Potion
Web and SaaS
site builder
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
16 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 13 critical, out of 48 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Pricing: 2 for, 6 againstPerformance: 1 for, 4 againstIdea: 2 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Instant updates when the Notion page changes
From 2 comments
I switched from super.so and I absolute love the instant update. Used to smash the refresh button quite a bit to get things to update!
zoozla on HNThanks for the question. Two main things currently. When you update your Notion page or styles it updates your site immediately so it makes for a nice editing experience where…
noahbragg on HN
Nice for existing Notion users wanting a simple site
From 2 comments
I think it's more for existing Notion users that may wish to have a tiny microsite about something. Someone already invested in Notion isn't going to care about self-hosting.
rchaud on HNWhilst there will be lots of folks who complain at performance - its not as if notion is designed to be the backend api for a website, but i have to believe that continuing to…
gavin_gee on HN
Objections
Page speed scores are low
From 3 comments
notion websites are so slow. Google's page speed for your home page has a score of 42. Why does it say "fast page speed" and "great seo"? This [1] demo scores 81 and this[2] has…
itake on HN42 is pretty bad and I'm getting a 33 on potion.so, 60-70 on the demos (it could be that the server load from HN is contributing to it). I just spent some significant effort…
jokethrowaway on HN42 is actually awful... My WordPress sites with large amount of images and content are all above 90, easily
weird-eye-issue on HN
Price is high for a small microsite
From 2 comments
A tiny microsite for $120/year tho.
pydry on HNThis. $10 a month isn’t unheard of but when commodity VPS hosting is $5 a month (if not less) and stuff like WordPress.com is $8 a month and Netlify and GitHub Pages exist, I…
filmgirlcw on HN
Lock-in to Notion and Potion
From 1 comment
I mean this is cool and all but this is literally double lock in. Notion can't be self hosted and neither can this. Why would you depend on either of these for your website. Not…
IceWreck on HN
Requests
Hierarchical or mega navigation menus
From 2 comments
I haven't been this excited about a website builder for a long time. I can definitely see myself switching from Squarespace to this! Could you please clarify whether we can use…
aetherspawn on HNSomething like the “hover to pop out” menus on the notion.so website. There are navigation menus in potion.so at the moment (they’re great!), but they only support 1 level. For…
aetherspawn on HN
Per-page script injection in header or footer
From 1 comment
I haven't been this excited about a website builder for a long time. I can definitely see myself switching from Squarespace to this! Could you please clarify whether we can use…
aetherspawn on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Super, Squarespace or Wix
From 3 comments
Nice stuff, what sets you apart from your competitors like https://super.so/ ?
intunderflow on HNDon't take this the wrong way, it must be scary to do a Show HN, so high5 to you, but...what's the appeal of this over a Carrrd, Wix or Squarespace which already has a good UI /…
orliesaurus on HNHow does this compare to, for example, Squarespace?
brundolf on HN
Whether CloudFront or Cloudflare can sit in front of it
From 1 comment
I haven't been this excited about a website builder for a long time. I can definitely see myself switching from Squarespace to this! Could you please clarify whether we can use…
aetherspawn on HN
Alternatives named
Super.so
From 2 comments
Nice stuff, what sets you apart from your competitors like https://super.so/ ?
intunderflow on HNFor nav menu do you mean something customizable or breadcrumb “menu” following Notion’s/the url sort of thing? What do submenus mean for this? I’m using super.so right now and…
skinnymuch on HN
Squarespace, Wix, Carrd
From 2 comments
Don't take this the wrong way, it must be scary to do a Show HN, so high5 to you, but...what's the appeal of this over a Carrrd, Wix or Squarespace which already has a good UI /…
orliesaurus on HNI haven't been this excited about a website builder for a long time. I can definitely see myself switching from Squarespace to this! Could you please clarify whether we can use…
aetherspawn on HN
WordPress
From 2 comments
Most people don't care, they just want a site that works. It's useful because Notion itself is WYSIWYG where whatever you type is what shows up, much more flexible than something…
satvikpendem on HN> much more flexible than something like WordPress WordPress is endlessly extensible and customizable, so I don’t think Notion would be more flexible. Maybe Notion is simpler or…
noahtallen on HN
GitHub Pages and Netlify
From 2 comments
I prefer to use Github Pages
khanmaytok on HNYou know a site like this can be entirely static and hosted for free with github pages, gitlab pages, netlify, vercel, or any other free static site host.
IceWreck on HN