Notion vs. Virola Messenger

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Notion
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Notion 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
Virola Messenger
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Virola Messenger is a corporate messenger for secure team collaboration. Both self-hosted and cloud Virola servers are available. Main features: private and group chat rooms file transfer and unlimited storage reactions, mentions, replies and discussions continuous voice and video meetings voice meetings recording live avatars issue tracking with task board screen sharing remote…
$22
per month 11 users (minimum)
Pricing
NotionVirola Messenger
Editions & Modules
Free
$0
Plus
$12
per month per user
Business
$24
per month per user
Enterprise
Custom Pricing
Annual Subscription
$1.30
per month per user
Monthly Subscription
$1.56
per month per user
Perpetual License
$31.24
one-time fee per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
NotionVirola Messenger
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
NotionVirola Messenger
Features
NotionVirola Messenger
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Notion
7.4
79 Ratings
4% below category average
Virola Messenger
7.8
2 Ratings
2% above category average
Task Management8.174 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Gantt Charts6.846 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling7.057 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow Automation6.455 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access7.372 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Search8.075 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Visual planning tools7.968 Ratings00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Notion
7.8
76 Ratings
2% below category average
Virola Messenger
9.5
2 Ratings
17% above category average
Chat6.429 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Notifications7.568 Ratings00 Ratings
Discussions7.349 Ratings00 Ratings
Surveys6.820 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase8.869 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 Product A and Product B
Notion
8.1
76 Ratings
2% above category average
Virola Messenger
9.0
2 Ratings
12% above category average
Versioning7.657 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files7.649 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Audio files7.443 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Document collaboration8.571 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control8.271 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced security features7.351 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive9.213 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync9.253 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
NotionVirola Messenger
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(85 ratings)
8.5
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.4
(55 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
NotionVirola Messenger
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.
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Provide Support Live Chat
This is fantastic for offices that have employees working from home. It is a much cleaner and easier way to discuss projects or even have informal conversations. However if all employees are working from the same office, the features are limited as conversation, screen sharing, and task management are less valuable.
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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.
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Provide Support Live Chat
  • Secure chatting
  • Chatrooms
  • File transfer/ sharing
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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.
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Provide Support Live Chat
  • A cleaner interface.
  • More intuitive for older generations.
  • Customizable notification tones
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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
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Provide Support Live Chat
No answers on this topic
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.
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Provide Support Live Chat
No answers on this topic
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.
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Provide Support Live Chat
It's really early to judge Virola's capabilities with other offerings or tools in the marketplace but with the set of features the tool offers at the moment at the negligible price it can surely be counted as a dark horse to make its way through to be one of the best. Provide that it has the ability to support larger teams, it can really be successful in the future.
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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
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Provide Support Live Chat
  • Kept everyone in the loop
  • Allowed for seamless project discussions from inside and outside the office.
  • Great way to share screens which was very important.
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ScreenShots

Virola Messenger Screenshots

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