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I am looking to move from Notion, looking for an alternative. Here are few things I am looking for:

1. It is easy to back up or export my data

2. Great UI! May be its just me, I care about the UI a lot and if it is nice, I seem to be writing more

3. Support for templates, so that I can write daily journal/entries with predefined fields

4. Support for keyboard shortcuts (or mouse-less operations) so that I can link or embed documents quickly

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If what you have in your notion is mostly ideas, concepts, and thoughts, then Obsidian is a great choice. It is not as great for storing facts, because of the lack of something resembling Notion's robust database system.

So I use both: Obsidian for ideas, beliefs, concepts, explanations, class notes, etc. Notion for Goals, freelance client project info, job hunt tracking, to watch/read lists, images and links for internet arguments, plans for video games, travel plans, technical solutions, exercise and practice routines.

Seems you left the comment at the right submission then as Obsidian supports all of those things.

I do like Notion. I have been a paying customer for the last year. But I find that it has too many limitations for how I work. Why can I not customize colors? Why is there no plain text block? Why is there not a simple table? So many basic things seem missing.

Might be worth checking out Notabase [0]. The UI is designed to be really clean and easy-to-use.

[0]: https://notabase.io

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