G2

Raphaël A.

Founder

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/14/2026

"A Life-Changing “Second Brain” for Organizing and Leveraging Claude Code"

5/5

What do you like best about Obsidian?

Organize my 2nd brain and leverage claude code, genuinely changed my life Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Obsidian?

The learning curve is real. Obsidian hands you a blank canvas and expects you to build your own system, so the first weeks go into configuring plugins instead of actually writing. A lot of features that feel core (advanced queries, tables, kanban) rely on community plugins, which can break on updates and need maintenance. Sync is a paid add-on, and getting reliable mobile sync without it is fiddly. On a large vault with many plugins, startup and search noticeably slow down, and the mobile app stays a step behind the desktop. It is also single-player by design, so it is not the tool for real-time team collaboration, and there is no native AI, you have to bolt that on yourself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Obsidian solving and how is that benefiting you?

It replaced a scattered mix of Docs, Notion and note apps with one local, linked knowledge base. I use it as a second brain for my startup: projects, research, meeting notes and decisions all interlink, so months later I can trace exactly why a decision was made. Owning the files as plain Markdown means zero vendor lock-in and long-term durability, which matters for knowledge I want to keep for years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.