Craft vs Slab: Working Notes or Topic-Based Team Knowledge?
Choose Craft when capturing and polishing documents alongside personal tasks is the priority. Choose Slab when hierarchical Topics and shared retrieval should organize the team’s accepted knowledge.
Both support shared writing, search and organized team knowledge. Craft has spaces, tags and structured Collections; Slab has hierarchical Topics and post verification. Compare the route from personal working material to an accepted reading path, rather than calling Craft unstructured.
This documentation-based comparison uses the official references checked on November 4, 2026. The evaluation below is a proposed pilot for your team.
Craft
Craft can capture a PM’s meeting notes, tasks and draft decisions, then publish or share a polished guide. Collections add structured records inside the writing surface. The evaluation should include how someone else discovers the accepted guide among drafts.
Slab
Slab uses hierarchical Topics, multiple topic membership and verification to present accepted knowledge. For this pair, the value is a newcomer’s reading path and a named reviewer, rather than an assumption that a topic tree maintains itself.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Craft | Slab |
|---|---|---|
| Author workspace | Docs, tasks, calendar context and daily notes support work in progress. | Shared posts and collaborative editing support team knowledge creation. |
| Reader organization | Spaces, folders, tags and Collections organize documents and tracking. | Hierarchical Topics provide reading context; a post can belong to several Topics. |
| Retrieval and review | Smart Search supports retrieval; set the accepted guide’s shared access and review convention. | Unified Search and post verification support accepted knowledge across Topics and connected tools. |
Craft pros
Supporting structured notes and tasks can stay in the guide author’s writing workflow.
Craft cons
Folders and tags that make sense to an author may not explain reading order or approval to a newcomer. Distinguish draft decisions from the team’s accepted guide.
Pricing: Craft plans distinguish personal from shared spaces and their member and publishing controls. The free personal offer supports link sharing and offline editing but no shared spaces. Price the actual team audience and any password/email restrictions required on published guides. Price the shared guide’s editor and restricted publishing audience, not only the original note author’s personal subscription.
Slab pros
A guide can be organized into a curated topic path with named verification.
Slab cons
Topic curation and verification reminders still need an accountable editor. A guide can be easy to find and still contain an outdated instruction.
Pricing: Slab charges per user, with Free for up to 10 users. Paid tiers vary guest allowances, history, integration access and security. Verification and Unified Search are listed on Free; Business adds unlimited history and broader AI and administrative capabilities.
Choose Craft if you need
- - The primary workflow starts with the author’s ongoing notes/tasks, and its shared guide remains findable and clearly accepted after publication.
Choose Slab if you need
- - The primary requirement is an onboarding path across several accepted posts with review ownership and a visible freshness signal.
Sources and verification
Based on product documentation checked on 2026-11-04. This is a documentation-based guide, not a hands-on benchmark. Features and availability can change.
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