Notion vs ClickUp vs Airtable

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Written head to head: Notion vs ClickUp, with when to choose each side.

Compared on	Notion Free plan · from $10/member/mo Visit Remove	ClickUp Free plan · from $7/user/mo Visit Remove	Airtable Free plan · from $20/seat/mo Visit Remove
What it is	Workspace for docs, wikis, databases and projects with built-in AI	Work management app combining tasks, docs, chat and AI in one workspace	Spreadsheet-style database for building team apps, with AI built in
Free plan	Pages and blocks unlimited for individuals but limited for workspaces with 2+ members; file uploads up to 5 MB; 7-day page history; up to 10 external guests; 1 chart; Notion AI as a limited trial only.	60 MB storage, unlimited tasks, unlimited free plan members, 1 form; AI limited to trial access.	Up to 5 editors; 1,000 records per base; 1 GB of attachments per base; 100 automation runs; 500 AI credits per editor per month; 1,000 API calls per workspace per month; 2 weeks of revision history.
Cheapest paid plan	$10/member/mo billed annually (Plus)Notion pricing	$7/user/mo billed annually (Unlimited)ClickUp pricing	$20/seat/mo billed annually (Team)Airtable pricing
What it covers	Notion AI is only a limited trial on Plus. Full Notion AI starts on Business: $24 per member/month billed monthly, or $20 billed yearly.	AI is a separate add-on: Brain AI from $9 per user/month.	Seats are charged for users with edit permissions; read-only collaborators are free. Includes 15,000 AI credits per paid user per month.
Free trial	None stated	None stated	None stated
Platforms	Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Chrome extension	Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome extension	Web, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Not stated	Not stated	Not stated
Open source	No	No	No
Good for	Keeping a team wiki, meeting notes and project tracker in one shared workspace Building simple databases for clients, content calendars or hiring without code Summarising meetings and drafting documents with AI on the Business plan	Running client projects with tasks, deadlines and Gantt timelines Keeping team docs, chat and task lists in one place Automating routine status changes and assignments	Tracking clients, inventory or content calendars in a shared database Building a simple internal app or dashboard for a team without code Automating notifications and record updates
Watch out for	Notion AI is only a limited trial on Free and Plus; full access starts on Business ($20 per member/month billed yearly) Free plan limits file uploads to 5 MB and page history to 7 days, and block storage is limited once a workspace has 2+ members Custom Agents and premium AI models use Notion credits, which are charged separately	Free Forever is capped at 60 MB of storage and 1 form AI beyond a trial needs a paid add-on ($9 or $28 per user/month) on top of the workspace plan SAML SSO, SCIM and audit logs are limited to Enterprise	Free plan caps each base at 1,000 records and 1 GB of attachments, with up to 5 editors On paid plans, every user with edit access to a base is billed as a seat SAML single sign-on and two-way sync require the Business plan
Made by	Notion Labs, Inc.	ClickUp	Airtable

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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