BlueSpice vs. Notion

Which knowledge management tool is right for you?

Why should you choose BlueSpice over Notion?

Notion: For Small Teams and Individuals

Notion aims to create working environments for small teams or individuals. It easily fulfills the task of managing simple and manually created content. However, important functions are missing when the number of users grows or more structure is required through controlled workflows. This means that teams need additional tools – or more expensive plans – for these tasks.

BlueSpice: A Robust Solution for large and medium-sized Businesses

BlueSpice was developed specifically for companies that need a reliable and scalable solution. In addition to knowledge management, creating a structured, centralized platform for employees, customers or partners is possible. Task-based workflows, working with semantic metadata and quality assurance tools provide large teams with exactly the features they need to keep content well organized, up-to-date and easy to find. In addition, BlueSpice users save time on administration and processes.

Integrations and Functionality

BlueSpice is characterized above all by its integrations. Integrated tools such as Draw.io for diagrams are standard. Connections to company systems via standards such as LDAP are ready for immediate use – no complicated settings, no third-party add-ons.
In comparison, Notion often requires additional tools or premium subscriptions to achieve the same functionality.

Pricing

Due to the large number of features already integrated, BlueSpice is considerably cheaper than Notion with the same range of functions. Notion’s prices are also calculated per user. With growing teams, the costs can quickly mount up. BlueSpice, on the other hand, uses tiered pricing for user groups. This means that your system becomes even cheaper per person as your wiki grows.
As open-source software, BlueSpice is committed to giving companies full flexibility not only in terms of programming but also in terms of hosting. BlueSpice can therefore be operated on your company server (on premise) or in the BlueSpice Cloud without any price difference. Notion is only available as a cloud solution.

Conclusion: BlueSpice is the best choice for growing teams looking for structured workflows, advanced tools and a cost-effective, scalable solution.

Features in comparison

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Notion

Knowledge base
Integrated management system Limited with Enterprise plan
Documentation system
Online-/Organization manual
Visual editor (WYSIWYG)
Wiki syntax editor / Markdown editor Limited functionality
Dynamic content elements, Macros, Droplets
(lists, videos etc.)
Create diagrams (draw.io, BPMN) Via integrations
AI editing assistant
Page hierarchy (via subpages)
Category system (hierarchical) Via tags & databases
Category management Via tags & databases
Templates for pages and individual elements
Templates with dynamic content
Collaborative editing
Forms Via databases and templates
Forms with semantic metadata support
Advanced Search OpenSearch Built-in search
Responsive design adaptable to CI
Fast upload and embed files
Customizable permissions Limited with Enterprise plan
Working with drafts and approvals Limited
Workflow function Limited with integrations like Zapier
Read confirmation
Reminders & resubmissions Via reminders in databases
Tasks
Book functionality
Comments & blogs
Create and manage sub-wikis Via nested pages
Inter wiki search
Content transfer between wikis (with translation)
Multilingual support Limited
Export (PDF, Office, XML) Limited
AI chatbot connector
AI translation connector
On premises
Cloud
Docker
Virtual machine
Password policies configurable Limited
EU GDPR features
Two-factor-authentication
Audit Logs / Logbooks Only with Enterprise plan
Single-Sign-On / SSO
Central authentication Via SSO on Enterprise/Business plan
API
Community support
Professional support Only with Enterprise plan
Installation, migration, updates Cloud based, automatic updates
Configuration User-configurable
Trainings, workshops, consulting Limited
Software development As part of a project Sync with Jira, Github etc.

Numerous companies around the world rely on BlueSpice

Numerous companies around the world rely on BlueSpice

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Experience the enterprise wiki in action.

  • Try BlueSpice pro with all features
  • Place and edit your own content
  • Protection by individual access data and SSL
  • Possibility to transfer your data to a licensed version
  • Free personal consultation with our MediaWiki experts

Try BlueSpice 30 days for free!

Experience the enterprise wiki in action.

  • Try BlueSpice pro with all features
  • Place and edit your own content
  • Protection by individual access data and SSL
  • Possibility to transfer your data to a licensed version
  • Free personal consultation with our MediaWiki experts

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