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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    OneNote

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft's OneNote is a digital note-taking app, supporting photos, annotating, web page clipping, emailing, and synchronizing notes across devices.N/A

    Zenkit

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AZenkit is a collaborative SaaS platform for project management, database building and more. This solution enables users to follow their data through its entire lifecycle. Zenkit allows users to manage their data in any way they need to – build their own CRM, reporting system, or financial planner. Users can share their data and assign tasks to colleagues.

    $9

    per user

    Pricing
    OneNoteZenkit
    Editions & Modules
    Microsoft OneNote
    Free
    Plus
    $9.00
    per user
    Business
    $29.00
    per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OneNoteZenkit
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$9 per user
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    OneNoteZenkit
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    25 Answers
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    25 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    25 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    16 Answers
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    OneNoteZenkit
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of OneNote and Zenkit
    Feature
    OneNote
    -
    Ratings
    Zenkit
    8.2
    7 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings9.87 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings8.67 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings5.56 Ratings
    Team Collaboration00 Ratings9.67 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings6.26 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings8.37 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of OneNote and Zenkit
    Feature
    OneNote
    -
    Ratings
    Zenkit
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Project & financial reporting00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
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    Google Keep
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    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Google Keep
    Score9.2 out of 10
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Keep
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Microsoft To Do
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    OneNoteZenkit
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (74 ratings)
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (10 ratings)
    8.8
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    OneNoteZenkit
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    In my opinion OneNote is a must for anyone who does business. It’s versatile, stable and sustainable. It can keep private information private - like passwords. It can be used for collaborative work - like standard operating procedures. It is fairly easy to use and far superior to pen and paper. When used for meeting notes, it can be flagged with icons that are searchable - like ideas or important items. You can even create Outlook tasks on the fly
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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
    Zenkit is a good tool to manage your own projects and sharing progress with colleagues. If you are looking for a tool to accomplish this use case, Zenkit would be my first recommendation.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Because of its flexibility and ability to hold different types of content (text, images, tables), it is a great tool for collecting content from different resources and organizing it in one place.
    • Technical support analysts are using sections for their support case analysis; they paste pieces of logs, screen-shots, document their steps in troubleshooting etc., all in one section, to get the full picture yet stay organized.
    • The logic of content structure; Notebook>Section>Page>Paragraph, allows you to manage and collect all needed information by the areas of the user's responsibility. For example; each of my projects has its own section, in which each page is a task.
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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
    • Multiple Views - Kanban.Cards, Lists, Tables & even Mindmaps
    • Addition of custom fields which included numbers
    • In table view this can be filtered & numbered fields can have totals at the top.
    • Zenkit has handy pre-buitl templates for different kinds of use such a CRM
    • Has the ability to change field content across cards via bulk action. Neat!
    • Can have formulas in Cutom fields
    • Calander syncs to Google calendar
    • Can bulk import Trello lists & cards easily
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • The table editing tools are too simplistic and lack the features found in other Office products.
    • Some content loses its rich text formatting when being pasted into OneNote. A workaround is to paste the content first into Outlook or Word and then copy/pasting that into OneNote.
    • Microsoft is moving away from a local install of OneNote, which means notebooks have to be in the cloud in Office 2019. This will actually reduce the usefulness of OneNote in some environments and opens the door to competitor products.
    • Update: Microsoft has now announced that it will continue to support OneNote 2016 through 2023. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Office-365-Blog/Your-OneNote/ba-p/954922
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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
    • There are some instances where the dashboard gets laggy and buggy. But goes back to normal in a few minutes
    • Integrations still not that advanced--but there's still room for improvement
    • Not recommended for teams with more than 6 people-- you will need to upgrade your account to Premium.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    As this is not a compulsory tool in our organization, I would say all depends on the decision makers, however since this is a part of MS Office, I am sure we will have it for as long as we will possibly need it. However, I would not be so sure, if it was a separate product
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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Microsoft
    I find OneNote incredibly usable. I'm fairly middle of the road when it comes to tech savvy-ness. The platform was very easy to learn and explore. I like that OneNote is no clunky and offers a clean interface. This is important when it comes to deciding if a tool is usable for multiple people.
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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Microsoft
    Overall, I rate OneNote's performance highly. In general, notebooks, sections and pages load quickly. OneNote integrates with other apps and info ca easily be shared/copied to and from the tool to other tools. Moreover, Notebooks tend to sync quickly meaning shared notebooks are up to date almost immediately provided there are no syncing issues.
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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    Since it is part of Microsoft Office and used across the globe there are a lot of support options available. It's quickest to just do a google search which will have plenty of articles to help you since there are so many OneNote users but as an Office customer you also have access to Microsoft support and I have had good experiences with their support (probably because I'm with a large company who is a large customer to them).
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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
    The support is always friendly and offers fast solutions if possible. Bugs were removed in the next hours after contacting the support. They have also a lot of tutorials and great documentation.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    I tried using Evernote and it is an equally usable tool, however, I prefer the interface and capabilities of OneNote. OneNote seems much easier to use and understand. I think that may primarily be because OneNote is a Microsoft application and I am very used to using Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel, etc. I also use OneNote to keep my grocery list. It does as good of a job as the grocery list applications out there, only I like the flexibility I have with OneNote and how I specifically do my shopping.
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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
    As described before, Zenkit adds a lot more flexibility to the things the other applications can do. But this also means that there is no predefined structure which might be helpful for some people. Zenkit is working on that and is releasing some apps building on the core, so that could improve over time.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • OneNote has become our organizational standard method of taking electronic notes (though some still prefer pen and paper.) It has been a zero cost outlay due to its freely available nature.
    • Its integration with other Microsoft Office products makes it easy to share notes and content between products, allowing for easy collaboration where needed.
    • OneNote's integration with OneDrive ensures that individual's notes are always safe and secure, taking away the tedious responsibility of backup from the user, and makes it happen seamlessly in the background.
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    Axonic Informationssysteme GmbH
    • For the price, it is definitely worth a punt.
    • Helped me manage tasks, processes and strategic goals thus saving time & being more efficient.
    • SImple to learn & plenty of tutorials so onboarding was straightforward.
    Incentivized
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