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Obsidian vs Notion: which is actually for writing?

Name: Enfoca Markdown
Price: 12.99 USD
Rating: 4.8 (73 reviews)

Pick Obsidian

If you want local markdown files and tolerate plugin sprawl

Pick Notion

If you need collaborative, cloud-native, database-driven docs

Side by side

	Obsidian	Notion
Price	Free + optional sync $8/mo	Free + plans from $10/user/mo
Storage	Local .md files	Cloud-only, proprietary
Collaboration	None native	Real-time
Offline	Yes	Degraded
Complexity	High (plugin-heavy)	High (database-heavy)
Writer focus	Medium (distracting)	Low (tool for tools)

When Obsidian wins

Local-first is a hard requirement
You're ok tuning plugins
You use knowledge-graph workflows

When Notion wins

Real-time collaboration is essential
You need databases, not just docs
Team-of-many workflows

If neither fits

Both optimize for power. Enfoca optimizes for writing. Same local-first property as Obsidian, none of the plugin sprawl, $12.99 one-time instead of subscription.

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