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https://www.notion.so/pricing
Notion: Notion restructured plans, capped free entitlements, and hiked seat prices over time.
Notion overhauled its plan structure in August 2023, replacing Personal and Team tiers with Free, Plus, and Business plans while imposing file upload caps and guest limits. Although the Business tier saw a temporary price drop to $15/seat in 2024, it increased to $20/member by 2026 alongside bundled AI capabilities. Buyers should account for recurring plan re-bundling and seat price creep when committing long-term.
Based on 5 archived pricing pages, 2021-09-09 → 2026-08-09.
3
price increases
1
plans killed
2
limits tightened
+33%
biggest single hike
Monthly price by plan
Prices in the page's currency. "Custom" / contact-sales plans are not charted.
Planning & Defense
What to do about it, based on Notion's track record.
- Next hike
- Likely within 12-18 months by late 2027, following their historical pattern of major adjustments every 2 to 4 years.
- Contract strategy
- Lock into an annual contract now to freeze the recent $20 rate and protect against further AI-driven hikes.
- Architecture defense
- Export documents regularly to standard Markdown and JSON formats, and abstract document parsing logic behind a generic repository interface.
What changed
6 of 11 changes went against the customer.
- 2022-09-06
- Price upPersonal Pro: $4 / month → $5 billed monthly (+25%)
- Price upTeam: $8 / member / month → $10 billed monthly (+25%)
- 2023-08-04
- RenamedPersonal renamed to Free
- RenamedTeam renamed to Plus
- Limit cutFree tier introduced a 5 MB file upload limit and block restrictions for teams.
- Limit cutGuest invitations capped at 100 guests, down from unlimited on the legacy Personal Pro plan.
- Plan killedPersonal Pro plan ($5 billed monthly) disappeared
- New planNew Business plan at $18 billed monthly
- 2024-08-07
- Price downBusiness: $18 billed monthly → $15 per seat/month (-17%)
- 2026-08-09
- Price upBusiness: $15 per seat/month → $20 per member / month (+33%)
- Limit raisedAdded Notion Agent, AI Meeting Notes, and Enterprise Search beta features.