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Advanced digital notebook for notes, journaling, guides, and more
What do you like best about the product?
This software, along with several more advanced features, can be enjoyed for free, making it an extremely accessible tool. The most impressive aspect of this software, however, is the ability to reference existing content within itself. A user can reference existing content through the standard linking of another page or by using my favorite feature -synced blocks.
What do you dislike about the product?
As a person who enjoys using this software and free software, I'm at a bit of a crossroads. I find extreme value in using this software as an individual user and frankly would like to be able to share that value within a collaborative setting. Collaboration is possible but at a cost that is a bit on the steeper side, in my opinion. There were also some features that I felt should be relatively standard to free software (such as printing a complete pdf) which require the premium license. Outside of price, however, I find that the mobile app is sometimes difficult to use on the iPad. I find it much more convienient to use a computer when working in Notion if I am doing a lot of formatting.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Notion has been able to fulfill a wide range of solutions for me. Task-wise, I have used it as a journal, for taking notes, to create guides/manuals, and as a way to organize lists. It has allowed for me to improve my organization since it is consistently available to me on multiple devices.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Formatting a page from an iPad can be difficult sometimes if using some of the more advanced block types.
Great place to document and share!
What do you like best about the product?
I like the different integration we can make: link to page, embed, integrate databases, tack, add a basic block, or type. It's very pleasing to the eye and easy to link multiple pages across teams for different stakeholders.
What do you dislike about the product?
It can be a little restricting, and the training phase to get used to Notion is long. It's not clear how to create your templates based on a page that has already been made.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Communication across different teams in the company. For me, it is primarily used to document all the processes and training. It's also used to track OKR's and take meeting minutes so that everything is easily accessible to everyone.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Make sure your employees or users use Notion often. Otherwise, the learning time or how easily they can find documentation meant for them is going to be slow.
Great for recording training materials
What do you like best about the product?
I like that Notion is easy to use and has an intuitive interface. It's a lot like a word processor, but with the added abillity to embed multimedia. It's also easy for the end user to navigate through.
What do you dislike about the product?
I really dislike having to log in via an emailed code every time. I wish there was a username and password login method.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
When I started my job as a graphic designer at a health & wellness company, we had a few onboarding tutorials and SOPs on Notion because the other graphic designer was remote. Over a couple years I built out really robust employee onboarding & SOP tutorials, so robust that I actually consulted it for a lot of things even though I wrote it, and that we started using it to onboard the non-designers on our team too. I like that it's easy to embed multimedia because that's definitely needed for design-focused tutorials. And I like being able to add links really easily, even cross-reference links within Notion. The click-and-drag function is especially good for easy formatting. I don't know any other program that would have worked as well for what I did.
Organization in its simplest form
What do you like best about the product?
The best part of Notion? Its integrations!
I incredibly appreciate the range of blocks that allow you to embed whatever your heart desires. My personal favorite is the Replit embed for sharing code, and the database blocks are super high up there too.
Some notable features that I love:
- All about data! Organize your data in any manner, layout, or appearance you like.
- The design! It's easy to adopt and excellent for power users. There is no complication and it values simplicity.
- Unlimited use cases. I use Notion on my team and in my personal life. Sometimes it's for tracking todos and other times for monitoring projects.
I incredibly appreciate the range of blocks that allow you to embed whatever your heart desires. My personal favorite is the Replit embed for sharing code, and the database blocks are super high up there too.
Some notable features that I love:
- All about data! Organize your data in any manner, layout, or appearance you like.
- The design! It's easy to adopt and excellent for power users. There is no complication and it values simplicity.
- Unlimited use cases. I use Notion on my team and in my personal life. Sometimes it's for tracking todos and other times for monitoring projects.
What do you dislike about the product?
There isn't much to dislike about Notion. It's unopinionated and leaves everything up to you. I guess my biggest critique would be its speed and uptime. Notion's growth has led to some occasional downtime due to their servers being unable to handle the traffic.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
My team uses Notion to track customer feedback and progress on our products. In my personal life, I use it to write down ideas, track goals, and get an insight into my lifestyle.
Right when I started using Notion, the benefits become apparent.
- Everything is in one place. No searching through notebooks or confusing organizational systems.
- Transform ideas from just a thought to reality. Notion is great for tracking goals and helping you stay on path.
Right when I started using Notion, the benefits become apparent.
- Everything is in one place. No searching through notebooks or confusing organizational systems.
- Transform ideas from just a thought to reality. Notion is great for tracking goals and helping you stay on path.
The best tool for productivity and organization, both professionally and personally!
What do you like best about the product?
