Era or NocoDB?
Short answerA technical team keeping data on its own server: NocoDB. Tables linked to business records with no server to run: Era.
NocoDB turns databases into spreadsheets, and its free edition runs on your own server. Era’s Tables draw on that experience and link it to business records.
Side by side
The things a small business uses every day. Every row about NocoDB was read on NocoDB’s own site on 18 October 2026; rows we could not check are left out.
NocoDB is a trademark of its owner and is not affiliated with Era. Products change quickly — if a row is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.
What it looks like in Era
This job has its own screen in Era, in the same workspace as customer cards, the calendar, the inbox and the AI. The screen below is Era itself, with sample data.
Tables/OrdersSwitching from NocoDB to Era
An afternoon’s work. If you like, spend the first week using both; nothing switches off at once.
- 1Export your NocoDB table as CSV.
- 2Bring it into Era’s Tables and pick the field types.
- 3Move the rows that are customers or orders into Era’s ready modules.
When NocoDB is the better pick
If you want data on your own server, a front end for an existing database and a technical team to run it, NocoDB is the right tool.
When Era is the better pick
Era is a hosted business system: servers, backups and updates are ours; your tables link to customers, bookings and orders.
Era and NocoDB — questions
If you want data on your own server, a front end for an existing database and a technical team to run it, NocoDB is the right tool. Era is a hosted business system: servers, backups and updates are ours; your tables link to customers, bookings and orders.
Era is hosted; your business records live on Era’s servers, while Era’s jobs can run on your own computer. For full self-hosting, NocoDB fits better.
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