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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Planview AdaptiveWork

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/APlanview AdaptiveWork is a web-based collaborative work management software. Planview AdaptiveWork enables users to connect employees and partners and create documents, reports and specialized workflow automation. Planview AdaptiveWork is designed to work across multiple teams to enable cross-company task, project, and resource management.N/A
    Pricing
    NotionPlanview AdaptiveWork
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    Plus
    $12
    per month per user
    Business
    $24
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    NotionPlanview AdaptiveWork
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.—
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    Community Pulse
    NotionPlanview AdaptiveWork
    Considered Both Products
    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answer on this topic
    Planview
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    75 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    27 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    60 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    23 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    79 Answers
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    26 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45 Answers
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    53 Answers
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    16 Answers
    Features
    NotionPlanview AdaptiveWork
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Notion and Planview AdaptiveWork
    Feature
    Notion
    7.3
    79 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Planview AdaptiveWork
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.174 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts6.846 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling6.957 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation6.355 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access7.272 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search7.975 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools7.868 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Notion and Planview AdaptiveWork
    Feature
    Notion
    7.7
    76 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Planview AdaptiveWork
    -
    Ratings
    Chat6.129 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications7.568 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions7.249 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys6.820 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase8.769 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts8.98 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Notion and Planview AdaptiveWork
    Feature
    Notion
    8.1
    76 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Planview AdaptiveWork
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning7.657 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files7.649 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files7.343 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration8.571 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control8.271 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features7.251 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive9.213 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync9.253 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    NotionPlanview AdaptiveWork
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (85 ratings)
    7.7
    (78 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.5
    (26 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (55 ratings)
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.4
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    4.7
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    NotionPlanview AdaptiveWork
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Planview
    I've been an AdaptiveWork (Clarizen) admin for the past 14 years, so I've seen much improvement since I started working with the product. I'm very happy we can utilize the hybrid mode by using the cards, I think this was long overdue but it works very well.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Planview
    • Many ways to acclimate to the system; documentation, videos, community, and contacts.
    • Planview provides scalable customization options tailored to the unique needs of each business unit or department. Easily add or remove fields in the system. As the admin, it was easy to learn how to configure.
    • Offers flexibility to adapt to existing systems and align with organizational workflows and processes. There are multiple ways to customize each part of the system to meet our needs.
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    Cons
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Planview
    • When it comes to reports, it would be great if there was an easy way to roll-up the results instead of having to create configurations to summarize data.
    • The consultant experience has not been great when it comes to more advanced needs for configurations. The consultants are in a different timezone which limits hours to work together and it seems hours are spent trying to determine what the requirement is and when the initial thought is that the configuration is possible, it may result in not being able to assist.
    • Charts in the reports section are not able to be exported
    • When pulling a report together, you need to make sure you pull from the right "item" or level. If you decide you need data that resides in another "item" or level, you need to re-do the report from the beginning.
    • Because the system is so configurable and I imagine different clients use the system differently, when you need something automated in your account, where you need to pull a consultant or SME in, the person doesn't necessarily understand your configurations and how things work so they are unable to give recommendations on how to solve problems that don't impact other configurations you already have set up in the system.
    • Templates cannot be updated unless they are pulled into a project and then re-saved. In the templates module, you are not able to open a template and edit to re-save. Therefore, making updates to a template can be very time consuming having to find a project to use to pull it in, make updates, re-save and then pull out. It would be great if the templates module allowed you to edit the templates and re-save.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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
    Incentivized
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    Planview
    I give my renewal of this product a 9. It's only because we never know what product may come out next and how other factors in our office political environment may cause impact upon this. If I always had my way, this is what we'd settle on as our de facto project management system.
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    Usability
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Planview
    It is easy to configure, intuitive. The customization process is in some ways better than Salesforce.com. It has a great UI. It does however depend on how it's implemented.

    The design of it is generally fine, however the ability to data upload people from a spreadsheet is an obvious miss.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Planview
    Sometimes it is slow when everyone is entering their time on Fridays or Mondays but other than that we rarely see downtime and maintenance notifications are well in advance.
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    Performance
    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Planview
    Reports: Quick to Reasonable

    Most Ancillary Pages: Quick to Reasonable
    (By "ancillary" I mean lesser used/master data maintenance pages - e.g. People, Customers, Individual Tasks, Milestones, etc.)

    Work Plan (with 100 sub items): Reasonable to Slow
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    Support Rating
    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Planview
    It's a good experience overall. Clarizen was useful when needed. It's mostly needed for advice on how to do more sophisticated actions or how to change something that was set up administratively. It's seldom used otherwise. The product consistently works, the documentation is acceptable, and the generally intuitive product is easy enough for most staff to pick up without much issue.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Planview
    • We worked with a Project Manager on their side. He was very good about developing a project plan to hit our goal. I think we had weekly or twice weekly calls – very steady cadence over 3 month period.
    • Their PM skills were great – kept us on task. For the last week, they sent 2 people on site and they did training for power users. After that a couple of them revisited here
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    Online Training
    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Planview
    Our trainer, Alex, is exceptional and knows the product really well. I swear he must have wrote the product himself! His manner with training is very easy going, gives you homework that is applicable to what you need to learn and stages it correctly for you. It was a pleasure to be trained by him.
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    Implementation Rating
    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Planview
    We have been able to implement AdaptiveWork pretty easily but it requires updating of resource availability and continuous training as roles change and new people join the company. Other documentation is used such as spreadsheets for longer range planning and project approval
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Planview
    Planview AdaptiveWork was the right size, at the right price point that fit our customization and integration flexibility. It is intuitive to use but allowed us to add complexity as our needs grew
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    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
    Incentivized
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    Planview
    • By implementing Planview AdaptiveWork on a company-wide level, we have been able to remove the other project management tools we have been using and consolidate our costs for technology down to a single tool
    • The ability to incorporate cross-departmental work and communication has streamlined our project management processes to a point where we can work seamlessly together without interruption trying to consider the gaps between tools
    • Reporting capabilities from the unified tool has given our leadership insight and the ability to make strategic business decisions more effectively than ever
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Planview AdaptiveWork Screenshots

    Screenshot of AdaptiveWork's Portfolio ManagementScreenshot of Integration Through an Array of AppsScreenshot of Real-Time Project ManagementScreenshot of Social Collaboration - From Ideation to Project Delivery