Notion

I use Notion for welcoming onboarding employees, tracking the backlog for our sprint, tracking firmware updates like my firewall, writing documentation, and documenting everything in my job.

When using Notion for onboarding employees, I have checkboxes for new employees to read the SOP or guidance related to their department, such as what a software engineer needs to do for the first time. There are points to checkbox whether they can complete it or how much longer they have to finish within maybe 90 days. The new employees find it very helpful for the process so they are not confused when onboarding.

Notion is very useful for onboarding and makes the process faster. Sharing and collaboration are also really helpful, especially when we are grooming something in the sprints or sprint plan. We can speed it up and not miss anything because it is very well documented. Many things in the process go three or four steps faster.

The best features of Notion are how easy it is to use. I can use a slash and there are multiple options available. I can embed Google Drive or integrate with Slack, and I can even create a personal website in it.

Whenever we put documentation, such as some PDFs, datasets of hardware, or vendor documentation in Notion, we can embed it through Google Drive. Additionally, we can use Slack for allowing other employees to reach the Notion page easily.

With Notion, we are able to find any kind of information more easily when someone puts it on Notion, such as guidance, organization charts, or departmental details, and it can be categorized. It allows for grouping users and sharing owner pages with external parties, and we can also use it internally for specific members only.

For Notion right now, it would be better if there is an AI for searching documentation. This would help if new employees or anyone in the company wants to revisit the documentation, as an AI would assist in that case.

I think there should be an AI improvement for Notion, such as an agentic AI for every user, and I think it would be better if the pricing were lower.

For the specific AI features, we need to search our documentation faster, and if there is non-documentation we are not familiar with, such as how to upgrade the firewall firmware, AI can help guide us through the upgrading process. As for pricing, I think it should be cheaper while still offering good features.

I have been using Notion for almost three years.

I think Notion's AI capabilities are dependable.

Notion is deployed in a hybrid cloud setup within my organization.

I think others looking into using Notion should try it, and they will find it valuable because Notion is straightforward for documentation, organization, and collaboration.

I think Notion is already a very good and brilliant product, and I wish to keep using Notion forever. I would rate this product a ten out of ten.