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Coda, from Coda Project headquartered in San Francisco, is a template-based document generation solution, supporting a variety of use cases presented by the vendor as ideal for smaller companies that might otherwise be relying on spreadsheets to maintain (for instance)…
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Free
$0.00
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per month
Pro
$10.00
Cloud
per month per doc maker; unlimited editors (paid annually)
Team
$30.00
Cloud
per month per doc maker; unlimited editors (paid annually)
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- No setup fee
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- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Coda Beginners Guide: Creating Coda Docs [30-Minute Demo]
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What is Coda?
Coda is a doc that brings words, data, and teams together. It starts with a blinking cursor on a blank page and can grow as big as a team's ambition. Coda comes with a set of building blocksーlike pages for infinite depth, tables that talk to each other, and buttons that take action inside or outside the docーwhich users can combine to make a doc as powerful as an app. The vendor says people have made Coda docs that do everything from launch products, to scale small businesses, to help them study for tests.
Coda Features
- Supported: Pages: Every Coda doc starts with a page. And can grow into as many pages as desired, so users cannot outgrow the doc, no matter how big a team or idea.
- Supported: Tables & Views: A table in Coda can be as simple as a list or as deep as a database. And it can have customizable, connected views, so everyone can work off the same data, in their own preferred way.
- Supported: Controls: Controls—like buttons, select lists, and sliders—to make a doc feel more like an app for teams.
- Supported: Packs: Packs connect Coda doc to apps in use—communication tools, coding tools, and design tools.
- Supported: Formulas: Formulas can live anywhere in Codaーon the page or in a control or table. These are like the connective tissue between building blocks in Coda.
- Supported: Automations: Automation is the building block that puts repetitive yet important tasks on autopilot.
- Supported: Templates: Popular compositions of building blocks are offered as templates and made them available inside the doc.
- Supported: Forms: Collect inputs and data and synthesize using Coda's building blocks to view and filter data
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Meet Coda
Learn how Figma's Yuhki Yamashita uses Coda to ship product
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Coda Integrations
- Zapier
- Slack
- Intercom
- Jira Software
- Typeform
- GitLab
- GitHub
- Shopify
- Twilio
- Google Drive
- Zoom
- Figma
- Miro
- Discourse
- Greenhouse
- Phabricator
- Google Calendar
- Google Translate
- Gmail
- Spotify
- Wikipedia
- YouTube
- Google Contacts
- FedEx
- USPS
- UPS
- Weather
Coda Competitors
- Notion
- Quip
- Dropbox Paper
- Google Docs & Sheets
- Microsoft Office
Coda Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android |
Frequently Asked Questions
Coda, from Coda Project headquartered in San Francisco, is a template-based document generation solution, supporting a variety of use cases presented by the vendor as ideal for smaller companies that might otherwise be relying on spreadsheets to maintain (for instance) product development, or inventory tracking. It is available free, with paid editions to support teams, automations, or for more advanced collaboration and workspace features, as well as more advanced security features.
The most common users of Coda are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Users have found Coda to be a versatile and flexible tool that has helped them in various aspects of their work. One key use case is project management, where Coda has been used to track progress, deadlines, and manage tasks. Customers have also utilized Coda for managing their installation base and generating reports. In addition, the software has been used to create and send customer marketing emails. Another valuable use case is point-of-care usage, where users can easily access and manage relevant information. Coda has also been effective for post-event analysis, enabling users to analyze and evaluate event outcomes. Overall, Coda serves as a centralized platform for teams to collaborate, manage data, and streamline workflows across different departments and industries.
Automation Features: Reviewers have praised the automation features of Coda, with multiple users stating that it has helped streamline their processes. The ability to automate row creations and actions has been particularly appreciated, making tasks more efficient and saving valuable time.
Flexibility and Customization: Many reviewers have highlighted the flexibility of Coda, noting that it allows them to build virtually anything and migrate data from Excel. This feature has been extremely useful in simplifying information access for teams, keeping information current and easily accessible.
User-Friendly Interface: Users have consistently praised the user-friendly interface of Coda, finding it powerful and flexible for document building. The intuitive nature of the interface, along with the use of Coda formulas and Packs, has made it easy for users to create complex documents with ease.
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Limited API access: Several users have expressed frustration over the limited access to APIs in Coda, stating that it hampers their ability to integrate the software with other tools and platforms effectively.
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Steep learning curve: Some reviewers have found that Coda has a steep learning curve, requiring significant time and effort to fully grasp its capabilities and features. They feel that this can be a barrier for new users or those looking for a quick and easy solution.
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Occasional performance issues: A few customers have reported experiencing occasional performance issues with Coda, such as slow loading times or laggy behavior. While not consistently encountered by all users, these disruptions can impact productivity and user experience negatively.
