How to Cancel Notion AI in 2026 (The $10/Month Add-On You Don't Need)

Updated February 2026 • 5 min read

Notion AI costs $10/member/month on top of your Notion plan. For a team of 10, that's $100/month ($1,200/year) just for AI features. Meanwhile, ChatGPT, Claude, and Google Gemini do the same thing for free — and do it better. Here's how to remove the add-on.

How to Cancel Notion AI Add-On

What Notion AI Actually Does

• Summarize pages — condense long notes into key points
• Write drafts — generate text from a prompt
• Edit/rewrite — change tone, fix grammar, translate
• Extract action items — pull tasks from meeting notes
• Q&A — ask questions about your workspace content

Free Alternatives for Every Feature

• Summarize: Paste text into ChatGPT → "Summarize this in 3 bullet points"
• Write drafts: ChatGPT or Claude → "Write a project brief about..."
• Edit/rewrite: Claude.ai is better at tone adjustment than Notion AI
• Action items: ChatGPT → "Extract action items from these meeting notes"
• Q&A on your docs: Use NotebookLM (free from Google) — upload docs and ask questions
• In-editor AI: Google Docs "Help me write" is free and built-in

The Per-Member Pricing Problem

Notion AI's per-member pricing is its worst feature. One person using AI occasionally means everyone pays. A 20-person team where 3 people use AI features = $200/month. Those 3 people could each get ChatGPT Plus ($20/month) for $60/month total — saving $140/month ($1,680/year) while getting a vastly more capable AI tool.

The Workflow: Notion + Free AI

Keep Notion as your workspace. Use free AI on the side:

1. Write/brainstorm in ChatGPT or Claude
2. Paste polished text into Notion
3. For summaries: copy page content → paste into AI → paste summary back
4. For meeting notes: use Otter.ai (free) to transcribe, then import to Notion

Yes, it's an extra tab. But it saves $120/person/year and gives you access to more powerful AI models than Notion uses internally.