Airtable
Mid (~900)
Anyscale
Medium (~250)
Best For
Airtable
Best for: Engineers who want strong technical culture and real product impact at a leading no-code platform
Anyscale
Best for: Distributed systems and ML infrastructure engineers who want to work on the Ray open-source project and commercial AI infra
Ratings
AirtableAnyscale
4.1
4.2
Overall
4.0
3.8
Work-Life Balance
3.9
4.2
Culture & Values
4.0
4.1
Comp & Benefits
3.5
4.0
Senior Mgmt
3.8
4.0
Career Opps
👍 74% Recommend
👤 67% CEO Approval (Howie Liu)
👍 84% Recommend
👤 87% CEO Approval (Robert Nishihara)
Culture Values
Airtable only
🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth🌈 Diverse & Inclusive
Anyscale only
🔓 Open Source🤝 Flat Hierarchy🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven
Pros & Cons
Airtable
- 91% of engineers recommend — dedicated culture ambassadors plan events and build community
- Strong work-life balance (4.0/5) with good benefits and hybrid flexibility
- Post-layoff culture has been impacted — some report declining morale since 2023 restructuring
- Communication from leadership could improve — management quality varies by team
Anyscale
- Brilliant colleagues from top companies
- Direct impact on AI/ML ecosystem
- Context switching between projects
- Documentation can lag behind development
Bottom Line
Airtable
Choose Airtable if you want strong engineering culture, real product impact at scale, and good WLB — but expect some post-restructuring growing pains and leadership uncertainty.
Anyscale
Choose Anyscale if you want to work on Ray — the dominant compute framework for AI workloads — with strong engineering culture and open-source DNA.
Open Roles
Airtable — 57 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
15
💻 Engineering
14
📋 Product
5
🎨 Design
4
📊 Data
3
📣 Marketing
2
💰 Finance
1
⚙️ Operations
1
🎧 Support
1
Anyscale
No open roles currently listed
Summary
Airtable scores 4.1/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.0 work-life balance rating. Anyscale scores 4.2/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. That’s a 0.1-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven. Airtable also emphasizes Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth, Diverse & Inclusive. Anyscale also emphasizes Open Source, Flat Hierarchy, Ship Fast & Iterate.
On the hiring front, Airtable has 57 open roles and Anyscale has 0 open roles.