# Google Docs vs Notion

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Google Docs

| Attribute | Google Docs | Notion |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 68.3 (39% (low)) | 56.6 (62% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-hosted word processor that allows multiple users to simultaneously edit, comment, and format documents with real-time visibility into changes. Includes AI-powered writing assistance and works with or without internet connectivity. | A collaborative platform that unifies notes, structured databases, and AI agents to help teams organize information, get instant answers, and automate repetitive work in a single workspace. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","sso_scim":true,"api_access":true,"local_first":true,"ai_assistant":true,"real_time_coediting":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","sso_scim":true,"free_tier":true,"api_access":true,"local_first":false,"ai_assistant":true,"markdown_native":false,"databases_tables":true,"public_publishing":true,"real_time_coediting":true,"permissions_granularity":"page"}` |
| integrations.count | 21 | 13 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Gmail"},{"name":"Google Drive"},{"name":"Google Meet"},{"name":"Google Chat"},{"name":"Google Calendar"},{"name":"Google Sheets"},{"name":"Google Slides"},{"name":"Google Forms"},{"name":"Google Sites"},{"name":"Google Keep"},{"name":"Google Tasks"},{"name":"Gemini"},{"name":"Gemini Notebook"},{"name":"Google Vids"},{"name":"Studio"},{"name":"Apps Script"},{"name":"Google Voice"},{"name":"AppSheet"},{"name":"Vault"},{"name":"Endpoint Management"},{"name":"Admin Console"}]` | `[{"name":"Figma"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Amplitude"},{"name":"Google Analytics"},{"name":"Google Calendar"},{"name":"Gmail"},{"name":"Google Drive"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"Claude Agents"},{"name":"Zendesk"},{"name":"Salesforce"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"ios":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"android":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"£5.90/user/month","features":["30 GB pooled storage per person","Secure custom business email","Gemini AI assistant in Gmail","Video meetings (100 participants)","Google Vids","Security and management controls"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":5.9,"period":"month","currency":"GBP"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"30 GB pooled"}},{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"£11.80/user/month","features":["2 TB storage","Secure custom business email with custom layouts and mail merge","Gemini AI assistant in Gmail, Docs, Meet, and more","Gemini Notebook with expanded features","Video meetings with recording and noise cancellation (150 participants)","Appointment booking pages","eSignature with Docs and PDFs","Google Workspace Migrate tool"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":11.8,"period":"month","currency":"GBP"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"2 TB"}},{"free":false,"name":"Plus","summary":"£18.40/user/month","features":["5 TB storage","Secure custom business email with eDiscovery","Video meetings with attendance tracking (500 participants)","Vault for data retention and search","Secure LDAP","Advanced endpoint management","Enhanced security and management controls"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":18.4,"period":"month","currency":"GBP"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"5 TB"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing. Contact sales.","features":["5 TB storage (upgradeable)","Secure custom business email with S/MIME encryption","Video meetings with in-domain live streaming (1000 participants)","Data loss prevention (DLP)","Context-aware access","Enterprise data regions","Cloud Identity Premium","Enterprise endpoint management","AI Classification for Google Drive","Enhanced Support for critical issues"],"contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"storage":"5 TB or more"}}],"summary":"From £5.90/user/month. 14-day free trial.","currency":"GBP","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://workspace.google.com/products/docs/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-01T14:21:03.438Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":5.9,"period":"month","currency":"GBP"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free","features":["Unlimited Notion Sites publishing","notion.site domain requests","Search engine indexing","AI features trial period","Basic forms","Database blocks with subtasks and dependencies","Notion Calendar integration"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For organizing personal projects and daily tasks","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Plus","features":["Unlimited Notion Sites","Up to 5 notion.site domain requests","Search engine indexing","Site homepage customization","Site personalization","Google Analytics integration","Custom domain connector (add-on: $8–10/month)"],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Business","features":["All Plus features","Notion Agents for custom automation","AI-powered task execution and automation"],"description":"For growing companies to streamline team collaboration","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["All Business features","SSO via SAML 2.0","SCIM user provisioning","Audit logging","Granular permission controls","HIPAA compliance with BAA","Configurable AI transcript retention windows"],"contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Custom Domain Connector","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","note":"annual billing discount","amount":8,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tier available. Paid plans from Plus onwards (prices undisclosed in provided text). Custom domains $8–10/month per domain (up to 25 domains).","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.notion.com/es-es/help/notion-sites-availability-and-pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T15:21:19.133Z","billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (Knowledge Base Software)

| Capability | Google Docs | Notion |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Collaboration** |  |  |
| Real-time co-editing | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Content** |  |  |
| Structured database / table blocks | - | ✓ |
| Bidirectional links / backlinks | - | - |
| Markdown-native | - | ✗ |
| Version history | - | - |
| **Storage** |  |  |
| Local-first / offline files | ✓ | ✗ |
| **AI** |  |  |
| AI writing / Q&A over content | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Publishing** |  |  |
| Publish pages to the web | - | ✓ |
| **Access** |  |  |
| Permissions granularity | - | Page |
| **Knowledge** |  |  |
| Answer verification / expiry | - | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Cloud only |
| **Enterprise** |  |  |
| SSO / SCIM | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| Public API | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Pricing** |  |  |
| Free tier | - | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:39:15.017Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*