In the grand [[Convergent Evolution]] of personal productivity tools, [[Obsidian]] is become much more [[Notion]]-like with the introduction of Obsidian "[Bases](https://help.obsidian.md/bases)". I'm in their catalyst program, testing out bases. They're neat! Quite Notion-like, while retaining a lot of Obsidian-flavor. ## Comparison to Notion Databases > [!note] > I'm comparing an *alpha* of one product to the killer feature of another, much more mature product. Also Obsidian is rapidly developing Bases & this note will surely be out-of-date soon. ### Same - Display properties of notes in table or card formats, linked to the notes they represent - Tables can be filtered, configured to show whatever properties you want, & support multiple views - Obsidian bases can be directly embedded into notes, similar to how Notion Databases can live inside of pages - Tables provide a very notion-like interface, with table-level configuration on the left & filters/properties on the right - Cards *also* provide a very Notion-like interface. - Properties can be calculated using formulas, referencing other properties - which is very surprising Example snippet: ![[Pasted image 20250620152953.png]] ### Different - Obsidian only supports tables & cards, not some of the other view types Notion offers - eg [[Kanban]] or calendar - Obsidian's tables are read-only, you must open the note to change properties you see in the tables - Obsidian bases are **vault-level** - *all* properties & notes in your vault are available on *every* base - you must filter to the relevant tag/folder/whatever - Obsidian base configurations are [[YAML]]-based, which is cool! **** # More ## Source - https://help.obsidian.md/bases - experimentation