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{{Short description|Cloud-based document editor}}
{{Other uses|CODA (disambiguation){{!}}Coda}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Coda<!-- Technical name; please don't change -->
| title = Coda
| logo = Coda_(document_editor)_logo.png
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| author = Coda Project
| developer = Coda Project
| released = February, 2019
| ver layout = simple
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| platform = [[Web app|Web platform]]
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| genre = [[Collaborative software]]
| website = {{URL|https://coda.io/}}
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'''Coda''' is a cloud-based multi-user document editor.<ref name="Newman 2022">{{cite web | last=Newman | first=Jared | title=Coda's new features take on Microsoft Word and Google Docs | website=Fast Company | date=February 23, 2022 | url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90723847/coda-vs-word-google-docs | access-date=May 22, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Newman 2021">{{cite web | last=Newman | first=Jared | title=Move over, Microsoft Word: The race to reinvent document editing | website=Fast Company | date=October 12, 2021 | url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90685280/notion-coda-microsoft-word-alternatives | access-date=May 22, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Finnegan 2022">{{cite web |last=Finnegan |first=Matthew |date=March 4, 2022 |title=Coda and Notion turn up the heat on Microsoft Office |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/3652691/coda-and-notion-turn-up-the-heat-on-microsoft-office.html |access-date=May 22, 2022 |website=Computerworld}}</ref>

== Features ==
[[File:Coda_(document_editor)_2022_product_screenshot.png|thumb|right|A screenshot of the Coda document editor (2022)]]
Coda is a document editor that uses features from spreadsheets, presentation documents, word processor files, and apps.<ref name="Wiggers 2018">{{cite web | last=Wiggers | first=Kyle | title=Coda's rules-based Automations feature automates repetitive tasks | website=VentureBeat | date=November 16, 2018 | url=https://venturebeat.com/2018/11/16/codas-rule-based-automations-feature-automates-repetitive-tasks/ | access-date=May 22, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Newton 2017">{{cite web | last=Newton | first=Casey | title=Coda is a next-generation spreadsheet designed to make Excel a thing of the past | website=The Verge | date=October 19, 2017 | url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/19/16497444/coda-spreadsheet-krypton-shishir-mehrotra | access-date=May 22, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Shrivastava 2021">{{cite web | last=Shrivastava | first=Rashi | title=All-In-One Doc Startup Coda Reaches $1.4 Billion Valuation In $100 Million Raise From A Major Pension Fund | website=Forbes | date=July 8, 2021 | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2021/07/08/all-in-one-doc-startup-coda-reaches-14-billion-valuation-in-100-million-raise-from-a-major-pension-fund/ | access-date=May 22, 2022}}</ref> Possible uses for Coda documents include using them as a wiki, database, or project management tool.<ref name="Newton 2017" /> Coda has built a formula system, much like spreadsheets commonly have, but in Coda documents, formulas can be used anywhere within the document, and can link to things that aren't just cells, including other documents, calendars or graphs.<ref name="Wiggers 2018" /><ref name="Newton 2017" /><ref name="SearchContentManagement 2019">{{cite web | title=Coda launches next version of project management app | website=SearchContentManagement | date=October 28, 2019 | url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchcontentmanagement/news/252473016/Coda-launches-next-version-of-project-management-app | access-date=June 8, 2022}}</ref> Coda also has the ability to integrate with custom third-party services,<ref name="Newman 2022" /><ref name="Finnegan 2022" /><ref name="Wiggers 2018" /><ref name="McCracken 2018">{{cite web | last=McCracken | first=Harry | title=To turn docs into apps, Coda had to rethink productivity from scratch | website=Fast Company | date=October 18, 2018 | url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90252845/to-turn-docs-into-apps-coda-had-to-rethink-productivity-from-scratch | access-date=May 23, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Wiggers 2019" /> and has automations.<ref name="Wiggers 2018" /> It has offered $1 million in grants for developers that create such integrations.<ref name="Newman 2022" />

== Development ==
Coda Project, Inc. was founded by Shishir Mehrotra and Alex DeNeui in June 2014, who met at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]].<ref name="Wiggers 2018" /><ref name="McCracken 2018" /> They developed the project mostly privately before a public beta was announced in October 2017.<ref name="Newton 2017" /><ref name="McCracken 2018" /><ref name="Flynn 2021">{{cite web | last=Flynn | first=Kerry | title=A startup is taking on Google and Microsoft with a 'Minecraft for docs' | website=Mashable | date=October 29, 2021 | url=https://mashable.com/article/coda-startup-launch-google-docs | access-date=May 22, 2022}}</ref> The company was named Coda, which is an [[anadrome]] for “a doc”.<ref name="McCracken 2018" /><ref name="Russell 2020">{{cite web | last=Russell | first=Melia | title=A Google and Microsoft alum who raised $140 million to take on Microsoft Office explains why productivity is one of the most attractive 'jokes' in Silicon Valley. | website=Business Insider | date=December 5, 2020 | url=https://www.businessinsider.com/productivity-apps-will-boom-says-coda-ceo-2020-12 | access-date=May 23, 2022}}</ref> Coda raised $60 million in venture capital funding over two rounds by 2017.<ref name="Newton 2017" /><ref name="Flynn 2021" /> The Coda software came out of beta in February 2019.<ref name="Wiggers 2019">{{cite web | last=Wiggers | first=Kyle | title=Coda launches new workplace collaboration tools | website=VentureBeat | date=October 24, 2019 | url=https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/24/workplace-collaboration-platform-coda-launches-new-organizational-and-sharing-tools/ | access-date=May 22, 2022}}</ref> Version 1.0 had an improved user interface, new features for folders and workspaces, and permission levels for accessing files. Coda raised another $80 million in 2020,<ref name="Jeans 2020">{{cite web | last=Jeans | first=David | title=Coda, Would-Be Successor To Google's G-Suite, Now Valued Above $600 Million | website=Forbes | date=August 11, 2020 | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/2020/08/11/coda-startup-backed-by-kleiner-perkins-and-greylock-raises-80-million/ | access-date=June 8, 2022}}</ref> and $100 million in 2021. The 2021 funding brought Coda's valuation to $1.4 billion, making it a [[Unicorn (finance)|unicorn]].<ref name="Shrivastava 2021" />

== See also ==
* [[Cloud collaboration]]
* [[Collaborative software]]
* [[Collaborative real-time editor]]
* [[Document collaboration]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://coda.io/}}

[[Category:Collaborative real-time editors]]
[[Category:Web applications]]
[[Category:Online word processors]]
[[Category:Online spreadsheets]]