MaWiki
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MaWiki vs Notion.

Notion is a great toolbox. It can be a wiki, a database, a project tracker, a CRM, and a notebook all at once. That flexibility is its strength, and for many teams it is the right answer. But if your team mostly writes docs and wants an AI that has actually read them, MaWiki is built for that one job and does it well.

When Notion fits, when it doesn't.

Notion shines when you want one tool to do many things. Databases, kanban boards, customer trackers, meeting notes, and OKRs all in one place. The team is happy to invest a week getting the templates right.

MaWiki is the opposite. We do three things on purpose: a wiki, a fast editor, and an AI that has actually read your docs. We don't do databases. We don't pretend to be a project tracker. The trade-off is that on day one, the wiki works. On day two, you can ask it questions and trust the answers because every reply cites the doc and paragraph it came from.

If your team has been carrying a Notion workspace that's grown into a 600-page mess no one can find anything in, the move to MaWiki is fast. Export your Notion workspace, drop the zip into MaWiki, ask the AI to surface the docs that actually matter. We never throw anything away, but we make the useful stuff easier to find.

MaWiki
Notion
AI assistant grounded in your docs
Yes, with citations on every answer
Notion AI summarises and writes, but answers without sourced citations
Import from elsewhere
Markdown, Notion HTML, Confluence XML, Word, PDF, plain text, zips, drag and drop
Markdown and CSV. Limited PDF and Word import
Time to useful
Drop in a folder, ask the first question in under five minutes
Most teams spend a week on databases, templates, and table relations
Editor
Fast, keyboard-first, focused on prose
Powerful but heavy. Lots of slash commands, blocks, and toolbars
Offline editing
Works offline, syncs on reconnect
Limited offline. Most actions need a connection
Private AI option
Run AI locally on the desktop app, no data leaves your laptop
Cloud only
Plays with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Continue
Yes, via the bundled connector
Not natively
Pricing for a small team
Free for solo. AUD 8 a seat per month, billed annually
Plus plan at USD 10 a seat per month, AI add-on extra
Built for
Small teams who write docs and want answers fast
Anyone who wants a Lego set for company info
switching from notion

From Notion to MaWiki in 10 minutes.

  1. Export your Notion workspace. In Notion, open Settings, then Workspace, then Export all content. Choose Markdown and CSV. You get a zip.
  2. Drop the zip into MaWiki. Sign up, open the import surface, drag the zip on. Subfolders become spaces. Filenames become titles.
  3. Ask the AI to map the wreckage. "What policies do we have?" "Show me the most-edited engineering docs." MaWiki finds the useful stuff so you don't have to.
Made by a small team in Australia. Self-funded. We answer emails. The roadmap and the changelog are public.

Try it on your Notion export. No card to start.

If MaWiki isn't a fit for you, your data is still where you left it. We never lock anyone in.