Notion vs Todoist 2026: $10 Workspace vs $5 Task List

Price terms as published

Each line is the vendor’s own wording, split from the price capture on 2026-10-04. Nothing here is rounded, converted or re-worded — full sentences stay in the section below.

6 price terms
#	Plan / term	Captured
1	Notion $0	2026-10-04
2	$10-12	2026-10-04
3	$20-24 per member/mo	2026-10-04
4	Todoist $0 Beginner	2026-10-04
5	$5 Pro user/mo yearly	2026-10-04
6	$8 Business user/mo yearly	2026-10-04

The short version

Terms comparison from both official pricing pages, captured in USD on October 4, 2026. No accounts were created.

This is the “which is cheaper” question for people whose Notion workspace is 90% to-do lists. The answer is Todoist, by half, and the reason is scope — not that Todoist is better at what Notion does.

Pricing side by side

	Notion	Todoist
Free	$0, unlimited pages, 5 MB/file, 10 guests	Beginner $0 — 5 personal projects, task reminders, 3 filter views, 1 week activity history
Entry paid	Plus $10/member/mo yearly · $12 monthly	Pro $5/user/mo billed yearly ($60)
Team tier	Business $20 yearly · $24 monthly	Business $8/user/mo plus local tax billed yearly ($96), up to 1,000 team members and guests
Views	Database views: table, board, calendar, chart, timeline	Flexible list & board layouts, calendar layout, filter views
AI	Trial on Free and Plus; full from Business	Task Assist listed from Pro; Deadlines and Unlimited task counts
Documents	Full editor, databases, forms, dashboards	None — tasks and sections only

Pro at $5 per user per month billed yearly is half of Notion Plus at $10. Business at $8 per user plus local tax is still under half of Notion Business at $20.

The free tiers are honest on both sides

Todoist Beginner is genuinely free with real limits: 5 personal projects, task reminders, flexible list and board layouts, 3 filter views, 1 week of activity history, and email/calendar integrations. Five projects is a real constraint but not a joke.

Notion Free has unlimited pages but no collaboration once a second member joins, plus the 5 MB file ceiling. So for a solo user with a big wiki, Notion Free wins; for a solo user with five task lists, Todoist wins on focus.

What you give up at $5

Pro adds 300 personal projects, calendar layout, task duration, custom reminders, 150 filter views, full reporting history, Task Assist, deadlines and unlimited tasks. That is the complete task-management feature set.

What does not exist at any price: documents, wikis, databases with relations, forms, dashboards, project views with dependencies, or guests who read without being assigned work. On Notion, Business additionally brings Notion Agent, AI Meeting Notes, Enterprise Search and SAML SSO — none of which has a Todoist counterpart.

Verdict

Buy Todoist Pro if the work is a list. Five dollars, half the price, and a better task app.

Stay on Notion if the tasks hang off documents. A wiki page that owns the plan, specs and retro notes is the thing Todoist has no equivalent for, and its per-member billing makes the external readers free.

For a wider read on both ends of the market, see Notion alternatives and Notion vs Asana — Asana is the middle ground between Todoist’s list focus and Notion’s workspace scope.

Pricing verified against todoist.com/pricing and notion.com/pricing on October 4, 2026. Todoist quotes Business as “$8 plus local tax” — the final figure depends on your billing country.

Evidence index

Every claim above links here. Screenshots captured with Playwright, unedited.

ncl-01-06-todoist-pricing-2026-10-04.pngtodoist.com/pricing captured 2026-10-04 (US/USD, yearly view with a Monthly/Yearly toggle): Beginner $0 with 5 personal projects, Pro $5 per user/month billed yearly ($60), Business $8 per user/month plus local tax billed yearly ($96), Business including up to 1000 team members and guests10/4/2026

ncl-01-08-notion-pricing-2026-10-04.pngnotion.com/pricing captured 2026-10-04 (US/USD, yearly view): Free $0, Plus $10, Business $20 per member/month; Notion AI a trial on Free and Plus10/4/2026

Frequently asked questions

Is Notion worth it in 2026?

Todoist costs half of Notion Plus and is better at pure task management; Notion is the only one that holds documents and tasks in the same place.

How much does Notion cost?

Notion $0 / $10-12 / $20-24 per member/mo; Todoist $0 Beginner / $5 Pro user/mo yearly / $8 Business user/mo yearly Pricing was last checked against the official page on 2026-10-04.

How was Notion evaluated?

This page is a terms-level check of Notion's official pricing and policy pages, not a hands-on test. No paid account was used, so workflow behaviour is out of scope here.