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Small-Business (72.9% of reviews)
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Free
Goodnotes
Star Rating
(93)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (72.9% of reviews)
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Entry-Level Pricing
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Star Rating
(10,782)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (67.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Notion excels in providing a wide range of features and constant updates, making it a versatile tool for various workflows. Users appreciate its capabilities for cross-team collaboration and documentation, particularly highlighting the efficiency of Notion AI in quickly surfacing relevant information.
- Users say Goodnotes stands out for its intuitive note-taking experience, especially with its handwriting recognition and spelling correction features. Reviewers find it easy to organize notes into folders, which enhances their productivity during meetings and helps them capture important details without missing a beat.
- According to verified reviews, Notion's user interface is praised for its ease of use, although some users mention that it can take time to fully adapt to its extensive features. The support for markdown formatting is particularly valued, allowing users to create and import documents seamlessly.
- Reviewers mention that Goodnotes offers a more straightforward setup process, making it a go-to choice for users who prioritize simplicity in their note-taking applications. The interactive nature of the app keeps users engaged, which is a significant plus for those who find traditional note-taking methods tedious.
- G2 reviewers highlight that while Notion has a higher overall satisfaction score, Goodnotes maintains a strong performance in specific areas like ease of setup and administration. Users appreciate how Goodnotes allows them to quickly create and manage their notes, making it particularly effective for those who need to stay organized on the go.
- Users report that Notion's robust support and community resources contribute to a positive experience, especially for small businesses looking to leverage its capabilities for project management and documentation. In contrast, Goodnotes, while effective for personal note-taking, may not offer the same level of collaborative features that teams might require.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Goodnotes
No pricing availableNotion
Free
Free
For individuals to organize personal projects and life
- Free for individual usage
- Basic forms
- Basic sites
Free Trial
Goodnotes
Free Trial is available
Notion
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
70
8.8
7,674
Ease of Use
9.3
74
8.3
7,824
Ease of Setup
9.1
50
8.2
3,795
Ease of Admin
9.2
6
8.4
1,968
Quality of Support
8.6
43
8.5
5,395
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
7
8.9
1,826
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
72
9.4
7,710
Features by Category
Tasks
Not enough data
8.7
3749
Not enough data
8.3
3662
Not enough data
8.6
3758
Not enough data
8.9
3882
Not enough data
7.7
3075
Not enough data
7.4
2862
Not enough data
8.4
3618
Not enough data
7.5
3210
Projects
Not enough data
8.8
3552
Not enough data
8.3
3133
Not enough data
7.4
2532
Not enough data
8.1
3371
Not enough data
8.5
3282
Not enough data
7.4
2580
Not enough data
7.8
2709
Not enough data
8.3
3442
Not enough data
7.2
2341
Not enough data
7.5
2612
Not enough data
7.7
2513
Resource Management
Not enough data
7.9
2767
Not enough data
7.8
2833
Not enough data
7.9
3107
Project Monitoring
Not enough data
7.7
2398
Not enough data
7.6
2448
Not enough data
8.2
3085
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.8
1360
Not enough data
8.0
1348
Agentic AI - Project Management
Not enough data
6.9
642
Not enough data
7.2
641
Not enough data
7.0
643
Not enough data
7.0
632
Not enough data
7.3
633
Not enough data
6.8
630
Not enough data
6.9
631
Core Conversational Capabilities - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
8.1
53
Not enough data
8.1
54
Not enough data
8.3
55
Data
Not enough data
8.0
219
Not enough data
8.0
212
Interaction
Not enough data
7.5
212
Not enough data
8.0
216
Not enough data
8.1
218
Not enough data
8.0
210
Not enough data
8.2
216
Task & Flow Management - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
7.8
49
Not enough data
7.7
50
Learning
Not enough data
7.9
209
Not enough data
7.3
204
Deployment & Embedding - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
7.1
45
Not enough data
7.0
42
Content Generation
Not enough data
7.9
209
Not enough data
7.9
208
Admin & Configuration - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
7.2
41
System
Not enough data
7.1
201
Not enough data
7.8
206
Not enough data
7.8
205
Not enough data
7.9
214
Agentic AI - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
