Compare Coda and Smartsheet 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (53.6% 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
(489)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (53.6% 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
(21,449)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.
- G2 reviewers report that Smartsheet excels in project management and task tracking, with users appreciating its real-time collaboration features and intuitive drag-and-drop functionality. One user mentioned, "I love using Smartsheet for project tracking and task management," highlighting its effectiveness in keeping teams aligned.
- Users say that Coda offers a unique blend of documents, spreadsheets, and apps, making it a flexible workspace for customized workflows. A reviewer noted, "What I like best about Coda is how it combines documents, spreadsheets, and apps into one flexible workspace," which is particularly beneficial for those looking to centralize their project management tools.
- Reviewers mention that Smartsheet's dashboards and reporting capabilities are particularly helpful for sharing progress with stakeholders, with one user stating, "I find the dashboards and reports really helpful." This feature is a significant advantage for teams needing to present updates to senior management.
- According to verified reviews, Coda shines in creating interconnected documents that allow for dynamic project management. Users appreciate its ability to build "living, very flexible documents," which can enhance productivity by integrating various project elements into a single view.
- G2 reviewers highlight that while Smartsheet has a higher overall satisfaction score, Coda's quality of support is notably strong, with users rating it highly for responsiveness and helpfulness. One user remarked on Coda's support, indicating a positive experience that can be crucial for teams needing assistance during implementation.
- Users report that Smartsheet's implementation process is quick and straightforward, with many finding the onboarding wizard intuitive. This ease of setup is a significant advantage for teams looking to get started without extensive training, contrasting with Coda's more complex setup for some users.
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
8.7
357
8.5
18,144
Ease of Use
8.5
359
8.4
18,387
Ease of Setup
8.4
185
8.3
10,178
Ease of Admin
8.5
160
8.5
7,623
Quality of Support
9.1
301
8.3
14,049
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.3
156
8.6
7,072
Product Direction (% positive)
9.3
312
8.6
17,637
Features by Category
Tasks
8.6
88
8.7
10067
|
Verified
8.5
84
8.8
10071
|
Verified
8.6
93
8.5
9792
|
Verified
8.9
93
8.4
9472
|
Verified
7.8
75
8.1
9275
|
Verified
7.2
74
Feature Not Available
8.5
87
8.1
9342
|
Verified
7.5
76
8.0
8803
|
Verified
Projects
8.6
81
8.6
9292
|
Verified
7.8
73
8.3
8632
|
Verified
7.1
60
8.2
8748
|
Verified
7.4
73
8.0
8665
|
Verified
8.5
77
8.2
8838
|
Verified
7.2
58
7.6
7602
|
Verified
7.7
62
8.0
8305
|
Verified
8.4
72
8.1
8866
|
Verified
6.7
53
7.8
7844
|
Verified
7.1
56
7.6
7447
|
Verified
7.5
56
7.6
7266
|
Verified
Resource Management
7.6
63
7.6
7742
|
Verified
7.9
60
7.6
7811
|
Verified
7.8
63
8.1
8444
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
8.3
60
7.8
7454
|
Verified
7.6
60
7.7
7563
|
Verified
7.8
66
8.2
8617
|
Verified
Generative AI
6.5
31
6.0
3063
6.1
31
6.1
3047
Agentic AI - Project Management
6.5
8
5.6
925
6.4
7
5.9
924
6.9
7
5.7
919
6.2
7
5.7
916
6.4
7
5.7
915
6.4
7
5.6
912
6.7
7
5.8
915
Portfolio Management
Not enough data
7.9
4814
Not enough data
8.5
5519
Not enough data
8.0
5000
Not enough data
7.7
4604
Project Management
Not enough data
8.2
5421
Not enough data
8.3
5497
Not enough data
7.7
4624
Resource Management
Not enough data
7.8
4755
Not enough data
7.8
4824
Not enough data
7.9
4774
Data & Analytics
Not enough data
8.0
4985
Not enough data
8.0
5163
Not enough data
8.1
5077
Not enough data
7.5
4447
Strategy - Project and Portfolio Management
Not enough data
6.7
2051
Not enough data
7.6
2082
Not enough data
