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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (53.4% of reviews)
Mid-Market (41.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0/month per Doc Maker Unlimited Editors and Doc Makers, unlimited Viewers
$9.00 1 user Per Month
Coda
Star Rating
(488)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (53.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0/month per Doc Maker Unlimited Editors and Doc Makers, unlimited Viewers
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansSmartsheet
Star Rating
(21,368)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$9.00 1 user Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Smartsheet excels in centralized platform functionality, achieving a score of 9.0, which allows for seamless project tracking and management. In contrast, Coda, while strong in collaboration, scores slightly lower in this area, indicating that users may find it less comprehensive for centralized project management.
- Reviewers mention that Coda's ease of use is a standout feature, with a score of 8.5, particularly for creating to-do lists and managing tasks. Smartsheet, with a score of 8.6 in task management, is also user-friendly but may not offer the same level of intuitive design that Coda provides.
- G2 users highlight the superior quality of support from Coda, scoring 9.1, which suggests that users feel more supported and valued. In comparison, Smartsheet's support quality, while still good at 8.4, may not meet the same level of user satisfaction.
- Users on G2 report that Smartsheet's robust reporting and analytics features, scoring 9.0, provide detailed insights that are crucial for project management. Coda, while offering good functionality, scores lower in this area, indicating that users may find it less effective for in-depth reporting.
- Reviewers mention that Coda's flexibility in document creation and collaboration shines, particularly with its content editor scoring 8.8. Smartsheet, while strong in project management, may not offer the same level of creative freedom in document handling.
- Users say that Smartsheet's drag-and-drop scheduling feature, scoring 8.5, is highly effective for organizing tasks visually. Coda's drag-and-drop functionality, scoring 9.0, is praised for its ease of use, suggesting that users may prefer Coda for a more visually engaging task management experience.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Coda
Free
$0/month per Doc Maker
Unlimited Editors and Doc Makers, unlimited Viewers
Build docs as powerful as apps
- Docs in free workspaces support a limited number of rows and objects such as pages and tables to get you started.
- Automations: With time- or action-based rules, you can put small, important tasks on autopilot—like sending daily updates. Up to 35 time based and 100 row changed automations per month, per doc.
- Packs connect your doc to the apps you use everyday, so you can pull live data in or push updates out automatically. A limited number of Packs are available under the Free plan.
Smartsheet
Pro
$9.00
1 user Per Month
For people and teams that want to track, share, and manage projects.
Includes:
- Up to 10 editors (paid license required to edit)
- Unlimited free viewers
- Unlimited sheets, reports, and forms
Free Trial
Coda
Free Trial is available
Smartsheet
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
357
8.5
18,087
Ease of Use
8.5
359
8.4
18,325
Ease of Setup
8.4
185
8.3
10,119
Ease of Admin
8.5
160
8.5
7,594
Quality of Support
9.1
302
8.3
13,999
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.3
156
8.6
7,044
Product Direction (% positive)
9.3
313
8.6
17,580
Features by Category
Tasks
8.6
90
8.7
10040
|
Verified
8.5
86
8.8
10046
|
Verified
8.6
94
8.5
9775
|
Verified
8.9
94
8.4
9452
|
Verified
7.9
76
8.1
9259
|
Verified
7.3
75
Feature Not Available
8.5
88
8.1
9327
|
Verified
7.5
77
8.0
8791
|
Verified
Projects
8.6
81
8.6
9270
|
Verified
7.8
74
8.3
8621
|
Verified
7.2
61
8.2
8732
|
Verified
7.4
75
8.0
8650
|
Verified
8.6
76
8.2
8818
|
Verified
7.3
59
7.6
7592
|
Verified
7.8
63
8.0
8291
|
Verified
8.4
73
8.0
8850
|
Verified
6.7
54
7.8
7832
|
Verified
7.2
57
7.6
7436
|
Verified
7.5
57
7.6
7256
|
Verified
Resource Management
7.7
65
7.6
7731
|
Verified
7.9
62
7.6
7799
|
Verified
7.8
64
8.1
8430
