{
    "title": "Notion AI Alternatives 2027: 10 Paid, Free & Open-Source",
    "url": "https://zekaiwork.com/alternatives/notion-ai/",
    "summary": "The best Notion AI alternatives in 2027 are Microsoft 365 Copilot (best overall, $25.20/user/mo), ClickUp Brain (best free plan) and AppFlowy (best open source, AGPL-3.0). Notion AI itself starts at $20/member/mo. Zekai checked these prices on vendor pages on 10 Nov 2026; 7 more are compared below, including 3 with a free plan and 2 open source.",
    "tool": {
        "name": "Notion AI",
        "starting_price": "$20/member/mo",
        "free_plan": "Trial of Notion AI on Free and Plus",
        "price_checked": "2026-11-10",
        "pricing_url": "https://www.notion.com/pricing"
    },
    "task": "AI inside a team workspace (writing, Q&A, agents)",
    "prices_checked": "2026-11-10",
    "date_modified": "2026-11-10",
    "alternatives": [
        {
            "name": "Microsoft 365 Copilot",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$25.20/user/mo",
            "free_plan_limit": "Copilot Chat included with eligible Microsoft 365 plans",
            "best_for": "AI across Word, Excel, Teams and SharePoint",
            "difference": "Copilot Business adds AI to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams, answering from Microsoft 365 work data, whereas Notion AI works on Notion pages and connected apps.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-10",
            "pricing_url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/pricing",
            "website": "https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/copilot"
        },
        {
            "name": "Gemini for Google Workspace",
            "type": "Paid",
            "starting_price": "$14/user/mo",
            "free_plan_limit": "No free plan",
            "best_for": "Gemini inside Gmail, Docs, Sheets and Meet",
            "difference": "Gemini comes bundled in the Workspace seat price; the $7 Starter plan limits it to Gmail, and Docs, Sheets, Drive and Meet need Standard or above.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-10",
            "pricing_url": "https://workspace.google.com/pricing",
            "website": "https://workspace.google.com/products/gemini/"
        },
        {
            "name": "ClickUp Brain",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$17/user/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "Brain trial, 500 credits per workspace",
            "best_for": "AI answers and agents tied to tasks",
            "difference": "Brain is included from the Business plan with pooled monthly credits per user, while Free and Core only get a Brain trial; extra credits are sold at $10 per 10K.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-10",
            "pricing_url": "https://clickup.com/pricing",
            "website": "https://clickup.com/ai",
            "zekai_score": 9,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/clickup-brain/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Taskade",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$6/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "2 people, 1 workspace, 250 MB, no monthly AI credits",
            "best_for": "Workspace with built-in AI agents",
            "difference": "Plans scale by agents and credits: Free has one agent and no monthly AI credits, Starter has three agents and 10,000 credits, and Pro has unlimited agents.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-10",
            "pricing_url": "https://www.taskade.com/pricing",
            "website": "https://www.taskade.com",
            "zekai_score": 8.7,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/taskade/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Dust",
            "type": "Free",
            "starting_price": "€24/user/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "Free seat with 500 credits that do not reset",
            "best_for": "Custom agents over company data",
            "difference": "Dust is built around custom agents connected to Slack, Notion, GitHub and Drive; the Business plan allows up to 3 connectors and 5 remote MCP servers.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-10",
            "pricing_url": "https://dust.tt/pricing",
            "website": "https://dust.tt",
            "zekai_score": 7.9,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/dust/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Glean",
            "type": "Paid",
            "starting_price": "Not checked",
            "free_plan_limit": "No free plan",
            "best_for": "Company-wide AI search across apps",
            "difference": "Glean searches across connected company apps rather than living inside a document workspace, and lists no public prices; buying starts with a demo request.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-10",
            "pricing_url": "https://www.glean.com/pricing",
            "website": "https://www.glean.com",
            "zekai_score": 8.2,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/glean/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Saner.AI",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$8/mo",
            "free_plan_limit": "30 AI messages a month, 100 notes",
            "best_for": "Personal AI notes and task assistant",
            "difference": "Saner.AI is a personal assistant for notes and tasks: Starter allows 30 AI messages a day, and Standard raises requests to 100 a day with unlimited messages.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-10",
