Why I’ve switched… // Obsidian vs Notion

In this video we will compare two popular note taking and project management tools, Obsidian and Notion. We'll explore the pros and cons of each program, and discuss their limitations. If you're interested in finding the best tool for your note taking and project management needs, this video is for you. *#Confluence #Kolekti #ContentFormattingMacros*

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction
03:13 Privacy and file storage
06:05 Which tool has the better features?
11:39 Pricing and Collaboration
15:19 Conclusion

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[StaffyDoo]

It’s funny, I’m in the process of moving to Obsidian after using Notion for about two years. Notion is great and all, but once you upload anything to it, it’s no more yours. Obsidian + Syncthing will give me back control and Data Sovereignty above stupid comfort! ✊ Edit: typo.

[murtadha]

I use both of them together. Obsidian is perfect for my own private notes and my own personal projects, planning, and Zettlkasten connected permanent notes. Notion is perfect for project management, transient notes, its databases, things to “explore” as opposed to concrete stuff like book notes for example.

[markloughtonUK]

Obsidian + obsidian-livesync (self hosted sync server run in docker) is the way to go 😊

[ikubeberlin]

ai, online, own format, no plugins I'm out

[JohnWalsh-uwcj]

I always want to use Notion but it is so slow feeling…

[ivantomica]

Since I invested in learning Emacs and using org-mode for all my notes, tasks, and much more, I stopped having this need for hopping between apps. 🙂 As long as you stick with one product, you can be productive in any. Worst thing for productivity is being on the constant productivity hunt. Spending more time managing tasks than doing them. 🙂

[GhostOpsAirsoft]

I'm looking at "Anytype" that has the local first approach as a Notion replacement. But it lacks a good approach to self-hosting the sync server. Currently you have to build out everything on your own. They do have plans to make self-hosting the sync server much easier soon.

[SplittingField]

Any experience with backups? For example, if you lose access to your account tomorrow, will you have your files available in a reasonable format to continue where you left off?

[usmcboyd]

Two things. 1) Your discord link is expired. 2) How did you go about moving your obsidian notes to Notion while maintaining properties?

[Vision]

You did it the wrong way around mate 🙂
Went from proprietary to open source, from cloud to local …
My data!

[benzflynn]

I have managed to get by without either, Christian.
But from what you say it seems like usability and collaboration is easier with Notion while Obsidian has greater scope for linking ideas, facts and phenomena together although a slower learning curve.

[johngleeson]

How do you get all your data from Obsidian into Notion? Worse still, how do you get data out of Notion?

[MrDapar]

Yes I’d love to see how it’s used in your projects.

[demorez]

i was always interested how much companies pay for sponsored videos. now i know :D

[ikubeberlin]

One good point of obsidian is you have the files local, so you can share the files you want with your editor (not with obsidian but other methods) and not the whole vault with your private notes

[marcinkunert]

Notion takes ages to start, feels heavy and clumpy.

[sebg]

I installed Obsidian 15 minutes ago just to try and now im confused 😂

[tyler]

I've switched to AnyType and I'm pretty happy with it for how I use a second brain.

[slavasslava]

The lack of Notion native app (there are some 3rd party tools) for Linux is the reason I don't like it! Shame on them.

[petrifiedDuck-wvwf]

I really like Notion, but it felt like moving to Obsidian was a better decision for me to keep my IT-related notes in a Zettlkasten-like repo. I also like owning my notes, so sharing them with Notion didn't feel right.