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IT documentation · November 2026 Edition

Hudu vs Notion

Six of fourteen models named Hudu first on the direct prompt; zero named Notion. Hudu was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Notion by thirteen and Hudu carries 53 labels and Notion 41, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Hudu

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Notion

criticized challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

First-choice share29%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%32%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#7A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels5341A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Hudu reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Confluence was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Hudu vs Confluence · Hudu vs BookStack · Hudu vs Freshservice

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the IT documentation page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
HuduFirst choices, of fourteen modelsNotion
Direct601 against Hudu
Paraphrase80
Comparative21
Budget-constrained011 against Hudu · 2 against Notion
Scale-constrained202 against Notion
Negative402 against Hudu · 9 against Notion
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Hudu and Notion were named in the same answer seventy-two times, of the 129 answers naming Hudu and the 159 naming Notion. In those answers Notion took the first choice six times and Hudu twenty-five.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Hudu and Notion stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Hudu Notion first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Hudu on the left and Notion on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Hudu and Notion stood in it.

Hudu first, Notion an alternative

6 of 14 modelsNotion was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Confluence, Hudu alternatives: Document360, Tettra
Gemini 3.5 FlashHudu alternatives: Confluence, Document360, GitBook, IT Glue, Scribe, Tango
Perplexity SonarHudu alternatives: Confluence, Document360, Freshservice, SharePoint
DeepSeek V4 FlashConfluence, Hudu alternatives: Document360, Notion
Qwen 3.7 FlashHudu alternatives: Confluence, Guidde, Scribe
GPT-6 LunaHudu alternatives: Confluence, IT Glue, SharePoint

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Grok 4.20Confluence alternatives: GitBook, Hudu, IT Glue, Notion
Kimi K2Confluence alternatives: Document360, Notion
MiniMax M2.5Document360 alternatives: Confluence, Freshservice, GitBook, Hudu
Muse Glimmer 30BConfluence alternatives: Document360, Freshservice, Notion

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniConfluence alternatives: Document360, Guru, IT Glue
Mistral SmallConfluence, Document360 alternatives: Freshservice, GitBook, IT Glue, Mintlify
Llama 4 MaverickConfluence alternatives: Document360, Freshservice, GitBook
GLM 4.7 FlashXDocument360 alternatives: Confluence, GitBook

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Hudu leads by twelve points.
Hudu27%#1 of 14
Notion15%#3 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Hudu leads by twenty-seven points.
Hudu29%#1 of 15
Notion2%#7 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Hudu2%#7 of 15
Notion2%#11 of 15
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Hudu

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Its external-sharing links reportedly lack automatic expiration and remain valid until manually revoked.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · hard negative
“Also MSP-focused; good value for MSPs but unnecessary complexity for internal teams” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · hard negative
“Avoid IT Glue or Hudu unless you are an MSP” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · hard negative
“Go with Hudu if your internal IT team already has a ticketing system and specifically needs a secure IT knowledge base, asset map, and vault.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Highly recommended for mid-market internal IT. Fast, modern, offers both SaaS and self-hosted options, robust API, and strong asset relation modeling” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Hudu (highly popular for its flexibility, self-hosting or cloud options, transparent pricing, and good data export options)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice

What the models said about Notion

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.

“the platforms to most often avoid or scrutinize heavily are: - Consumer-first note apps that get stretched into a wiki, such as Notion or similar tools” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“Generic Wikis (Confluence, Notion, MediaWiki, Dokuwiki) - Why to avoid: These are widely criticized as "considered harmful"” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“frequently recommended to avoid or scrutinize heavily for enterprise IT documentation needs” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Need an internal IT wiki for broad collaboration? → Confluence or Notion” GPT-5.4 mini · comparative prompt · first choice
“For a company with a limited budget, Notion is the best default choice” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared
Hudu vs ConfluenceHudu vs BookStackHudu vs FreshserviceHudu vs IT GlueHudu vs Document360Hudu vs ONES WikiConfluence vs NotionBookStack vs NotionFreshservice vs NotionIT Glue vs NotionDocument360 vs NotionNotion vs ONES WikiAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full IT documentation standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.