            "pricing_url": "https://saner.ai/pricing",
            "website": "https://saner.ai",
            "zekai_score": 5.9,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/saner-ai/"
        },
        {
            "name": "AppFlowy",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "$12/member/mo billed yearly (hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "AGPL-3.0",
            "best_for": "Open-source AI workspace you can self-host",
            "difference": "AppFlowy's pricing table lists AI search and Local AI, and the Personal plan shows only a limited trial of AI responses and AI meeting notes.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-10",
            "pricing_url": "https://appflowy.com/pricing",
            "website": "https://appflowy.com",
            "repository": "https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/appflowy/",
            "zekai_score": 8.6,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/appflowy/"
        },
        {
            "name": "AFFiNE",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "$8.90/mo billed yearly (AI add-on) (hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "MIT",
            "best_for": "Docs and whiteboard with an AI add-on",
            "difference": "AI is a separate add-on covering writing, mind maps and presentations (beta), sitting on top of an MIT-licensed community edition with local-first apps.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-10",
            "pricing_url": "https://affine.pro/pricing",
            "website": "https://affine.pro",
            "repository": "https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/affine/",
            "zekai_score": 8.6,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/affine/"
        },
        {
            "name": "SiYuan",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "AGPL-3.0",
            "best_for": "Local-first notes with OpenAI-backed chat",
            "difference": "The repo states AI writing and Q/A chat run through the OpenAI API, and Docker deployments are browser-only, without desktop or mobile app connections.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-10",
            "website": "https://b3log.org/siyuan/en/",
            "repository": "https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/siyuan/",
            "zekai_score": 8.7,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/siyuan/"
        }
    ],
    "faq": [
        {
            "q": "What is the best alternative to Notion AI in 2027?",
            "a": "Microsoft 365 Copilot is the best overall Notion AI alternative on this page ($25.20/user/mo). For no cost, ClickUp Brain has a free plan (Brain trial, 500 credits per workspace). To self-host, AppFlowy is open source (AGPL-3.0)."
        },
        {
            "q": "Is there a free version of Notion AI?",
            "a": "Yes. Notion AI has a free plan: Trial of Notion AI on Free and Plus. Paid plans start at $20/member/mo, checked on 10 Nov 2026."
        },
        {
            "q": "Is there a 100% free alternative to Notion AI?",
            "a": "Yes. AppFlowy, AFFiNE, SiYuan are open source and free to self-host. Microsoft 365 Copilot, ClickUp Brain, Taskade, Dust, Saner.AI have a free plan with limits, shown in the table."
        },
        {
            "q": "What is cheaper than Notion AI?",
            "a": "Taskade starts at $6/mo billed yearly, against $20/member/mo for Notion AI, as listed on each vendor's pricing page on 10 Nov 2026."
        },
        {
            "q": "How much do Notion AI alternatives cost for a team of 5?",
            "a": "If each of 5 people buys the entry paid plan, at the prices Zekai checked on 10 Nov 2026, the monthly cost is Taskade $30/mo, Saner.AI $40/mo, AFFiNE $44.50/mo, against Notion AI $100/mo for Notion AI. Team and business plans can cost more per seat. The Zekai Cost Finder on this page recalculates for any team size."
        },
        {
            "q": "Which is better, Microsoft 365 Copilot or Notion AI?",
            "a": "Copilot Business adds AI to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams, answering from Microsoft 365 work data, whereas Notion AI works on Notion pages and connected apps. Choose Microsoft 365 Copilot if your files, mail and meetings already live in Microsoft 365 and you want AI answers grounded there. Stay with Notion AI if your team writes and plans in Notion pages and databases rather than Office documents."
        },
        {
            "q": "Why are people leaving Notion AI?",
            "a": "The documented reasons are: Notion replaced its AI credit setup with Standard and Select monthly credits for Business and Enterprise seats; existing customers moved on November 2, 2026 (19 Oct 2026); Notion's pricing page lists Plus at $10 and Business at $20 per member a month, shows only a trial of Notion AI on Free and Plus, and sells Custom Agent credits at $10 per 1,000 (10 Nov 2026). Each is sourced in the section above."
        },
        {
            "q": "What is better than Notion AI?",
            "a": "It depends on where your work lives. Microsoft 365 Copilot fits Office teams, Gemini fits Google Workspace, ClickUp Brain fits task-driven teams, and Dust or Glean fit teams searching many apps."
        }
    ],
    "publisher": "Zekai (zekaiwork.com) — independently reviewed; prices read on vendor pages on the dates shown.",
    "licence": "Free to quote with a link to https://zekaiwork.com/alternatives/notion-ai/. Bulk copying or republishing the dataset is not permitted."
}