I've worked with Airtable for years and THIS is the BEST alternative

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Airtable has a loyal fanbase, but after years of using Airtable professionally I've learned that it's actually a rather inflexible and elementary tool.
Coda is easily the best Airtable alternative. It's a relational database product at its core with an interface and dashboard builder all rolled into one space.
If you are looking to migrate bases from Airtable into Coda they have a native Airtable importer that makes transferring to Coda extremely simple.
This video will cover:
● How to migrate your Airtable bases easily
● How views like Kanbans, calendars, and timelines work in Coda
● How to use Coda's version of Linked Relations (called Relations)
● How to use Filters in Coda and why they are more powerful and flexible than Airtable's hard-coded filter options
● How to write formulas in Coda like roll-ups, etc. from Airtable
● An introduction to Automations in Coda
Coda has everything you need (and more!) to move away from a pricey and inflexible solution like Airtable!
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[@seangillic]

It's like watching the Salvador Dali of Relational Database Engineering in Action. Excellent Video as usual Scott

[@AndrewMalcolmson]

I imported an Airtable base with a 'foods' table with views by food category. I'm way impressed by Coda auto-assigning view icons for categories like 'beans' (a little coffee bean), 'grains' (an icon something like rice grains), and 'nuts' (an acorn).

[@thecodaguy]

SO fun huh! They really nailed the importer

[@toptube7048]

Just a short notice, the background music is probably to high for most users, but great video in general

[@thecodaguy]

Noted and changed for new videos!

[@IceFox_i]

So Coda is basically Airtable interfaces and the data view on the same screen. Everything that's shown can be done in the Interfaces btw and honestly Airtable can do more. Automation are cool but still lag behind Airtable and maybe in a couple years will be at the same level. Also, would love to see a custom script option in Coda to send things vai API and can do an OATH 2.0 authentication on the coda app. That's the one thing Airtable cant do at the moment. Cool video though!

[@ashraf_madkour]

amazing and impressive , please reduce the back music from your vedios , you add to me a lot

[@MarioRodriguez-zi1xl]

Coda is an alternative to Airtable? Well if you only use Coda and want to be in your own world, maybe, but if you want to Connect your databases with the Rest of the world, Airtable is years light ahead of Coda in Integrations. Almost every big player features integrations with Airtable and the amount of automations and apps for Airtable is huge in comparation.

[@devarni]

I think Smartsuite is the best alternative to Airtable.. very similar but with a lot of improvements. Coda is more a alternative to Notion.. a lot better formulas and better performance.

[@marcelogarcia3481]

Excellent video! As always, very well explained!I have a question: how can I prevent the editors of a document from modifying the formulas? 20:23

[@thecodaguy]

Locking! On the "TEAM" plan for Coda there is a locking feature, and then you can set granular permissions for everything

[@namthipsaephu3486]

I have the information I will pull data by entering IDs so that all data is placed in another table. How do I do it?

[@thecodaguy]

Can you clarify? Not exactly sure what you're saying here

[@mrbaertek]

Amazing, you're making me decide to go with Coda :D, but I need help: I want to have a client portal where the client will send me requests/tickets in a form format. And I want this request to show up in the task tracker. when completed I want the final version to be shared with the client. Any help is much appreciated

[@thecodaguy]

Can you say more about "When completed I want the final version to be shared with the client" What exactly needs to be shared with them and in what format? Im also quicker to respond on twitter @thecodaguy if you want to ask there!

[@AmbroseAndreano]

So, Coda is basically just Notion?

[@parthmadhubhai689]

When did you last use airtable interfaces? I can't tell if it's been a while since you last used it and don't know what interfaces looks like today or if this is a sponsored video. It's supposed to be separate from the raw data so you can build more complex apps and be easier to navigate than the 10 tables in the data layer. I didn't know coda had some of these features. The formula chaining is awesome, I'll give you that! With that said, seems like airtable can do most of what coda can but with more flexibility with permissions and larger data sets

[@al3xj]

No! :) Have used both, Coda doens't compare with grids, having worked building databases for 10 years, I can say the tech behind Airtales grid is just incredible - from a front end user, try larger data sources, Coda fails, slows down with 1000's of rows - Airtable wins with 100k rows. Use case as always all important per person ;)

[@thecodaguy]

Ive worked with airtable for years - including full-time for a large tech company doing solely airtable work Coda doesnt slow down with 1000s of rows, unless you design your databases and connections poorly. Coda can easily move beyond 50,000 rows and I have many docs humming along with just that amount. Don't count Coda out!

[@al3xj]

Cool, will re-check - been 2 years since I played with Coda in detail. Back then it struggled with tables - even on a call with Coda they said it was more a document interaction tool than a database tool (as is Notion), so I found it very different as a tool vs Airtable - I'm loving Airtable's interfaces atm but my favourite feature about Airtalbe is it's ability to paste directly into a grid cell, which previously Notion couldn't do, Coda could from memory, but the grids were not nearly as powerful as Airtable. Love the Coda concept if the grids were stronger, would be great! Love the UI of Coda and don't particularly love the Airtable UI beyond the grid@@thecodaguy

[@VoodooD0g]

Bro, pls start using dark mode....

[@thecodaguy]

Haha never! I can't stand dark mode

[@cyrus7769]

Calling this a better alternative = has no actual experience. Air tables is light years ahead of this, they might be a harder learning curve but very worth it.

[@denniskondratiuk4859]

What exactly better in Airtable in your opinion?

[@cyrus7769]

@@denniskondratiuk4859Coda isn’t meant for 10k+ records. It’s great for documents but airtable better alternative for someone who is looking for a traditional database but doesn’t want to deal with SQL & custom dashboards