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Notion vs Roam vs Obsidian

Notion is a note-taking platform for teams and organizations, while Roam and Obsidian are note-taking powerhouses for building personal knowledge bases.
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Notion

Notion can be used as a note-taking app, a project management tool, a wiki, a database, and more. It's a powerful all-in-one app that can be used for a wide range of purposes. Teams of all sizes use Notion to collaborate on documents, build knowledge bases, and even schedule automations.

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Roam Research

Roam Research is the original networked thought note-taking app. It is a note-taking powerhouse with excellent note-linking abilities. You can easily build and navigate whole knowledge bases with Roam.

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Obsidian

Obsidian is a Markdown-based networked note-taking app similar to Roam Research. It is faster than Roam, and has a way better mobile app. That said, it is much weaker than Roam in a other areas such as block references and linked references.

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