Compare · checked 2026-10-12
Rowflare vs NocoDB
NocoDB: Sustainable Use License (not OSI). Cloud per seat or $108 / $216 per month for unlimited seats.
| Fact | Rowflare | NocoDB | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hosted price | Cloud: free plan, Paid $29 per workspace / month, unlimited members | Free $0 (3 editors); Plus $12 per seat / month billed annually ($15 monthly) or $108 / month for unlimited seats ($135 monthly); Business $24 per seat ($30 monthly) or $216 / month unlimited ($270 monthly); Scale $45 per seat ($54 monthly), minimum 3 seats; Enterprise custom | 2026-10-12 |
| Unit of billing | Per workspace (Cloud); none when self-hosted | Per seat, or a flat price for unlimited seats (you pay for 9 users) | 2026-10-12 |
| Self-hosting cost | Free software. Cloudflare Workers Paid from $5/month covers the whole team | Community edition $0 with unlimited records and seats; self-hosted Business $24 per seat / month billed annually | 2026-10-12 |
| Self-hosted edition license | AGPL-3.0 | Sustainable Use License 1.0 (fair-code, not OSI-approved) | 2026-10-12 |
| Record limits | 50,000 rows per base (designed target); 125,000 rows per base supported | Cloud: Free 1,000 (per workspace, per the pricing FAQ); Plus 50,000; Business 300,000; Scale 1 million. Self-hosted Community: unlimited | 2026-10-12 |
| Underlying database | SQLite inside a Cloudflare Durable Object, one per base | Connects to PostgreSQL, MySQL or SQLite | 2026-10-12 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Sustainable Use License 1.0 (updated 2026-01-29); internal business or non-commercial use only | 2026-10-12 |
| SSO in the free / open version | Never paywalled. SSO itself is on the roadmap, not in the MVP | No. SAML SSO is in self-hosted Business ($24 per seat) and cloud Business | 2026-10-12 |
| GitHub stars | New project | 65,251 | 2026-10-12 |
| Calendar view | Yes, month and week, all editions | Yes, including free self-hosted Community | 2026-10-12 |
| Timeline / Gantt view | Yes, with lanes, all editions | Timeline and Gantt on Business and up (Cloud or licensed self-hosted) | 2026-10-12 |
| Gallery view | Yes, all editions | Yes, Free plan and self-hosted Community | 2026-10-12 |
| Dashboards and charts | Yes: metric, bar, line, pie and pivot; all editions | Cloud Free 1 dashboard, Plus and up included; self-hosted needs Business; not in Community | 2026-10-12 |
| Automations | Yes, 7 triggers and 7 kinds of steps; self-hosted run limit set by you (default 10,000 per base / month) | Workflows; Cloud Free 100 runs / month; Community capped at 2 workflows per base | 2026-10-12 |
| AI that fills cells | Yes: AI fields and an AI automation step with your own key (Anthropic or any OpenAI-compatible service) or Workers AI; all editions | AI on cloud plans incl. Free; own LLM key: Plus 1, Business and up unlimited; none in Community | 2026-10-12 |
| Official MCP server | Yes, built in at /mcp, all editions | Yes; Community gets record tools only, Cloud and licensed self-hosted the full set | 2026-10-12 |