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Smartsheet vs Notion vs Superhuman Docs

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 23 September 2026.

Compared on
Smartsheet

Free trial · from $9/member/mo

Notion

Free plan · from $10/member/mo

Superhuman Docs

Free plan · from $12/Doc Maker/mo

What it isSpreadsheet-style work management for projects, programs and processesWorkspace for docs, wikis, databases and projects with built-in AIDocs that combine pages, tables, formulas and automations, now Superhuman Docs
Free planNoPages 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.Collaborative docs with connected tables, views, forms, formulas and automations; limited trials of Docs AI and MCP. Doc size, automations and version history are capped (unlimited doc size starts on Pro, unlimited automations and version history on Business); exact Free caps are not listed on the plans page.
Cheapest paid plan$9/member/mo billed annually (Pro)Smartsheet pricing$10/member/mo billed annually (Plus)Notion pricing$12/Doc Maker/mo billed annually (Pro)Superhuman Docs pricing
What it covers1 to 10 members with unlimited free contributors; 250 automations per month.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.Only Doc Makers are billed; editors and viewers are free. Pro also includes Grammarly and Superhuman Go.
Free trial30-day free trialNone statedNone stated
PlatformsWebWeb, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Chrome extensionWeb
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not statedNot statedNot stated
Open sourceNoNoNo
Good for
  • Planning a project on a Gantt timeline shared with clients as contributors
  • Collecting requests through forms into a tracked sheet
  • Reporting on several projects in dashboards
  • 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
  • Building a team project tracker or request intake form inside a shared doc
  • Replacing scattered spreadsheets and docs with one connected team hub
  • Letting many teammates edit docs without paying for each of them
Watch out for
  • No free plan; a 30-day free trial only
  • Pro is limited to 10 members and 250 automations per month
  • SAML SSO, portfolios and scenario planning require Enterprise
  • 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
  • Unlimited doc size requires Pro; unlimited automations and version history require Business
  • Docs AI is included in paid plans only while in beta, under a fair use policy; the Free plan gets limited trials
  • SAML SSO and SCIM provisioning are limited to Enterprise
Made bySmartsheet Inc.Notion Labs, Inc.Superhuman (formerly Grammarly)

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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