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Pros
Pro Each bullet point can be either linked to, or included in full in any page (including the page it originated on
Yay transclusion.
Pro A default place for "Daily Notes" means not having to worry where a new note *should* go.
Pro Shift click on a link pulls up the link in a side panel without navigating you away
Pro Each bullet point can be either linked to, or included in full in any page (including the page it originated on. Yay transclusion!)
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Cons
Con A bit expensive, no freemium plan yet
$15/month or $165/year. 14-day trial. There is a plan for students / academia.
Con Hosted at a cloud provider that's not well known for it's users privacy (Google / Firebase)
Check your company's security policy before storing client data / PII or company confidential information in Roam.
Con No offline mode
The information can be accessed on the browser offline, but you cannot edit it.
Con Very expensive pricing model, no 'free' tier
For what still feels like beta-software, it's pricing model is very expensive in comparison with competitors that generally offer free tiers for example.
Con Forces you to edit with markdown, rather than wysiwyg
This issue is made worse by super basic formatting bugs, like if you want to for example unbold some text with control/cmd-b, it rather double-bolds it (e.g. it becomes bolded text), making the non-wysiwygness even more messy.
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Pro
Bi-directional linksPro
Supports markdownPro
Easy page mergingPro
In place editingCon
A bit expensive, no freemium plan yetCon
No offline modePro
Graph overview allows you to easily see how nodes relatePro
Each bullet point can be either linked to, or included in full in any page (including the page it originated onPro
Explicit linked references included on every page at the bottomCon
No vim modeCon
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Roam is unique in its clear and concise outlining capabilities in combination with bidirectional linking as main tool for interconnection and structure. The community is friendly and very active in developing solutions to problems, tutorials, and courses. Page zoom and real block level interconnection are t...
Pro
Bi-directional linksPro
Supports markdownPro
Easy page mergingPro
Each bullet point on a page is zoomable as it's own 'wiki page'Con
A bit expensive, no freemium plan yetCon
No offline modeCon
No mobile appPro
Rename a page and all everything that references it renames as wellPro
Helpful slash (/) commands while editing for autocomplete, TODOs and moreCon
Forces you to edit with markdown, rather than wysiwyg
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Pro
Bi-directional linksPro
Supports markdownPro
Easy page mergingPro
In place page creation / linking with brackets or hashtagsPro
Each bullet point on a page is zoomable as it's own 'wiki page'Pro
In place editingCon
A bit expensive, no freemium plan yetCon
No offline modePro
Graph overview allows you to easily see how nodes relatePro
Each bullet point can be either linked to, or included in full in any page (including the page it originated onPro
Explicit linked references included on every page at the bottomCon
No vim modeCon
Hosted at a cloud provider that's not well known for it's users privacy (Google / Firebase)Con
No mobile appPro
Rename a page and all everything that references it renames as wellPro
Supports in place datalog queriesPro
Helpful slash (/) commands while editing for autocomplete, TODOs and moreCon
Very expensive pricing model, no 'free' tierPro
Shift click on a link pulls up the link in a side panel without navigating you awayPro
A default place for "Daily Notes" means not having to worry where a new note *should* go.Con
Forces you to edit with markdown, rather than wysiwygPro
Supports hiccup syntax for HTML snippetsCon
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Out of Date Pros + Cons
Con No established pricing model, this could get expensive later
Rumored to be upwards of $30/month.
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