Shishir Mehrotra

Coda 1.0 + Mobile - A doc as powerful as an app.

Coda 1.0 is a new doc designed to grow with your ideas. It's familiar and approachable like the docs you're used to, and it comes with a new set of building blocks, so you can build docs as powerful as apps. Now available to all and it has mobile now as well :)

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Shishir Mehrotra
Hey Product Hunt, About a year ago, we launched the Coda beta right here on Product Hunt. We weren't sure how people would react when we claimed to have reinvented the document. But the response blew us away. Over the last year, we watched a small group of beta-testers grow to tens of thousands. People built docs for scenarios we never imaginedーwe saw a team at Uber track one of the biggest re-designs in company history, a product manager at Spotify built a system around their special "squad" model, and an outdoor school teacher built a better way to rent and repair bikes. Meanwhile, we listened and learned from the problems they wanted to solve and tried to fill the gaps. We tuned thousands of details and added features like layouts, buttons, automations and a new spin on integrations called Packs. Today it all comes together with Coda 1.0ーincluding a new mobile experience for everyone (for iPhone users, there's also an appーAndroid app coming soon). I've been saying this phrase "docs as powerful as apps" since we started the company. Some people get it right away. But usually people pull out a phone and say, "you mean apps like this?" And I say "well. Not yet." With today's launch of Coda 1.0, I can now say, "Yes! just like an app on your phone." You can read more in my blog post here. I can't wait to see what you make with it. Shishir
Shishir Mehrotra
@choco_chu Coming soon! I'm actually an Android user myself and our experience on Android is quite good (sans app) since it's very easy to pin Coda docs to your home screen so they feel "just like apps". I have a home screen full of Coda docs now 😄
Lachlan Kirkwood
@shishirmehrotra Great launch and such an incredible product! Looking forward to seeing how I can streamline what would traditionally be multiple docs in a simplified UI! Also love the cross-platform integrations.
Peter Böttges
@shishirmehrotra Looks great, but do you do any kind of privacy invasive tracking like Notion does (Fullstory)? Thanks a lot!
KELLI DAWN
@shishirmehrotra I need to build a app for my food startup, got some big eyes on me don't wanna lose anybody 😭 I do not code 😒👉nope.. Help 😔👌!?! TheCouponCard.net is app I'm working on 💋
Shishir Mehrotra
Hi @boettges Hi - No we don't use FullStory or similar tracking software. We know that people trust us with very important data and we take that trust very seriously. You can read more at https://coda.io/trust/privacy.
Des Traynor
We've use Coda at Intercom for a year or so in many many many ways, everything from our product roadmaps to our program planning, it's a powerful product that has achieved a rare feat and taken us away from Google Docs for things. Recommended.
Raul San N.H.
I'm very excited to see this launch. After using Coda for over a year now this software has become the operative system for how we run our company. We are doing so much with Coda, from setting goals, to tracking user feedback and linking it to product features, to onboarding new clients. The last releases (Packs, Layouts, Automation, iPhone App) have put this product way ahead of all other tools I know of in this space and I'm super excited to see what is to come for Coda 1.0!
Kara Laudi
I was intrigued when Coda claimed to have reinvented the document. Turns out, they did. I've been using Coda everyday since I signed up. We use it as CRM, a product development roadmap and scrum board, and everything in between. Plus, they have the BEST support around. Cannot wait to have access to my docs on the go with this latest release!
Jasmine Jaume

We're using Coda across our teams to plan projects and collaborate, and the speed at which it's spread across the company is testament to how great it is! Being able to have different types of data in one place (spreadsheets, docs, automation) makes it SO much easier to keep everything together in one place.

Pros:

Easy collaboration, multiple data types in one place, handy automation, flexible. Docs can be as simple or as complex as you like.

Cons:

The only con was using on mobile, but that's fixed now!

