Do you like Notion? Isn't it overrated?

I will never use Notion because all the data are locked in. It's very obvious for me to not use Notion. If I don't have control over my notes, I can't use that product.

I use Obsidian. All the files are on my computer, and even if the company goes under, the notes are still with me in markdown. I can choose to buy sync option. Or sync with something like Dropbox.

Notion is the only note taking app I managed to stick with. I’ve previously used EverNote, OneNote, org-mode, BearNotes (most overrated note app ever), plain text notes, Obsidian and Apple Notes, in this order.

I love Notion because:

- the block system is top notch. It’s a great way to fix a common issue with WYSIWYG: impossibility to add a new line after a block (often after a table, a picture, etc. you can’t place a cursor for some reason)

- very easy to make pretty pages: an icon, a banner, drag and drop to make multi column layouts, colors

- table support is great, unlike BearNotes

- code support is great, unlike Apple Notes

- search works fine and sharing works great, unlike Obsidian

- databases are cool

Basically I’ve never had something I wanted to do that I couldn’t.

We use notion. I never found it difficult to use, but I don't really see how it's a household name. We use it as a hierarchical wysiwyg wiki. It's the kind of thing that could pretty easily be replaced with a free open source version. I also don't see what the crossover with LLMs is

I don't get the hype between Notion, Airtable, Asana...

Sometimes they feel like glorified Microsoft Office!

Are there any really good Notion alternatives? Preferably Open Source?

Did notion add Find and Replace?

Last time I used it, about a year ago, it did not have this feature and notion had been out for years at that point.

I stopped using it because it lacked this basic feature.

https://twitter.com/businessbarista/status/16843813180946595...

It's easy to create content, but it's terrible finding content. Even alternatives like Coda suck at this.

No startup in this space has solved this problem yet.

I use it for real estate investing: templates for common guest messages (check in, check out, thank you for booking), links to insurance/mortgage/utilities, contractor logs, lease templates and completed contracts, etc.

It’s been immensely helpful; I’m sure there other ones that work well too but this one does everything I need.

I can't stand Notion but love Coda. Pivoted my team to using it and they seem to love it as well.

I use it daily, it works for me but honestly it still feels weird. But so do all note taking apps.

Well its hard to see the point of building a knowledge base that's entirely at the whims of a company and needs me to be online. I prefer to use something like Obsidian that I can control synching behavior.

Not my cup-of-tea

I can't use Notion, they don't allow me to change the hotkeys, they interfere with my keyboard layout.

I like it a lot. Strikes a good balance between number of features and usability. My team at my job all love it, the rest of the company prefers Microsoft Office tools.

I also find it annoying. My whole company uses Craft now.

It was too pretty and fancy for me. I wasted hours customising it instead of getting things done.

Pen and paper works best for me. At most, I use Google Docs.

Yes, I feel like their interface design is pretty awesome. Relational databases for everyone, I'd say.