Atomic Blend vs Notion
A flexible workspace — or an encrypted one you actually own.
Notion is a powerful, flexible workspace for notes, tasks, and docs. But your content lives on Notion’s servers in a form Notion can read — there is no end-to-end encryption.
Atomic Blend covers notes and tasks (alongside mail and calendar) with end-to-end encryption by default, and it is open source and self-hostable. You trade some of Notion’s freeform flexibility for genuine privacy and ownership.
| Atomic Blend | Notion | |
|---|---|---|
| End-to-end encrypted | Yes | No |
| Open sourceProton open-sources its apps, not its backend. | Yes | No |
| Self-hostable | Yes | No |
| All-in-one (mail · calendar · tasks · notes) | Yes | Partial |
| No per-seat pricing | Yes | No |
| Export & own your data | Yes | Yes |
Why people switch from Notion
End-to-end encryption
Notion is not end-to-end encrypted. Atomic Blend encrypts every note and task on your device before it leaves.
Own your data
Self-host the open-source suite, or keep it in our cloud — either way, only you hold the keys.
One private account
Notes and tasks live alongside encrypted mail and calendar in a single account.
Where Notion is still the better choice
We would rather you picked the right tool than the one we sell.
- Far more flexible freeform documents, databases, and wikis.
- A huge template and integration ecosystem.
- Best-in-class for collaborative team knowledge bases.
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