I live how flexible and powerful Notion is. It allows for so many workflows like a Kanban board, tables, managing multiple databases of files for certain pages, sharing information internally with a team, and driving productivity. It also servers as a great way to take quick notes when on a call or organizing my own to-dos. As a team, this has really helped everyone work together on big projects and break things down into small, assignable chunks. We have used a main central template for bigger projects and assign smaller parts to functional areas and this has worked exceptionally well for us. Essentially a whole workflow process dedicated to way our company has chosen to work which is super valuable!
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the flexibility across several users causes some confusion and doesn't have many guardrails in place to really keep everyone using Notion the same way. One issue we had ran into was several different users had their own opinions about how the layout should look and work, which then caused some teams to not be as organized as others.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Notion for my product development process, including discovery, competitive analysis, conducting customer interviews, and writing requirements for the development team. It has been an essential part of my success and pairing with other functions like Design and Engineering!
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Appointing someone as somewhat of an admin for Notion templates and workflows is super helpful in making sure you can handle a broad set of use cases, while not causing chaos with everyone creating pages and templates in one department.
The long-time search for a all-in-one workplace is over
What do you like best about the product?
Finally, there is an app, which You can use to organise all the stuff You've got with the necessary context. You can store content as pages, tables, boards and lists. You can use many of available templates or create Your own ones, which does it for You. No more separate apps for tasks, knowledge bits, reading lists or helpful URLs - in Notion You can do better!
What do you dislike about the product?
As it's still a relatively "new" app of course it has it drawbacks: sometimes it's not super-fast (especially if You have a lot of information in pages and tables), some things are sophisticated (not saying "complicated" on purpose, but some people may struggle with a few features) and as there is no "one pil for all" templates You may find Yourself lost in the number of templates procided and, later, even frustrated as You still don't know which one to use. A "learning curve" is the word and for Notion it really takes some quality time to know Your instrument.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I started using Notion for my work - I store and update information about my team, activities (projects, researches, presales and etc), log meeting notes and maintain knowledge base for myself and my colleagues. I used to do it all but in different apps (Things, SharePoint, Trello, JIRA, Confluence), but when You don't keep it connected sometimes You lose focus and context. Now that I have all bits of information connected I know anytime: who, where, what. The best thing for me - I started logging important decisions on Projects (how we prepare and conduct testing, how we prepare release, etc) and know I can easily shre this info with the project team and even appeal to these notes before client to support previous arrangements.
Favorite everyday platform
What do you like best about the product?
What I like about Notion is how easily I can stay organized, from keeping important details and files to creating a design, marketing, and project management. The options are endless. I started to use it a couple of years ago and never regret it or considered changing it to a similar platform. The Notion was there when I was making my first steps in programming and design and still is there on my way to achieve my goals. Not to mention how fast they improve their product and how amazing upgrades are. Also, prices are reasonable, which adds more value to the whole product.
What do you dislike about the product?
There's nothing I dislike about this product.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I can run any project that I have and stay updated. It is easy to find your files, boards, anything you created. You can be very creative while working at the same time. It's suitable for anyone: marketing, design, sales, operations etc.
Flexible no-code tool for productivity and project management
What do you like best about the product?
Automations are very useful to avoid repetitive tasks and speed up the workflow such as creating tasks, adding relations, applying templates, recurring tasks and meeting and etc.
What do you dislike about the product?
I use Notion as a my second brain as well. So it would be nice to have a whiteboard view, as some of the competitors have made, to organize thoughts and connect ideas.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am personally using Notion to build my productivity system, and some people call it the life OS. At work, we use it for project management and research purposes.
Most Flexible Document Creator With AI
What do you like best about the product?
What is most helpful about Notion is that it is extremely flexible. You can have text, databases, spreadsheets, and all sorts of different things in a single document. Plus, I love that you can nest these items on as many levels as you want.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish that UI was a little bit more modern.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Usually, I have all of my documents and apps that I use scattered across different apps on the Internet. But with Notion, it can replace a whole bunch of apps with just one tool.
Your Business and Life - All In One Location!
What do you like best about the product?
I love the fact I can keep my entire life and business in one single app, and that I can access it via desktop or mobile. The price is amazing. $5/month for a single user. It's like having a bullet journal in digital form that I can carry around with me everywhere. I can create sections for any facet of my life: work, home, personal, and more. It's excellent!
What do you dislike about the product?
Some areas leave a little bit to be desired in terms of design and layout. I would like the ability to have a top-to-bottom kanban board versus a left-to-right one. I would also love to see the option to color code calendar events, tables in spreadsheets, and cards in the kanban view for us people who are visual thinkers and organizers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I used to keep random notes in various Notepad files to the point where my entire Documents folder was full of txt files, plus physical notebooks and more. Notion condenses all of that into one location.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Take advantage of their template/page library as well as their tutorials. Also, consider using the cover photo and icon options to jazz up your workspaces.
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