Notion export gaps flagged

People trying to leave Notion for local Markdown setups are running into a basic problem: Notion’s own exports and Obsidian’s importer still do not recreate every part of a workspace cleanly. (notion.com) (obsidian.md) Notion says users can export a page, database, or an entire workspace as Portable Document Format, HyperText Markup Language, or Markdown and Comma-Separated Values files. Its help page also says whole-workspace export requires workspace-level access, and some items, including Form views, cannot be exported in that flow. (notion.com) Obsidian’s official help says its Importer plugin offers two Notion paths: a file import from a Notion export and an application programming interface import using a Notion integration token. Obsidian says the file route does not preserve databases, while the newer application programming interface route preserves databases and formulas but depends on an internet connection and Notion’s application programming interface limits. (obsidian.md) Obsidian’s own GitHub help files tell users to export Notion workspaces in HyperText Markup Language, not Markdown, because Notion’s Markdown export “omits important data.” The same guide says users should export all content at once so internal links can be reconciled correctly during import. (github.com) That leaves a migration gap for people who want notes as ordinary files on disk rather than as blocks inside a web service. Obsidian markets the result of its importer as “durable Markdown files” that work offline, but its documentation also lists missing pieces such as linked data sources, non-primary database views, and some formula functions. (obsidian.md) The complaint lands at a moment when many productivity users split work across several paid tools instead of one suite. Official pricing pages list Todoist Pro at $5 a month, Readwise at $9.99 a month billed annually for its full plan that includes Reader, Obsidian Sync at $5 a month, and Notion Plus at $10 per member a month, which puts a four-app stack near $30 a month before tax if a user pays for those tiers. (todoist.com) (readwise.io) (obsidian.md) (notion.com) Notion’s pitch to developers is the opposite direction: connect more tools into Notion, not move out of it. Its developer site says the Notion application programming interface is built to read and write structured pages, databases, blocks, and users, and to connect outside services back into a workspace. (developers.notion.com) Notion also makes import easier than export in some cases. Its import guide supports Markdown, HyperText Markup Language, Zip, Portable Document Format, and app-specific imports from services including Evernote, Trello, and Asana, with limits and cleanup notes spelled out for some sources. (notion.com) So the practical advice in the official docs is narrow: use HyperText Markup Language if you are moving from Notion into Obsidian, use the application programming interface importer if you need database structure, and expect edge cases either way. For users trying to turn a living Notion workspace into a complete offline vault, the tooling still falls short of a one-click exit. (github.com) (obsidian.md)