Notion is an all-in-one workspace that combines note-taking, project management, and task organization. It allows users to create customized databases, documents, and calendars to streamline their personal and professional workflows.

Notion Reviews

The community submitted 1,319 reviews to tell us what they like about Notion, what Notion can do better, and more.

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Notion earns strong praise for unifying docs, databases, and teamwork, with users calling it a reliable “second brain” once the setup clicks. Founders behind

Mobbin

Remy AI

, and

Welltory

say they run specs, roadmaps, and knowledge in one place, stretching it from planning to execution. Reviewers applaud templates, flexible views, and helpful AI summaries. Common asks: faster performance at large scale, better offline support, clearer permissions, and more stable real‑time editing. The learning curve exists, but the payoff is a streamlined, central workspace.

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Pros

all-in-one workspace (153)

team collaboration (87)

project management (79)

flexible customization (71)

note-taking (55)

task management (41)

knowledge management (37)

database functionality (34)

clean interface (28)

extensive templates (17)

Cons

slow performance (19)

steep learning curve (16)

overwhelming features (10)

lack of offline mode (6)

complex UI (4)

integration with other tools (4)

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to build Blink Agent Builder

•10 reviews

Run the entire company in one workspace.

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to build Binary

•4 reviews

All our task tracking, product docs and more reside in Notion.

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to build Caffeine Curfew iOS App

•4 reviews

I lived in Notion during development because it was the only way to keep my feature ideas and bug reports from getting messy. It acted as my central brain for planning the launch strategy and drafting all the App Store copy. Honestly, having my entire roadmap in one searchable place kept me from feeling overwhelmed as a solo developer.

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to build StoryChief AI Canvas

•9 reviews

easy to keep up the notes

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to build GetThis

•7 reviews

One workspace. Every team. All planning lived here: product specs, roadmaps, experiments, and launch checklists. Docs + databases in one space dramatically reduced context switching. It helped us turn ideas into execution without losing momentum.

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2mo ago

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to build TypeBoost

•5 reviews

Notion is our No. 1 thinking space. Ideas, specs, copy, planning. Everything lives there. It’s flexible enough to grow with the product and structured enough to not turn into chaos. Hard to replace once your whole system is built on it.

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2mo ago

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to build Therapist AI

•6 reviews

I loved that I could organise my thoughts into tasks that I could check off - I tried Asana and loved it but moreover I wanted something to help me step by step with check boxes.

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What's great

project management (79)clean interface (28)extensive templates (17)all-in-one workspace (153)

What needs improvement

Creating Tables and Databases should be more intuitive with the UX it is hard to link tables to databases manually if you are a novice...use the AI and describe your needs exactly

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airtable

Great interface and easy to start and export project once it is too large for notion db.

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77 views1mo ago

•1 review

What's great

Notion brings everything into one place — notes, tasks, databases, and team collaboration. It’s highly flexible, clean, and powerful once you set it up, making it great for both personal and team productivity.

What needs improvement

The learning curve can be steep for new users, and performance can feel slow with large pages or databases. Better offline support would also be helpful.

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I considered tools like Evernote, Trello, and Confluence, but they felt more limited or fragmented compared to Notion.

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168 views1mo ago

•1 review

What's great

team collaboration (87)project management (79)all-in-one workspace (153)

Dividing same project in different stages & working on them at same time makes my daily life easier

What needs improvement

-working very slow in large databases
-lack of basic structures like excel, sometimes i prefer excel over notion

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