Lattics vs Notion

Lattics is a knowledge management and writing app for researchers, writers, and other knowledge workers. Its card library lets users organize, tag, and search small units of knowledge, then place them in project outlines. Articles and cards can be linked across projects with inline references and bidirectional links. For visual planning, the Graph offers Mind Map, Plot of Story, and Aerial views, alongside a timeline for story design, historical research, and project management.

Writing and research features include AI help with translation, proofreading, rewriting, creative writing, and consultation; bibliography generation; more than 8000 CSL citation styles; and journal layout templates. PDF tools support annotation and translation in 92 languages while preserving original formatting. Exports include PDF, Word, TXT, Markdown, PNG, and ePub. Lattics runs on web, Windows, macOS, and iOS, and works offline. Content is stored locally by default without registration or login; users may choose third-party cloud sync with end-to-end encryption. It offers a free plan, with Basic limits of 3 PDF translations and 3 OCR recognitions per 24 hours, plus 50 graph and timeline nodes per project.

Notion is a cloud workspace for organising personal projects and coordinating work. Its pages, blocks, and databases support note sharing and real-time collaboration, and offline access is available. It runs on the web, Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android, with a Chrome extension also listed. Connections include Slack, Google Drive, Figma, GitHub, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams. Notion supports semantic search, AI search or answers, and version history. The Free plan costs $0 per member per month and includes trial AI capabilities and a trial of Notion AI. Free uploads are limited to 5 MB per file, multi-member Free workspaces have a limited number of blocks, and external guests are limited to 10. Plus costs $10 per member per month, and Business costs $20 per member per month; yearly payment saves up to 20%. Paid plans list unlimited guests. Notion says data is encrypted and private, and that Notion AI does not use customer data to train models unless users opt in. Enterprise workspaces get zero data retention with LLM providers.