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Alternative to Coda

Looking for a Coda alternative with built-in team tools?

Coda is a flexible doc tool but your team needs more than docs that act like spreadsheets. Trilo gives you rich docs alongside real-time chat, task management, video calls, and AI coworkers in one workspace.

TL;DR

Coda is a powerful doc-as-app platform but teams still need separate tools for chat, video, and real task management. Trilo gives you collaborative docs alongside chat, kanban boards, video with AI transcription, and AI coworkers. Choose Coda for building custom doc-apps. Choose Trilo for a complete team workspace with strong docs.

Why teams leave Coda

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Docs are great, everything else is missing

Coda makes flexible documents but has no chat, no video calls, and no standalone task management. Teams still need Slack, Zoom, and a project management tool.

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Steep learning curve

Coda formulas, automations, and pack integrations are powerful but complex. Most team members use Coda as a basic doc and never touch the advanced features.

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Per-user pricing compounds

Coda Team plan costs $10 per user per month. Add Slack, Zoom, and Asana and your team easily spends $300 or more per month across tools.

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Task management is a workaround

You can build task trackers in Coda using tables and views, but it is a workaround. There are no native kanban boards, no time tracking, and no real project management features.

What you get with Trilo

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Docs + real workspace

Rich docs alongside chat, tasks, video, and calendar

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Native task management

Kanban boards and lists, not doc-table workarounds

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AI coworkers included

AI that works across docs, chat, and tasks

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Simple to learn

Your whole team uses it on day one, no formula skills needed

Quick comparison

Feature
Trilo
Coda
Collaborative Docs
Built-in
Core feature
Team Chat
Built-in
Not available
Task Management
Native kanban + list
Table workarounds
Video Calls
Built-in with AI transcription
Not available
Price
$25/month flat
$10/user/month + other tools

How Trilo helps

Docs That Live in Your Team Workspace

Coda docs are standalone. With Trilo, your docs are connected to the rest of your workflow: link a doc to a task, reference it in a chat conversation, or have AI summarize it in a meeting. Documents are not islands, they are part of how your team works.

Real Task Management, Not Table Workarounds

Building a task tracker in Coda means creating tables, views, formulas, and automations. Trilo gives you native kanban boards, list views, calendar views, time tracking, and drag-and-drop prioritization out of the box. No formula skills required.

AI That Works Across Your Whole Workspace

Coda AI helps with doc content. Trilo AI coworkers work across everything: they draft documents, join chat conversations, create tasks from meetings, and keep projects on track. One AI that understands your docs, chats, and tasks together.

Ready for docs inside a complete team workspace?

Join teams who wanted great docs and got everything else too.