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Great WiKi tool for company information or project documentations
What do you like best about the product?
Very easy to use right from the beginning. There is no need for any onboarding or tutorial. When creating a new project or a page everything is very intuitive and can be personalized with images and emojis. Also, there is a huge variety of ready templates. So when you start a project there is no need to build a structure from scratch you can just use the template that is most suitable for your task and then customize it as you wish. Autosaves will make sure that you will never lose the work that you did.
What do you dislike about the product?
II would like to have the ability to organize workspaces more flexibly. Right now it's only divided into 2 sections Public and Private. But would be nice to separate for example product documentation from company documentation. Right now I can only add pages but would be nice to divide those pages into sections.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
My team has 24/7 access to all documentation that is needed for work. Also in case, they do any changes to the product they can add this information to Notion documents straight away from the computer or from an app
It is convenient to store unimportant information that you can return to later.
What do you like best about the product?
Ability to quickly outline a plan or a short article. The division into folders, subfolders, and categories.
The feature I like most is the toggle itself, especially toggle headers.
The feature I like most is the toggle itself, especially toggle headers.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the editor doesn't listen to you.
And there is still a lack of support for exporting pdf in horizontal format and the wrapping of long lines in blocks of code during export.
It is also desirable to allow all pages to be displayed in full width in the profile settings.
And there is still a lack of support for exporting pdf in horizontal format and the wrapping of long lines in blocks of code during export.
It is also desirable to allow all pages to be displayed in full width in the profile settings.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
As I mentioned above, it helps me write small articles for users, or for me.
And I use it a little bit as a knowledge base.
Although not everything is comfortable for me in.
And I use it a little bit as a knowledge base.
Although not everything is comfortable for me in.
Very customizable and contains tons of functionality
What do you like best about the product?
Notion has been most helpful for long-form documentation and task management. The database views and database relations have been very helpful. I also love all the different options of properties within a database, and being able to sort/filter on all of them. The ability to gate access page by page has been a treat.
What do you dislike about the product?
Improved integration with Toggl (3rd party app), or creating timer property (play and stop button?) in a database item would be awesome. Being able to estimate tasks and have the actual time spent as a property has been one of the biggest pain points over the last year and a half.
Basecamp handles company announcements well. I don't have specific recommendations for Notion, but I would encourage them to look at Basecamp Message Boards for reference. Being able to make company announcements clearly to technical and non-technical audiences has been one of the biggest hangups for us from completely switching to Notion. Non-technical folks seem intimidated by Notion at times.
Not having direct messages may be negative with Notion. Folks have to use Slack or another 3rd party system until this feature would exist.
Overall I think Notion is close to having everything I need to use standalone, but some of the functionality above requires me to turn to other 3rd party options.
Basecamp handles company announcements well. I don't have specific recommendations for Notion, but I would encourage them to look at Basecamp Message Boards for reference. Being able to make company announcements clearly to technical and non-technical audiences has been one of the biggest hangups for us from completely switching to Notion. Non-technical folks seem intimidated by Notion at times.
Not having direct messages may be negative with Notion. Folks have to use Slack or another 3rd party system until this feature would exist.
Overall I think Notion is close to having everything I need to use standalone, but some of the functionality above requires me to turn to other 3rd party options.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I mentioned earlier, but Notion has helped me tremendously with long-form documentation. I use Notion as a wiki to document everything I do.
I really can't stress how awesome the database views are too.
I really can't stress how awesome the database views are too.
If Paper and Google Docs had a beautiful baby (including the growing pains)
What do you like best about the product?
I love the versatility in how you can format and present information. Notion is easy to use and customize the way you'd like and makes it simple to present information in an engaging way that also makes sense. It also has a robust data engine that allows you to reference other docs and build out formulas (something I'm not familiar with but have seen others leverage and it's super cool)
What do you dislike about the product?
Certain features I would use for collaborating don't work so well - like linking out to a section of the document to share is super buggy if the doc gets to a certain size. Also, being listed as a collaborator on a document can be a nightmare because you can't mute the notifications unless you remove yourself from the document. Support was responsive with this issue and I think they're working on it, but it's not up to par with a Paper or Google Doc in this area yet.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Notion gives me more freedom to visually present information the way I would like it, compared to Google Docs which is too rigid and without half the formatting capabilities. I've built launch plans and briefs with images and tables and it all around was simple and intuitive.
Notion is like Google services but so much better
What do you like best about the product?
My friend introduced me to notion in 2019. I could see how passionate he was about organising his life on notion pages and in data bases. So I decided to give it a try. After a month of playing around I realized how genius the platform is.
The platform is like combination of your paper note book, database management system, link storage and collaboration space.
Imagine having a desktop. Normally you can have shortcuts (little square logos) to word, excel, jpg files. But what if you can have a full size picture, a text next to it, underneath links to sources and a calendar, and somewhere on the side filtered data from the database? Sounds fantastic, I know. No other software can organize information in such a convenient way.