7.9
2060
Not enough data
7.6
2058
Not enough data
7.8
2052
Not enough data
7.6
2052
Not enough data
7.2
2033
Not enough data
7.6
2047
Not enough data
7.5
2035
Not enough data
7.8
2040
Setup
Not enough data
8.3
5157
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
5020
Not enough data
8.5
5392
Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
4651
Not enough data
7.5
4366
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.3
1817
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
Not enough data
5.9
406
Not enough data
5.9
408
Not enough data
5.9
403
Not enough data
5.9
399
Not enough data
5.9
398
Not enough data
5.9
400
Not enough data
6.1
401
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
91
8.7
7311
8.8
89
8.8
7393
8.8
88
8.3
6926
8.3
66
7.8
6116
Task Management
8.9
89
8.5
7069
9.0
92
8.5
6979
8.2
72
8.1
6638
8.4
79
8.2
6464
Generative AI
7.3
27
6.2
2414
7.2
25
6.2
2416
Automation
Not enough data
8.5
4249
Not enough data
8.3
4203
Not enough data
8.1
3938
Administration
Not enough data
8.2
4103
Not enough data
8.1
3884
Not enough data
8.8
4101
Project management
Not enough data
8.7
4167
Not enough data
8.2
3895
Not enough data
8.6
4177
Not enough data
8.3
4028
Not enough data
8.4
3946
Not enough data
8.0
3623
Not enough data
8.3
4066
Workload
Not enough data
8.0
3695
Not enough data
8.3
3937
Not enough data
8.0
3739
Not enough data
7.9
3553
Communication & Collaboration
Not enough data
8.1
3723
Not enough data
8.3
3918
Not enough data
8.8
4116
Cost Management
Not enough data
7.7
3428
Not enough data
7.8
3422
Not enough data
7.5
3233
Integration
Not enough data
7.4
3275
Not enough data
7.4
3325
Not enough data
7.4
3356
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.5
1654
Not enough data
6.5
1660
Agentic AI - Work Management
Not enough data
5.8
363
Not enough data
6.0
361
Not enough data
5.8
361
Not enough data
5.8
359
Communication
Not enough data
7.2
5664
Not enough data
7.6
6046
Not enough data
7.5
5802
Not enough data
7.7
5828
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Content & Documents
Not enough data
8.4
7184
Not enough data
8.4
7125
Not enough data
8.0
6871
Not enough data
7.8
6096
Controls
Not enough data
8.0
6468
Not enough data
7.6
5487
Not enough data
8.2
6801
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
6084
Project Management
Not enough data
8.8
7424
Not enough data
8.7
7297
Not enough data
8.6
7162
Not enough data
7.9
6148
Remote Collaboration
Not enough data
8.4
6558
Not enough data
8.5
6738
Not enough data
8.4
6630
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.3
2273
Not enough data
6.3
2277
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
Not enough data
5.7
427
Not enough data
5.6
428
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
103
Not enough data
7.9
82
Not enough data
Collaboration
8.9
113
Not enough data
8.7
100
Not enough data
File Types
7.7
90
Not enough data
8.0
94
Not enough data
7.9
74
Not enough data
Edit & Revise
7.8
97
Not enough data
7.5
74
Not enough data
8.6
105
Not enough data
Integrate & Embed
7.8
80
Not enough data
8.1
71
Not enough data
8.2
87
Not enough data
Operating System
8.8
68
Not enough data
8.9
89
Not enough data
7.9
44
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.2
35
Not enough data
7.3
35
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
7.2
9
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
8.3
60
Not enough data
Planning
7.9
56
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
51
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
17.3%
Information Technology and Services
14.0%
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%
Computer Software
4.6%
Marketing and Advertising
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
What is CODA program?
3 Comments
KH
A powerful, cloud-based document editor that integrates spreadsheets, documents, and most importantly, a lot of other cloud services in a clever and...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 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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