ArchiBoard vs Notion for running interior design projects

Notion is a strong workspace for notes, mood boards and checklists, and many studios build their own system there. But estimates, procurement and payments need calculations and rules that a Notion database does not know about.

Keep Notion for knowledge and briefs if you like it. Move estimates, purchasing, deliveries and payments to ArchiBoard: there they are calculated and tracked without a home-made template that only one person understands.

Task by task

Task in a design projectArchiBoardNotion
Add a product from any shop by link: photo, price, dimensionsYesManually
Rooms, and one item split across several roomsYesManually
Quantity with waste allowance, rounded to whole packsYesManually
Supplier discount, markup and profit on every lineYesManually
Client sees only the client price, never your costYesManually
Client approval of items, with historyYesManually
Order deadlines computed from the installation scheduleYesNo
Delivery status and acceptance on siteYesManually
Supplier payments, advances and balancesYesManually
Tasks created automatically by item statusYesManually
Change history per item and undoYesManually
Client portal with estimate, payments and timelineYesManually
Any structure and your own formulasManuallyYes
Works offlineNoManually

Yes — works out of the box. Manually — possible, but you build and maintain it yourself (formulas, templates, copies). No — not available.

Stay with Notion if

  • You mostly need notes, briefs, mood boards and a team wiki.
  • You enjoy building your own templates and databases.
  • Estimates and purchasing are done by someone else outside your studio.

Move to ArchiBoard if

  • Your Notion estimate breaks when someone edits a formula or a relation.
  • You need order dates from the installation schedule and reminders to suppliers.
  • The client should see the estimate, payments and timeline without access to your workspace.

How to move from Notion in one evening

  1. Step 1

    Export the database

    Export your Notion estimate as CSV and import it: columns are mapped to name, room, quantity, unit, price and link.

  2. Step 2

    Let the links work

    Product links are parsed for photos, prices and dimensions; the web clipper adds new products from any shop in one click.

  3. Step 3

    Turn on the schedule

    Set installation stages and delivery times; ArchiBoard computes order dates and creates tasks for orders, payments and checks.

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