# IT:AD:Online Web Databases #

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* See:
  * [[IT/AD/MailMerge/]]
  * [[IT/AD/Ragic/]]
  * [[IT/AD/Airtable/]]
  * [[IT/AD/RowShare/]]
  * https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb


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The title is not very accurate -- online databases can cover similar territory as online spreadsheets and documents.


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## Comparison ##

* [[IT/AD/Airtable/]]
  * Advantages:
    * Price: Has a free price offering.
  * Considerations:
    * Embedding: 
      * Embedding the information directly into a webpage is via IFrame (not as seamless as ...)
      * Cannot be pre-filtered (it's up to the end user.
* [[IT/AD/Zoho/]]
  * Advantages:
    * Can export directly to excel (bypassing CSV).
  * Considerations:
    * Cannot export to word.
  * Disadvantages:
    * Filtering: Does not appear to have a way to filter records prior to exporting.
    * Lossy: The export to Excel is polluted with html tags (not rich MS bold, etc.).
* [[IT/AD/Dokuwiki/]]
  * Advantages:
    * Powerful
  * Disadvantages:
    * Too arcane to get any traction.