# Notion vs Microsoft Project

> Notion and Microsoft Project are often compared as project-management products, but their more revealing difference is how they enter an organization. Notion offers an individual free plan, direct signup, templates and shareable pages that let a single employee prove value before asking for budget. Microsoft now places Project for the web capabilities inside the broader Planner family: basic Planner comes with Microsoft 365, while premium planning, desktop Project, portfolio, resource and costing capabilities sit behind named subscriptions and administrative controls. The strategic lesson is that adoption mechanics can determine which product gets evaluated, long before a feature matrix is opened.

## Achievements

- Notion combines documents, databases, tasks, templates and publishing in a workspace that individuals can start on a free plan.
- Microsoft’s premium planning stack supports Gantt timelines, dependencies, critical path, resource requests, program management, budgeting and costing, depending on license tier.
- Microsoft has unified much of its task and project-management experience under the Planner name while retaining Project desktop and Project Online in higher tiers.
- Both products support a path from basic task organization to more structured team planning, but their entry and governance models differ.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Notion publicly lists Free, Plus, Business and Enterprise tiers, with direct signup for the first three and sales contact for Enterprise.
- **2026-08** — Microsoft publicly lists Planner in Microsoft 365, Planner Plan 1 at $10 per user per month paid yearly, and Planner and Project Plan 3 at $30 per user per month paid yearly.
- **2026-05** — Microsoft ended new sales of Planner and Project Plan 5 on May 1, according to its plan comparison page.

## Links

- Website: https://www.notion.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/notionhq/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/NotionHQ
- GitHub: https://github.com/makenotion
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Notion
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notionhq/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NotionHQ/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@notionhq

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Last updated: 2026-08-17