# Page 2 | Coda Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 2 - Is Coda the right Project Management solution for you? Explore 98 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/193164/Coda/reviews --- Coda 4.6 (98) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/193164/Coda/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated June 3rd, 2026 # Page 2 - Reviews of Coda ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 26-50 of 98 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Matt D. Product Strategist Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Very cool features, but some bumps along the way" July 17, 2020 4.0 I use Coda for individual notes on smaller projects (block limits prevent me using it for longer ones), giving me a single spot to find my notes from meetings, workshops and creative outputs and organise my thinking far better than I could in our G Suite setup. I also love Coda for user interviews and research, helping my to create views of an interview script for each session, but then to be able to review all the sessions side by side, have the videos embedded etc. Most limitations come from an inability to fully adopt it in my own work enough to justify paying for an account - a lot of my personal use moved to Notion when the introduced pricing strategy killed half of my live documents, and it's just not powerful or reliable enough for me to be able to make a push for it as a team-wide tool yet. This isn't a concern for future users, but the "This doc is too big and will become read only in 14 days" approach to implementing their initially very convoluted pricing strategy was a real pain point and burned a lot of my goodwill. I don't expect them to pivot that dramatically again (from "A doc as powerful as an app" to "A doc for teams"), but that pivot has made me very wary about recommending it to friends and colleagues in case it happens again and half their work gets frozen in a format that's very tough to extract efficiently. Pros Coda is, first and foremost, very impressive. It does a lot, especially through their Packs, that can make Coda docs meaningful hubs for projects whether personal or professional. If you can get the buy in from your team or company to make the swap, giving people the tools to create useful tools for themselves is fantastic. The pace of development compared to others in the space (looking at you, Notion) is also very impressive and it feels like almost every other week there's some new feature that I can actually make use of with Coda. Cons The main drawbacks for me are the pricing model, especially for individual use, and the maths functions. Pricing: It's very tough to use as e.g. a personal planner with the free product, and it isn't dramatically better at those functions with the paid product than something like Notion. Particularly after Notion made the majority of personal plan free it's just very hard to recommend Coda for individuals unless you have a very specific need for some of their features, as the document size limits can feel very arbitrary, blocking out usage for a lot of hobby users. Maths/Spreadsheet style functions: While a lot exists, and the idea of focusing on column references rather than cell references initially feels nice, in reality it only makes explaining what a formula is doing once it works easier - getting that formula to work is very tough. Documentation is pretty patchwork around maths functions and sometimes you just want to be able to jot some quick table calculations down that might not suit "Rows as distinct entries" style tables, but everything in Coda is set up to deal with continuous and repeated equations within an entry, which is very tough to deal with. Review Source RS Robert S. Founder E-Learning Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "feature impact, ease of use and integration with existing business" July 17, 2020 5.0 Outstanding, see other reviews for further details. Pros Coda is a fantastic application which has incredibly transformative potential for those who are interested in exploring it. It is feature rich, with a constantly expanding portfolio of API options, built in capabilities and all important 3rd party integrations, this enables easy integration into existing business infrastructure and quickly demonstrates return on investment once things start to get set up. The way I see coda is like word/docs with the functionality of excel/sheets/airtable and the look of notion - take all that and put it on steroids by adding near limitless customisability and a fantastic customer support team who will help you to achieve things that you didn't even know possible - what you end up with is just a doc, the way docs should be Cons As coda is much younger than its competitors some of its features are still in development, for example the API only recently came out of beta (as of 17/07/20). There are some downsides to this which I'd like to imagine you can assume, however the diligent team release updates extremely regularly and listen intently to their customers, building a fantastic user-centric workspace experience with ever increasing features. The main thing which I didn't like about the software is that the tools in upper pricing tiers are too attractive, making me want to spend more than my budget on this kind of software - which I suppose