Notion

Notion  started out as a personal tool, and then I used it within a previous role to track projects as they were assigned to different parties. I introduced it within my current role to have as a landing space for shared materials and commonly used phrases, as well as track some key outputs.

In my current role, I use Notion  as a way to have quick access to information. With the linking feature within Notion, I can create simple pages that have a title such as an introduction email template, and then I can click that link to access the template I have created. I worked through a lot of our processes so that we have templated items that we can quickly access.

My main use case includes having one other teammate that I primarily work with. She usually views Notion, although she could edit within Notion pages. Primarily, it is myself using it. Notion is effective as a shared workspace.

In my organization, we use Notion within our team primarily, and we use it as a private cloud.

In my opinion, the best features Notion offers are how easy it is to copy and paste templates and copy and paste certain features, such as lists or checkboxes. It is very easy to create a new page and build them out from nothing. Although I typically use templates because I feel there are many options.

Notion has positively impacted my organization because I was able to create a workflow with very low startup cost.

The workflow I created with Notion definitely saved us time so that we could synthesize what we were working on and visualize it versus having a simple checklist or having to track something through chats or emails. Having a landing page where we are able to track tasks being completed through different stages is helpful. It saves us money because not only is it more efficient, but the overall cost of Notion is low compared to other services.

In terms of improvement, the library of templates and how they are sourced in Notion could be enhanced. It is not something I interact with super frequently because once I build out a dashboard, I stick with what I know. However, I usually am grabbing templates from either influencers or YouTubers that have created something and walk through what they created themselves. Having strong partnerships with those members or having a way to search through the library with featured members might be interesting.

Regarding improvements in Notion, I watch many videos about it on YouTube and LinkedIn Learning . Building out a database for specific industries might be helpful, specifically for project managers within certain fields.

Notion is stable; everything is there when I need it to be there.

It can be tough to scale Notion and streamline how I create all the different pages. I am sure there is a way to do that; I might not have the skill to do it.

I have not needed to use one-on-one customer support for Notion, but I do use the YouTube page to learn more.

My experience with Notion's pricing, setup cost, and licensing was streamlined and simple.

I have seen a return on investment with Notion; it probably cuts our time in half for post-meeting review. It is probably cost-effective by 80%. Notion is much more affordable than some of the other options.

I had tested out Monday.com, but found it to be a rather expensive service. Before choosing Notion, I evaluated Monday.com.

I usually get my templates in Notion from another user, sometimes watching a YouTube video where they have created their template and are offering it for use.

There are many options in Notion, which is why I do not always create my own pages and use templates instead.

I would tell people looking into using Notion to watch tutorials and find the best templates so that they can get really good inspiration for what to create because starting with a blank page can be really daunting.

I Notion and I always tell people to give it a chance. Overall, I would rate this review an 8.

My main use case for Notion  is as an internal knowledge base. We store all company policies, engineering tool documentation, and process documentation there. Additionally, we capture weekly notes in Notion .

The best features Notion offers are relation database queries. When using relation database queries, you can query results, schedule, or perform calculations when describing feature functionality. I find AI capturing from conference calls to be another valuable feature. Notion has positively impacted our organization by improving internal business outcomes, including saving time to market.

I think Notion can be improved by connecting more AI models. Moreover, a clearer membership model would be beneficial.

I have been using Notion for more than five years.

Notion is absolutely stable.

I would say Notion's scalability is 10 out of 10.

I have never contacted customer support because I had no issues with using the product.

Previously, we used Google Drive  by Google, but we realized it was not sufficient for our needs.

We purchased Notion standalone via Notion's web page, not through the AWS Marketplace .

My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

I have seen a return on investment, as we save time on onboarding and knowledge transfer.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is quite pricey.

Before choosing Notion, there were no other options that we evaluated.

My advice to others looking into using Notion is to discover all the advantages of the product, including relation database, AI, and other capabilities. I would rate this product a 10 out of 10.