Comparisons
Notion alternative
Notion is great for documentation and databases. It isn't mail, calendar, chat or meetings — and that's what the team uses all day.
What it costs per year
For 10 people, on each vendor's annual list price.
Notion
$1,200.00
per year
Beskos
$0.00
per year
What each one covers
| Notion | Beskos | |
|---|---|---|
| Mail on your own domain | Limited | Included |
| Calendar and invites | Limited | Included |
| Contacts with custom fields | Limited | Included |
| Team files | Limited | Included |
| Chat with channels and threads | Not available | Included |
| Video meetings with recording | Not available | Included |
| Edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint | Limited | Included |
| Wiki / knowledge base | Included | Included |
| Kanban boards | Included | Included |
| AI assistant included | Paid add-on | Included |
| Desktop folder sync | Not available | Included |
| Own domain with DKIM and DMARC | Not available | Included |
| Source you can read | Not available | Included |
| Run it on your own server | Not available | Included |
| Data in the European Union | Limited | Included |
| Provider subject to EU law | Not available | Included |
| Managed service, nothing to host | Included | Not available |
| All in the same app | Not available | Included |
Where Notion is better
- Database and view flexibility almost no other tool reaches.
- A huge community, with templates for everything.
- An excellent document editor for people who write a lot.
Where Beskos wins
- Wiki by spaces with per-group or per-person permissions, wired to the assistant via RAG.
- Knowledge sits next to the mail and the tasks that produced it.
- AI included, with no extra per-seat charge.
- It's also your mail, your calendar and your meetings.
In short
Teams using Notion as the company database will miss its flexibility. Teams using it as a wiki and boards get the same inside Beskos, without another subscription.
Read it before you believe any of this
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