Productivity tools / Notion
Notion
Build Custom Agents, search across all your apps, and automate busywork. The AI workspace where teams get more done, faster.
Where it stands
4.1 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 3 of 3 signals
- Website health4.8 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Facts stated4.2 / 5 · weight 30%
How many of the five facts the tool's own pages state
- Community3.8 / 5 · weight 20%
What people said in public discussions
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on Notion yet. Facts checked 2026-11-01. How tests work
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Should you use Notion?
A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-01.
A good fit if…
- You want a free option. It states: “Free plan at $0 per member per month. Uploads up to 5 MB per file, 7 days of page history, an AI trial only, and a limited number…”
Check first
- Free results may carry a watermark or branding. Its pages say: “Free public forms carry Notion branding, and sites show Notion branding unless a paid custom domain is used.”
- The free option has limits: “Free plan at $0 per member per month. Uploads up to 5 MB per file, 7 days of page history, an AI trial only, and a limited number…”
Does: Note taking, Task management
Measured signals
4.8 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from Notion's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 84 ms.
- Security4.3 / 53 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security, content-security-policy, referrer-policy).
- Privacy5 / 5No third-party tracking services found on the page.
- Transparency5 / 5Links a privacy policy; links a pricing page.
Community feedback
3.8 / 5 · 42 commenters76% of the 42 people whose comments we could classify were positive. Read automatically from public Hacker News threads about Notion; the classifier is simple and can misread sarcasm, so check the threads. How this works
- Positive
“Yes, I just tried using Notion again the other day after being annoyed with Obsidian Projects and even with only a couple entries on a notion database page, it took MINUTES to load, on web and on the desktop version.…”
Read in the thread - Positive
“I haven't tried Notion AI, maybe it's great. But I can't imagine going back to a world where all my knowledge lives in Notion's house. Notion CEO Ivan Zhao recently said: "If you think about applications, each…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“This would make me end up using Notion for personal life perhaps, but it has to be good. Problem with first-party agent is that I'm stuck with garbage agent because either: * they have decided to "have our own model"…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“I'm really disappointed that Notion acquired and killed a far better product (Skiff) just to release what is essentially an overdressed Gmail client. There's no decent selling point over other competitors in the industry…”
Read in the thread
Threads: Notion releases offline mode (2025, 183 comments) · Notion Mail is out (2025, 132 comments) · Notion 3.0 (2025, 66 comments)
- Free tier
- Free plan at $0 per member per month. Uploads up to 5 MB per file, 7 days of page history, an AI trial only, and a limited number of blocks in multi-member workspaces (number not given). Solo workspaces have no block limit.
- Paid plan
- Plus $10 and Business $20 per member per month, in USD; Enterprise is custom. Billed monthly or yearly, yearly saves up to 20%. Plus is free for students and educators.
- Signup
- Not stated.
- Watermark
- Free public forms carry Notion branding, and sites show Notion branding unless a paid custom domain is used.
- Where files go
- Information may be transferred, processed and stored anywhere in the world, including the United States. It is kept as long as you use the services and as needed for stated purposes; no specific period is given.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Pricing, Privacy policy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
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Tasks and scores
- Note takingNot tested yet
- Task managementNot tested yet
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