Notion vs SiYuan
Thinking of swapping Notion for the open-source SiYuan? Here’s the honest trade-off.
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What you give up vs Notion
- Primarily single-user; no real-time team collaboration.
- Official cloud sync and some features require a paid subscription.
- Documentation and UI are translated from Chinese and can be uneven.
- Smaller English-language community and plugin ecosystem.
What you gain
- • Full data ownership — self-host SiYuan on your own infrastructure.
- • No per-seat SaaS bill (Notion: per-seat pricing that climbs fast for teams).
- • Open-source code you can audit and extend (AGPL-3.0).