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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Confluent

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AIBM Confluent helps enterprises stream, connect, process, govern and serve real-time data across hybrid environments.

    $385

    per month

    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
    IBM ConfluentNotion
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $0
    Standard
    Starting at ~$385
    per month
    Enterprise
    Starting at ~$1,150
    per month
    Free
    $0
    Plus
    $12
    per month per user
    Business
    $24
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM ConfluentNotion
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsConfluent monthly bills are based upon resource consumption, i.e., you are only charged for the resources you use when you actually use them: Stream: Kafka clusters are billed for eCKUs/CKUs ($/hour), networking ($/GB), and storage ($/GB-hour). Connect: Use of connectors is billed based on throughput ($/GB) and a task base price ($/task/hour). Process: Use of stream processing with Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink is calculated based on CFUs ($/minute). Govern: Use of Stream Governance is billed based on environment ($/hour). Confluent storage and throughput is calculated in binary gigabytes (GB), where 1 GB is 2^30 bytes. This unit of measurement is also known as a gibibyte (GiB). Please also note that all prices are stated in United States Dollars unless specifically stated otherwise. All billing computations are conducted in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).A discount is offered for annual billing.
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    Community Pulse
    IBM ConfluentNotion
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
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    Notion Labs, Inc
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    93%
    Would buy again
    75 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    60 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    79 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    53 Answers
    Features
    IBM ConfluentNotion
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of IBM Confluent and Notion
    Feature
    IBM Confluent
    -
    Ratings
    Notion
    7.3
    79 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Task Management00 Ratings8.174 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings6.846 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings6.957 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings6.355 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings7.272 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings7.975 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings7.868 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of IBM Confluent and Notion
    Feature
    IBM Confluent
    -
    Ratings
    Notion
    7.7
    76 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Chat00 Ratings6.129 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings7.568 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings7.249 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings6.820 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings8.769 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 IBM Confluent and Notion
    Feature
    IBM Confluent
    -
    Ratings
    Notion
    8.1
    76 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings7.657 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings7.649 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings7.343 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings8.571 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings8.271 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings7.251 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings9.213 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings9.253 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IBM ConfluentNotion
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.6
    (85 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (55 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.7
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM ConfluentNotion
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    If you have a need to stream data, real time or segmented structured data then Confluent is a great platform to do so with. You won't run into packet transfer size limitations that other platforms have. Flexibility in on-prem, cloud, and managed cloud offerings makes it very flexible no matter how you choose to implement.
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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
    IBM
    • Products work great.
    • Training is available.
    • Customer support is good.
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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
    IBM
    • Cloud based Azure platform features for Confluent lacks behind AWS And GCP
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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
    IBM
    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
    IBM
    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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    Support Rating
    IBM
    The support from the Confluent platform is great and satisfying. We have been working with Confluent for more than a year now. They sent out resident architects to help us set up Confluent cluster on our cloud and help us troubleshoot problems we have encountered. Overall, it has been a great experience working with the Confluent Platform.
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    For our use case it was very important that the technology we were working with fit into our Azure architecture, and met our data processing size requirements to stream data within certain SLAs. Confluent more than met our performance requirements and compared to the others scale options and cost to run it was more than financially viable as a platform solution to our global operations.
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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
    IBM
    • It enables us to develop event driven application.
    • It increases our ability to handle streaming data.
    • It reduces latency of communication.
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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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