# Which tool offers the best search and tagging features?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Hello G2 Community! I’ve been exploring <a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/note-taking-software">note-taking tools</a> with powerful search and tagging capabilities, especially valuable as notes pile up and searching by context becomes essential. Here are a few highly rated contenders:</p><ol>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/notion/reviews"><strong>Notion</strong></a><strong>:</strong> Enables advanced search across databases, plus properties like tags, filters, and backlinks to help you find what you need fast. Its database structure ensures your content remains discoverable and connected.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-onenote/reviews"><strong>Microsoft OneNote</strong></a><strong>:</strong> Offers robust keyword search across sections and pages, along with notebook-wide tagging to categorize content for easy retrieval.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/evernote/reviews"><strong>Evernote</strong></a><strong>:</strong> Known for powerful indexing, searches include images and handwriting. Tagging and note organization have been core strengths for years.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/fathom-video/reviews"><strong>Fathom</strong></a><strong>:</strong> While primarily a meeting assistant, it offers a transcription search feature that lets you locate key moments in calls efficiently.</li>
</ol><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Which note-taking app has genuinely helped you find information faster, through tagging or search, and how has it impacted your workflow?</p>

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- Posted at: 11 months ago
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## Comments
### Comment 1

&lt;p&gt;When your note library grows into the hundreds or thousands, does full-text search outperform tagging, or is a hybrid approach the best strategy?&lt;/p&gt;

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