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Google Docs: Collaborative text editing
Notion: Smart documents
Coda: Smart documents
Airtable: Modern spreadsheets
Workflowy: Fast note-taking
Anytype: Open source Notion alternative, in beta
Evaluation criteria
Ease of use: popularity, simplicity features
Pricing:
Platforms: desktop app/mobile app/web
Sharing: collaboration, managing access rights
Publishing
Relational databases
Forms
Charts
Integrations
Comparing document tools
Google Docs
Ease of use: quite popular, relatively simple to use
Pricing: free for most features, with optional Google Workspace plans
Platforms: desktop app/mobile app/web
Sharing: collaboration, managing access rights
Publishing: can be published as web page, but limited functionality compared to other tools
Relational databases: not available
Forms: Not directly available. For specific use cases, there is a workaround: Google Forms can be used to collect data in Google Sheets. Within Google Sheets, a chart can be made. This chart can then be copied into Google Docs, with live syncing.
Charts: Not directly available. See workaround via Google Sheets above.
Integrations: some extensions available, limited compared to other tools
Notion
Ease of use: lots of features, so more difficult to learn
Pricing: free plan available, paid plans for more collaboration features
Platforms: desktop app/mobile app/web
Sharing: collaboration, managing access rights
Publishing
Relational databases
Forms
Charts
Integrations
Coda
Coda is very similar to Notion.
Airtable
Airtable is an advanced Goole Sheets alternative. Using ‘views’, you can display the same data in various ways (e.g. filtering, grouping). You can also link datapoints between different tables. Finally, there are various apps to automate processes.
Workflowy
Workflowy is a quick note-taking app.
Anytype
Anytype is an open source alternative for Notion or Coda. All data is saved locally, and if you share it across devices or people, the content is end-to-end encrypted.
