Notion
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Swiss Army Knife of Knowledge, that is sharp and useful.
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to make rich data sources and API integrations
What do you dislike about the product?
Tiers pricing limits the platform by putting "Good Search" into a higher tier
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Project management, SOP checklists and knowledge-base.
Notion’s Layout and Functionality Make Work Feel Effortless
What do you like best about the product?
I like the layout and functionality of Notion.
What do you dislike about the product?
It can be quite confusing to clean up Notion and understand where everything is sitting.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Company wiki and documentation. Benefits us by keeping it all in one place.
Notion’s Powerful, Adaptable Backend for Calendar Creation
What do you like best about the product?
Adaptability in backend programming for calendar creation.
What do you dislike about the product?
I havnt found any downsides yet. notion is way more powerful than others like confluence.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Calendar flexibility and integration with databases
Great for Automating Task Assignments and Basic Project Management
What do you like best about the product?
Good platform to automate the task assignment and for basic project management.
What do you dislike about the product?
You cannot do bigger scale project management on this.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Help me make a dashboard quickly, and boost my productivity.
Powerful Single Source of Truth with Scaling Friction
What do you like best about the product?
Centralization: Serves as a highly effective "single source of truth" by consolidating notes, databases, and project tracking in one interface.
Flexibility: The block-based system allows for deep customization of workflows that traditional tools can't match.
All-in-One Utility: Reduces "app fatigue" by replacing multiple disconnected tools (wikis, task managers, and docs).
Flexibility: The block-based system allows for deep customization of workflows that traditional tools can't match.
All-in-One Utility: Reduces "app fatigue" by replacing multiple disconnected tools (wikis, task managers, and docs).
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike the paywall friction; the most impactful features are locked behind higher price tiers, which is restrictive for power users on budget plans. Additionally, there is a scalability gap: the 'full value' of the ecosystem feels gatekept, making it difficult to justify the cost when not all team members are heavy, active users
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Notion solves our need for a single source of truth by consolidating fragmented docs and tasks. However, as our workspace scales, we face a major problem with information decay and outdated pages. We lack the automated maintenance and content verification tools necessary to keep data accurate, which currently forces us toward higher, more expensive tiers just to manage basic workspace hygiene.
Efficient Wiki Tool but Needs Focus Beyond AI
What do you like best about the product?
I use Notion as a Wiki for the company I work at because it's easy to share and document company changes. I like their databases and simplicity. The databases work well to share our company changes in one place and are more friendly compared to Excel or other tools. We've been using Notion since 2020 or 2021, and there's a lot of information there that's easy to search and understand. The initial setup was very easy.
What do you dislike about the product?
I'm kind of disappointed that Notion is heavy on AI and in our plan we don't use that. It's too expensive and it feels like Notion is not evolving the tool in other parts, only in AI. I'd like them to look at other core features of Notion and not only AI.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Notion as a company Wiki. It makes it easy to share and document changes. Notion's databases are simple and friendly compared to other tools, helping centralize company changes and making it easier to search and understand ongoing events.
Notion’s Workflow and Databases Fit All My Needs
What do you like best about the product?
The best part about using Notion is its workflow, and I really love the databases—especially the table database—because it fits all my needs.
What do you dislike about the product?
It would be better if they made it a bit more mobile-friendly, because I hate having to switch to desktop just to enter minutes. Some features also don’t adapt well in the app—for example, the view mode feels very restricted, and editing a database has a bit of friction.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The main thing this app helps me with is staying organized, especially when I’m feeling like a mess most of the time. With ADHD, I often end up in situations where things are everywhere, so having this app keeps me much more organized and on track.
Flexible, Easy-to-Use, but Performance Could Improve
What do you like best about the product?
I like Notion because it's very easy to use and helps me keep all my notes, tasks, and documents in one place, which makes accessing them much quicker and easier. It is also quite flexible for personal planning. I also find it easier to scroll through all the documents and search for any specific information, which is very helpful for me and my team.
What do you dislike about the product?
Yeah. So it can feel confusing at first and becomes slow if you have too many data or documents in that. So there, I feel that, the improvements can be made because it's a drawback in performance and usability.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Notion to keep all my SOPs, notes, tasks, and documents in one place, making it easy to access and manage. It's a very easy-to-use database that streamlines my tasks.
AI Features Shine and Make Work Smarter
What do you like best about the product?
The thing I like best is the artificial intelligence feature.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't like how you only need to click once to edit something.
This makes it easy to accidentally edit a page.
This makes it easy to accidentally edit a page.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Centralized company wide documentation and note taking.
Custom Database Views Make Notion a Powerful Hub for R&D Projects
What do you like best about the product?
What I like best about Notion is the ability to design specific database views for the work I’m doing. My team has a database that includes a lot of content. When I’m setting up R&D projects, I often create a new “hub” for the project that may include a few brief explanations, but I primarily use filtered views into the team’s database to share information with the R&D team and remove unrelated pages. This way, the broader team can stay aware of what we’re building through the main database, while the R&D team can quickly navigate to only the relevant information.
What do you dislike about the product?
I currently dislike how when I copy a synced block (usually as part of a longer copying operation), that it sometimes does not become a synced block when pasted into another place. This may be an issue with user error, though, because I see that it sometimes works as expected. I am also slightly frustrated by how comments are sometimes displayed in Notion. I have some design documents that receive extensive comments and the location of comments in the right hand sign of the Web Browser UI sometimes pushes comments far away from the original marked up location if there are many comments "nearby".
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Notion is solving the problems of: (1) Sharing technical research progress reports (often involving math formulas), (2) giving and receiving feedback on software design ideas, as well as (3) managing my own time every day at the office with a ranked To-Do list.
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