# Obsidian vs Notion for PKM This is a comparison of [[Obsidian]] and [[Notion]] when used as [[Personal Knowledge Management|PKM]] tools. - [[Notion]] pros - Supports WYSIWYG note editing - Better layouts (but is this really a benefit as you can get easily distracted) - One click publishing - [[Obsidian]] pros - Faster note creation (0 lags as files are locally stored) - You own your data - Better linking which promotes [[Linking Your Thinking]] - You can create links to pages that don't yet exist - Structures emerge vs being imposed