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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Dropbox Paper

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ADropbox Paper is a web-based, co-editing tool that includes word processing, document creation and coordination features. The tool is free to use and allows multiple people to collaborate on a document.N/A

    Notion

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ANotion aims to present users with an all-in-one workspace — for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases, from Notion Labs in San Francisco.

    $5

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Dropbox PaperNotion
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    Plus
    $12
    per month per user
    Business
    $24
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Dropbox PaperNotion
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—A discount is offered for annual billing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Dropbox PaperNotion
    Considered Both Products
    Dropbox
    No answer on this topic
    Notion Labs, Inc
    Chose Notion
    Slack has boards, teams has Whiteboard, so it didn’t make sense to pay for Notion going as well
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    78%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    73 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    58 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    77 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    43 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    51 Answers
    Features
    Dropbox PaperNotion
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Dropbox Paper and Notion
    Feature
    Dropbox Paper
    -
    Ratings
    Notion
    9.9
    25 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings9.623 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings10.021 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings10.023 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings10.018 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Dropbox Paper and Notion
    Feature
    Dropbox Paper
    -
    Ratings
    Notion
    9.6
    24 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Chat00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings9.36 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings10.021 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.98 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Dropbox Paper and Notion
    Feature
    Dropbox Paper
    -
    Ratings
    Notion
    9.9
    24 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings10.023 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings10.021 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings10.015 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings9.213 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings10.014 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Dropbox PaperNotion
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (9 ratings)
    8.2
    (31 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.7
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Dropbox PaperNotion
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dropbox
    When collaborating with a team on content creation with the purpose of bringing multiple inputs in a nonstructured or nonfixed media type, this is a great choice because of its diversity of content and collaboration tools, however, if you are looking to have high flexibility in a particular content creation stream, for example, sophisticated text editing or presentation, there are a lot of strong competitors out there.
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    If you want a customizable solution that can be adapted for just about any scenario, I recommend using Notion. If you need a solution that's easy to share with people outside your organization, Notion is great and allows individual or team permission-setting. If you want a turnkey solution, Notion might not be the best since it requires a fair bit of set-up. There are templates that can be purchased to handle this, but I haven't found them very helpful.
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    Pros
    Dropbox
    • With Dropbox Paper, I can insert images and videos into your document, to make the document more visual, which is helpful for creating newsletters and simple flyers.
    • Once you create a document, you can save it as a template to be reused as a starting point for creating new documents.
    • Dropbox Paper has some basic formatting features like bolding text, adding links, and creating H1 and H2 headings.
    • You can insert tables into your Dropbox Paper document
    • Dropbox Paper also has an unusual but helpful feature, and that is the time line feature.
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    • I love that you can create nested pages, allowing for separate sections to organize information as needed.
    • I appreciate the convenience of effortlessly uploading images to any section.
    • I appreciate that when adding links, you can embed them so the website displays directly on the page.
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    Cons
    Dropbox
    • No spell check feature.
    • No going back to "old versions" once changes are made they are permanent, with no restriction setting or ability to see previous versions.
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    • I use Notion on my personal tablet, and unlike on the computer, I have a lot of difficulty editing backgrounds, GIFs, and page dividers. It's not as user-friendly, and often the elements end up cut off or misaligned, which is frustrating.
    • While the current calendar feature is helpful, I'd love to see more customization options. The Google Calendar style isn't always ideal, especially for tasks without specific times or for ongoing projects that require daily maintenance.
    • It would be fantastic to have more flexibility in customizing Notion pages. For example, I'd love to create planners with the freedom to add illustration boxes, stickers, or GIFs without being restricted to a fixed layout.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Dropbox
    No answers on this topic
    Notion Labs, Inc
    We're too settled in the ecosystem and we have no major complaints with it. No reason to move unless you have a burning pain point
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    Usability
    Dropbox
    No answers on this topic
    Notion Labs, Inc
    Very easy to use (I learned how to use everything on my own) and I was able to set up an entire ecosystem without any courses or other tools. I often say that Notion is like Lego for adults, because there we can use all the available tools to create a multitude of things, from funnels to projects with calculated deadlines and tags.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Dropbox
    I was not part of the decision making to acquire the Dropbox tool against any of the other options and competitors. However, I can assume that the fact that we have been using Dropbox File Management for many years and many important files are stored and shared in the tool everyday, the adding of Dropbox Paper should have been felt very natural.
    Incentivized
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    The company uses both Notion and Trello within the company. Notion is more for North America employees while Trello is used between Operation team overseas and in North America. Sometimes it's a preference of how the tools look like for project management. I would say both Notion and Trello are nice tools and serves our needs.
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    Return on Investment
    Dropbox
    • Dropbox Paper has allowed all of our employees to be much more productive and on track even when we can't be in the office, which from a management standpoint is a huge positive impact. They know that productivity isn't slowing or lacking when everyone isn't actually sitting in the office under their watchful eye.
    • It has had a huge impact on our turn around time and speed of getting more work and projects completed. The more work you can effectively get done in a time period means more money for the bottom line.
    • It has made the majority of our team members more accountable and reliable when they know everyone is working together on something and each person has their own checklist of items to complete. It is especially helpful that everyone can see the same checklist, so everyone knows what each other is accomplishing.
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    • It has streamlined our processes across various teams to all work from a signle source of truth
    • Maintaining this source of truth is a full time job
    • It has reduced our overall tool set by completely eliminating two other softwares we were paying for
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