Notion has Google Worried…

Smart Canvas by Google takes fire at Notion & Coda alike

Francesco D'Alessio
3 min readMay 24, 2021

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Google Docs has long been a leader in the collaborative environment space with Google Drive but like much of the last 24 months, innovation has sped forward to bring Google a challenge when it comes to the team’s workspace environment.

⚡️ The Wiki World

Tools like Coda, Notion and Quip have all been big players in the wiki tools space for a small period of time, but already have supercharged their way to the top of many workspaces as the go-to way to manage knowledge and information.

The likes of Google Drive has become very fixed in its nature — reducing opportunity for flexible workspaces and the ability to connect areas together, for better collaboration.

One such tool Notion has risen to the top of the pile as both a workspace for personal users and a flexible canvas for folks ranging from small to medium sized teams. Here’s a perfect example of Notion being used in a almost-100 employee remote team:

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