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Berg vs Notion

Notion is a wonderful place for docs, wikis and lightweight databases, and many teams build their own project trackers on top of it. Berg is built for project work first: sprints, dependencies, workload and automations, with docs and chat right next to the tasks.

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Which one fits your team

Notion is a great fit when you need

  • An excellent editor for docs, wikis and knowledge bases.
  • Databases flexible enough to model almost anything.
  • A huge community of templates.

Berg is the better fit when you want

  • Project features that do not need to be built by hand: sprints, dependencies, workload and cycle time.
  • Real-time team chat next to the work instead of comments only.
  • Automations and recurring tasks out of the box.

Feature by feature

Berg compared with Notion
Capability Berg Notion
Tasks with subtasks at any depth Built in Partly Database pages
List, board, calendar, timeline and table views Built in Built in
Sprints with burndown and velocity Built in Partly Template-based
Rule-based automations Built in Status, priority and assignment triggers Partly Database automations
Custom fields Built in Eight field types Built in Database properties
Team chat: channels, threads, direct messages Built in Not available
Docs and wikis Built in Built in
Goals and key results Built in Partly Template-based
Shared inbox for company email Built in Google, Microsoft or any IMAP / POP3 mailbox Not available
Workload, throughput and cycle-time reports Built in Partly Charts on databases
REST API with personal tokens Built in Built in

Based on publicly available information about Notion, checked October 2026. Features vary by plan and change over time; see Notion's own site for current details. Notion is a trademark of its owner.

Moving from Notion

Most teams move one active project first, keep Notion read-only for a while, and bring the rest over once the team is settled.

  1. 1

    Keep your Notion wiki if it works for you, and move active projects into Berg first.

  2. 2

    Export task databases as CSV and import them through the REST API.

  3. 3

    Recreate database properties as Berg custom fields.

  4. 4

    Move recurring checklists into recurring tasks and task templates.

Berg and Notion: common questions

Can Berg replace our Notion wiki?

Berg docs support nested pages, rich text, version history and comments. Large knowledge bases can stay in Notion while project work moves to Berg.

Do we lose flexibility?

Projects come with statuses, views and custom fields ready to use, so you spend less time building the tracker and more time using it.

Is there team chat?

Yes: channels, threads, direct and group messages, mentions, reactions, files, saved messages, reminders and scheduled sends.

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