Gregorio Luiz Gomez
Been using coda for a while now, it's power to help small businesses create their own tools (ERPs, CRMs, project management) is amazing. I've helped a few organisations adapt informal and undocumented processes into Coda now and the gains across efficiency and communication have been truly wonderful to witness. Congratulations on releasing the app and reaching 1.0!
Sherif Abushadi
I'm a huge fan of Coda -- amazing work by the team. Congrats on the launch here! Building data driven applications with Coda is so easy and natural, it makes me wonder why all documents aren't like this. I've used Coda on several projects now, large and small, and am regularly impressed with the team's responsiveness and commitment to a sensible, simple user experience. Even when Coda is doing something complicated, it looks and feels easy to reason about which makes it a joy to work with. I've built in hours what it would take weeks to develop with a team of junior engineers. Thanks Coda!
Alex Bass

We have been using Coda over a year now and have used it with countless clients for documentation, and even bug reporting/feature requests for one of our clients. This has allowed us to give our clients a more collaborative view and area where they can actually submit requests and get living updates while marking bugs/features as confirmed complete once our team has finished building the enhancements. Collaboration between our team and clients are key. It's our go-to for shared documentation across clients. Use it for every client onboarding as well. It is now a core to our workflow and couldn't live without it!

Pros:

More flexible and powerful than Google Docs. Can turn it into whatever it needs to be for documentation and project collaboration.

Cons:

Missing some automation and linking of coda doc to coda doc.

Justin Zheng
I haven't used Coda too much because I'm on Android/Firefox, but does anyone know how Coda compares to Notion?
Hope Lawrence
@legionof7 Much more powerful in my opinion. The database/spreadsheet component in coda is amazing.
Igo Akulov
@hope_lawrence1 Any other advantages of Coda, from your experience using both? Anything particular from Notion that I'd be missing after I switch?
Nathan Penner
@legionof7 Good news - the Coda Android app is now available! Check out today's new Product Hunt post, and grab the app from Google Play.
Dima Braven
Use Notion 2.0 since beta every day. I'm been one of the first users and love it so much. What's the main difference Coda from Notion.
Hope Lawrence
@dimablover I think you will find the spreadsheet/database component much more advanced.
Emmanuel Kaska
@dimablover @hope_lawrence1 - How good is their referencing? Notion has limits in that you can only reference another object as opposed to a data point attached to said object.
Alex Bass
We have been using Coda over a year now and have used it with countless clients for documentation, and even bug reporting/feature requests for one of our clients. This has allowed us to give our clients a more collaborative view and area where they can actually submit requests and get living updates while marking bugs/features as confirmed complete once our team has finished building the enhancements. Collaboration between our team and clients are key. It's our go-to for shared documentation across clients. Use it for every client onboarding as well. It is now a core to our workflow and couldn't live without it! Congrats on the launch and please keep up the awesome work! Thank you so much for also involving your beta community so much in feedback and feature enhancements/ideas!
Francesco D'Alessio
Can't recommend Coda enough for teams or individuals wanting a doc-like experience for managing their projects. Here's my overview of today's news:
Noam Lovinsky
Coda is powerful yet approachable. What starts as a simple list of candidates quickly transforms into the perfect applicant tracking system for your team with workflow, status, notifications for everyone involved. Or start with a quick task list and watch it morph into the best way to run your sprints, set your goals and keep your team cranking. For all you old school product hunters out there, it’s what you always dreamed Access or FileMaker could be. Highly recommended!
Matt Hodges
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Huge, huge, huge fans of Coda over here at Intercom. It’s a core part of so many ways in which we work. Powerful. Flexible. Intuitive. Massive kudos to you and the team @shishirmehrotra 🙌🏻🚀
Dustyn Winder

Love Coda. It's an essential part of our workflow at Akili.vc

Pros:

It's great for quick access to Coda workspaces. I find it particularly useful for task management and team wikis.

Cons:

No Android.

Kiran Prasad
Love Coda it's become an essential tool in my daily use.
Tracy Chan
Update once and changes propagate to tons of places which has eliminated a ton of work for us. It's like magic. Coda is at the center of how we coordinate goals, roadmaps and people across 10+ different teams and has become a persistently open tab.
Hope Lawrence
We have been using coda for awhile now and now use it daily to run our granola company. From lot code tracking to managing our wholesale customer base to our homemade time clock, we are in and out of coda constantly. It has been life changing!
Pradip Khakhar
Fan of Coda since I heard about it. Tried the beta iOS app and now I can create doc on mobile! Congrats team.
Sherif Abushadi

love the product

Pros:

seamless transition from web to mobile, very usable

Cons:

they're doing great. stay the course