Is Notion a docs tool or a project-management tool?

It is both. Notion combines documents and wikis with database-driven project and task management.

Can Notion manage client projects?

Yes, if the team builds or adopts the right databases, views and permissions. It does not provide the same fixed client-work and invoicing model as bettro.

How is bettro different?

bettro supplies structure rather than a blank canvas: clients, proposals, projects, meetings, tasks, time, updates and invoices are already connected.

Does Notion include task dependencies?

Yes. Notion's project product describes tasks, subtasks, assignees, dates and dependencies.

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Looking for a Notion alternative?

Notion is fFlexible pages, databases and wikis that teams assemble into a workspace — and for many teams that's exactly right. But if your studio's work starts where Notion's strengths end, it's worth looking at what a tool built for creative client work does differently.

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Why studios start looking beyond Notion

Nobody switches tools for fun. Studios usually start shopping when the tool they have was built for a different operating model than the one they run. With Notion, that tends to sound like:

Built for a different centre of gravity
Notion's strength is fFlexible pages, databases and wikis that teams assemble into a workspace. If your week revolves around client delivery rather than that, the fit starts to strain.
The client experience is an afterthought
Studios tell us clients end up seeing internal boards, threads or portals that were never designed for them — and the studio ends up translating.
Commercial and delivery live apart
Proposals, time and invoices in one place; projects and client conversations in another. Reconciling them becomes someone's part-time job.
You assemble the studio system yourself
General tools are flexible by design, which means the studio's operating model has to be built and maintained — tTeams who live in documents and enjoy building their own systems

What bettro does instead

bettro is a client workspace for creative studios: the relationship and the delivery in one place, with a client-facing side that's designed to be seen.

The team wants structure without maintaining a custom workspace
Permissions must separate clients from internal operational detail
Proposals, time and invoices need proper records rather than page templates
A branded client portal, so clients see progress, files, decisions and invoices — never your internal workspace.
Leads, proposals, projects, meetings, time and invoices connected around one client record.

Switching from Notion: a checklist

Changing systems is mostly a data and workflow decision. Work through these before moving a live client.

1.Decide which databases represent real clients, projects and tasks
2.Separate source documents from duplicated dashboards and views
3.Export files and retain relationships that a flat export may not preserve
4.Run one client end-to-end in bettro before migrating the rest — the workflow differences show up fastest in real work.

Questions about leaving Notion

Is Notion a docs tool or a project-management tool?: It is both. Notion combines documents and wikis with database-driven project and task management.
Can Notion manage client projects?: Yes, if the team builds or adopts the right databases, views and permissions. It does not provide the same fixed client-work and invoicing model as bettro.
How is bettro different?: bettro supplies structure rather than a blank canvas: clients, proposals, projects, meetings, tasks, time, updates and invoices are already connected.
Does Notion include task dependencies?: Yes. Notion's project product describes tasks, subtasks, assignees, dates and dependencies.

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