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Incredible Tool for Knowledge Work (but...)
What do you like best about the product?
Notion is a great product for knowledge work - as a matter of fact, it's the only one I recommend to my friends to this day. All the tools you need are there and easy to use - but if you need advanced solutions, Notion does some pretty nifty things too.
It's a great tool for project management and cooperation. Creating databases, keeping records, expanding the team's knowledge pool - it does everything an advanced tool like Atlassian can, but way more intuitive.
Notion also works great for personal projects. I used Evernote for that before, and it annoyed me to no end with clunky UI, limited functionality, and weird design choices. Notion does everything I hoped Evernote would, and you don't need to navigate a slow and clunky interface to do it.
Also, the page that allows you to migrate from Evernote to Notion filled me with the most delightful schadenfreude: https://www.notion.so/evernote
It's a great tool for project management and cooperation. Creating databases, keeping records, expanding the team's knowledge pool - it does everything an advanced tool like Atlassian can, but way more intuitive.
Notion also works great for personal projects. I used Evernote for that before, and it annoyed me to no end with clunky UI, limited functionality, and weird design choices. Notion does everything I hoped Evernote would, and you don't need to navigate a slow and clunky interface to do it.
Also, the page that allows you to migrate from Evernote to Notion filled me with the most delightful schadenfreude: https://www.notion.so/evernote
What do you dislike about the product?
Had you asked me for this review a few months back, it would've been an easy 10/10. Since then, I did discover a part of Notion that I passionately dislike: the billing.
Notion uses seat-based plans, meaning there is a certain number of users per paid plan. Go over that, and you get upgraded - standard stuff. But what it doesn't really clarify is that everyone you invite to cooperate - even a person who left one comment in a marketing plan - is counted towards that cap. There is no warning, you simply get billed on the spot.
Even worse, you don't get any kind of banner or email after the upgrade. Your card simply gets billed. There is a very narrow cancellation window, so if you don't notice the extra charge in time - you're out of luck. They did give us Notion credit when we complained as a way to compensate. But when your company is forced to pay more than double the initial price asked, it felt as good as giving us some Monopoly money. Thanks guys.
Notion is a great product that doesn't need to trick its customers to get paid. The value is well on display - just ask and we will be glad to pay. As it stands, my team feels we were duped.
Notion uses seat-based plans, meaning there is a certain number of users per paid plan. Go over that, and you get upgraded - standard stuff. But what it doesn't really clarify is that everyone you invite to cooperate - even a person who left one comment in a marketing plan - is counted towards that cap. There is no warning, you simply get billed on the spot.
Even worse, you don't get any kind of banner or email after the upgrade. Your card simply gets billed. There is a very narrow cancellation window, so if you don't notice the extra charge in time - you're out of luck. They did give us Notion credit when we complained as a way to compensate. But when your company is forced to pay more than double the initial price asked, it felt as good as giving us some Monopoly money. Thanks guys.
Notion is a great product that doesn't need to trick its customers to get paid. The value is well on display - just ask and we will be glad to pay. As it stands, my team feels we were duped.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Notion solves the problem of data availability. It's very easy to create a system that keeps all the info you need handy.
Even better, there are easy-to-use integration and automation tools. Those help you cross-reference data, save time on repetitive tasks, and just make your database look gorgeous.
Even better, there are easy-to-use integration and automation tools. Those help you cross-reference data, save time on repetitive tasks, and just make your database look gorgeous.
The one tool for all my needs
What do you like best about the product?
Notion is very intuitive and easy to use. It's very practical in order to create libraries of documents, share them, etc. It's also great that there are so many functions like tables, call out, todo lists, images, comments, etc
What do you dislike about the product?
The table function is very annoying. Differently from excel, I cannot do real bulk actions, copy and paste properly, etc. Once tables are gonna be more developed, this tool is gonna be a must for every online worker. I'd like also to have a feature like ppt for lresentations
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Sharing documents. Have a single place for full documentation at single, team and company level. We are now using notion even to write technical specs for developers since it's very easy and quick to use.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
To me it's an essential tool.
Simple Note Organization
What do you like best about the product?
I like that the UI is easy to navigate and that there are many options for customizing the format of a note. I like that there are many templates ready to use, I use the Task List to keep track of my progress during development sprints.
What do you dislike about the product?
The Team Plan limits the amount of block storage available and forces an upgrade to get more space. I think it would be nice to allow for more space if the team is smaller.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It allows me to stay organized and reference and update my notes while working. It benefits me by allowing me to quickly get information for a specific feature/bug that I prepared before the development sprint.
Formatting can be quite difficult even if you are a power user.
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate the ability to organize my personal and business documentation. It is a useful wiki and tracker. The organization hierarchy is very helpful for me to see visually in the side panel.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't like the formatting and proprietary keystrokes. Embedding often does not align within blocks easily. Search is not always accurate. Need more integrations.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am able to store internal documentation, meeting notes, personal notes, and to-do lists. I can organize it in a variety of ways that allows my team better access to resources.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Duplication of databases can happen quite often, be wary of how you organize your information.
So much flexibilty
What do you like best about the product?
Very flexible design. Great if you want to have your tasks organized differently. If working with a team, the filters and sorting features are great. Each person can view if to their preferences without bothering other teammates.
What do you dislike about the product?