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
8.3
61
7.8
7444
|
Verified
7.6
61
7.7
7553
|
Verified
7.8
67
8.2
8596
|
Verified
Generative AI
6.6
32
6.0
3055
6.3
32
6.1
3040
Agentic AI - Project Management
6.9
9
5.5
918
6.9
8
5.9
919
7.3
8
5.7
911
6.7
8
5.7
910
6.9
8
5.6
910
6.9
8
5.6
906
7.1
8
5.8
908
Portfolio Management
Not enough data
7.9
4811
Not enough data
8.5
5516
Not enough data
8.0
4997
Not enough data
7.7
4601
Project Management
Not enough data
8.2
5417
Not enough data
8.3
5494
Not enough data
7.7
4621
Resource Management
Not enough data
7.8
4752
Not enough data
7.8
4821
Not enough data
7.9
4771
Data & Analytics
Not enough data
8.0
4982
Not enough data
8.0
5160
Not enough data
8.2
5074
Not enough data
7.5
4444
Strategy - Project and Portfolio Management
Not enough data
6.7
2050
Not enough data
7.6
2081
Not enough data
7.9
2059
Not enough data
7.6
2057
Not enough data
7.8
2051
Not enough data
7.6
2051
Not enough data
7.2
2032
Not enough data
7.6
2046
Not enough data
7.5
2034
Not enough data
7.8
2039
Setup
Not enough data
8.3
5149
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
5015
Not enough data
8.5
5384
Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
4647
Not enough data
7.5
4363
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.3
1814
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
Not enough data
5.8
404
Not enough data
5.9
407
Not enough data
5.9
402
Not enough data
5.9
398
Not enough data
5.9
397
Not enough data
5.8
399
Not enough data
6.1
400
Knowledge Pages
8.4
73
Not enough data
8.2
65
Not enough data
7.4
63
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
62
Not enough data
Knowledge Dissemination
7.1
52
Not enough data
7.5
68
Not enough data
8.6
75
Not enough data
7.9
76
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.5
44
Not enough data
8.7
62
Not enough data
7.7
49
Not enough data
7.8
51
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Knowledge Base
6.0
5
Not enough data
6.0
5
Not enough data
5.7
5
Not enough data
Communication
8.4
62
Not enough data
8.4
56
Not enough data
7.2
47
Not enough data
7.8
55
Not enough data
Goal Creation
8.9
63
Not enough data
8.9
57
Not enough data
6.1
47
Not enough data
8.7
61
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.3
1037
Not enough data
8.7
1226
Not enough data
8.5
1167
Not enough data
8.0
1005
Not enough data
8.6
1166
Not enough data
8.7
1192
Content Planning
Not enough data
8.6
1185
Not enough data
8.9
1236
Not enough data
8.6
1117
Marketing Campaign Performance
Not enough data
8.0
882
Not enough data
8.4
1033
Agentic AI - Marketing Calendar
Not enough data
5.1
43
Not enough data
5.2
45
Not enough data
5.1
45
Not enough data
5.0
45
Other Features
Not enough data
7.9
987
Not enough data
8.3
1015
Task Creation
9.1
92
8.7
7304
8.8
90
8.8
7385
8.8
89
8.3
6917
8.3
67
7.8
6110
Task Management
8.9
90
8.5
7064
9.1
93
8.5
6973
8.2
73
8.1
6632
8.4
80
8.2
6460
Generative AI
7.4
28
6.2
2411
7.3
26
6.2
2413
Automation
Not enough data
8.5
4242
Not enough data
8.3
4197
Not enough data
8.1
3928
Administration
Not enough data
8.2
4097
Not enough data
8.1
3880
Not enough data
8.8
4095
Project management
Not enough data
8.7
4162
Not enough data
8.2
3890
Not enough data
8.6
4173
Not enough data
8.3
4021
Not enough data
8.4
3942
Not enough data
8.0
3619
Not enough data
8.3
4060
Workload
Not enough data
8.0
3690
Not enough data
8.3
3931
Not enough data
8.0
3734
Not enough data
7.9
3549
Communication & Collaboration
Not enough data
8.1
3719
Not enough data
8.3
3914
Not enough data
8.8
4109
Cost Management
Not enough data
7.7
3424
Not enough data
7.8
3418
Not enough data
7.5
3229
Integration
Not enough data
7.4
3271
Not enough data
7.4
3321
Not enough data
7.4
3352
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.5
1651
Not enough data
6.5
1657
Agentic AI - Work Management
Not enough data
5.8
361
Not enough data
6.0
360
Not enough data
5.8
360
Not enough data
5.8
358
Communication
Not enough data
7.2
5662
Not enough data
7.6
6044
Not enough data
7.5
5800
Not enough data
7.7
5826
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Content & Documents
Not enough data
8.4
7178
Not enough data
8.4
7123
Not enough data
8.0
6868
Not enough data
7.8
6093
Controls
Not enough data
8.0
6467
Not enough data
7.6
5485
Not enough data
8.2
6798
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
