Free is real. Unlimited is not.
Notion sells itself as the one tool to run a company. The useful question for this site is the free row.
Official pricing page, 23 August 2026: Free is $0 per member per month, for individuals to organise personal projects. Included: a trial of Notion AI, basic forms, basic sites, Notion Calendar, databases.
The comparison table is the part listicles skip. Pages and blocks: unlimited for individuals, limited once two or more members share the workspace. File uploads on Free: up to 5MB each. Page history: 7 days. External guests: 10. Offline: you choose pages to download.
Plus is $10 per member per month: unlimited collaborative blocks, unlimited file uploads, 30-day history, unlimited guests, custom sites, unlimited charts, basic connections.
Business is $20 per member: Notion Agent, AI meeting notes, SSO, private teamspaces, premium connections.
Enterprise is custom. Custom Agents: free to try, then $10 per 1,000 monthly Notion credits.
What you are not buying
Free Notion is not a second brain with infinite attachments. A 6MB PDF will not go up. A page you edited eight days ago will not roll back on Free.
It is also not “ChatGPT in a wiki.” AI is a trial on Free and Plus. The $20 Business plan is where Notion Agent is listed as included.
Google Docs remains free with a Google account and a different job: documents, not databases. I am not ranking them. I am saying Notion’s free row has printed limits.
How I would choose, labelled as opinion
If I want a personal wiki of text pages, Free is enough.
If two people need to share a living workspace, I would read the “limited for 2+ members” line before I invited anyone. That is the upsell.
If I only need a to-do list, I would not open another SaaS account.
I have not paid for Notion Plus. I am quoting their pricing table, not a month of invoices.