# Create Base

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URL: https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/create-base
Last updated: 2026-10-03

Create a NocoDB base from scratch, from a template or with AI.

On the workspace **Bases** page, click **New Base**. These options show:

| Option            | What it does                                      |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| **From Scratch**  | Starts an empty base.                             |
| **From Template** | Uses a pre-built structure for a common use case. |
| **Build with AI** | Uses AI to create a base 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. Type a name for the base.
3. Select a **Base Type**:
   * **Default**: Workspace members can work in the base based on their role.
   * **Private**: Only invited members can access the base. Only you can see and manage its members. Refer to [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 the templates by **Departments** or by **Industries**:
   * **Departments**: Marketing, Project Management, Supply Chain, Finance & Legal, HR & Recruiting.
   * **Industries**: Education, Manufacturing, Real Estate, Retail, Transportation.
3. Select a template. A preview of its structure shows.
4. Click the template to create the base.

<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 (for example, Project Management, CRM or Marketing campaigns), or describe what you need.
3. Examine the suggested tables, views and relationships.
4. Click **Create Base**.

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

For more information, refer to [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>

After NocoDB creates the base, the [Base Dashboard](/docs/product/bases) opens. Add tables and data from there.

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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 NocoDB base sidebar.
- [Import Airtable to NocoDB](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/import-base-from-airtable.md): Import a complete Airtable base into NocoDB in a few minutes.
- [Base Collaboration](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/base-collaboration.md): Invite members and teams to a NocoDB base, manage their base roles, and remove their access.
- [Share Base](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/share-base.md): Share a NocoDB base with a public read-only link, set a custom URL, and embed the base in an iframe.
- [Base Snapshots](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/snapshots.md): Create, restore and delete point-in-time snapshots of a NocoDB base.
- [Base Trash ☁](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/base-trash.md): Use NocoDB Base Trash to view, restore, and permanently delete deleted records, tables, views, fields, dashboards, widgets, workflows, scripts, and extensions.
- [Trash Settings ☁](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/trash-settings.md): Set the trash retention period for each table in a NocoDB base, or turn off trash for a table.
- [Private Base](https://nocodb.com/docs/product/bases/private-base.md): Set up a Private Base in NocoDB and control who can access it, separate from workspace roles.