Notion launches new paid plan: Personal version is free to use

Notion has launched a new paid plan, allowing individuals to use unlimited blocks for free. Also, Notion has been optimizing the mobile experience in the past two months. For example, the iPad already supports split-column display. The speed of opening iOS and Android is twice as fast as before. The function has been completely revised, adding Inbox and archive.

After raising $50 million in March, Notion’s development seems to have reached a new level, and the team members have expanded from 20 to 50. I can’t help but sigh, this is the power of capital.

Notion has been optimizing the mobile experience for the past two months. For example, the iPad has supported the display of columns, the opening speed of iOS and Android is twice as fast as before, and the message reminder function has been completely revised, and Inbox and archive have been added.

Without further ado, let’s take a look at the Notion May Update.

update point

• Notion launched a new paid plan, where individuals can use unlimited Blocks for free;
• Six Notion Selected Individual Cases to Share
• Improve the sharing menu interface, the operation is more user-friendly;
• Support external link sharing and editing;
• Support team member invitation link, it is more convenient to invite team members;
• Update three personal templates to make it easier to get started with Notion;

About the new paid plans

Legacy Paid Plan

In the old version of the paid plan, the free version can only use 1000 blocks, which is not enough at all, so many small partners persuade them to quit.

New paid plan

A brief introduction:

• The original Free version has been upgraded to the Personal version. The new version has unlimited Blocks, can only be shared to five guests and limit the upload file to 5M;
• The new Personal version supports multi-terminal synchronization without limiting devices;
• The original Personal version has been upgraded to the Personal Pro version, adding the upcoming API;
• The education plan is automatically upgraded to the Personal Pro version;
• In the case of no payment, after adding people, it will be automatically upgraded to the free version of Team, sharing 1000 blocks.
• Team and other features of the Enterprise version remain unchanged.

More specific display is shown in the figure:

Notion also gave a replacement list, the free personal version of Notion can replace Google Doc, Airtable, Evernote and Trello and other software.

Six Notion Selected Individual Cases to Share

Notion has also added six use cases, showing notes, organization, task management, writing, self-improvement, and building a personal homepage through six user perspectives to help individuals get started with Notion faster;

Case 1: Ceci’s travel plans

Ceci is an overseas travel blogger who uses Notion to build her own note-taking system to track what needs to be recorded and reviewed during her travels.

For example, organizing travel plans and notes, using Notion’s drag-and-drop function is a good way to achieve beautiful layout.

Case 2: How entrepreneur Amira uses Notion to manage her life

Amira Yahyaoui founded a world-renowned nonprofit and is now a startup helping students apply for financial aid. Amira needed a place to manage the work she needed to get done within 24 hours, and Notion was his management tool.

Case 3: Writer Swapna’s personal task management system

As a freelance writer, Swapna writes about space, science, technology, and Star Trek as we know it every day. In addition to creating 7 pieces of content each week, she also balances things other than writing: Deadline, invoices, notes, travel. Therefore, the project management system she established in Notion helps her organize all the work in progress and improve the efficiency of personal task management.

Case 4: How CEO Alex wrote his first book with Notion

As the co-founder and CEO of business intelligence firm Clearbit, Alex has a lot to do at the same time. The interesting point is that between running the company, managing the team, and writing articles, he took the time to write a book on management. As for which writing tool to choose, it can only be Notion, Notion’s minimalism The design allows him to focus more on writing.

Case 5: How entrepreneur Tommy used Notion to create a self-quantification system

As the founder of Supertools, Tommy’s company uses artificial intelligence to help people save time. On himself, self-improvement is also a top priority in his personal life. With Notion, Tommy has crafted a custom productivity and improvement system that easily links and tracks all goals in one place to increase self-productivity.

Case 6: Use Notion to build a personal homepage and build

From the perspective of three users, Notion shows us how these three users used Notion to build their own personal homepages, make personal resumes, and use Notion to make a landing page.

• Read the example of building a website: Three personal websites, all built with Notion
• Get a resume template: Resume

Improve share menu interface

The new version of the interface distinguishes the team group from the external collaborators, so that the external collaborators can be seen more clearly, which is convenient for subsequent modification of permissions.

Legacy share menu

New share menu

Support external link sharing and editing

The page that is shared now can authorize whether to edit it. Open the editable permission and share it with anyone. When the other party logs in to Notion, he can edit the page.

The picture above shows the effect of opening editable.

personal template

Notion has added templates such as custom punch cards, personal wikis, and resumes, which are reflected in the above personal cases.

Support Team Member Invitation Link

To invite team members in the early stage, you need to manually output the member mailboxes to add. Once there are too many people, the adding steps are very cumbersome. The new version of Notion supports link invitation members, making it easier to join team spaces.

I have generated an invitation link for the Notion Chinese community, you can try to click the link to join: Join Notion Chinese Community

Questions about the new paid plan

Q: It was a free plan before, what will change now?

A: Notion’s old paid plan has a limit of 1000 Blocks, and now it is a free personal plan that can add unlimited content.

• Notion simplifies sharing pages with collaborators. Instead of adding collaborators as guests or members, just send them a link.
• Members that have been added to a workspace can be kept in the workspace. But to add new users, you need to upgrade to Notion’s Team Plan.
• Notion has also made some other changes: https://ift.tt/vyKbqc2, follow the link to learn more about Notion’s paid plans.

Q: What if I have already paid for my old personal plan?

A: Will automatically upgrade to the new Personal Pro plan at no additional cost, and includes all the features of the Personal plan, plus the following benefits:

• No file upload limit (5MB limit for free personal version)
• Collaborators can be added to any page
• History is kept for 30 days
• Priority Customer Support
• API feature usage (pending rollout)

You can also switch back to the free personal plan. How to switch to the free plan: Click Settings & Members , and then click Downgrade to downgrade.

Q: Will all the collaborators I added on the old free plan disappear?

Existing collaborators invited to the free workspace remain as they are, but continuing to add collaborators will require an upgrade to the Personal Pro plan. Also Notion supports just one link, open a shared link and allow editing, as long as anyone who can access the link can edit it.

Q: What happens if I have multiple members in my previously free workspace?

Before consuming 1000 Blocks, there is no change from before. If you want to add more members or enjoy unlimited blocks, you can try the following methods:

• Upgrade to Notion’s Team Plan;
• Create a new workspace by yourself and use Blocks infinitely;
• Remove members and enjoy no content restrictions.

Note: Before deleting a member from a workspace, make sure they have backed up their private pages.

Q: How can teams try Notion for free?

Before paying, individuals can switch between multiple paid plans. If you want to use the Team Plan, the operation method:

• Create a new Notion workspace and select the “Team” tab on the introductory page;
• Click to register for the free trial version of the team plan. This trial version has a limit of 1000 blocks. If you need to use more, please upgrade to the paid plan.

Q: What will happen to the Notion Free Education Program?

Students and teachers can get a new version of the Personal Pro paid plan ($5 per month), and the version that is already a free education plan will be automatically upgraded to Personal Pro. In addition to free features, it also includes:

Q: Is the points invitation cancelled?

already cancelled.

some want to talk

Notion will complete the function of two-way linking in the next step. The analogy is the popular tool Roam. Insiders said that Notion actually supports two-way at the bottom, but the implementation is not very satisfactory. To be honest, I am still surprised that it is re-developed this time.

Similarly, Timeline, inline formulas, API and other functions will all return. Inline formulas will precede Timeline, and APIs are not far away, so stay tuned!