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App comparisons

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Notion

Roam and Notion are geared toward very different audiences. We spent time testing both, and here's how they stack up as note-taking apps.

Roam vs. Notion: Which is the better note-taking app?

The variable flexibility of Roam and Notion makes it difficult to compare them apples-to-apples. But I soldiered on by focusing mostly on their value for research and note-taking. After spending a ton of time with each app, here's what I found.

Roam vs. Notion: Which note-taking app is better?

Keep your coding workflows up to date without ever having to leave Notion! Once this integration is active, it will automatically generate a new issue in GitHub for each new item you add to a specified database in Notion.

A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team.

Triggers when a new item is created in a database.

New Database Item

Triggers when a new (non-database item) page is created your workspace or selected subpage.

New Page

Triggers when an item in a selected database is updated.

Updated Database Item

Updated Page

Triggers when a page or database item is updated. Optionally select a parent page or database to monitor.

Updated Page or Database Item

Retrieves the children of a block, with any text content rendered as Markdown.

Retrieve Block Children

Retrieves a list of un-resolved comments from a Page as line-items.

Get Page Comments

Searches for an item in a database by property.

Find Database Item

Find Page (By Title)

Retrieves the comments for the provided page, or creates one if no comments are found.

Find or Create Comment

Searches for a Database Item matching the provided query, or creates one if it does not exist.

Find or Create Database Item

Add Comment

Create Database Item

Create Page

Add Content to Page

Update Database Item

Custom Actions (Beta)

This is an advanced action which makes a raw HTTP request that includes this integration's authentication.

API Request (Beta)

GitHub is the perfect place to share code and work collaboratively on private and open source software.

GitHub

New Branch

Triggers when you add a new collaborator.

New Collaborator

Triggers when a new comment on a commit is created.

New Commit Comment

New Commit

Triggers when anything happens on a repo.

New Repo Event

Triggers when you add/star a gist (public or private).

New Gist

Triggers when anything happens from or to you, on any repo.

New Global Event

New Issue

New Label

Triggers when your Github username is mentioned in a Commit, Comment, Issue or Pull Request.

New Mention

Triggers when a new milestone is created.

New Milestone

Triggers when a new notification is created.

New Notification

Triggers when a new organization is created.

New Organization

Triggers when a new pull request is created.

New Pull Request

New Release

Triggers when a new repository is created.

New Repository

Triggers when a review is requested from you or a specified user.

New Review Request

New Team

Triggers when a new watcher is added to a repo.

New Watcher

Check Organization Membership

Find an organization, whether or not you are a member.

Find Organization

Find Repository

Find Issue

Find Pull Request

Find User

Finds or creates a specific repo issue by title.

Find or Create an Issue

Finds or creates a specific repo pull by title.

Find or Create a Pull Request

Creates a new comment in an Issue or Pull Request.

Create Comment

Delete Branch

Create Gist

Create Issue

Create a new pull request and merge it (optional).

Create Pull Request

Set Profile Status

Submit Review

Update Issue

Update Pull Request

Create GitHub issues from new items in Notion databases

Tired of managing juggling workflows across multiple platforms? This Zap simplifies things. Set it up to automatically create an issue in Jira as soon as a new item is added to a specified Notion database. Keep your projects up to date without the hassle of switching apps.

Jira Software Cloud is a bug and issue tracking tool that allows software developers to manage product development. This integration connects to cloud-hosted instances of Jira.

Jira Software Cloud

Triggers when a new issue is added that matches some JQL.

New Issue (Via JQL)

Triggers when an existing issue is updated.

Updated Issue

Triggers when a new comment is added to an issue.

New Comment

Triggers when a comment on an issue is updated.

Updated Comment

Find Component

Find Issue (Via JQL)

Find Issue by Key

Find Project

Finds an issue by summary or key. Optionally creates a new issue.

Find or Create Issue

Add Attachment to Issue

Add Comment to Issue

Creates a link (e.g. "is blocked by") between two issues.

Link Issues

Add Watcher to Issue

Moves an issue to an active or open sprint.

Move Issue to Sprint

Generate Jira issues with new Notion database items

Make sure your to-do lists are up to date across platforms, without the tedious chore of duplicate data entry. This integration automatically creates an item in a specified Notion database as soon as a new task is generated in your ClickUp account.

ClickUp is a productivity platform that allows you to manage your work and personal tasks in a beautifully intuitive environment.

ClickUp

Triggers when a new message is posted to a specific channel you choose. 

New Message Posted to Channel

Triggers when a reaction (emoji) is added to a message in a public channel.

New Reaction Added to Chat Message

Triggers when a new Comment is added to a Task in ClickUp.

New Comment on a Task

New Folder

New List

New Task

Triggers when a reaction (emoji) is added to a message for a task comment.

New Reaction Added to Task Comment

Task Changes

Triggers when a new Time Entry is added using ClickUp Time tracking.

New Time Entry

View the Custom Fields available on tasks in a specific Team / Space / Folder / List.

Find Custom Fields

Find the most recent task created in Workspace/Space/Folder/List.

Find the Most Recent Task

Finds a list of all tasks created in Workspace/Space/Folder/List. Supports Custom Fields.

Find a List of All Tasks

Find Task by ID

Find an existing user by their name or their email.

Find User by Name or Email

Find Documents

Archive or Delete Task

New Checklist

Send a direct message to a user or yourself.

Send Direct Message

Post a message to a specific channel you choose.

Send Chat Message to Channel

Create new document in the specific location

Create New Document

Create New Document Page

A Space represents teams, departments, or groups, each with its own Lists, workflows, and settings.

Create Space

Create Custom Field

Create Folder

Create List

Post a Task Comment

Time Tracked

Post Attachment

Create Subtask

Create Task

Update value of a custom field for a selected task

Update Custom Field Value

Update Task

Add new ClickUp tasks to databases in Notion

Need to stay responsive to new data in your inbox? This integration can help. Once it’s active, this Zap extracts specified data from newly-received emails using Email Parser by Zapier, then automatically adds that data as a new item in a specified database in Notion.

Send emails to your custom "@robot.zapier.com" address and extract any data! Visit http://parser.zapier.com/ for more information!

Email Parser by Zapier

Triggers when a mailbox gets a new email. Don't forget to set up your parser mailboxes at https://parser.zapier.com/.

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