Definitely interesting. I think if I was going to put in the effort of switching, it would probably be to more of a labor of love pain in the ass situation like Obsidian where I can be more in control.
My use case would easily fit into the Fibery free plan. Amusingly, their own comparison page argues that Notion is a better fit for me:
“Where Fibery works better?
Processes and work management for medium and large teams. Complex processes like product management, feedback management, user research, software development tracking.
Where Notion works better?
Personal life organizer. Small/medium company wiki. Work management for teams with simple processes.”
I’m a heavy Obsidian user personally, started using Fibery for my startup, and now I’m starting to use Fibery for personal stuff over Obsidian as well.
Obsidian is a better note-taker, but Fibery is much more programmable and has the most important OOTB feature of Obsidian which is bidirectional linking (IMO).
I don’t think Fibery gives you less control except in the sense of like data ownership (which is what brought me to Obsidian back in the day).
More key bindings for Fibery would also be appreciated :)
Funny about backlinks — Notion has had them since 2020 and I've never once looked at the backlinks for a given page. I don't think any of my pages link to each other.
I was commissioned to make a video explaining what Fivery is and what makes it powerful. It was a couple of years ago, but I believe the core principles still stand. In case someone is interested to learn more and is ok with video format, check it out: https://youtu.be/ddgJGoQBdtQ
I think Fibery is a very interesting product and an incredibly powerful platform. Developed by a small team.