The table/database features are not an excel spreadsheet replacement. It can do basic math but the sorting and high level statistical analysis cannot be done on the tables.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Sharing task status with other teammates is helpful to show what project tasks are complete. Good for check-in meetings so that people know if tasks are worked on and adding tasks for teammates to work on.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try it out as your personal task manager before sharing it with others to understand what features are best for your workflow.
Notion is one of the new generation of tool-building tools, but requires discipline to use
What do you like best about the product?
- Simple, flexible content model.
- Simple, robust layout.
- Relational tables are a game changer.
- Simple, robust layout.
- Relational tables are a game changer.
What do you dislike about the product?
- Lack of automation (despite acquiring an automation company).
- Very poor import/export functionality, especially related to tables and relations.
- Weak formula language, rather than using a more robust existing approach to scripting.
- Poor management of property layout and visibility.
- Lack of follow-through on database views: views don't apply to relation properties.
- Underpowered rollup properties: can't be accessed by value, can't be used in rollups.
- Poor history view.
- Lack of "suggest changes" view when editing collaboratively, making review of edits impractical.
- Way too easy to unintentionally cause havoc by editing/deleting properties that are used in views you don't even know exist. There are no safety belts.
- The UI for editing table views and properties has had an overhaul. While streamlining certain things and adding capabilities, it also became rather cluttered and obscure.
- Very poor import/export functionality, especially related to tables and relations.
- Weak formula language, rather than using a more robust existing approach to scripting.
- Poor management of property layout and visibility.
- Lack of follow-through on database views: views don't apply to relation properties.
- Underpowered rollup properties: can't be accessed by value, can't be used in rollups.
- Poor history view.
- Lack of "suggest changes" view when editing collaboratively, making review of edits impractical.
- Way too easy to unintentionally cause havoc by editing/deleting properties that are used in views you don't even know exist. There are no safety belts.
- The UI for editing table views and properties has had an overhaul. While streamlining certain things and adding capabilities, it also became rather cluttered and obscure.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Notion enables capturing of all types of inter-related structured information, eliminating duplication.
It allows easy and flexible presentation of relevant information via filtered views.
It enables easy revision of content models and restructuring of information, allowing an evolutionary approach to workspace building.
It allows easy and flexible presentation of relevant information via filtered views.
It enables easy revision of content models and restructuring of information, allowing an evolutionary approach to workspace building.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Appoint someone to be an active Editor in Chief, or your workspace will be a big ball of mud.
Most useful app for students!
What do you like best about the product?
As a student, i particularly like the rich note-taking experience that notion provides. I can use the standard mardown langauage for note taking, but can also attach and embed links, attach PDFs, use TeX for math, and so on.
The most useful feature of notion however, is it's pwoerful databases, I used them to organize my notes, track my project progress and even make a resource map. I have even used databases to track my rally times in Dirt Rally 2.0!
The most useful feature of notion however, is it's pwoerful databases, I used them to organize my notes, track my project progress and even make a resource map. I have even used databases to track my rally times in Dirt Rally 2.0!
What do you dislike about the product?
One thing that is sorely missing in the notion note taking experience is tables, we do have databases, but sometimes all you want is a simple table. Additionally, writing functions and automations for databases could be made simpler and more intuituve.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Notion also makes sharing and collaborating especially easy and intuitive. It was specially useful in group projects and in collaborating on stuff during the WFH times. My team really appreciated the inbuilt kanban board.
Good product for sharing a workspace for collaborating with others in your company
What do you like best about the product?
It is simple to use and the integration with slack is very helpful for notifications. The database feature is neat as well and provides a good platform and simplistic use in comparison to other similar products like Confluence or other workplace apps.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't like how in the database, the headings are not capable of wrapping text. The only way to view heading tabs are to extend the tab or hover over them. I also don't like how the notifications aren't preset to send emails even while active in the app.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is solving our interim process for contract intake. It's a simple space for people to add contracts and for legal to track what has come in. The database is good also for providing status updates and checkboxes for completing certain tasks.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It is good for workplace productivity. You can find yourself becoming a superuser in no time and it can be used in many areas of your work.
An everything software
What do you like best about the product?
One can do a lot of different stuff in Notion. Very nice to be able to connect it to other software. I use it most for its databases. Seems to be used more than its competitors.
What do you dislike about the product?
I miss some features that exists in Excel. But everything that exists seems to work. It could become better if the databases became more like excel, so that would be most important for improvements.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It works as an awesome program for a small business. It has not helped us financially so far I believe. But our productivity and business performance seem to be higher.
A great tool for both personal life and work. Notion can be both you and your team's second brain.
What do you like best about the product?
Notion is a very powerful tool for building a wiki or knowledge base for your company. Apart from this Notion's powerful database and views can be used to create a small operating system for your company. We started using Notion for both the first and second uses in our small all-remote startup.
What do you dislike about the product?
Notion could be expensive if you are a small startup. We got credits from Notion as an early-stage startup and onboarded all of our users. Soon, we realised that only a few users actually create content and the others are mostly consuming the content and making light edits. As a small startup it did not make sense for us to continue paying a monthly fee for each user. There is no plan which allows you to have different types of licenses for document creators and others who make light edits.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We used Notion primarily as a knowledge base at our all-remote early-stage startup. As an early-stage startup having a knowledge base where our colleagues can write short/long form documents is crucial to our way of working which is async in nature.
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