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ENotion AI vs Tana
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Notion AI if…
- you work on Web
- you're in its core audience: teams using notion, knowledge workers
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Choose Tana if…
- you're in its core audience: ai-native product and engineering teams, founders
Side by side
Feature Notion AI Tana
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price—$20/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentNoYes, unless you opt out
Data retentionFree/Plus/Business: AI providers keep data 30 days or fewer; Enterprise zero retentionUser content kept until you remove it or while you're a registered user
Security and complianceGDPR, CCPA, HIPAASOC 2
Updates, last 90 days—2
Backlinks & graph—
Meeting transcription—
AI Q&A over notes—
Web clipper—
Shared workspaces—
PlatformsWebAPI
CategoryNotes & KnowledgeMeeting Notes
CompanyNotion Labs, Inc.Tana Labs, Inc.
Based inUnited StatesUnited States
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
N Notion AI
- Notion Agent for multi-step page and database tasks
- Custom Agents running on triggers or schedules
- Enterprise Search with cited answers across connected apps
- AI Meeting Notes with transcription and summaries
- Research Mode for detailed reports
- Database Autofill and AI blocks
- Admin controls and AI usage analytics
- Workers (beta) for custom code extensions
T Tana
- Botless capture of Zoom, Teams and Google Meet calls
- Files issues to Linear, Jira or GitHub during calls
- Drafts follow-up emails and updates HubSpot
- Shared knowledge graph of decisions, owners and customers
- Live answers and research during meetings
- MCP server and public API for agents
- Proposals shown for approval, including diffs to the graph
- Supports 33 languages
Plans and prices
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Notion AI
FreeFree
Plus£8.50 per member/mo
Business£16.50 per member/mo
EnterpriseCustom
Custom Agents add-on$10 per 1,000 Notion credits
Tana
Free$0
Pro (early bird)$20 per user/month (regular $30)
BusinessFrom $35 per user/month
Strengths and limitations
Notion AI
- Free and Plus plans include a limited trial of Notion AI
- No training on customer data; zero data retention on Enterprise
- Connects to Slack, Google Drive, GitHub and Asana
- Plus is free for students and educators
- Full Notion Agent, meeting notes and search require the Business plan
- Custom Agents cost extra after the free trial ($10 per 1,000 credits)
- Enterprise Search is still in beta
Tana
- No bot joins calls; capture runs on your machine
- Free plan includes 5 hosted meetings a month
- 30-day free trial with no credit card required
- SOC 2 Type 2 and GDPR compliant, with no training on your data
- Free plan is limited to 50 AI queries
- HIPAA compliance not expected until Q1 2027
- Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 integrations are still marked coming soon
- Supported operating systems for the desktop app are not listed
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