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 project | ArchiBoard | Notion |
|---|---|---|
| Add a product from any shop by link: photo, price, dimensions | Yes | Manually |
| Rooms, and one item split across several rooms | Yes | Manually |
| Quantity with waste allowance, rounded to whole packs | Yes | Manually |
| Supplier discount, markup and profit on every line | Yes | Manually |
| Client sees only the client price, never your cost | Yes | Manually |
| Client approval of items, with history | Yes | Manually |
| Order deadlines computed from the installation schedule | Yes | No |
| Delivery status and acceptance on site | Yes | Manually |
| Supplier payments, advances and balances | Yes | Manually |
| Tasks created automatically by item status | Yes | Manually |
| Change history per item and undo | Yes | Manually |
| Client portal with estimate, payments and timeline | Yes | Manually |
| Any structure and your own formulas | Manually | Yes |
| Works offline | No | Manually |
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
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.
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.
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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