Notion AI+5 Mixed

GILD Review

GILD's call and the buying facts behind it.

From GILD research

Should we adopt Notion AI?

Does enough of your company's knowledge live in Notion for Notion AI to answer from it?

30-Second TakePick Notion AI if your documents and projects already live in Notion, and know that cost is the catch.
Best fitCompanies whose documents and projects live in Notion and that want search and meeting notes in the same place.GILD Review
Consider another workflowIf most company knowledge sits in Confluence, Salesforce, or dozens of apps Notion does not connect to, evaluate a dedicated enterprise search product such as Glean.GILD Review

Drawn from 102 sources and 8 operator insights

GILD analysis

Notion AI Review

Buy Notion AI if your documents and projects already live in Notion: one seat covers drafting, answers from the workspace and connected apps, and meeting transcription without a bot. Cost is the catch, because every member needs a Business seat, and agents and premium models spend credits on top. In the public accounts GILD reviewed, price has been the most common complaint since May 2026.

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The decision

Best fit: Companies whose documents and projects live in Notion and that want search and meeting notes in the same place.
Consider another workflow: If most company knowledge sits in Confluence, Salesforce, or dozens of apps Notion does not connect to, evaluate a dedicated enterprise search product such as Glean.
Adoption condition: Every member needs Business or Enterprise. A workspace owner sets up connectors and credit limits before enabling Custom Agents or premium models.

Basis: Notion documentation, pricing, and data terms, plus 89 public accounts, among them 6 operator podcast episodes and practitioner writing, and PromptArmor's prompt-injection study of Notion AI. The only head-to-head answer test GILD found was run by Falconer, a competitor; in the pilot, score 50 real questions for correct, cited answers.

Buying & deployment factsWhat business and product leaders should verify before rolling it out across teams.

How you buy it

US$20

Per member per month on Business billed yearly, with AI included. Free and Plus get a trial.

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Details

Business includes AI at US$20 per member per month billed yearly or US$24 billed monthly. Enterprise includes it at custom pricing. Free and Plus offer a limited trial. Custom Agents and high credit consumption models use Notion credits at US$10 per 1,000 monthly credits or US$13 per 1,000 annual credits. Notion's credit page adds 1,500 Standard and 500 Select credits per seat each month, for new workspaces since October 19 and existing ones from November 2.

Cost drivers

US$0.03 to US$0.30

Per Custom Agent run, by Notion's estimate. Extra usage needs admin approval.

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Details

Every member needs a seat. Notion's example table puts Custom Agent runs at about US$0.03 to US$0.30 each. High credit consumption models draw on Notion credits from the start, cost substantially more than the models included in the plan, and stay off until a workspace owner or admin turns them on. Under that credit system, a Custom Agent spends its owner's Select credits, even when shared, unless an admin funds it from the workspace. Members who run out wait for the monthly reset unless an admin lets them continue on Notion credits.

Where it runs

Web, desktop, mobile

Meeting notes need the desktop app. Search reaches apps once an owner sets up connectors.

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Details

Notion AI runs inside the Notion workspace. AI Meeting Notes works in the Notion app, the browser, and the mobile app, and needs the desktop app to capture every side of a video call. Enterprise Search reaches an app once its Notion AI Connector is set up, from Notion AI chat and Search in the sidebar.

What to verify

30 days

Business lets LLM providers keep data that long. Zero retention needs Enterprise.

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Details

Whether security needs Enterprise, which adds zero data retention on most models (the few models without it stay off until a workspace owner opts in, and on Business providers keep data 30 days or fewer), SCIM, audit logs, and automatic transcript deletion. Whether the apps your teams use are on the Notion AI Connectors list, which does not include Confluence. Notion AI is in scope for Notion's SOC 2 Type 2 report and ISO 27001 certification.