Notion review
Updated September 28, 2026 · ForgeCue Editorial Team · Facts checked September 26, 2026
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Our verdict
Notion suits small businesses and enterprise teams that want project management with a free plan on the table and a paid entry of €9.50. Its cost score of 7 sits mid market, and the Plus plan allows unlimited blocks, so teams outgrowing the free tier have room to move up.
Key facts
- Best for
- Small businesses that want a free plan first and a paid entry of €9.50 later.
- Price from
- €9.50 (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Free plan
- Yes (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Usage limits
- Unlimited blocks on Plus plan (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Tool type
- Project-management (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Support channels
- Chat, Help-centre, Community (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
- Audience
- Small business, Enterprise
- Pricing model
- Free plan
- Official website
- notion.so
Apps and profiles
- Elsewhere
- Wikidata
Pros and cons
Pros
- Entry is priced at €9.50, under the €13.15 median across the brands tracked for price from.
- The free plan is the entry model under free plan, not a time limited trial, so a small team can work in it before any spend is agreed.
- The Plus plan allows unlimited blocks, so a growing workspace is not held back by item count.
- Support covers chat, a help centre and a community through chat, help centre and community, giving several self service routes.
- Cheaper at entry than Dolisoft, which lists €14 in euro, so a euro budget has more headroom.
Cons
- Support runs on chat, help centre and community only, so no phone line is offered for teams that need voice help.
- On price from, Notion ranks 83 of 307 brands, a mid field position rather than a budget one.
- Cost arrives as a step up from the free plan to the €9.50 entry, so growing headcount is where the bill starts.
- Hizo lists $1.92 and Bitbucket lists $3.65, both under €9.50 in their own currency, which weighs against Notion on a plain price comparison.
Who it suits
- Small businesses that can start on the free plan and move to the €9.50 entry when the team grows.
- Enterprise teams, since enterprise sits in the audience for small business and enterprise.
- Teams happy to sort out problems through chat, a help centre and a community, all listed in chat, help centre and community.
Who should look elsewhere
- Buyers shopping purely on entry price, since Hizo lists $1.92 and Bitbucket lists $3.65, both lower than Notion in their own currency.
- Teams that need a phone support line, since support is limited to chat, help centre and community.
- Buyers set on a higher euro starting figure, since Dolisoft lists €14 against Notion at €9.50.
Plans and pricing
Notion is listed as project management software, and it carries a free plan, so paying is optional rather than the only way in. Where payment applies, entry sits at €9.50, the figure the plan page presents as the starting point for a team that outgrows the free version. Set that entry against the alternatives on this page. Dolisoft lists €14 in euro, making it the higher of the euro figures here. Hizo lists $1.92 and Bitbucket lists $3.65, both in dollars, so both sit lower on the raw number than Notion does once currency is put on the same footing. Across the wider set of brands tracked for price from, the median is €13.15, with a lower quartile of €6.93 and an upper quartile of €29. Notion at €9.50 falls under the median, which is the clearest reason a small business can treat it as a mid priced pick rather than a premium one. On the same measure Notion ranks 83 of 307 brands, so it sits well inside the field instead of at either end of it. Because the free plan exists, the real decision is when to leave it and what the ongoing figure looks like afterwards. Introductory figures across the site run near €2.99, while renewals sit near €5.99, so a budget drawn up against €9.50 is worth checking against both shapes of cost before a team commits to anything longer than a month.
How Notion compares
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- Notion vs BizzBox9.5 vs 8.7
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Frequently asked questions
What does Notion cost to start?+
Notion has a free plan, and the paid entry is priced from €9.50. That figure is the starting point shown for a team moving off the free version, and it sits under the €13.15 median across the brands tracked for price from, so budgets built around it usually hold.
Is there a free plan or only a trial?+
There is a free plan, and free plan lists the free plan as the pricing model rather than a time limited trial. Nothing in that model ends on a schedule, so a small team can set up the workspace and decide later whether paying buys enough to be worth the move.
What are the usage limits on the Plus plan?+
Notion allows unlimited blocks on the Plus plan, so item count is not the ceiling for a growing workspace. The free plan remains the lower tier under free plan, and the step up starts at €9.50, which is the number to size a paid seat against.
Who is Notion built for?+
The audience listed for Notion is small business and enterprise, so it is pitched at small businesses and at enterprise teams at the same time. Buyers outside those groups may find the pitch thin, since the free plan and the entry of €9.50 are framed around them.
How do you get help when something goes wrong?+
Support comes through chat, help centre and community, which covers chat, a help centre and a community. That means most answers are self service or peer to peer, and no phone line appears in the published support mix for teams who would rather talk to someone.
How does Notion compare on price with Hizo and Bitbucket?+
Notion lists entry at €9.50 in euro. Hizo lists $1.92 and Bitbucket lists $3.65, both in dollars, so both sit lower on the raw number. Dolisoft lists €14 in euro, which is the higher euro figure here.
Where does the entry price sit among similar tools?+
On price from, Notion ranks 83 of 307 brands, so it reads as a mid field entry rather than a budget or a premium one. The median across those brands is €13.15, with a lower quartile of €6.93 and an upper quartile of €29.
What kind of software is Notion?+
Notion is listed under project management, so it sits in the project management group here rather than any other category. The parts a buyer weighs inside that group are entry price, whether a free plan exists, and what the usage limits look like on the paid tier.
Sources
- notion.com/help checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Support channels
“Chat with us, Help Center, Join our community”
- notion.com/pricing checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Audience, Free plan, Pricing model, Price from, Tool type, Usage limits
“Notion for Small businesses, Enterprise”
Compiled from 2 source pages, checked September 26, 2026. We did not open an account.