# Create Base

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URL: https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/create-base
Last updated: 2026-09-25

Learn how to create a base in NocoDB.

Click **New Base** on the workspace **Bases** page to see the available options:

* **From Scratch** — Start with an empty base
* **From Template** — Pre-built structures for common use cases
* **Build with AI** — AI-powered base creation from your use case

<img alt="Create base" src={__img0} placeholder="blur" />

<AskNocoAI>
  <Prompt>
    Build a base to manage [our hiring pipeline]
  </Prompt>

  <Prompt>
    Build a base for [a marketing team] with linked tables for [campaigns, content and channels]
  </Prompt>

  <Prompt>
    Build a base like [a simple CRM], with a kanban view and a dashboard
  </Prompt>

  <Prompt>
    Build a base from the attached spreadsheet, splitting it into linked tables where it makes sense
  </Prompt>
</AskNocoAI>

## From Scratch

1. Click **New Base** → **From Scratch**.
2. Enter a name for your base.
3. Select a **Base Type**:
   * **Default** — Workspace members can collaborate based on their role.
   * **Private** — Invite-only base. Only you can view and manage its members. Learn more about [Private Base](/docs/product/bases/private-base).
4. Click **Create Base**.

<img alt="Create base" src={__img1} placeholder="blur" />

<Callout type="info">
  Private bases are available on 

  **NocoDB Cloud**

   (Business plan and above) and licensed self-hosted deployments (Scale plan and above).
</Callout>

## From Template

1. Click **New Base** → **From Template**.
2. Browse templates by **Departments** (Marketing, Project Management, Supply Chain, Finance & Legal, HR & Recruiting) or **Industries** (Education, Manufacturing, Real Estate, Retail, Transportation).
3. Select a template to preview its structure and click to create.

<img alt="Create base" src={__img2} placeholder="blur" />

## Build with AI

<Callout type="info">
  AI base creation is available on 

  **NocoDB Cloud**

   (Plus plan and above), where usage is metered by 

  [credits](/docs/product/workspaces/credits)

  . On self-hosted deployments, AI base creation requires configuring your own AI integration (Business plan and above).
</Callout>

1. Click **New Base** → **Build with AI**.
2. Select a use case (e.g., Project Management, CRM, Marketing campaigns) or describe your needs.
3. Review the suggested tables, views, and relationships.
4. Click **Create Base**.

<img alt="Create base" src={__img3} placeholder="blur" />

Learn more about [NocoAI base creation](/docs/product/noco-ai/create-base).

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<Callout type="info">
  When you create a base, you become its owner. Only base owners can delete a base.
</Callout>

On successful creation, you will be directed to the [Base Dashboard](/docs/product/bases) where you can start adding tables and data.

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## Related pages

- [Folders](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/folders.md): Organize tables, documents, and dashboards into collapsible folders in the base sidebar.
- [Import Airtable to NocoDB](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/import-base-from-airtable.md): A complete import of your Airtable base to NocoDB within minutes
- [Base Collaboration](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/base-collaboration.md): This article explains how to invite members or teams to your base, manage their roles, and remove them when needed.
- [Share Base](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/share-base.md): Procedures to share a base & generating embedded iframe
- [Base Snapshots](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/snapshots.md): Procedures to create and manage snapshots
- [Base Trash ☁](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/base-trash.md): View, restore, and permanently delete trashed items — records, tables, views, fields, dashboards, widgets, workflows, scripts, and extensions — from a single base-level Trash.
- [Trash Settings ☁](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/trash-settings.md): Configure per-table trash retention and disable trash on a per-table basis.
- [Private Base](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/private-base.md): Learn how to configure and manage access to Private Bases in NocoDB.