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April 19, 2022
Coda Reviews
Score 8 out of 10
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- Atlassian Confluence, ClickUp and Notion
Coda is not as great as ClickUp or Notion in many ways, but it surely has a better user interface and pricing in my view and allows good collaboration. However, integrations work much better with other competitors as compared with Coda, and would prefer others if pricing was not a very big concern.
April 15, 2022
Coda Rocks!
December 08, 2021
Coda Is One in/for All!
I was not using anything similar to Coda.
September 28, 2021
Coda the Giant
I don't know why leadership choose Coda over Google, but I do see the value in the organization as well as diversity of what you can do with pages designs and integrations
March 10, 2021
Coda delivers on the promise that there is a much better alternative for Excel lists and tables
- Notion and Airtable
We used Airtable for a while and looked at Notion briefly. Airtable is good, yet a bit technical and doesn't come with rich text and formatting capabilities--so less suitable for publishing/sharing with the rest of the organization. We haven't used Notion for real; I did look at it briefly and found myself lost in no time.
March 09, 2021
Coda is great for creating a single source of truth with customizable views that live update in an aesthetically beautiful way
Coda is very aesthetically appealing and fun to create docs. The benefit of Coda is that it makes a lot automated, but what is sacrificed is the flexibility that other tools can offer.
March 01, 2021
Incredible Organization & Automation for Power Users
- Google Workspace (formerly G Suite), Airtable and Notion
For general use cases, Google Docs or Airtable are often a better starting place. But if things get complex or you're constantly pairing the two together, consider graduating to Coda to save yourself long-term headaches.
Notion is great for personal use, but the powerful automation and collaboration features in Coda make it a better fit for teams in my experience so far.
Notion is great for personal use, but the powerful automation and collaboration features in Coda make it a better fit for teams in my experience so far.
February 26, 2021
Coda--the doc you've been missing
The tables within Coda are similar to lists in SharePoint or Google Tables, but the document portion of Coda is what sets it apart. Having the ability to summarize that table data in a document is unique to Coda.
February 26, 2021
Amazing for high-level product management (plays nice with Jira!)
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
- Smartsheet, Airtable and Notion
Coda is the only tool with the ability to fully customize your views and the behavior within a given data table. They've put a LOT of thought into this and are miles above and beyond Smartsheet, Airtable, and Notion (I've evaluated all three extensively).
We were looking for many different things to improve our internal processes before we came across Coda. A large part of my work involves marketing, project management, service management and data analytics.
For a company like ours, we find Coda the most cost-effective and flexible solution to what we needed. While there are other products made for specific needs, we find Coda [is] a good place to start - for us to evaluate what we really needed - before pursuing a dedicated solution which may cost us more if not evaluated properly, and may very well end up a white elephant in our organization.
For a company like ours, we find Coda the most cost-effective and flexible solution to what we needed. While there are other products made for specific needs, we find Coda [is] a good place to start - for us to evaluate what we really needed - before pursuing a dedicated solution which may cost us more if not evaluated properly, and may very well end up a white elephant in our organization.
February 25, 2021
Coda's flexibility allows us to dream up workflows that were difficult to streamline before.
While all of the products listed have great features and platforms, there was always one thing missing from them that I would need to get from another application. Coda was the first one we used that really combined some of the best parts of those products and allowed us to use it in one place. I also appreciate the flexibility of creating your own framework and workflow, unlike in other tools where you have to follow how they capture data and organize projects.
February 25, 2021
Coda applied to Higher Education management
- Notion
I first tried Notion and, although it can be easier to work with for some simple tasks, when it comes to tables and linked data, Coda is more versatile and comprehensive.
February 25, 2021
Coda facilitates internal communication
Coda's automation and flexibility makes it much easier and more interactive than other tools like Airtable. With Airtable, we couldn't get as much traction or flexibility, so we stopped using it after a few months. Jira, on the other hand, has proven to be more helpful for task management, but not for upward or external communication on projects.
February 25, 2021
Coda to the rescue
I primarily use Mavenlink for scheduling purposes but with Coda, I'm able to do that, plus have an open way to communicate with the rest of my team when we want to add certain artists to a specific job. Instead of using another software for communicating across all of our offices, we can do all of this in Coda.
February 25, 2021
Great product for big teams!
- Atlassian JIRA Align (formerly AgileCraft) and Atlassian Confluence
They are similar but I like that Coda has more templates that are suited for marketing (GTM timelines, pulse updates, etc). One pain point for us is getting the engineering team on Coda but they seem to prefer Jira and Aha!
February 25, 2021
Coda: What a God-send for startups!
- Airtable, Notion and monday.com
The price point is most attractive, they have a dedicated team of support agents/doc makers that provide valuable templates, and it really was the best option to fit our current needs as a startup team who will be scaling and the product can scale with us in the long run.