COMPARISON · Last verified: September 2026

ClickUp vs Notion

Tasks-first vs docs-first: ClickUp and Notion, with their AI (ClickUp Brain and Notion AI), compared on verified pricing, features and fit.

ClickUp vs Notion: official demos

Watch each vendor's own AI demo before you decide: ClickUp's introduction to ClickUp Brain and Notion's introduction to the new Notion AI.

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Official videos via YouTube (ClickUp; Notion), embedded for reference. ToolChase does not host or claim these videos.

What is ClickUp?

ClickUp is a work management platform built around tasks. Teams organize work in Spaces and Folders and switch between List, Board and Calendar views plus a dozen more, including Gantt, Table, Workload and Mind Map. Docs, Whiteboards, Chat, Forms, Dashboards and Goals sit around the tasks, and the Unlimited plan adds unlimited storage, native time tracking and resource management. Its AI is ClickUp Brain, which ClickUp now markets as Brain² (Brain2): an assistant inside your tasks, Docs and Chat that you can @mention in comments and switch between Claude, GPT, Gemini and other models. Brain also powers Super Agents and Autopilot Agents, AI Fields, an AI Notetaker and Enterprise Search, and it can pull answers from connected apps such as Google Drive, GitHub and Salesforce. ClickUp sells Brain as a per-user add-on to a paid plan, offers Brain MAX desktop and mobile apps, and says it forbids third-party AI providers from training on or storing your data.

What is Notion?

Notion is a connected workspace built from pages and databases. Pages are made of blocks (text, to-dos, images, embedded files) and nest into docs, wikis and knowledge bases. Databases turn the same content into structured work, with views such as table, board, timeline, calendar, list, gallery and chart, plus subtasks, dependencies and forms, and Notion Projects adds workflows for backlogs, sprints and bug tracking. Notion AI runs through the workspace: Notion Agent writes and edits pages and databases and takes multi-step actions using your workspace and connected apps, AI Meeting Notes transcribes and summarizes meetings, Enterprise Search looks across Slack, Google Drive, GitHub, Jira and Microsoft Teams, and Research mode produces detailed reports. Custom Agents handle recurring work on a trigger or schedule. In May 2025 Notion folded Notion AI into its Business and Enterprise plans. Notion announced it would shut down its separate Notion Mail app on September 22, 2026; Notion Agent's Gmail tools continue to work.

Key differences at a glance

ClickUp and Notion overlap heavily: both combine docs, projects and AI agents in one workspace and price plans per person. The differences that matter most are these:

• -- Where they start: ClickUp starts from tasks and project views; Notion starts from pages and databases. Both now cover docs, projects and AI.
• -- How AI is billed: ClickUp Brain is a per-user add-on to a paid plan ($9 or $28 per user/month billed yearly), charged for every Workspace member. Notion AI comes with Business ($20 per member/month billed yearly) and Enterprise.
• -- Free plans: Both have one with an AI trial. ClickUp's trial is 25 Brain uses per Workspace (50 above 10 people); Notion's Free plan limits blocks once two or more members join.
• -- Project depth: ClickUp's Unlimited plan includes Gantt charts, native time tracking and goals; Notion builds projects from databases with timelines, dependencies and sprints.
• -- Agents and credits: ClickUp's AI plans include 1,500 or 5,000 AI Super Credits per user per month, with more at $10 per 10,000; Notion's Custom Agents run on Notion credits at $10 per 1,000.
• -- Score: Notion rates 4.7/5 in our review; ClickUp rates 4.3/5.

Feature-by-feature comparison

Here is how ClickUp and Notion compare on the capabilities that affect daily use:

Pricing comparison

ClickUp charges per user per month, and an upgrade covers the whole Workspace. Free Forever includes unlimited tasks, unlimited free plan members and 60MB of storage. Unlimited is $7 per user/month billed yearly or $10 billed monthly, adding unlimited storage, Gantt charts, native time tracking, goals and resource management. Business is $12 billed yearly or $19 billed monthly, adding unlimited dashboards, 5,000 automations a month, sprint points and Google SSO. Enterprise is custom-priced, with SAML SSO, SCIM and HIPAA available. AI costs extra: Brain AI is $9 per user/month billed yearly or $14 billed monthly, and Everything AI is $28 billed yearly or $33 billed monthly. The add-on fee applies to all members of the Workspace.

Notion charges per member per month, and guests are free. Free is $0: pages and blocks are unlimited for individuals but limited once two or more members join, uploads are capped at 5 MB and page history at 7 days. Plus is $10 per member/month billed yearly or $12 billed monthly, with unlimited blocks, uploads and charts. Business is $20 billed yearly or $24 billed monthly and is the first tier with full Notion AI (Notion Agent, AI Meeting Notes, Enterprise Search and Research mode), plus SAML SSO. Enterprise is custom-priced and adds SCIM, an audit log and zero data retention with LLM providers. Custom Agents are free to try, then cost $10 per 1,000 monthly Notion credits.

What the entry paid plan buys. ClickUp Unlimited ($7 billed yearly) buys the project toolkit, but AI stays at trial level (50 Brain uses per Workspace, or 75 above 10 people) until you add Brain AI. Notion Plus ($10 billed yearly) buys unlimited blocks, uploads and guests for a team, but Notion AI also stays at trial level; full AI starts at Business.

Worked example: a 5-person team that wants AI beyond the trial. ClickUp Unlimited plus Brain AI costs 5 × ($7 + $9) = $80 a month billed yearly, or 5 × ($10 + $14) = $120 billed monthly. Notion Business costs 5 × $20 = $100 a month billed yearly, or 5 × $24 = $120 billed monthly. So ClickUp is $20 a month cheaper for this team on annual billing, and the two tie on monthly billing; ClickUp Business plus Brain AI would be $105 a month billed yearly. Brain AI leaves out the AI Notetaker; with Everything AI, which ClickUp calls its full AI stack, ClickUp Unlimited costs 5 × ($7 + $28) = $175 a month billed yearly, or 5 × ($10 + $33) = $215 billed monthly. ClickUp's help center notes that some workspaces now see a new set of plans that include more ClickUp AI; these figures use its public pricing page.

Bottom Line

The choice comes down to the shape of your work and how you want to pay for AI. ClickUp (4.3/5) suits teams whose day is tasks, deadlines and sprints: it puts Gantt charts and native time tracking into its $7 Unlimited plan (billed yearly) and full workload views into Business ($12 billed yearly), and sells Brain as a per-user add-on. Notion (4.7/5) suits teams whose work starts in docs, wikis and databases, and its Business plan bundles Notion Agent, AI Meeting Notes and Enterprise Search into one per-member price. For a 5-person team with AI beyond the trial, ClickUp Unlimited plus Brain AI costs $80 a month billed yearly and Notion Business $100; billed monthly, both cost $120. Brain AI leaves out the AI Notetaker; with Everything AI, ClickUp's full AI stack, ClickUp Unlimited costs $175 a month billed yearly.

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