Notion vs Todoist Comparison 2026
Both cover project management. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
Where most creators end up planning everything
A task list that survives being ignored for a week
At a glance
- Todoist starts cheaper, at $5.
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
Notion | Todoist | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $12 | From $5 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | None | Not stated |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Data export | Everything, in an open format | Not stated |
| Their cut | None | None |
Shaded rows are where the two answers disagree and both listings have answered. A row where one side has not stated a fact is left plain, because silence is not a difference.
Notion
Where most creators end up planning everything
Notion is a content calendar, a sponsor tracker and a script archive, depending on how you build it. Selling templates on it has become a business in itself. The blank page at the start is the hard part.
Our note
The right answer only if you enjoy building the system. If you resent it a week in, that is the tool telling you something, and a purpose-built calendar will serve you better than a Notion setup you never finish.
Only on this side
- Covers writing & scripts
Todoist
A task list that survives being ignored for a week
Todoist takes a typed sentence like "post the newsletter every Tuesday at 9" and turns it into a scheduled recurring task, which is the feature the whole product is built around. Five projects on the free account is enough for one person running one operation. Paying raises the limits, adds reminders and calendar layouts, and opens filters that make a large list usable. Teams get their own tier above that, and none of it tries to be a project management suite.
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