What Notion is
Notion is an AI workspace. Teams can bring everything into one system of record, ask questions and get answers with citations, and use AI agents to keep recurring work moving.
A newsletter operator can use it to keep story ideas, notes and team tasks in one place. Notion AI features vary by plan.
There is a Free plan. Paid plans charge a fee per member.
Who it is for
Notion is used by Enterprise, small businesses, startups and developers. By plan, Free is for individuals, Plus for small teams and professionals, Business for growing businesses, and Enterprise for large organizations.
A newsletter operator would use it to keep ideas, drafts and tasks in one place. It is a workspace, not a writing assistant or a sending tool. Students and educators can get Plus free for one member with a school email.
What you can do with it
Notion does three jobs. Capture brings everything into one system of record. Find gives answers with citations. Automate uses agents to keep work moving around the clock.
Other items include databases with subtasks and dependencies, forms, sites, Notion Calendar, charts, Meeting Notes and Research mode (Beta). Plus adds custom forms without Notion branding and custom sites with a header, theme, favicon and Google Analytics.
Plans and pricing
Free is $0. Plus is $10 per member per month, and Business is $20. Enterprise is custom. Yearly billing saves up to 20%.
Business adds Notion Agent, AI Meeting Notes, Enterprise Search (Beta), SAML SSO, private teamspaces and premium connections. Enterprise adds zero data retention with AI providers, SCIM and audit logs. Custom Agents are free to try, then $10 per 1,000 monthly Notion credits. Custom domains cost $8 a month each billed yearly, or $10 monthly.
What it works with
Plus has basic connections to Slack and Google Drive. Business adds premium connections such as GitHub and Asana. Enterprise search can read Slack and GitHub, with Jira, Box, OneDrive, Salesforce and Asana in Beta.
Notion also offers one-way database syncs from Jira, GitHub and Asana, Zapier, a public API, webhooks, and embeds for GitHub, Jira and Figma. Workers (Beta) and a CLI run custom code.
Things to know before you choose
Free has 5 MB file uploads, 7 days of page history and 10 external guests. Page history is 30 days on Plus and 90 on Business. Paid plans have unlimited uploads, up to about 5 GB per file.
Each member uses a paid seat, and guests are free. Refunds: full refunds for monthly plans within 3 days and annual plans within 30 days. Free, Plus and Business keep AI data with providers for 30 days. AI does not train on your data unless you opt in.
At a glance
From the company's own pages. Prices and plans change, so confirm on their site.
- What it does
- Centralizes team information, answers questions with citations, and uses AI agents to automate recurring work.
- Used for
- Keeping a newsletter team's notes, ideas and recurring tasks in one workspace.
- Free plan
- Yes. Limits include 5 MB file uploads, 7 days of page history and 10 external guests.
- Starting price
- Plus is $10 per member per month. Yearly billing saves up to 20%.
- How it charges
- A fee per member on paid plans. Guests are free.
- AI features
- Free and Plus include a limited trial of Notion Agent, Meeting Notes and Research mode (Beta). Business adds Notion Agent, AI Meeting Notes and Enterprise Search (Beta). Custom Agents are free to try, then $10 per 1,000 monthly Notion credits.
- Key features
- Databases, forms, sites, Notion Calendar, charts, Notion Agent, AI Meeting Notes, Research mode (Beta), Enterprise Search (Beta), Custom Agents and a public API.
- Plans
- Free ($0), Plus ($10 per member), Business ($20, marked Recommended) and Enterprise (custom).
- Support
- Help is under the question-mark button on desktop and Help and support on mobile. Priority support is available, and Enterprise has a Customer Success Manager.
- Company
- Made by Notion Labs, Inc., based in San Francisco with offices around the world.
- Last checked
- October 11, 2026
Questions operators ask about Notion
Is Notion free?
Yes. The Free plan has limits such as 5 MB file uploads, 7 days of page history and 10 external guests.
How does Notion charge?
Paid plans charge a fee per member, and guests are free. Plus is $10 per member per month, with up to 20% off for yearly billing.
What AI does Notion offer?
Notion Agent, Meeting Notes, Research mode (Beta) and Enterprise Search (Beta), with the amount of access depending on the plan.
Does Notion have a referral program?
It has an affiliate program, but it is not accepting new affiliates right now.
Can I publish a page to the web?
Yes. Free has basic sites on notion.site. Plus adds custom sites with a header, theme, favicon and Google Analytics, and custom domains cost extra.
Can I export my workspace?
Yes. The whole workspace can be exported as HTML, Markdown, CSV or PDF.
What happens if a payment fails?
Failed payments are retried up to 8 times within a month, then access is limited, then the workspace drops to Free.