The best Notion alternatives
9 tools that do a similar job to Notion, 1 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
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NotionAn all-in-one workspace for docs, wikis, databases and projects, with AI search, agents and meeting notes.
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Craft
AI tool · Freemium
A polished document and note app with nested pages, sharing and a built-in AI assistant.
Best for: Beautiful shareable documents; Apple ecosystem users
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ClickUp
AI tool · Freemium
A work management platform combining tasks, docs, chat and goals, with ClickUp Brain AI.
Best for: Teams consolidating tools; Customisable workflows
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Asana
AI tool · Freemium
A work management platform for projects and workflows, with AI Studio for building AI-powered processes.
Best for: Cross-functional project tracking; Structured team workflows
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Linear
AI tool · Freemium
A fast issue tracker for software teams with cycles, roadmaps and AI triage and agents.
Best for: Engineering issue tracking; Product roadmaps
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monday.com
AI tool · Freemium
A work OS for project, CRM and dev workflows on customisable boards, with AI blocks and agents.
Best for: Visual team boards; Non-technical operations teams
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Raycast
AI tool · Freemium
A keyboard launcher for Mac and Windows with extensions, snippets and built-in AI chat and commands.
Best for: Keyboard power users; Quick AI commands anywhere
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Reclaim.ai
AI tool · Freemium
A smart calendar assistant that defends focus time, schedules habits and tasks, and syncs calendars.
Best for: Protecting focus time; Syncing work and personal calendars
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Slack
AI tool · Freemium
Team messaging with channels and huddles, plus AI summaries, search answers and agents on paid plans.
Best for: Team communication; Integrating work apps into chat
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Docs
Open source · MIT · ★ 17k
Open-source collaborative text editor for teams, with real-time editing and self-hosting.
Best for: Teams that want a shared wiki or knowledge base they can host themselves; Public organizations and companies that need control over where their data lives
How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to Notion. We don't take payment for placement.