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Reputation report · by Thinking Deeply
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Mixed
AI Reputation Index
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Notion

A mixed reputation with some real exposure, and a competitor is currently ahead. There's clear room to improve.

Index 36/10031th percentile (vs. competitors)Productivity softwarenotion.so
The brand's own community looks quiet or abandoned, which holds the grade at C until it's active again.A competitor currently has the stronger AI reputation. Closing that gap is what lifts the grade above C.
AI Engines (4/4)34
Reddit Presence47
vs. Competition53
Scored 45d ago
Why this grade

What is driving the grade

The biggest factor in this grade is Notion's reddit footprint.

  • Reddit footprint50% of the grade · scored 47/100

    Notion has some Reddit presence, but it's thin or mixed enough to weigh on the grade.

    What moves it: Build (or revive) an active brand community and seed real, positive discussion buyers can find.

  • Vs. competitors20% of the grade · scored 53/100

    A competitor currently holds the stronger AI reputation.

    What moves it: Close the gap on the leader's strengths (community health and engine sentiment).

  • AI engine answers30% of the grade · scored 34/100

    At least one AI engine is clearly critical of Notion, and the grade weights the worst answer heavily.

    What moves it: Improve the sources the engines draw from, especially the critical Reddit threads they cite.

What is capping the grade
  • The brand's own community looks quiet or abandoned, which holds the grade at C until it's active again.
  • A competitor currently has the stronger AI reputation. Closing that gap is what lifts the grade above C.
Trend

Reputation over time

up to grade B from C (+33 pts) since the last check.

Overview

The consensus on Notion

A mixed reputation with some real exposure, and a competitor is currently ahead. There's clear room to improve.

Graded 31st percentile against its competitors.

  • Across the AI engines that answered, 4 of 4 are cautious or critical about Notion. That is what buyers asking about it tend to hear.
  • Reddit is mostly neutral on Notion across 18 relevant mentions: discussed, but without a strong lean.
  • A competitor (Airtable) currently holds the stronger AI reputation. Closing that gap is the clearest path to a higher grade.
What's holding the grade back
  • The brand's own community looks quiet or abandoned, which holds the grade at C until it's active again.
  • A competitor currently has the stronger AI reputation. Closing that gap is what lifts the grade above C.
The Reddit conversation

What people are saying about Notion on Reddit

A look at the loudest conversations: the most-seen critical threads about Notion. When an AI engine quotes one of these, it directly shapes the answer your buyers get.

#1 critical

r/Notion on Reddit: Why I ditched Notion after 5 years - My experience and thoughts

"490 votes, 198 comments. Hey everyone! I wanted to share my experience with <strong>Notion</strong>. I&#x27;ve used notion for about 5 years. At first, I absolutely loved…"

491 198
#2 critical

r/Notion on Reddit: Notion AI feels intentionally limited just to push Autofill and credits

"From what I can see, if you want this kind of thing to continue automatically at scale, <strong>Notion</strong> is basically pushing you toward using an Agent / Autofill setup instead of just letting the built-in AI fini…"

5 12
#3 critical

r/productivity on Reddit: is notion a good app? is it free?

"If excessive phone usage is a problem. <strong>Notion</strong> would not be of any help. It&#x27;s a highly customisable database note taking app. It definitely didn&#x27;t help me change my habits. Rather you may end up…"

24
neutral

r/Notion on Reddit: What do you use notion for and is it actually useful?

"<strong>Notion</strong> can be as simple as you want it to be or as complex as you want it to be. I use it for everything, I have a couple of forms that I made for specific tasks and it’s mostly just views using differen…"

258 187
positive

r/Notion on Reddit: i think it's perfect

"126 votes, 33 comments. 454K subscribers in the <strong>Notion</strong> community. Your connected workspace for notes, docs, and tasks. This community-run subreddit…"

129 38
Reddit footprint

Where the conversation lives

Conversation volume by community
Sample of 18 brand mentions in the past year
Main subreddit
Dormant / abandoned
r/notionCommunity

Your connected workspace for notes, docs, and tasks. This community-run subreddit is all about Notion, the all-in-one productivity app.

Created Mar 2018Public50 posts all-timeEngagement 57
117.4k
weekly visitors
1.1k
weekly contributions
—
post sentiment
Sample Mention Volume (Past Year): 18
Mention sentiment
5positive10neutral3negative
Related communities (unofficial)

Where the brand is discussed, plus the topical communities its audience gathers in.

  • r/productivitytopical
    Active community for this brand's topic (member stats unavailable this run)
  • r/ProductivityAppstopical
    Active community for this brand's topic (member stats unavailable this run)
  • r/PKMtopical
    Active community for this brand's topic (member stats unavailable this run)
  • r/projectmanagementtopical
    Active community for this brand's topic (member stats unavailable this run)
Head-to-head

Losing the head-to-head

Every brand scored with the identical four-engine, Reddit-weighted method.

Graded on a curve against this field: Notion lands in the 31st percentile of the group.

1
Airtable
70C
Reddit mentions (past year)
19
Main subreddit
r/airtable
Engagement
82
Posts
50
2
Coda
59C
Reddit mentions (past year)
1
Main subreddit
r/coda
Engagement
33
Posts
20
3
NotionYou
36C
Reddit mentions (past year)
18
Main subreddit
r/notion
Engagement
57
Posts
50
4
Microsoft Loop
19F
Reddit mentions (past year)
19
Main subreddit
r/microsoftloop
Engagement
34
Posts
50
How this data is measured
  • Reddit mentions:distinct Reddit threads that name the brand, found via web search across Reddit and confirmed by an AI relevance check (same-name or off-topic threads are dropped). It is a current, relevance-ranked sample of what's discoverable (not a count over a fixed window), so treat it as a comparative signal between brands, not an absolute total.
  • Main subreddit · Engagement · Posts:read live from each brand's own subreddit feed (its most recent posts, up to ~100). Engagement blends post upvotes, comments, and comment karma scaled by posting cadence. “Posts” is the all-time total when the feed could be fully read, otherwise a lower bound (shown as N+).
  • Time horizon:every figure is a point-in-time snapshot taken when the report was generated (see “Scored” at the top). Re-running the report refreshes it; we do not yet track these metrics over time.
  • All figures are measured from real provider data; where a value can't be substantiated it is shown as “—” rather than estimated.
Four-engine probe

What each AI engine says

Identical buyer-intent questions, asked in web-grounded mode across all four engines.

Claudehedged

Notion is a flexible tool with a steep learning curve and performance issues, especially on large workspaces and mobile.

Confidence 90% 24 sources
Geminihedged

Notion is a powerful but complex tool with notable security and performance concerns that users must manage carefully.

Confidence 90% 51 sources 1 from Reddit
OpenAIhedged

Notion is a versatile tool, but performance, support, and learning curve issues lead to mixed user experiences.

Confidence 90% 14 sources
Perplexityhedged

Notion is useful and legitimate, but has mixed reliability and support, warranting caution.

Confidence 80% 21 sources

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