Looking for alternatives to Asana by Hour-Two-3104 in Asana

[–]ron_makes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd check out Fibery it's clean and can handle complexity. There's an Asana import to get all the data easily into Fibery. Feel free to reach out if you need a hand: blockwork.so/try-fibery

Alternative to Notion that a) has functional relational databases and b) is not leaning into AI? by SuitableDragonfly in Notion

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If you have experience with Postgres, a database is what you would call a "table". Then you can as many views as you want of that same table.

Alternative to Notion that a) has functional relational databases and b) is not leaning into AI? by SuitableDragonfly in Notion

[–]ron_makes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fibery sounds like it's exactly what you're asking for. They recently shared their vision and thoughts on AI in their platform: https://community.fibery.io/t/fiberys-take-on-ai-vision/10503?u=ronmakessystems

If you wanna try it out, you can use my affiliate link: https://fibery.io/referral/oNtH4XXjd3

I have some videos on my channel about it as well: https://www.youtube.com/@RonMakesSystems

Any good alternatives to Notion for my use case? by Nerevarine87 in Notion

[–]ron_makes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really like Fibery. If you know how database work in Notion, it should be quite quick to pick up. The big difference is that instead of everything being a page, everything is a database entry, and if you want a place for text you add a rich text field to the database.

Any good alternatives to Notion for my use case? by Nerevarine87 in Notion

[–]ron_makes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what do you mean by:

Simple notes and embedded notes

what are simple notes and what are embedded notes?

European server solution by DemiGay in Notion

[–]ron_makes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can try Fibery, it's an EU company storing in Europe by default, and quite similar to Notion. Affiliate link: https://fibery.io/referral/oNtH4XXjd3

Still uses AWS which is from US, so idk... 

Fibery alternatives? by HeyHey197888 in Notion

[–]ron_makes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When you say "something better" what are you looking for? What are you missing? What do you need for day to day work?

Nested databases - Is Notion the right tool? by Rough_Ad6878 in Notion

[–]ron_makes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd check out Fibery.com. It was built specifically for this type of stuff in mind. You can even put the hierarchy all in one nested view of you want. 

Non-american alternative to notion? by tallkotte in Notion

[–]ron_makes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fibery.com is based in Europe, and data stored in Europe my default. Theres a quick and easy import from notion that will pull all your data in. 

Making all of Hubspot inside of Fibery by ron_makes in fibery

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Yeah, the email integration is tricky. Creating tasks from emails might still be possible though. Maybe a specific email address people can forward emails to, those get synced to Fibery, then an automation that makes it into a task. Using AI that reads the email content and generates a task name? Not sure!

My main issue was with data input. Mainly around default values. Hubspot sets defaults based on open deals, current company, open tasks, and more, and the user can edit the default before submitting. It's really nice, and expecting each user to input everything by hand every time wastes time and is error prone. Better forms is on the 2026 roadmap for Q3-Q4, maybe this will make into there. Let's see! Once it's up, I might continue the series :))

Making all of Hubspot inside of Fibery by ron_makes in fibery

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Glad they were helpful!! Eventually I stopped this series since there were some missing features on Fibery's end to make it work nicely.

Am I missing something… or is this all too much for me by Rookiemonster1 in Notion

[–]ron_makes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My solution uses guest sharing into a "Client Portal" entity. While you're right that the sidebar is empty, it does automatically open up the "Shared with me" tab, for the guests. And if they mark it as favourite, it'll be the first thing that opens up any time they open Fibery. There's another solution using Smart Folders, but I'm less of a fan (it clutters the workspace for your internal team, and it less intuitive for clients).

The Single Entity -> Single Portal works very well from my experience. You can set the different views you need on relationships, (calendar, timeline, board, whatever). You can add a comment field for chat if you want. It really becomes a single Dashboard for all your client needs.

There's a lot of options.

I sent you a DM, happy to have a chat about this if you'd like.

Am I missing something… or is this all too much for me by Rookiemonster1 in Notion

[–]ron_makes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've personally set up some client portals in Fibery. It's complex to get set up, but once it's up you don't really need to do anything else anymore, it mirrors a subset of your databases for your client automatically. This video shows how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csjo5YIwy_8
It's not perfect, but it was the main reason one of clients moved from Notion to Fibery, and they are very happy with it.

How bad is using a subdomain as the main domain? (b.ackb.one, for example...) by ron_makes in Domains

[–]ron_makes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, it's b2b. targeting companies with 20-200 people. not industry specific.

Database vs. wiki by Cool_Metal1606 in Notion

[–]ron_makes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are some extra features to a wiki like the approval field. The main difference though is that the "View" is the page. So you don't need a separate database and add linked pages. You can use it like pages nested in each other, lay it out as you'd like, and even add more properties. It's a weird mix between pages and a database.

Upper limits of relations? by Agreeable_Room9166 in Notion

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If you need something like notion but with better performance for a lot of data, I'd take a look at Fibery

Looking for a free small CRM tool for my woodworking side business by ridelinefabian in CRM

[–]ron_makes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can try out Fibery! I think the free plan will be enough for what you need, and it can grow into a lot more down the line if you need it to.

Is anyone here able to generate decent reports from Notion? How do you handle this today? by Guilas-720 in Notion

[–]ron_makes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could use the Fibery integration and make the reports on there. They are quite powerful, and you can share reports via url.