Just checked out the demo video. Feel like I can accomplish most of these by just using Google docs. Is there enough of a difference to take the the leap from using a free docs software to a SaaS product
Funny enough, our early prototypes were done using Google Docs. There are features in Clarity that were impossible to simulate there, which is what drove us to build custom software in the first place.
The two most obvious are:
1) declaring tasks across documents and visualizing them in a single task database to create filtered views of work
2) interconnecting docs by topics and keywords so that you can navigate your knowledge base more effectively
There's also a shared notes feed for async information sharing, nested projects, in-app notifications, and other features that fill in the whole picture. The outline block structure also makes your information queryable beyond basic string search, which enables new types of exploration through your knowledge base, notes, and conversations.
I also wouldn't underestimate the power of a default home screen. There's a lot of power in having an enforced front page vs a doc the team must remember to check.
It's a cohesive set of functionality built to support teamwork vs a generic collection of documents.
