Notion

A user says Notion permanently suspended their account and removed access to their data without prior notice or an option to export it.

The user wants a minimal daily planner but finds Notion’s calendar table too feature-rich for lightweight entry management, and switched to building a Neovim plugin.

Affects: A person organizing their workday

The commenter says Notion hides even simple business-app functions, making basic tasks difficult to find and use.

A commenter says Notion’s performance and generally clunky interface are frustrating, despite the benefits of its network of templates and workflows.

A solopreneur finds that Notion's updates tend to serve corporate needs, making the product feel less responsive to their needs.

Affects: Solopreneur

The user wants pages to remain viewable when disconnected from the internet and is using Notion while hoping this capability is implemented.

The commenter wants Notion to integrate runnable Markdown tools, which they say would be convenient for this kind of work.

The commenter wishes Notion supported PlantUML rather than Mermaid for diagrams.

The user wants options to host Notion data in dedicated storage or on premises, even at an additional cost, citing data lock-in and security concerns.

The user wants Notion to work offline, saying that its current limitations leave them without access when they need it.

A manager found Notion frustrating across multiple teams because it pushes users toward one way of working, while customization tutorials offered little practical depth. They now use Taskade.

Affects: A manager of multiple teams

The user found Notion's text-editing shortcuts unlike those in other apps and reported embeds that worked only on some platforms, sometimes rendering blank or crashing. These issues contributed to returning to Bear and other tools.

Team members could add blank table records or move documents so they disappeared for other users; the user found controls and audit trails inadequate and returned to other tools.

Affects: Teams

The commenter finds recreating a kanban board in Notion complex and cluttered, and prefers Trello for its simplicity.