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NocoBase vs Smartsheet
A side-by-side editorial comparison of NocoBase and Smartsheet — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
NocoBase vs Smartsheet: at a glance
What is NocoBase?
NocoBase puts Redis realtime behind a commercial plugin as app-server tags reach 4.0 beta.
NocoBase ships near-daily betas, and the v3 beta notes now sit beside an app-server package tagged 4.0.0-beta.0 with no notes of its own. Beta 10-31.1 makes Redis-backed realtime require a registered commercial broker plugin, keeping the built-in Memory broker for single-instance apps, one day after Redis queues and jobs took the same path. It also adds a four-step employee onboarding example with recoverable drafts and cuts duplicate reads across Projects, Agents and realtime.
What is Smartsheet?
Smartsheet retires card view for Enterprise and moves AI into three named views.
An October batch ends a stretch of mostly navigation pages in this feed with real product changes. Card view is retired for Enterprise customers in favor of board view, and AI capabilities are now reached only from Table, Board and Timeline views. Around that sit a Workday sync through the Integrations panel, SharePoint file import, bulk attachment handling and new keyboard shortcuts in table view.
NocoBase vs Smartsheet: editorial side-by-side
NocoBase
8.8PM
NocoBase puts Redis realtime behind a commercial plugin as app-server tags reach 4.0 beta.
◆ Current state
NocoBase ships near-daily betas, and the v3 beta notes now sit beside an app-server package tagged 4.0.0-beta.0 with no notes of its own. Beta 10-31.1 makes Redis-backed realtime require a registered commercial broker plugin, keeping the built-in Memory broker for single-instance apps, one day after Redis queues and jobs took the same path. It also adds a four-step employee onboarding example with recoverable drafts and cuts duplicate reads across Projects, Agents and realtime.
◆ Where it's heading
The platform is being rebuilt as an app-template and agent product, and agents are gaining the tools of a developer environment, including repositories and workspaces. Two consecutive betas have moved Redis-backed features behind commercial plugins, so running beyond a single instance is becoming the paid path. Each beta still publishes a cluster of package tags, so the substance sits in the dated notes.
◆ Prediction
Expect Runner and project work to keep landing in dated betas, alongside more query-reduction fixes. What the 4.0.0-beta.0 app-server tag changes isn't clear from the entries, and neither is whether more scale-out features follow Redis.
Smartsheet
5.0COLLABPM
Smartsheet retires card view for Enterprise and moves AI into three named views.
◆ Current state
An October batch ends a stretch of mostly navigation pages in this feed with real product changes. Card view is retired for Enterprise customers in favor of board view, and AI capabilities are now reached only from Table, Board and Timeline views. Around that sit a Workday sync through the Integrations panel, SharePoint file import, bulk attachment handling and new keyboard shortcuts in table view.
◆ Where it's heading
Table view is being built into the primary work surface, with attachment management and shortcuts arriving there and AI access narrowed to a defined set of views. The Workday and SharePoint additions pull enterprise data in rather than leaving it to be re-keyed. The April Contributor seat was packaging; this batch is product consolidation.
◆ Prediction
Card view's retirement starts with Enterprise, so wider retirement is the logical next step, though the entries give no date. More table view parity work looks likely given how much of this batch landed there.
NocoBase alternatives
Other PM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Tap any card for the full editorial trajectory or compare directly with NocoBase.
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Smartsheet alternatives
Other PM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Tap any card for the full editorial trajectory or compare directly with Smartsheet.
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Tana
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LibrePhotos
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Recent activity from NocoBase and Smartsheet
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1d agoNocoBaseBeta 10-31.1: Redis realtime goes commercial, onboarding example
- 1d agoNocoBaseapp-skills 0.1.0-beta.56 package tag
- 1d agoNocoBase@nocobase/realtime 1.0.0-beta.0 package tag
- 1d agoNocoBase@nocobase/concurrency 0.1.0-beta.1 package tag
- 1d agoNocoBaseapp-server 4.0.0-beta.0 package tag (no notes)
- 1d agoNocoBase@nocobase/authorization 1.0.0-beta.16 package tag
- 7d agoSmartsheetManage your sheet and row attachments in table view
- 7d agoSmartsheetWork faster with keyboard shortcuts in table view
- 7d agoSmartsheetCard view has been retired for Enterprise plan customers
- 7d agoSmartsheetImport files from SharePoint
- 7d agoSmartsheetSync Workday data into Smartsheet
- 7d agoSmartsheetUse AI tools in Table, Board, and Timeline views
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between NocoBase and Smartsheet?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. NocoBase is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 8.8 vs 5.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is NocoBase better than Smartsheet?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. NocoBase is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 8.8 vs 5.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other PM products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to NocoBase?
Top NocoBase alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "NocoBase alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/nocobase for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Smartsheet?
Top Smartsheet alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Smartsheet alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/smartsheet for the full list with editorial commentary on each.