The 10% of people who buy a 10$ plan isn't much compared to the 100+ person teams that pay for the entreprise plans. Having worked for tech companies they often don't care or at least don't prioritize mass adoption as much as they do adoption from customers or entreprise teams. Notion seems more popular but that doesn't mean much. What on earth is Coda up to? Are they about to drop some massive, awe-inspiring product bomb that will change this space completely, or is Notion just an insanely scrappy team that deserves a medal for what they've accomplished on a skinnier budget?Īnd most importantly: which product should I use?! I know Notion had a year's head start, but a year isn't that long. Right now the products are eerily similar, and if anything Notion is way ahead with a far more usable mobile app, better sidebar customization and deeper hierarchies, and a gigantic community (strangely, Coda's community is quite small). That's because, aside from a far prettier design, I don't see where that money is going with Coda.

It is very hard for me to wrap my head around this fact. Coda has raised a whopping $240M according to Crunchbase. One thing that's pretty shocking to me is the difference in funding. Naturally, the products are slightly different and will benefit different people in different ways, but they're also strikingly similar, so the comparison is warranted. It benefits everyone to have a better understanding of which one will suit their needs. Does anyone have a sense of which of these companies is in the lead, and which product people should use? It takes a lot of time and energy, not to mention precious buy-in from the people you work with, to adopt one of these tools. This post isn't meant to whip up animosity but to get feedback on the state of two very similar companies as of 2021.

Coda vs notion