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Kition tables vs Notion databases: what differs

Same Grid / Kanban / Calendar views — but Kition tables are local `.kitable` files, and the agent can read/write them directly.

Kition Team·Feb 26, 2026·6 min read

Storage

Notion databases live in the cloud as proprietary block JSON. Kition tables are `.kitable` files inside your vault — one file per table, exportable to CSV / JSON / Parquet, fully usable outside Kition.

AI surface

Notion AI is "Q&A + block generation." The Kition agent uses `data_table_records` and friends to actually CRUD: tell it "close all tickets where status=done and owner=me," and it does.

Portability

  • CSV import / export in one click
  • `.kitable` files travel, back up, and version-control on their own
  • No cloud-account lock-in
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