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I really like that you framed the comparison of Notion vs Obsidian based on intended use cases, from simple (structured vs unstructured) to very specific (languages, engineering etc.). I wish you would have covered the privacy and security topic for both though; Notion not providing end to end encryption for your data and giving Notion employees access to your data 'with permission' from the company, versus Obsidian storing your data locally on your PC and being infinitely more secure.
You explained it so well and provided the clarity I was looking for! I've been trying to make Notion work for the past year, but all I have is pieces everywhere and its utter chaos to connect them and pull them when I need the info. I heard of Obsidian as a good alternative and so after watching this Im going to give it a try into 2023 to see if it fits me better! Thank you for the vid!!
Amazing! I’m so glad Juliet! If you want, I put out a free massive 2-hour tutorial on Obsidian right here on TH-cam, so you can check that out if you like. :)
1 more to add. if you use a lot of images and screenshots, in notion you can resize and move the image, whereas obsidian .. you can but really not flexible. also the markdown of the image sometimes really annoying. main reason I use would choose notion for.
Syncing obsidian is really expensive or a pain in the ass. Notion brings free syncing for basic usage but lacks offline mode. Hard call. Depends on usecase. Both have their strenghts, love the tagging and links of obsidian. Backlinks are great. Databases of Notion are extremely useful if you have information that fits categorys very well. Databases in Obsidian are a bit clunky.
@@monz_trum you shouldn't rely on 3rd party plugins when you are working on serious stuff if it breaks then you will be left in a deadend. Nah no thanks to uncertainty obsidian crap.
@@user-mj9tr3ym5tif you work on really serious stuff which includes info about 3rd parties you should not rely on notion as well 'cause it doesn't provide data privacy.
I think I did?? :O sorry if I didn’t make it too clear. I think Obsidian’s maybe a bit better for that specific purpose since the atomic concepts will come up again and again and be linked to each other, but tbh Notion’s not that bad of a choice. I guess the other thing is that with Obsidian, you could store the Python notebooks in the same folders as your Obsidian vault, and link to them like that which may be clean. Dunno if there’s a way to open them natively in Obsidian though. Lastly, it’d be way easier to e.g. do AI stuff and embed your obsidian files later in semantic search, than I imagine it would be for Notion. So if I was doing hardcore CompSci stuff I’d future proof my notes by doing that. That said…I’m a medical doctor rather than an engineer, so there may be other opinions!
I’ll go ahead and make a video on this :) but the very very short version is, I keep unstructured thoughts, questions, and reflections in Obsidian. Structured projects stay in Notion.
Damn... The issue for me is Obsidian does not have the cross platform editing :( Please help if you have any idea in to this? I use my tablet laptop and phone... and will it be free? :(
Oh! So actually, Obsidian for iOS is pretty good now. :) don’t have an Android but would be fine with that. No idea about iPad. But yeah it should be totally fine. “Free” depends on how you sync them, but iCloud would allow you to do it for free.
Unlimited storage from notion and clean ui vs unstructured crap and ugly ui from obsidian is a bad proposition and no free sync is crap on obsidian. Sorry obsidian fanbois you do you.
❤ UPDATE: I decided to make the $97 Obsidian as a Second Brain course COMPLETELY FREE 🥳 watch it here on TH-cam: th-cam.com/video/WqKluXIra70/w-d-xo.html
📝 Notion for Students and Professionals Course (FREE with Skillshare trial) ➡skl.sh/3MoSASU
I really like that you framed the comparison of Notion vs Obsidian based on intended use cases, from simple (structured vs unstructured) to very specific (languages, engineering etc.). I wish you would have covered the privacy and security topic for both though; Notion not providing end to end encryption for your data and giving Notion employees access to your data 'with permission' from the company, versus Obsidian storing your data locally on your PC and being infinitely more secure.
True - probably would have been good to cover that, but thanks for writing a good description for me :)
@@dabi_ lol...glad to be of service...lol
Dude you make such high quality content on TH-cam...please don't give up - you will get to your well-deserved viewer base eventually!