is a good and bad thing. Alternatives considered [Airtable](https://www.capterra.com/p/146652/Airtable/)[Notion](https://www.capterra.com/p/186596/Notion/) Reason for choosing Coda Way more features, more ability/freedom to develop your own interface, more versatile, cheaper, good free plan to sample properly, unreal support team always on hand to help out, platform in active development, good tutorials on youtube and fantastic illustrations of the potential of the platform. Switched from [Airtable](https://www.capterra.com/p/146652/Airtable/) Better UI, loads more features, WAYY better management of tables - you can have multiple tables on one page and multiple views on one page, where as with airtable you can only view one at a time - so limiting for a dashboard Review Source TM Tommy M. Growth Genie Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Google Docs 2.0" June 23, 2024 5.0 Pros East to document and collaborate in one single place. It combines the functions of google docs/sheets etc and keeps them in one centralized document/place. Also only pay per doc maker, not per user. Cons Nothing I dislike about the product, just wish I knew some more coding to really take my docs to the next level Review Source VR Verified Reviewer CTO Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Good and flexible" July 17, 2020 4.0 Our experience has been very positive so far. We managed to create some internal processes to develop projects around some templates we created in coda and that helped us significantly. At the time we started using coda very few other tools had the customization abiities of coda and that was a winning point for us. Hope they fix their pricing model soon, because having documents locked down is not reasonable at our stage of business. Pros It's easy to integrate with team processes and also to enable the creation of new processes. Has a lot of integrations, has powerful table functionality, is has some very nice original features like creating a webpage out of documents. The documents are very complete and have the necessary flexibility to adapt to every teams' needs and specificities. The documents also naturally look good, no need to "beautify". The collaborative side of the documents is a great feature and works well in small teams. Cons Most of the integrations with outside software are poor and have very little to no customization/parameterization. For example including google drive documents is very very basic. The pricing is not very competitive, specially for small teams, considering other softwares out there. The worst part is that they limit the size of the documents in the free tier, and if you go beyond the size limit they lock your documents and you won't be able to work on them any longer. They could use a better model that is not this aggressive. Alternatives considered [Google Drive](https://www.capterra.com/p/161425/Drive/)[Confluence](https://www.capterra.com/p/136446/Confluence/) Reason for choosing Coda The flexibility of their documents. Review Source JM Jennifer M. Sr Manager of Project Analysis Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great all in one tool" October 13, 2023 4.0 Love it. Enjoy using it on a daily basis to keep our projects moving and allows us to work collaboratively with clients. Pros A one stop shop where we can build collaborative project hubs, coordinate tasks and deliverables, integrate with Jira and provide daily project statuses to clients and internal teams. Cons Formulas and connectors are not easy to navigate and training our internal teams has been a challenge Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Business Owner Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Want to Code but don't have the skills?" August 31, 2022 4.0 Coda is quite like Notion and one of the challenges is that it's not a household name and people might wonder why they should take the time. I think if you want to learn a tool that will put you ahead of the game in terms of skills competencies, learning Coda and Notion would be a game changerf. The automation features alone are a really valuable skill to learn. Pros If you are technical but can't code, this is your super power. It will allow you to build your own applications and customise enterprise systems that work for your organisation. It integrates with a tone of other applications like Google Calendar and zoom. Cons It was extremely obivious where the getting started tutorials were. It took quite a while to learn but is actually worth taking the time. I think if someone is looking for an out of the box solution this is not it. However it's worth it to educate yourself on how to use it as the automations and template will claw back that time for you when you get to grips with it. Alternatives considered [Notion](https://www.capterra.com/p/186596/Notion/) Reason for choosing Coda I use both. Review Source Miguel R. Senior Research Technician Research Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Coda is the ultimate Team unifier" July 17, 2020 5.0 Pros Before Coda, we used to have several different programs and databases to keep track of our day to day work. Coda has become the one-stop-shop for most things we do that don't require higher processing capabilities (statistics, image analysis, etc.). I really like how several of us can be on a certain document