What’s the best fit for notes and research: Obsidian or Notion for teams?

[Avery.D]

I’m trying to decide between Obsidian and Notion for organizing all my project notes and research, and I keep going back and forth. I love how fast and offline-friendly Obsidian is with its local markdown files, but I also really need the collaborative databases the other option offers for team workflows.

[Savannah65]

The offline speed and local markdown in Obsidian feel instant, and I can hop between notes without waiting for a sync. The trade off comes when the team needs a single source of truth with shared databases and live updates.

[Eric.S]

The collaborative database angle is tempting—the live tables, comments, and permissions are real time savers for a team. But it starts feeling heavy and slow on big pages or if your wifi hiccups.

[Andrew.D]

I tried a hybrid approach: keep the core notes locally and push a distilled subset into a shared workspace for reviews. It helped someone else read my work, but syncing to the team space requires rituals and a naming convention.

[JohnVR]

Question: would async collaboration actually cover your needs, or do you truly need real time edits? If async is enough, the decision might hinge on your current workflow more than features.