Spodus vs Notion
Notion is where you write it down. Spodus is where it happens.
Notion is documents with databases attached, and it is very good at that. Spodus is a CRM, a ledger, a help desk, HR and a shared inbox that do the work rather than describe it.
A database of deals is not a pipeline.
Notion will happily hold a table of customers. It will not raise the invoice, start the SLA clock, or tell you what is overdue this morning.
Notion
Docs, wiki and databases
- $10 per seat a month on Plus, $20 on Business.
- Databases you design yourself, with the process held together by team discipline.
- No invoicing, no help desk, no HR and no shared team inbox.
- Every teammate is a seat, so the bill grows with the team rather than with the plan.
Spodus
The whole suite, one seat
- From $29 a month flat, for up to 10 people, not per seat.
- Records that do things. Balances update, SLAs count down, invoices come from deals.
- Five products, one record, so the customer is the same customer everywhere.
- The process is the product, not a page describing how everyone agreed to work.
Side by side.
| Spodus | Notion | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $29/mo flat, up to 10 users, billed annually | $10/seat/mo, Plus |
| Ten people, per month | $29 flat, billed annually | $100 Plus, $200 Business |
| Documents & wiki | ||
| Custom databases & views | On our records | |
| Purpose-built CRM | A database you build | |
| Invoicing & finance | ||
| HR & people | ||
| Help desk with SLAs | ||
| Shared inbox | ||
| One shared customer record |
Notion plans and pricing reflect publicly listed information as of July 2026, check their site for the latest. Spodus pricing is one flat price per plan, capped by user count; customers in the support portal are free.
Why teams switch.
Records that act, not pages that describe
A Notion database will store an invoice number. It will not carry a balance that changes when a payment lands, or reopen when you issue a credit note.
The four things Notion has no answer for
Invoicing, a ticket queue with SLAs, an HR record and a shared team inbox are not Notion features at any tier. In Spodus they are four of the five products.
Flat, not per seat
Ten people on Notion Plus is $100 a month, or $200 on Business, and you still have no way to bill anyone. Ten people on Spodus is $29.
You will still need the other four.
Notion Plus is $10 per seat a month, so ten people is $100, or $200 on Business. None of it invoices a customer, answers a ticket, holds an employee record or shares an inbox, so those remain separate subscriptions. Spodus is $29 a month flat for up to ten people with all four plus the CRM.
Being fair about it.
Where Notion fits better, and it is not close: documents. Notion's docs, wiki and knowledge base are excellent, and Spodus has no document product at all, none, at any plan. If your team's knowledge lives in Notion it should stay there, and plenty of teams run Notion for writing alongside Spodus for operating. This page is not asking you to give up your wiki.
Questions, answered.
Does Spodus have docs like Notion?
We run our CRM in a Notion database. Why change?
Can we import from Notion?
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