Nova Features (2026): Complete List + Comparison with Every Major Tool

Features · Updated for 2026

Everything Nova does. And how it compares.

Cross-functional processes, AI coworkers, work sessions, team rituals, and the full operational system — plus a fair side-by-side comparison with every major work platform.

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The system

Nova is a full operating system for cross-functional teams.

Every feature designed to move decisions and deliverables forward across departments — not just track tasks or hold documents.

Processes

Cross-functional operational processes

Live processes for how departments actually work together — sales-to-ops handoffs, launches, client onboarding.

Process automation

Automate parts of a process where automation makes sense — without turning every step into a rule.

Compliance processes

Add compliance gates where you need them, without locking every team into linear checklists.

Collaborative processes

Real-time and async work happens on the process itself, not around it.

Nova AI

AI process expert

Creates processes for you, helps you get started, and manages your processes as they run.

AI coworkers

Real AI teammates with roles, responsibilities, and assigned steps. Contributions stay attributed to the AI.

Work session tools

Work sessions

Interactive spaces where cross-functional teams execute together — sync or async — with clear ownership.

Async meetings

Turn what used to be a meeting into a work session anyone can participate in on their own time.

Digital whiteboard

Lightweight SVG whiteboards with structured templates, tied to the step they belong to.

Surveys

Gather input from anyone on the team.

Collaborative surveys

Options visible to others; option dependencies that respond to group choices.

Approvals

Approval Sessions added to any step that needs formal sign-off, with an audit trail.

Card decks

Structured input format for brainstorming, planning, and voting.

Async feedback & handoff

Move work forward when the next person is ready, not when a meeting is scheduled.

Process structure

Guiding steps

Team expectations, SOPs, and best practices anchored directly on the step where they apply.

Native decision logs

First-class. Every decision has a home tied to the process step it belongs to and stays searchable.

Roles & responsibility table

Explicit ownership across every process, visible to the team.

Multi-level process authority & privacy

Step Privacy: leader-only steps and private-per-collaborator inputs within the same session.

Team management

Team rituals

Retros, surveys, recurring meetings preset with templates and ready to run.

Leadership hub

1-on-1s, career growth, performance reviews, and team management work.

Files & documents

Central place for the artefacts produced by the work.

Process library (800+)

Over 800 processes and methods built in — templates for how successful teams actually work.

Views & integrations

Calendar view

See the work as it maps to time.

Calendar integration

Sync with Google, Outlook, and other calendar tools.

Automatic client agenda

Branded, self-serve view where clients see upcoming sessions and access what's shared with them.

Time tracking

Built in — track time on the work itself.

Time tracking reports

See where time actually goes across processes and teams.

How it stacks up

The full comparison.

Nova next to Notion, Process Street, Coda, Confluence, ClickUp, Asana, and Monday.com — feature by feature, honestly.

Feature

Nova

Notion

Process St.

Coda

Confluence

ClickUp

Asana

Monday