Coda
Documents, tables, buttons, formulas, and automations in one surface.
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Coda scores 5.8/10 for free value in Workspace. The main constraint: Free plan exists; doc size and automation limits vary.
Free value score
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What you get
Free plan exists; doc size and automation limits vary.
Notion alternative with more button/formula-driven workflows.
Gotchas
- Shared docs: 50 objects cap
Docs shared with anyone else are limited to 50 total objects (pages, tables, views, buttons, formulas combined); personal unshared docs have no limit.
- Shared docs: 1,000 rows per doc
Shared docs on the Free plan are hard-capped at 1,000 table rows per doc across all tables.
- 35 time-based automations/month per doc
Each doc on the Free plan gets 35 time-based automation runs and 100 event-based automation runs per month; resets monthly.
- 100 event-based automations/month per doc
Event-based automations (row changed, form submitted, webhook invoked) are capped at 100 runs per month per doc on the Free plan.
- Pack sync: 100 rows per sync table, manual refresh only
Free plan limits Pack and Cross-doc sync tables to 100 rows each, and only manual refresh is available (no daily or hourly auto-refresh).
- 7-day version history, doc level only
Free plan version history is limited to 7 days and only available at the doc level, not per-page.
- 1 GB attachment storage per doc, 10 MB per file
Free docs are capped at 1 GB total attachment storage per doc and 10 MB per individual file (vs 250 MB per file on paid plans).
- Limited AI credits (unspecified monthly amount)
Free plan includes 'some' Coda AI credits per month; exact amount is not publicly specified, significantly less than the 2,000/month on Pro.
- API: 100 reads per 6 seconds
API read requests are rate-limited to 100 per 6 seconds per user across all endpoints; applies to all plans including Free.
- API: 10 writes per 6 seconds
API write requests (POST/PUT/PATCH) are limited to 10 per 6 seconds per user; doc content writes further limited to 3 per 10 seconds.
- API disabled above 125 MB doc size
Docs exceeding 125 MB (excluding attachments) lose access to the Coda developer API and cannot be used as Cross-doc sync sources.
- No SSO, advanced admin controls, or doc protection
Free plan omits SSO, doc protection features, advanced admin controls, and other team/enterprise collaboration capabilities.
Sources
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"Shared docs, or docs shared with anyone else, do have some limits to keep in mind. These docs can have up to 50 objects (pages, tables, views, buttons, formulas) and up to 1000 table rows per doc."
https://help.superhuman.com/hc/en-us/articles/46210192940429-Doc-limits-on-Free-plan -
"Reading data (with the exceptions below): 100 requests per 6 seconds ... Writing data (POST/PUT/PATCH): 10 requests per 6 seconds ... Writing doc content data (POST/PUT/PATCH): 5 requests per 10 seconds ... Listing docs: 4 requests per 6 seconds"
https://coda.io/developers/apis/v1 -
"Free / For anyone just getting started. / Free for you and your team ... 7 days version history ... Attachments 1GB per doc ... Automations Low quota"
https://coda.io/pricing -
"AI Leader Grammarly to Acquire Coda, Bring on New CEO ... Acquisition extends Grammarly beyond AI assistant to become an AI productivity platform for apps and agents. December 17, 2024"
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/company/grammarly-to-acquire-coda/
