| | notes | used >3 months | | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | | **obsidian** | 🟢 files are portable and durable<br>🟢 free to use<br>🟢 user-centric model and philosophy<br>🟢 consistent quality of life improvements<br>🟢 great core plugins, including [[{4.1b2d} obsidian bases versus notion databases\|bases]] and canvas<br><br>🟡 no built-in sync between devices<br>🟡 overwhelming customization options | ✔️ | | **notion** | 🟢 convenient browser, desktop, and shared access<br>🟢 user-friendly dashboards<br><br>🟡 performance issues over time<br>🟡 unreliable backup and exporting (annecdotally) | ✔️ | | **capacties** | ⚪ object-based organization<br><br>🟢 durable exports<br>🟢 browser access and cloud storage<br><br>🟡 forced hierarchy / org style | ✔️ | | **roam research** | ⚪ outliner<br><br>🟡 more expensive than alternatives | | | **logseq** | ⚪ outliner<br><br>🟢 open source | | | **tana** | 🟢 very cool supertag concept<br><br>🟡product direction is confusing?? <br>🟡steepest learning curve depending on your use case | |