student here – using obsidian for thesis notes and its been life changing

the linking between notes is exactly what i needed for research

notion felt too cloud-y and i like having my files locally

obsidian is king for personal knowledge management

the plugin ecosystem is insane – you can customize it to death

notion is good if you need to share with team but i prefer local-first

logseq is interesting but feels like its still figuring itself out

Obsidian for power users, Notion for teams

Using all three for different purposes:

• Obsidian: Local-first, best backlinks, highly customizable with plugins. The graph view is amazing for connecting ideas.
• Notion: Best for collaboration, all-in-one workspace. But privacy concerns and subscription costs.
• LogSeq: Open source, outline-based, great for hierarchical thinking. Still maturing but promising.

My choice for second brain: Obsidian – the graph alone is worth it.