Since then I use it for everything, from daily task, to friends and family network management, to university notes, to building complex CRM & SRM systems.
The platform is like combination of your paper note book, database management system, link storage and collaboration space.
Imagine having a desktop. Normally you can have shortcuts (little square logos) to word, excel, jpg files. But what if you can have a full size picture, a text next to it, underneath links to sources and a calendar, and somewhere on the side filtered data from the database? Sounds fantastic, I know. No other software can organize information in such a convenient way.
Since then I use it for everything, from daily task, to friends and family network management, to university notes, to building complex CRM & SRM systems.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are barely any glitches. If I compare it to Microsoft ecosystem, it's like black and white. Microsoft is growing fast but with loads of imperfections. Notion is growing slow but steadily. My only fear is that this service is so cool that they might charge at one point in the future more than I can afford. Their software is more than I could wish for, but there are no alternatives. Meaning, if I ever will be forced to leave, I have no idea how to extract all the data without getting lost in it. For now it is possible to extract in a form of a pdf or excel file. It is better than nothing, but if you have large set of data in various formats, it is a problem. I am so happy to have my life organized on notion, but it freaks me out if I won't have access to it or have to move to other service for whatever reason.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is a unique software that combines various data formats (text, pictures, excel tables, links etc) in a convenient layout with a very user friendly interface. I had no previous experience working with database management, but now I organize everything there.
Great tool to keep notes and documents structured in one place
What do you like best about the product?
Notion lets me share notes and documents with my team and provides the features to keep everything organized and easy to find. We were able to get rid of loose documents and bad file structuring.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are glitches sometimes that caused our data to be inaccessible for a while, this was solved with help from Notion's customer support. The iOS app also has a glitch where the app shifts around content or freezes when you reopen it from running the app in the background.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Notion solves the situation where our .txt files are all over the place. Meeting notes can be easily kept together with other project documentation. It is also the place where company policies and similar documents are kept and updated if necessary.
All-in-one Personal and Work Management Tool that offers me everything I need
What do you like best about the product?
What I like the best is that it is so versatile - it offers me options to structure and manage information exactly as I want it. The best part is that it helps me structure information in a way that I structure things in my head so as a consequence I can find information much quicker.
What do you dislike about the product?
The thing that I'm missing a bit in Notion is a bit stronger task management - I would like to see options for managing projects that could be broken down into tasks and subtasks.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Above all Notion helps me store and organize all the information that I want to save and process for later use. It also helps me structure large plans and brake them down into smaller parts such as tasks which gives me clarity over my priorities.
Great tool for organising your work
What do you like best about the product?
Simplicity and user-friendly design. It took me just a couple of days to become a rather confident user. Other great things are lots of organising fuctions and easy teamwork opportunities.
What do you dislike about the product?
1) Too many emails (every time my student edits a page I get a notification). I don't need that many and would like to be able to change the default setting.
2) Tables and databases are very easy to manipulate but hard to create, especially when it comes to more complex options (like 5-star ratings for instance).
3) Another thing, sometimes I get the error that the object is too large to copy to a given page, but other times the very same manipulation would go smoothly.
2) Tables and databases are very easy to manipulate but hard to create, especially when it comes to more complex options (like 5-star ratings for instance).
3) Another thing, sometimes I get the error that the object is too large to copy to a given page, but other times the very same manipulation would go smoothly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I appreciated the "(1)" instead of "copy of" in the page title. Sync blocks are nice. The support team is wonderful, they managed to help me every time I had an issue. I am in two minds about the button "safe for everybody". It can be nice at times, but it takes some time to get used to. I would love to have the option to choose whether I actually want to have this button on a given page or not.
Excellent method to share knowledge
What do you like best about the product?
I love how easy it is to use. It's better than most wiki software I've ever used, it's simple to get pages created and the base formatting looks good, and it's nice to see edit history inline.
What do you dislike about the product?
The editor can be finicky. Sometimes, when I try to select a single word it will select the entire paragraph and then won't let me unselect anything, so I have to refresh the whole page. That's the big one that drives me nuts.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Before Notion, my teams and I would have to write things in Google Docs or in markdown files in the repo, both of which were deeply annoying. Now we have a single source of truth.
Notion is AMAZING for Startups!
What do you like best about the product?
Nothing provides a lot of flexibility to create dynamic pages for both tracking information and managing business processes. Notion is a bit more user-friendly than other note-taking tools, especially when collaborating with others. Their support is also very responsive and available to help with any issues and problems youhave.
What do you dislike about the product?
Notion can be expensive for small businesses that are not utilizing the full suite of functionality. Startups can take advantage of the Notion Startup program to alleviate the cost. There is also a lot of nested functionality in Notion that can take some time to learn & understand. This can slow individual user adoption, unless time is spent learning all of the pieces.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Notion helps my startup track information and automate the management of business processes. This provides helps us save time and provide transparency into the overall status.
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