Notion
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Features
53 features across 32 categories
AI / Automation(1)
AI agent that completes complex, multi-step tasks using context from Notion, connected apps, and the web
AI / Chat(1)
Chat about anything, generate and edit docs, autofill databases, and find answers across workspace
AI / Compliance(1)
Admins can auto-delete AI meeting transcripts on customizable schedule for data retention compliance
AI / Meetings(1)
Automatically transcribes meetings and generates helpful summaries
AI / Research(1)
Uses deep reasoning to produce detailed reports using workspace info, connected tools, and current web information
AI / Search(1)
Search across all pages, messages, files, and the web to surface exactly what you need
AI / Writing(1)
Generate and edit documents with AI capabilities
Accessibility(1)
Use Notion offline on desktop and mobile apps with selective page downloads
Admin(2)
Manage users within domain with dashboard for information and changes
Consolidate content from multiple workspaces including users, content, and permissions
Admin / Compliance(1)
Control when pages are deleted from Trash and how long they are retained
Analytics / Reporting(1)
Get actionable insights about how teams use Notion workspace, from popular pages to traffic
Automation(1)
Automatically create pages, set status, assignee, and property values
Calendar / Scheduling(1)
Connect multiple calendars to manage work and time together
Collaboration(2)
Invite external collaborators with guest limits varying by plan
Create dedicated areas for teams to work together with open, closed, and private options
Collaboration / Security(5)
Override teamspace permissions for specific people or groups for even more granular control
Collaborate in databases without giving access to entire database, limit access to specific rows
Workspace members can send guest invite requests for owner review when guests are disabled
Create groups of people according to role or department to streamline page and teamspace permissions
Create teamspaces that can't be seen or discovered by anyone except those added, great for sensitive information
Content Management(3)
Upload files with size limits varying by plan
Restore your page to a previous version with varying retention periods by plan
Add a verified badge to pages that are up to date, appears in search results and AI citations
Data Collection(2)
Create dynamic forms where questions appear only when relevant based on previous responses
Capture, organize, and act on responses right inside Notion with basic and custom forms
Data Management(1)
Create backups and export entire workspace content as HTML, Markdown, CSV, or PDF
Email / Communication(1)
AI-powered inbox that thinks like you, syncs with Gmail
Integration(2)
Send information from Notion to Slack and other tools, or connect to Zapier for automated workflows
Paste links to GitHub PRs, Jira tickets, Figma artboards to add dynamic previews in docs and notes
Integration / Automation(1)
See up-to-date information from Jira, GitHub, and Asana synced into Notion as a database
Integration / Developer(2)
Build bespoke integrations to connect Notion workspace to internal tools and workflows
Send real-time updates to integrations when content changes in Notion
Organization(2)
Add unlimited database properties and filters to organize information
Organize hundreds or thousands of items with databases including subtasks, dependencies, and custom properties
Project Management(1)
Add subtasks and link dependencies within database items
Publishing(3)
Connect custom domain to published pages and remove Notion branding
Publish Notion pages to the web and create custom sites
Publish unlimited pages to the web with customization options
Publishing / SEO(1)
Turn on SEO indexing for published pages with customizable metadata
Security(1)
Enable extra layer of account security with two-factor authentication
Security / Admin(6)
Workspace owners can filter, search, and troubleshoot permissions across all workspace content
Prevent external sharing, disable guests, and set workspace-level rules
Access detailed log of security and safety-related activity to identify issues and troubleshoot access
Establish ownership of company domain and take actions on workspaces belonging to verified domain
Manage employee access at scale with secure single sign-on
Automatically provision members in and out of workspace with identity providers like Okta
Security / Compliance(1)
Integrate with SIEM and DLP tools for centralized audit logs and automated content remediation
Security / Privacy(1)
LLM providers utilize zero data retention for Enterprise plan workspaces when using Notion AI
Support(3)
Team of Customer Success Managers available to help get the most out of Notion
Tailored, proactive around-the-clock support offerings for teams with specialized needs
Priority support access for help with the product
Visualization(1)
Visualize data from databases in different ways including donut, bar, and line charts
Pricing
Free
- ✓Unlimited storage for individuals
- ✓Limited trial for teams
- ✓Notion AI Trial
- ✓Basic forms
- ✓Basic sites
- ✓Notion Calendar
- ✓Notion Mail
- ✓Databases
- ✓Page history (7 days)
- ✓File uploads (up to 5MB)
- ✓10 external guests
- ✓Offline access (Recents and Favorites)
- ✓1 notion.site domain
- ✓Basic SEO indexing
- ✓Export workspace as HTML, Markdown, CSV
- ✓2-step verification
Plus
- ✓Everything in Free
- ✓Notion AI Trial
- ✓Unlimited collaborative blocks
- ✓Unlimited file uploads
- ✓Unlimited charts
- ✓Custom forms
- ✓Custom sites
- ✓Basic integrations (Slack, Google Drive)
- ✓Unlimited published pages
- ✓5 notion.site domains
- ✓Advanced SEO indexing
- ✓Site customizations
- ✓Page history (30 days)
- ✓Basic database automations
- ✓Basic button automations
Business
Popular- ✓Everything in Plus
- ✓Notion AI (full access)
- ✓Agent
- ✓Enterprise Search (Beta)
- ✓AI Meeting Notes (Beta)
- ✓Premium integrations (GitHub, Asana)
- ✓Unlimited guests
- ✓Teamspaces (open and closed)
- ✓Private teamspaces
- ✓Permission groups
- ✓Advanced teamspace permissions
- ✓Granular database permissions
- ✓Verify any page
- ✓Conditional forms logic
- ✓Domain verification
- ✓SAML SSO
- ✓Custom database automations
- ✓1-way database syncs
- ✓Page history (90 days)
- ✓5 notion.site domains
- ✓Advanced SEO indexing
- ✓Site customizations
- ✓API access
- ✓Webhooks
- ✓Embeds and link previews
- ✓Connected properties
- ✓Workspace analytics
- ✓Audit log
- ✓Advanced workspace security controls
- ✓Granular admin roles
- ✓Admin content search
Enterprise
- ✓Everything in Business
- ✓Zero data retention with LLM providers
- ✓User provisioning (SCIM)
- ✓Advanced security and controls
- ✓Security and Compliance integrations (DLP, SIEM)
- ✓Domain management
- ✓Workspace consolidation
- ✓Managed users dashboard
- ✓Guest invite requests
- ✓Custom data retention settings
- ✓AI Meeting Notes transcript deletion
- ✓Page history (Unlimited)
- ✓5 notion.site domains
- ✓Advanced SEO indexing
- ✓Customer success manager
- ✓Premium support
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Integrations
14 known integrations