7.6
142
Not enough data
7.7
140
Not enough data
7.6
140
Not enough data
7.7
142
Not enough data
7.9
142
Not enough data
7.4
139
Not enough data
7.5
144
Monitoring & Improvement - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
7.9
43
Reliability & Safety - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
8.1
44
Grammar
Not enough data
8.5
3454
Not enough data
8.3
3240
Not enough data
8.6
3408
Formatting
Not enough data
7.1
2181
Not enough data
8.0
2961
Not enough data
7.0
2183
Content
Not enough data
8.3
3047
Not enough data
8.4
3302
Not enough data
7.8
2443
Product Type
Not enough data
8.4
2681
Not enough data
7.4
2047
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.2
1071
Not enough data
8.5
1068
Organization
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Editing
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
Operating System
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Collaboration Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visual Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Mind Map Availability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Mind Mapping
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Knowledge Pages
Not enough data
8.3
3701
Not enough data
8.0
3042
Not enough data
8.0
3175
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.8
2581
Not enough data
8.3
3392
Knowledge Dissemination
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.0
3146
Not enough data
8.7
3725
Not enough data
7.8
3393
Not enough data
8.0
3173
Not enough data
7.4
2810
Not enough data
8.6
3639
Not enough data
7.7
2937
Not enough data
7.9
2899
Agentic AI - Knowledge Base
Not enough data
7.3
933
Not enough data
7.4
963
Not enough data
7.0
925
Compatibility
Not enough data
7.8
320
Not enough data
7.8
317
Not enough data
7.3
307
Agentic AI - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
7.1
172
Not enough data
7.1
174
Not enough data
7.2
170
Not enough data
7.1
167
Not enough data
6.9
165
Not enough data
7.0
167
Search Queries
Not enough data
7.7
319
Not enough data
7.7
310
Not enough data
7.3
308
Not enough data
7.7
310
Not enough data
8.1
320
AI powered search - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
7.4
99
Not enough data
7.2
98
Not enough data
7.1
98
Functionality
Not enough data
8.0
314
Not enough data
7.3
315
Not enough data
7.6
319
Compatibility - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
7.6
103
Not enough data
7.5
101
Not enough data
7.4
97
Functionality - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
7.7
99
Not enough data
7.4
97
Not enough data
7.3
97
Search Queries - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
7.6
92
Not enough data
7.5
94
Not enough data
7.7
96
Not enough data
7.6
94
Responses
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automation - AI Agents
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Autonomy - AI Agents
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Annotation Tools - Markup Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Collaboration - Markup Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security - Markup Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Customization - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data and Analytics - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Note-Taking Software
7.8
9
7.8
480
Knowledge Base
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AI Agents
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Goodnotes and Notion are categorized as Note-Taking Software
Unique Categories
Notion is categorized as AI Chatbots, Knowledge Base, AI Writing Assistant, Enterprise Search Software, Project Management, AI Agent Builders, and AI Agents For Business Operations
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Goodnotes
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Notion
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
10.6%
Higher Education
8.2%
Marketing and Advertising
7.1%
Design
7.1%
Construction
5.9%
Other
61.2%
Computer Software
13.7%
Information Technology and Services
11.5%
Marketing and Advertising
7.2%
Higher Education
6.4%
Financial Services
4.7%
Other
56.5%
Discussions
How do you customize your notebooks? And the pages inside of it?
1 Comment
MM
Go to the 3 dots found at the top right corner, and find options to edit thereRead more
What can GoodNotes do?
1 Comment
RF
Goodnotes takes note taking to the next level! You can organize into "notebooks", draw, type, import photos, snap pics, etc.
Goodnotes also works with...Read more
Goodnotes has no more discussions with answers
Is there a way to make font and text boxes even smaller? I'm at the lowest font size already
2 Comments
NM
Not really. If you have already click the 3 dots in the top right hand corner and chosen small text, then at the moment that's all you can doRead more
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