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What do you guys think about Tables by Google?

Google recently launched Tables https://tables.area120.google.com/u/0/about#/ . Did anyone tried or can compare to other tools like Notion?

Google’s in-house incubator Area 120 is today introducing a new work-tracking tool, Tables, which aims to make tracking projects more efficient by investing in automation. Instead of simply tracking notes and tasks associated with a project in various documents that have to be manually updated by team members

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    I'd love to try Tables but it's currently US-only. Launching products globally isn't a moonshot Google is interested in.

    So far I've run across a couple of opposite opinions. @benlcollins shared his favourable early experience with Google Tables. At the other end of the spectrum, in the Sep 24, 2020 issue of the Indie Hackers newsletter @channingallen wrote:

    Google launched Tables this week, which gave me a kick. Think of it as a mix between Airtable and… Airtable. People instantly started making predictions about when it would end up in the graveyard with so many other Google products. I showed Tables to Courtland and his response was, "So… they're copying something that Notion already made obsolete? RIP innovation at Google."

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      I think the real value of Tables will be its deep integration with G Suite and Google's cloud machine learning tools, and that's a really attractive proposition. So I think the target market will be businesses already using G Suite, where it'll be a really nice product to sit alongside Sheets for workflow management.

      For me personally, I've been using it in alpha for a while and it has replaced Trello in my tool stack.

      I have very little experience with Notion, so not sure how similar it is.

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        Thanks. I'm interested in the integration with the Google ecosystem too.

        I played a bit with Notion. It's indeed an advanced and nice platform, a tool for making tools from building blocks. But it's perhaps a bit overwhelming, particularly for users of traditional office suites and productivity tools.

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      So… they're copying something that Notion already made obsolete? RIP innovation at Google.

      This comment really made me laugh - cleverly worded. However, I believe @csallen may want to restate this position in 36 months. ;-) These two comments are why ...

      I think the real value of Tables will be its deep integration with G Suite and Google's cloud machine learning tools, and that's a really attractive proposition.

      So I think the target market will be businesses already using G Suite, where it'll be a really nice product to sit alongside Sheets for workflow management.

      Google openly tests many products which never become mainstream, but given the vast investments and competitive landscape of the no-code movement, I have a hunch Tables will garner paying users almost immediately (I have 20 clients who saw it last week; 11 upgraded their teams to paying users).

      Immediate [paid] adoption is a strong indication of rapid acceptance into Google's mainstream collection of business tools, so Tables is likely to be sustained.

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        As far as I can remember, Tables is indeed the first experimental, Area 120 Google product with a paid tier.

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    I'm looking for a similar scrip for my macro program. I'm running a project of table saw guide and need help to improve it.

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