This is like the nicest comment ever. Thank you so much Tobias!! I’ll take your kindness and carry it into 2023 with me 🥳
dabi, you just got to me. where have you been all this time! i love it. thanks for your work
Obsidian has toggles
You have to use # heading
The no. of # determines its hierarchy
Ah, true, technically both headings and list items can act like a toggle of sorts, albeit in a different way to Notion. Nicely pointed out.
You explained it so well and provided the clarity I was looking for! I've been trying to make Notion work for the past year, but all I have is pieces everywhere and its utter chaos to connect them and pull them when I need the info. I heard of Obsidian as a good alternative and so after watching this Im going to give it a try into 2023 to see if it fits me better! Thank you for the vid!!
Amazing! I’m so glad Juliet! If you want, I put out a free massive 2-hour tutorial on Obsidian right here on TH-cam, so you can check that out if you like. :)
Great comparison! Best I've seen, thank you! Subscribed!
Thanks so much!
Best comparison I’ve seen so far. Very helpful. Thanks
My pleasure! Thanks!
1 more to add.
if you use a lot of images and screenshots,
in notion you can resize and move the image,
whereas obsidian .. you can but really not flexible.
also the markdown of the image sometimes really annoying.
main reason I use would choose notion for.
dude this was super helpful, thank you so much for making this
Hey totally my pleasure!
Great concise video with lots of useful insight. Thank you!
Thank you for this video.
My pleasure!
Syncing obsidian is really expensive or a pain in the ass. Notion brings free syncing for basic usage but lacks offline mode. Hard call. Depends on usecase. Both have their strenghts, love the tagging and links of obsidian. Backlinks are great. Databases of Notion are extremely useful if you have information that fits categorys very well. Databases in Obsidian are a bit clunky.
You could just use syncthing
@@monz_trum you shouldn't rely on 3rd party plugins when you are working on serious stuff if it breaks then you will be left in a deadend. Nah no thanks to uncertainty obsidian crap.
Besides only old school guys would use offline crap these days.
@渡海 okay syncthing not a plugin though. Just do you I guess
@@user-mj9tr3ym5tif you work on really serious stuff which includes info about 3rd parties you should not rely on notion as well 'cause it doesn't provide data privacy.
Can you do a break down for people who are studying engineering and computer science?
I think I did?? :O sorry if I didn’t make it too clear.
I think Obsidian’s maybe a bit better for that specific purpose since the atomic concepts will come up again and again and be linked to each other, but tbh Notion’s not that bad of a choice.
I guess the other thing is that with Obsidian, you could store the Python notebooks in the same folders as your Obsidian vault, and link to them like that which may be clean. Dunno if there’s a way to open them natively in Obsidian though.
Lastly, it’d be way easier to e.g. do AI stuff and embed your obsidian files later in semantic search, than I imagine it would be for Notion. So if I was doing hardcore CompSci stuff I’d future proof my notes by doing that.
That said…I’m a medical doctor rather than an engineer, so there may be other opinions!
finally a reason to learn regex!
Great video
How are you using obsidian and notion in general? Like what goes where? Good video btw!
I’ll go ahead and make a video on this :) but the very very short version is, I keep unstructured thoughts, questions, and reflections in Obsidian. Structured projects stay in Notion.
Thx for the video.
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Damn... The issue for me is Obsidian does not have the cross platform editing :( Please help if you have any idea in to this? I use my tablet laptop and phone... and will it be free? :(
Oh! So actually, Obsidian for iOS is pretty good now. :) don’t have an Android but would be fine with that. No idea about iPad. But yeah it should be totally fine. “Free” depends on how you sync them, but iCloud would allow you to do it for free.
@@dabi_ Thank you. I'm now using iCloud and most of them can be sync hahah
Please Why Obsidian not Encryption file on local ???????
%100 obsidian
Spy × Family! Nice!
Dabi x WickedWazza when?!
I understand this reference
nobody: I use both.
That’s actually me though fr
Unlimited storage from notion and clean ui vs unstructured crap and ugly ui from obsidian is a bad proposition and no free sync is crap on obsidian. Sorry obsidian fanbois you do you.
Just let me fanboi okayyyy