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SiYuan vs Zoho Projects
A side-by-side editorial comparison of SiYuan and Zoho Projects — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
SiYuan vs Zoho Projects: at a glance
What is SiYuan?
SiYuan's 3.8 alpha turns the note vault into an agent surface: embeddings, reranking, MCP.
SiYuan runs a rolling alpha train in which each release restates the cumulative changelog of the one before it, so the feed reads as repetition unless you track first appearances. The 3.7.4 alphas were a long run of platform polish — Android and HarmonyOS audio recording, S Pen hover on tablets, mobile font import, sync performance, drag-and-drop cues. Then 3.8.0-alpha.1 opened a new block with three things absent from that line: OIDC authentication, an AI Agent with embedding-based semantic search and reranking, and Model Context Protocol support.
What is Zoho Projects?
Zoho Projects makes time tracking the product's center of gravity, and lets Zia build the schema.
Three of the last six releases touch time logs: a unified grid view, workflow automation with rules and webhooks, and Zia auto-filling weekly hours from assigned tasks. Alongside that, Zia has moved past suggestion into construction — users can now build custom modules by talking to it. The rest of the recent work extends reach rather than depth: a rebuilt Chrome extension, SalesIQ and WhatsApp integrations, and four more Android languages.
SiYuan vs Zoho Projects: editorial side-by-side
SiYuan
6.3COLLAB
SiYuan's 3.8 alpha turns the note vault into an agent surface: embeddings, reranking, MCP.
◆ Current state
SiYuan runs a rolling alpha train in which each release restates the cumulative changelog of the one before it, so the feed reads as repetition unless you track first appearances. The 3.7.4 alphas were a long run of platform polish — Android and HarmonyOS audio recording, S Pen hover on tablets, mobile font import, sync performance, drag-and-drop cues. Then 3.8.0-alpha.1 opened a new block with three things absent from that line: OIDC authentication, an AI Agent with embedding-based semantic search and reranking, and Model Context Protocol support.
◆ Where it's heading
The 3.7.4 line was about making an existing editor pleasant on more devices; 3.8.0 is about making the vault legible to something other than a human. Semantic search over the note graph plus an MCP server positions the personal knowledge base as a context source for external agents, and OIDC landing in the same release suggests the multi-user and self-hosted deployments that make agent access worth governing. The alpha train will keep restating this block verbatim until 3.8.0 stabilizes, so the feed will understate how much has changed.
◆ Prediction
The AI Agent and MCP features will likely accumulate configuration surface across the remaining 3.8.0 alphas — model and embedding-provider choice, and scoping of which notebooks an agent may read — before a stable release.
Zoho Projects
6.3COLLABPM
Zoho Projects makes time tracking the product's center of gravity, and lets Zia build the schema.
◆ Current state
Three of the last six releases touch time logs: a unified grid view, workflow automation with rules and webhooks, and Zia auto-filling weekly hours from assigned tasks. Alongside that, Zia has moved past suggestion into construction — users can now build custom modules by talking to it. The rest of the recent work extends reach rather than depth: a rebuilt Chrome extension, SalesIQ and WhatsApp integrations, and four more Android languages.
◆ Where it's heading
Time tracking is being rebuilt from a data-entry chore into an automated subsystem, with Zia supplying the entries and workflow rules acting on them. The more consequential shift is Zia's role: suggesting timesheet values is assistive, but generating custom modules means the AI is editing the structure of a customer's portal. Integration work points outward to the Zoho suite and to customer-facing channels, turning inbound chats and WhatsApp messages into tracked project records.
◆ Prediction
Expect Zia's module-building to widen into the surrounding configuration — workflow rules, layouts, and reports built the same conversational way. On the time side, the pieces are in place for Zia-suggested logs to be submitted and approved automatically under rules rather than reviewed entry by entry.
Alternatives to SiYuan and Zoho Projects
Other Collab products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either SiYuan or Zoho Projects.
Discord
Discord is turning the chat client into a storefront and Nitro into a rewards program.
Monday.com
monday.com is building the control room for AI it already sold customers on.
Jira
Jira is being pushed upward — from tracking the work to judging its cost, risk and business health.
Basecamp
Steady small-surface polish across Basecamp and HEY, with no directional move.
Miro
Miro is closing the gap between the workshop board and the deck built from it.
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Recent activity from SiYuan and Zoho Projects
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 10h agoSiYuanSiYuan 3.8.0-alpha.2 restates the 3.8.0 changelog unchanged
- 1d agoSiYuanSiYuan 3.8.0-alpha.1 adds an AI agent, semantic search and MCP support ⚡
- 3d agoSiYuanSiYuan 3.7.4-alpha.6 adds document-tab dragging into the Documents panel
- 4d agoSiYuanSiYuan 3.7.4-alpha.5 speeds up opening the Add to Database list
- 4d agoSiYuanSiYuan 3.7.4-alpha.4 adds S Pen hover for block popovers on Android tablets
- 6d agoSiYuanSiYuan 3.7.4-alpha.3 improves built-in Pandoc storage and upgrade compatibility
- 7d agoZoho ProjectsTime Log Grid View
- 13d agoZoho ProjectsZia Suggestions for Weekly Time Logs
- 13d agoZoho ProjectsRevamped Chrome Extension
- 21d agoZoho ProjectsCreate Custom Modules with AI ⚡
- 1mo agoZoho ProjectsNew Languages Supported in the Android App
- 1mo agoZoho ProjectsAutomation for Time Logs
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between SiYuan and Zoho Projects?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. SiYuan and Zoho Projects are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 6.3 vs 6.3, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is SiYuan better than Zoho Projects?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. SiYuan and Zoho Projects are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 6.3 vs 6.3, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Collab products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to SiYuan?
Top SiYuan alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "SiYuan alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/siyuan for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Zoho Projects?
Top Zoho Projects alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Zoho Projects alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/zoho-projects for the full list with editorial commentary on each.