community members)
• Your clients need to create or edit records, not just view them
• You want a full app-builder experience with flexible layout control
• You're an agency building custom portals repeatedly and need template infrastructure
• Your Airtable data spans multiple bases and you need to surface it in one place
• You have the time to invest in setup and want long-term flexibility

When to Choose Porchy

• Your primary use case is sharing filtered Airtable data with individual clients
• You want to be live in under an hour with zero technical overhead
• Magic links (no passwords) fit your client communication model
• You're budget-conscious and $290/yr covers your needs at a fraction of what Pory costs
• You manage everything from within Airtable and don't want to learn another interface
• You have a small number of clients and a straightforward data structure

Bottom Line

Pory and Porchy are adjacent tools, not direct substitutes. Pory is the right choice when you need to build something that behaves like a real web application — multiple views, write permissions, complex data relationships, agency-grade flexibility. Its 30,000+ user base and broad template library reflect genuine product maturity.

Porchy wins on simplicity and speed. If you're a freelancer or small team that needs to show clients their project data, invoices, or deliverables from Airtable without setting up accounts or maintaining passwords, Porchy's magic-link model and $290/yr price point are hard to argue with. The "set it up in five minutes" claim is credible by design — the tool intentionally doesn't do more than it needs to.

Choose Porchy if you need client portals fast and cheap. Choose Pory if you need to build something more complex.