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Notion pricing for 5 seats: real monthly and yearly cost

Short answer

At 5 seats on the Plus tier with annual billing, Notion costs $40 per month, or $480 per year. Higher tiers and monthly billing change the math; the full per-tier breakdown is below.

Last verified: 2026-05-16 Model: member/month Official pricing

At five members Notion's Free plan still works for most teams, but the Plus tier becomes the right answer the moment any of those five want to invite external guests or build automated databases above the Free row limits.

Per-tier cost at 5 seats

These figures use the official published per-seat price and multiply by 5. Custom-quote tiers are flagged; usage and add-on costs are not included.

Tier Per member (annual) 5-seat monthly (annual billing) 5-seat yearly
Free $0 / member/month $0 $0
Plus $8 / member/month $40 $480
Business $15 / member/month $75 $900

Recommended tier for a 5-person team

Plus is the cheapest tier with a real published per-seat price, landing at $40 per month for 5 seats on annual billing.

If your five members are all full-time employees and you don't expect to add guests in the next quarter, stay on Free. If you have contractors, vendors, or clients you'd want read-only access for, jump to Plus.

What is not in the 5-seat math

  • AI, guests, and member provisioning should be checked against the current workspace setup.

Notion at 5 seats: buyer notes

Business is the usual benchmark for growing teams; Enterprise is mainly governance-driven.

Alternatives at 5 seats

Same workspace docs category, computed at the same team size on each tool's cheapest published per-seat tier with annual billing.

No per-seat alternatives in the same category were found in our pricing database.

Sources

Pricing changes frequently. Confirm directly with the vendor before purchase.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Notion cost for 5 seats per month?

At 5 seats on the Plus tier with annual billing, Notion runs $40 per month, or $480 per year. Monthly billing typically adds 15 to 25 percent on top.

How much does annual billing save on Notion at 5 seats?

Switching from monthly to annual billing on the Plus tier saves $10 per month, or $120 per year, about 20 percent off the monthly rate.

What is NOT included in the Notion price for 5 seats?

AI, guests, and member provisioning should be checked against the current workspace setup.

How much does Notion Plus cost for a 5-person team?

On annual billing, Plus is roughly $8 per member per month — about $40 per month for five members, or $480 per year. That's lower than a single seat of most CRM tools.

What are the closest Notion alternatives at 5 seats?

Coda, Confluence, Airtable are the alternatives most procurement teams shortlist when they compare Notion at this team size.