NocoDB hosting · Open-source Airtable Simple like ExcelPowerful as a database

NocoDB itself is open source and free, but self-hosting means renting a VPS at roughly US$5 to US$10 a month (about NT$160 to NT$320), so NT$1,900 to NT$3,800 a year in servers alone. You also deploy it with Docker, connect the database, set up the domain and SSL, keep up with releases and stay on top of backups. Managed NocoDB on RoamerHost is NT$499 a month, about NT$5,988 a year, and that includes one-click deploy, built-in SSL, a dedicated subdomain and automatic backups, with no cap on users or records. If you know DevOps and want full control, self-hosting is more flexible; if you just want to use it and never touch a server, managed is the easier path.

No server needed. After payment you create the instance in one click from the dashboard, and in about 60 seconds the official NocoDB build is deployed with its own HTTPS subdomain and SSL certificate. Open the URL, create your admin account and start building tables or importing data; you never touch a server, Docker or a database. If you self-host instead, getting a trial running with Docker takes about ten minutes, but before you trust it with company data you also need a domain and SSL, scheduled backups you have actually tested restoring, and a backup before every upgrade. That is where the real time goes.

The open-source edition of NocoDB is free to download and install. But for your team to reach it anytime, and for the API and forms to accept outside connections, it needs a server that is always on, with a fixed address and SSL, plus someone keeping it updated and backed up. That is what hosting pays for. Managed NocoDB on RoamerHost is NT$499 a month, with the server, SSL, a dedicated subdomain and automatic backups included and no extra charge per user or per record. Want to try it first? Request a free trial, no credit card needed.

Yes. NocoDB ships with Traditional and Simplified Chinese interfaces that you can switch to in the language settings. The translations are maintained by the open-source community, so a few newer features may still show English. The RoamerHost Support Center also has a series of NocoDB guides in both Chinese and English, covering your first table, formulas and links, permissions, the API and moving over from Airtable.

Airtable charges per user (around US$20 per user per month) and caps records and API calls, with your data living on Airtable's servers. NocoDB is an open-source project; on RoamerHost it is NT$499 a month with no user limit, no record limit and unlimited API calls, and your data stays entirely in your own container. Feature-wise you still get grid, kanban, calendar, form and the other views.

Baserow, NocoBase and Teable are the open-source projects most often compared with it, and each has its strengths. What sets NocoDB apart is how close it feels to Airtable and a spreadsheet: grid, kanban, calendar, gallery and form views, link, formula, lookup and rollup fields, an automatic REST API for every table, and the option to connect an existing MySQL or PostgreSQL database directly. RoamerHost runs the official NocoDB build, and you can export your data to CSV or Excel at any time, so switching tools later never locks you in.

It does. NocoDB generates a REST API for every table automatically (read, create, update, delete) with API token authentication, so you can connect it to a website, an app, an n8n workflow or any other system and use NocoDB as your backend database without writing CRUD code yourself.

MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite. You can point NocoDB at an existing MySQL or PostgreSQL database and it renders it as a spreadsheet immediately. You can also import CSV or Excel files, or migrate data over from Airtable, to get going fast.

No lock-in. RoamerHost runs the standard open-source build of NocoDB, and the data is simply your own database. Export to CSV or Excel whenever you want, or connect to the database directly and move everything to your own server or another environment.

Yes. Working in NocoDB feels a lot like Excel or Google Sheets — add columns, fill in data, drag to sort and filter — with no code anywhere. The API only shows up when you need it, which makes it work for beginners and power users alike.

Google Sheets is fine for simple records, but it bogs down as data grows and has no real relational structure or API. Airtable is full-featured but charges per user and imposes limits. NocoDB gives you the ease of a spreadsheet with the power of a database (relations, multiple views, an automatic API), and on RoamerHost with no user or record limits — a good long-term fit for a team.

NT$499/mo (1 vCPU / 5 GB storage), including SSL, a dedicated subdomain and automatic backups, with no setup fee. Pricing is not per user or per record — the only limits are your instance's storage and compute. Your whole team can use it, with permissions controlling who can see and edit each table.

In your own NocoDB instance: each instance is an isolated Docker container on its own network, never shared with other customers, with HTTPS on every connection. Your data is never mixed with other customers' data, and the platform includes automatic backups.

Yes, but it takes more than exporting a CSV and importing it: formula, link, rollup and attachment fields need extra work, and order matters — if the links are not set up first, rollups will be empty. See "Airtable to NocoDB" in the Support Center for the field mapping and the right order.

Yes. Monthly billing with no contract: cancel in one click from the dashboard and billing stops at the end of the current term; fees already paid for that term are not refunded. After expiry the instance is paused and your data is kept for 3 months, so renewing within that window restores everything as it was; after 3 months it is deleted. Export your data to CSV or Excel before you cancel to keep a copy.

Yes. At checkout, choose "Company invoice" under E-invoice and enter your company name and Taiwan Tax ID to receive a triplicate company invoice; individuals can choose "Personal receipt".

Yes. On the Free Trial page, pick NocoDB and leave your contact details — no credit card, nothing to install. Our team sets up a trial environment so you can try it before you decide.

Start with the dashboard: you can restart or rebuild the instance yourself, and a restart fixes most connection problems. For how-to questions, ask Roamer, the chat assistant in the bottom-right corner, or use Roamer AI support in your dashboard. For a human, email [email protected] or message our LINE official account @818kotud — we reply within 24 hours on business days, from Taiwan.