at one time (similar to the Google docs functionality) and all of us can collaborate in real time without having to jump from one application to another. Cons We have a lot of data in Coda and I really wished there was a statistical analysis option for our tables and charts. When I say stats, I don't mean high order stats (such as Chi-square tests, T-tests, etc.) but averages and counts based on specific criteria and so forth. Also, though once you know the program it's a breeze to work with, a Doc Maker needs to spend a lot of time familiarizing him/her/themself with the abundance of features Coda has to offer and its language. Review Source Bill Laurel P. Programmer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Coda review" May 28, 2023 4.0 I highly appreciated the flexibility Coda offered and its ability to make project management incredibly efficient. Pros Coda truly impressed me with its versatility and array of features. With the capacity to take on both simple and complicated tasks, such as compiling lists, coding, and more, it gave me the perfect platform for managing and executing all of my projects. Furthermore, its neat and organized approach made it especially convenient to switch between different tabs without any difficulty. Cons Coda can be unreliable and sluggish when constructing large projects, and still has areas of development concerning features and usability. Review Source April M. People & Culture Specialist Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Coda my love! " October 17, 2022 4.0 50-50, I used to have a love-hate relationship with it, but now our Business Systems Engineer is showing me the good side of Coda. Pros How easy it is to customise Coda docs based on the needs of the People & Culture Team! Super love it! Cons Formats need to be easily customisable as well, if possible. Like we're currently using Coda to automate our People & Culture ops, and if it is possible to customise formats in the forms as well. Thank you Coda! Review Source MH Mohamed H. Senior Workforce/Data Analyst Telecommunications Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Amazing Experience" November 6, 2022 5.0 The whole thing is amazing when it comes to using Coda with all available features, I'm using a lot of things because of my job duties, I create documents with new processes, update the current documents and communicate with the team, and manage the requested tasks for myself and my team and also use Coda on any device makes it a lot easier for the user. Pros It is the easiest way to create or update a process workflow and keep track of tasks, also has very a smooth clear view of the tasks dashboard with due dates and who requested the tasks with the task status and the due date.Managing the daily tasks of the team is a great feature as well. Cons Sometimes, especially when using low internet speed connections the pages take so much time to load and this might some issues for the users, I recommend creating a special view "lowered web version" for such internet speed. Review Source Timothy L. Technical Account Manager Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Good product without the bells and whistles." October 25, 2023 3.0 Coda is a good tool that excels as a simple product. If you don't need or want to worry about having to learn a new tool to collaborate / store knowledge and want a well built tool then Coda may be what you are looking for. Pros Coda is simple to use and easy to share pages with colleagues. As a knowledge management tool or collaboration tool it gets the job done without a steep learning curve. Cons Coda felt like it had limited capabilities to make deeply customizable content like tables or pages with diverse content. Review Source MJ Mathew J. Digital Marketing Specialist Newspapers Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "If you love your team, get Coda for them." April 13, 2023 5.0 Helps me organise my work effectively and better collaborate with teammates. Pros Clean UI/UX is a huge plus. Moreover, I personally feel Coda to be miles ahead that it's competitor Notion in all aspects. Cons Importing and exporting spreadsheets is a hassle Switched from [Notion](https://www.capterra.com/p/186596/Notion/) Heard Coda was better Review Source Fernando César D. Partner Financial Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A swiss army Knife for collaboration and wikis" August 28, 2020 5.0 The idea is great. Transform your documents into apps that looks good on mobile. The execution too. Such a beautiful piece of software. I really like the way they think of what is going to be the way to see documents. Pros I like how versatile the software is. Besides this the huge gallery of templates full of good ideas always make me think about the way I'm doing my job. Primarily we use here in my company as a team wiki with steroids. Cons The software is not so easy to digest in a world where everybody uses excel as the way to go.I had some bas times trying to explain to my team that coda database is not organised as a spreadsheet. Review Source MM Michael M. Manager Consumer Goods Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Good, flexible produect" September 6, 2022 5.0 I've enjoyed using the product. It is pretty much my hub for every project and for all knowledge sharing. Pros Coda has more functionality