What is Notion?

Notion combines documents, wikis, databases and project boards into one connected workspace. Teams use it as a single source of truth for notes, specs and planning, with powerful relational databases and a huge template ecosystem. The free plan works well for personal use; team features are paid.

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Notion is great — until you hit the paywall, need offline access, or want to own your data. These ten apps cover every reason people leave, and most of them are completely free.

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