6081
Project Management
Not enough data
8.8
7420
Not enough data
8.7
7293
Not enough data
8.6
7158
Not enough data
7.9
6145
Remote Collaboration
Not enough data
8.4
6555
Not enough data
8.5
6736
Not enough data
8.4
6628
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.3
2270
Not enough data
6.3
2274
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
Not enough data
5.7
426
Not enough data
5.6
426
Survey Management
8.5
28
Not enough data
8.3
26
Not enough data
8.3
26
Not enough data
8.1
25
Not enough data
Survey Customization
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.2
18
Not enough data
7.1
18
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Survey Insights
7.5
21
Not enough data
7.3
17
Not enough data
7.5
21
Not enough data
7.3
22
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Survey
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Design
7.8
96
Not enough data
8.5
104
Not enough data
7.9
83
Not enough data
Collaboration
8.9
113
Not enough data
8.7
101
Not enough data
File Types
7.7
91
Not enough data
8.0
95
Not enough data
7.9
75
Not enough data
Edit & Revise
7.8
98
Not enough data
7.5
75
Not enough data
8.6
106
Not enough data
Integrate & Embed
7.8
81
Not enough data
8.1
72
Not enough data
8.2
87
Not enough data
Operating System
8.8
69
Not enough data
8.9
90
Not enough data
7.9
45
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.3
36
Not enough data
7.4
36
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Document Creation
7.5
10
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Note-Taking Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
8.6
68
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
61
Not enough data
Planning
7.9
57
Not enough data
8.3
61
Not enough data
7.9
65
Not enough data
8.3
62
Not enough data
7.3
41
Not enough data
Workflow Management
7.2
44
Not enough data
8.3
59
Not enough data
7.4
47
Not enough data
7.2
41
Not enough data
Knowledge Base
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Pre-Meeting Tools
8.5
52
Not enough data
7.4
39
Not enough data
8.8
48
Not enough data
Meeting Tools
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.1
59
Not enough data
8.8
52
Not enough data
8.0
49
Not enough data
Post-Meeting Tools
8.8
49
Not enough data
7.7
43
Not enough data
7.0
30
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Meeting Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Coda and Smartsheet are categorized as Project Management and Task Management
Unique Categories
Coda is categorized as Knowledge Base, Document Creation, Note-Taking Software, Product Management, Meeting Management, Survey, and Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
Smartsheet is categorized as Project Collaboration, Work Management, Marketing Calendar, Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA), Workflow Management, and Project and Portfolio Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Coda
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Smartsheet
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
17.5%
Information Technology and Services
13.7%
Financial Services
6.3%
Marketing and Advertising
5.3%
Higher Education
3.6%
Other
53.5%
Information Technology and Services
7.6%
Construction
7.2%
Hospital & Health Care
5.2%
Marketing and Advertising
4.6%
Computer Software
4.6%
Other
70.7%
Discussions
How do I properly set notifications?
3 Comments
RM
Hi Eber, you have probably moved on from this question by now, but if you have questions like this in the future, the Coda Community forum is a great place...Read more
How do you use Coda io?
3 Comments
EB
I use Coda to track my business, from project management to data capture and analysis to goal setting and tracking. Read more
What is Coda used for?
3 Comments
SD
I use it to manage my life, my home, my children, everything! It's a "doc" creator but it's more than that. It has the power of a database. I got rid of...Read more
What can smartsheet be used for?
57 Comments
WA
It has a wide range of functionalities for project management or even asset management. Read more
Why is smartsheet bad?
34 Comments
NK
Complexity: Smartsheet has a fairly steep learning curve, especially for users who are not tech-savvy or unfamiliar with project management tools.
Limited...Read more
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