NocoDB

What it is for

NocoDB is an open-source spreadsheet-on-a-database desk: you bind a table (or an existing SQL store), switch views, and drop a form in front of it. Use it when the job is tables you start at $0 (3 Cloud users or Community self-host), not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is the official NocoDB grid (Media rows, Fields / Filter / views) from the GitHub product still — not a pricing card. The grid itself is ops of Tables.

Key features

• Tables — a grid on NocoDB’s store or an external database (pricing). One table. Gallery / kanban / calendar are views of this. The cover grid is ops. REST is install.
• Forms — a public or shared form that writes into a table (pricing). A submit, not a grid row you typed. Field layout sits here.
• Automations — if / else and webhook runs when a row changes (NocoDB Workflows). A run, not a view. Webhooks without a branch are this surface.
• External sources — point the same grid at Postgres, MySQL, or a warehouse you already have. A bind, not a NocoDB-hosted table. Sync direction is how this reads.
• Self-host — Community Edition you run yourself; Cloud is the hosted desk (pricing Community). A deploy, not a table. Cloud Free is 3 users.

Records and seats are the Cloud meters. Commenter seats on Plus+ are SKU of seats.

Who it's for

Best fit: ops / app teams who will stay on Cloud Free $0 (3 users, no card) or Community self-host $0 while they bind a first table, then buy Plus at $12 per seat / month billed annually when a fourth editor appears.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) from nocodb.com/pricing. Cloud is seats + records. Community self-host is $0. The cards we fetched print annual dollars first.

• Free — $0 / user / month. Up to 3 users. No card.
• Plus — $12 / seat / month billed annually ($15 monthly). Unlimited seats after a paid block (the page also prints unlimited seats for $108 / $135 as the 9-seat pack). 50,000 records. 20 GB storage. Free commenter seats.
• Business — $24 / seat / month billed annually ($30 monthly). Unlimited seats for $216 / $270 as the printed pack. 300,000 records. 100 GB storage. 120,000 automations (as printed on the card).
• Scale — $45 / seat / month billed annually ($54 monthly). Fast-moving teams; talk-to-sales on the card.
• Community (self-host) — $0 forever. Fair-code. You run it.
• Self-host Business / Scale — $24 / $45 per seat / month annual on the self-host toggle.

Confirm checkout; taxes follow your location. Re-check the Cloud / self-host and yearly / monthly toggles — do not invent a third card.

Limitations / costs

• Cloud Free is 3 users. The fourth editor is Plus at $12 / seat / month (annual).
• A spreadsheet desk, not a CRM pipeline. For People / Companies / Opportunities see Twenty. For a drag-drop internal app see Budibase.

Alternatives

• Twenty — an open-source CRM when the row is a company or opportunity, not a generic table.
• Budibase — internal apps and automations when you will design screens, not a grid.
• Plane — work items and cycles when the “record” is an issue.

Official tutorial

Official NocoDB channel video: Grid View in NocoDB (oEmbed author: NocoDB). First-party grid walkthrough; the GitHub grid still is the cover.

Written path: nocodb.com/pricing plus the official grid still on GitHub.

Website

https://nocodb.com

Repository

https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official NocoDB grid from the GitHub product still. Dollars checked on nocodb.com/pricing (Free $0 / 3 users; Plus $12/$15 mo; Business $24/$30 mo; Scale $45/$54 mo; Community self-host $0). Tutorial oEmbed author: NocoDB.

Last verified

2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.