than most of its competitors. There are many other products that do one small part of what Coda can do. For example, most of the functionality of Monday can be done by Coda, however, Coda can do much more beyond that. Cons There is a learning curve to using this product at its full potential. Creating pages, setting up tables and workflows all requires a lot of learning. So in order to have a very functional product, the user must be trained. Alternatives considered [monday.com](https://www.capterra.com/p/147657/monday-com/) Reason for choosing Coda More functionality Review Source Jennifer Y. Insurance Agent Insurance Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Coda Makes a Great Collaboration and Management Tool" June 11, 2022 4.0 I like Coda, I do. It, however, is not immediately easy to use and I imagine that someone without much of tech background would find it very difficult to adapt to. Otherwise, it is a great collaboration and project management tool as well as a place for corralling documents. I would recommend Coda to my techy friends, especially programmers, but not necessarily to others. Pros I like the clean look and the general ease of use with Coda. The ability to collaborate with others is great. Cons I would say that Coda is a collaboration tool built for programmers. Although it is easy to use once you know how to use it, it is the sort of software that lends itself more to people already in tech versus other fields. Review Source MM Marc M. Business Owner Consumer Goods Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Could be a great product, but Not the best for me" September 30, 2020 4.0 Beyond utilizing the initial document/app I was provided, I found my experience frustrating at best. It’s not Coda’s fault, this product could be perfectly ideal for someone with the right skills, that’s just simply not me. Pros The idea of building up an ‘app’ to be exactly what I need functionality-wise, and based off of an all-encompassing spread sheet was very appealing. I would have access to all the info I needed on desktop and mobile. Cons Building it out to be what I needed required an ability to code the document in every way, and that’s just not something I’m knowledgeable enough for. Nor do I have the time to figure it out. Even once I did finally build out features, I would easily delete them accidentally. That said, I got some help early on to get everything set up correctly, but again, without knowing how to do it myself, I couldn’t maintain or expand on what I was provided. Alternatives considered [Microsoft Excel](https://www.capterra.com/p/176574/Excel/) Reason for choosing Coda I was hoping to expand upon my existing Excel document to make the data more accessible (mobile) and more revealing (reports). Review Source GB Giles B. Co-Founder Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Slows down over time" July 17, 2020 3.0 Ok... but then it just slowed down and became unusable. We need to get critical company info out of heads and recorded fast. Loading up Coda was slow and they messed with the structure of docs too much to the point where we lost track of what went were. It was simple at first then it became docs, folders, sections, child sections. It feels like they're just bloating it with features now. Pros The flexibility to set things up how you want is great but that also comes with down sides after a while. The data table functionality works ok. Cons Speed and performance really suffers with time, to the point where it takes 10 seconds plus to open our main doc. Support tried to help but couldn't really do anything to improve it. It's also very easy to accidentally share your entire doc and make it public without realising. I wouldn't keep confidential information in there anymore because of that. Alternatives considered [Notion](https://www.capterra.com/p/186596/Notion/) Reason for choosing Coda Flexibility to get it to work with our own internal development processes. Switched from [Notion](https://www.capterra.com/p/186596/Notion/) We thought it would give us more flexibility and power. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Product Owner Human Resources Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "CODA is better than confluence, not better than notion" March 31, 2024 3.0 Pros Looks more corporate than notion, and this allows to sell the tool to managers that still believe have a share folder in Google Docs is where documentation should be. On the other hand, it is more focus to be a company wiki place than a personal place to save your notes, documents etc. Cons If you want to work big documents o sheets, CODA is not the place. I tried to use CODA as a place to save all the feedback from my users and the bigger the file, the slow the tool become, or you need a great computer to run the application correctly. Review Source CC Caio C. Designer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Coda is amazing for many things, specially organizing content and making your tasks organized." December 22, 2021 5.0 Pros Since I started using coda I was able to organize my tasks and content in a better way, it replaced old document tools and now I have much more flexibility to work with data at work and also for personal stuff. Cons Some of the features could be simpler to use, sometimes is a bit complicated to use