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Clemens

Verified reviewer

Computer Software, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed September 2023

It's like GitHub but for documents

We use Almanac for our company handbook, which is quite important for an all-remote company. We also use it to prepare documents that need a review process, like client proposals, project roadmaps, board updates etc. For this purposes, it works beautifully. Where it currently falls short is export. Any layout that's "too fancy" will fail being exported.

PROS

The killer features of Almanac are version control, layering, and the (automateable) review process.

CONS

It's a young product and the product is definitely a bit rough around the edges. I have trouble getting it to play nicely with the Grammarly browser plugin, for example, and there's some weird behaviour when using layers and tables. The team is incredibly responsive about bug reports and feature requests, though.

Reason for choosing Almanac

We didn't need the powerful database features from Notion but we did need the version control, access control and layer/merge features from Almanac.

Alex

Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed June 2022

Almanac powers all of our knowledge management

PROS

We've been using Almanac for a long time now and have built our internal knowledge management system using Handbooks. With roles and access rights we make sure the right stakeholders access the correct documents. Version control, commenting, and built-in reviews processes help with collaboration and structure.

CONS

I'm missing rich data tables and Kanban boards. The personal note taking and task management capabilities aren't yet as good as the comparable niche tools.

Reasons for switching to Almanac

Notion was too unstructured and too expensive

Brian

Internet, 1 employee

Used monthly for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed June 2022

Almanac **** Marketing Tool

Very satisfied though I will not be able to afford any of the premium plans at this time. But wish I could.

PROS

It is very expertly organized, has a free plan good for start-ups and newbies. User friendly, various planners for shipping, meetings, inventory etc. It is also fast, sleek and customer service is very quick to respond and friendly with their explanations.

CONS

Limited free plan, a few too many features which I have no use for.

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Brent

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Design, 1 employee

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2021

A fantastic way to document team knowledge

I'm a consultant and one of my projects was getting my e-commerce client's documentation in order and with Almanac it is 10x better than Google Docs. Before docs were all over the place in random people's drives and not shared with the right people. Now that they are in Almanac, it's super simple to see who has access to what, and change permission levels as needed. We've started using Almanac for our weekly meetings as well and assigning tasks for follow-ups. The Inbox page helps keep me on track of what I need to do and what tasks I've assigned to others.

PROS

It feels like the best of Google Docs (real-time collab, great doc editor) with the power of a project management app (tasks and workflows). The ability to create groups makes it really easy to share docs with lots of people, but control permission levels.

CONS

I would like more integrations with other services to make our documentation richer with videos, embed Miro boards, etc. Also comments are sometimes hard to tell the context and what they are attached to in the document.

Reasons for switching to Almanac

Docs got lost all the time, permissions were a pain to wrangle

Tyler

Computer Software, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed May 2021

Early Days

Outstanding value, core features unique in the market: I feel like our team will have the documentation home base we’ve been missing.

PROS

Fast, easy to use, and appropriately scoped as a document collaboration and knowledge base. Git style version control really makes “asynchronous collaboration” on business processes possible.

CONS

It’s early days and there are still some edges of the software that need improvement

Reason for choosing Almanac

Value to price ratio

Reasons for switching to Almanac

Google docs version control and organization features are barely functional.

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Siti Raziah

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Telecommunications, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2022

Helpful in controlling document version

I love the experience with Almanac and the benefit that it has to simplify our document control process.

PROS

Responsive, simple to use, and adequately planned as a documents collaborator and knowledge base. The Github method tool makes "event-driven cooperation" on workflows viable. Documents are effortless to integrate and stay connected. I prefer that branches are tied to a document, and I never overlook the importance of where they're from. The processes facilitate collaboration with our staff rather than everything being in Asana.

CONS

I would like to have additional links with other programs to make our content fuller with clips, including Whiteboards, etc. Furthermore, notes are often hard to discern the contextual and what they have been linked to in the content.

Matt

Financial Services, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2021

Game changer for remote teams

I believe every remote, distributed team should adopt Almanac. It makes asynchronous work meaningfully simpler.

PROS

Almanac is like Notion, but fast, and with their git-like branch features, it's built for all users to feel empowered to suggest changes to company documentation.

CONS

I can't complain. The team is continuing to ship meaningful improvements every couple of weeks, and that's all I can ask for.

Nikita

Education Management, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed June 2023

Best of both worlds

PROS

Our team was looking for something that can allow us to co-create marketing assists as well as organize and manage everything that has and will be created and shared. The different sharing permissions make it easy to share with in the department but also cross departments as well password protect and share outside partners.

CONS

There isn’t a con I can think of. It’s a growing company so there are places to improve and they are very open to feedback.

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Hailey

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed June 2021

Documentation made easy

Overall I'm very happy with Almanac. All of our documentation is finally in one place that can easily be found, adapted, and kept up to date. The similarities to Github for branching make it really easy for our engineers to understand and use.

PROS

Documents are easy to link together and make connections. I like how branches are attached to a doc so I never lose track of where they are. The workflows simplify collaborating with our employees instead of everything being in Slack.

CONS

Importing documents is a bit of a pain, I wish I could just drag and drop Google docs or Notion pages in. The tables are pretty lacking compared to Notion but we don't use them that much.

Reasons for switching to Almanac

Notion was too slow

Diane

Financial Services, 10,000+ employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed May 2021

Super Handy

PROS

Fairly easy to use and chock-full of great starting points that span a wide range of topics and needs.

CONS

I would like to see the UI to switch between personal vs. community contexts be more obvious but other than that, there's nothing to dislike.

Mindy

Information Technology and Services, 1 employee

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed April 2021

Understanding Tech Space

PROS

experts in the industry contributing templates and advice in professional resusable templates as well as social aspect of the platform

CONS

coming from Analytics/ML background, would be nice to have a Data/Analytics category since this is what supposedly drives companies these days. Lot of complaints from my colleagues is that it is a not-so well-defined org so there's churn in this part of org's. So having some doc's and processes populated on Alamanc for that would be super dope!

Virginia

Computer Software, 51-200 employees

Used monthly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed April 2021

Great platform

PROS

I love the library of information and documents, and the ease of browsing them.

CONS

I would like to have more formats in which I can upload documents yet they won't lose their form, functionality and quality.

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