Notion for Startups
Eligible startups get 1-6 months free of Notion's Business Plan including Notion AI, depending on partner affiliation.
- Credit window
- 180 days
- Card required
- No
Notion for Startups scores 2.9/10 for free value in Workspace. The main constraint: 6 months free Business Plan (partner-affiliated), 3 months (non-partner startups), or 1 month (SMBs/<10 employees) — all including Notion AI. New non-paying customers only.
Free value score
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What you get
Official help page: 'up to 6 months free of Notion's Business Plan, including Notion AI'
Partner-affiliated startups get the full 6 months
Includes Notion AI across the workspace
Partners include AWS Activate, Stripe Atlas, HubSpot, Slack, Shopify
Gotchas
- Partner startups: 6-month trial
Partner-affiliated startups (AWS Activate, Stripe Atlas, HubSpot, Slack, Shopify, etc.) receive exactly 6 months of free Business Plan access, after which billing begins or the plan downgrades.
- Non-partner startups: 3-month trial
Startups without a partner affiliation who meet eligibility criteria get only 3 months of free Business Plan access.
- SMBs / <10 employees: 1-month trial
Small businesses or teams with fewer than 10 employees receive only 1 month free, which Notion treats as a short evaluation trial.
- New non-paying customers only
The offer is exclusively for new Notion customers not currently on any paid plan; existing paying customers are ineligible and receive no refund.
- Fewer than 100 employees
Applicants must have fewer than 100 employees to qualify for the startup program.
- Verifiable company website and email required
Notion manually reviews applications and requires a public company website and company email; incomplete or inactive websites result in rejection or downgrade to the 1-month offer.
- Manual approval with 3-5 business day wait
Applications are reviewed by Notion's team and decisions take up to 3-5 business days; there is no instant automated approval.
- One redemption per company
Each company may only redeem a startup offer once, and it cannot be stacked with other partner codes or offers.
- Business Plan only, not Enterprise
The free offer applies only to the Business Plan; Enterprise Plan is explicitly excluded and must be purchased separately.
- Tech-focused scalable startup for 3/6-month offers
The 3-month and 6-month tiers are reserved for startups building scalable tech-related products or services; SMBs, agencies, consultancies, and service businesses receive the 1-month offer instead.
Sources
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"Eligible startups can get 1-6 months free of Notion's Business Plan, including Notion AI. To qualify, you must be a new, non-paying Notion customer and meet our program requirements."
https://www.notion.com/help/notion-for-startups -
"Partner-affiliated startups: Get 6 months free on the Business Plan (including Notion AI)... Non-partner startups: Get 3 months free on a new Business Plan (including Notion AI)... SMBs (including service-based businesses) or teams under 10 employees: Get 1 month free on a new Business Plan (including Notion AI)."
https://www.notion.com/help/notion-for-startups -
"You must be a non-paying Notion customer with a valid work email (no Gmail, Outlook, etc), have not received any previous Notion promotions, and have fewer than 100 employees."
https://www.notion.com/startups -
"Notion's Business Plan costs $20 per member paid annually. The startup offer is equivalent to a maximum of $12,000 for 100 employees."
https://www.notion.com/startups