more advanced features with custom integrations and more complex widgets. Switched from [Google Docs](https://www.capterra.com/p/160756/Google-Docs/) Coda is very superior in terms of organizing documents and tasks than the Google or Office suite. Review Source Wilson D. Owner Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best configurable software" July 17, 2020 5.0 I'm very satisfied with Coda, it solved multiple management problems that I had before. Pros Coda is a great software for businesses looking for more efficient ways to solve problems. It's easy to set up, easy to learn, easy to use. It's super simple to create professional-looking systems and dashboards. Coda also has integration with many other softwares, making it even more powerful! The Coda team very supportive and the company is constantly releasing new features. Cons The only limitation of the software is that it's difficult to handle large number of records at the same time (millions of records). Review Source NW Niels W. Content Creator Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Powerful, flexible and rewarding to use" October 12, 2020 4.0 I see its relevance In all my future work in some way or another. Pros If you like playing around with software or do you need to customize functionality to various projects Coda is a serious contender. There are so many uses and possibilities that it replaces a lot of other software. Cons It is not always easy to translate your idea into a functional Doc, so be prepared for a step learning curve. Alternatives considered [Google Docs](https://www.capterra.com/p/160756/Google-Docs/)[Airtable](https://www.capterra.com/p/146652/Airtable/)[Notion](https://www.capterra.com/p/186596/Notion/) Switched from [Notion](https://www.capterra.com/p/186596/Notion/) Notion did not provide the functionality I needed. Coda is more versatile. Review Source RS Raul S. CPO Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best app to create mini apps for remote teams" July 17, 2020 5.0 As a remote-first company, we at Getro.com, have been using Coda for over 3 and it's been an instrumental tool to help us scale and stay flexible operating our company. Pros I love Coda's flexibility. With my team we use it to define roadmaps and scope projects. Personally, I use it to take daily notes and I also run my own public blog with Coda. Cons It's important to be careful with large documents. Alternatives considered [Google Docs](https://www.capterra.com/p/160756/Google-Docs/)[Airtable](https://www.capterra.com/p/146652/Airtable/)[Asana](https://www.capterra.com/p/184581/Asana-PM/) Reason for choosing Coda Coda is the best option to create flexible apps that synchronize with other tools our team use. Switched from [Asana](https://www.capterra.com/p/184581/Asana-PM/) Asana is very rigid and hard to customize. It doesn't have great integrations with other apps. Review Source Katie M. Client Operations Events Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Useful product for our internal knowledgebase" September 22, 2020 4.0 Coda is a well-designed platform that has allowed us to centralize all departments into one spot for documentation. Coda has strong support docs and videos that has helped us transition smoothly and continue to learn about new features and ways to use the product better. The new product emails they send out every so often are so informative! Pros Coda is a robust software that has helped our company centralize all our internal documents. The platform is quite user friendly, allowing us to really expand the product features to meet our needs as an organization. The support and help documents are quite impressive, we used it to train our entire staff on how to efficiently use the product. They have been responsive to feature requests, and the product has definitely improved in our time using it. Cons I still find random bugs quite often that aren't debilitating in completing my work, usually just a nuisance that will slow productivity. Review Source Antonio B. CoFounder Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Herramienta muy versatil y potente" June 30, 2022 5.0 Pros Fantástica para trackear los hitos que vas cumpliendo, ver una síntesis y cuantitativamente y cualitativamente a través sus gráficos. Muy buena la calidad de los pack que incluye Coda. Herramienta muy versátil y que puede cumplir con cualquier necesidad! Cons Nada reseñable actualmente. Cumple las expectativas yendo más allá. Señalo que todavía no he podido testear sus integraciones con otras herramientas. Switched from [Notion](https://www.capterra.com/p/186596/Notion/) Coda se adapta mayormente a mis exigencias de ámbito operativo. Review Source Michael H. Web developer Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Flexible, but tough to master" April 27, 2022 4.0 Collaboration is the key area I have used Coda for. It is incredibly useful as a time saving tool, and for keeping track of projects. Pros The ease of use of Coda is a big draw, as is its flexibility. The ability to set things up and customise to make it work exactly as I need is great. Cons The learning curve is very steep. It's kind of to be expected with the amount of power and customisation on offer, but still, it takes a while to get used to and to truly harness its power. 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