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Notion is the all-purpose workspace: docs, databases, wikis and sites for every kind of team. CrowdStack's Docs is a team wiki that lives beside the inbox, the CRM and the issue tracker, and links to all of them. Here is how they line up, including where Notion still wins.
CrowdStack
£28 £14 per user a month
Billed monthly. 50% off for your first 12 months, then £28.
Notion
From £8.50 per member a month
Plus, on an annual plan. Business, the first tier with full Notion AI and private teamspaces, is £16.50 a member a month. Monthly billing costs around 20% more. Free for individuals, with limits for teams.
Notion UK list prices in GBP, excluding VAT, on annual billing, as shown on notion.com in August 2026. Custom AI agents are metered separately. Check notion.com for the current figure.
Mention a ticket, a contact, a deal or an issue in a page and it becomes a live link, with a References panel on the page and a Linked from panel on the record. Notion links to Notion.
The runbook for a support issue sits beside the tickets it explains. Sales notes sit beside the deal. Nobody keeps a second app open or pastes URLs between them.
Workspace-wide or restricted pages, with full, edit or view rights per teammate, inherited down the tree. Notion's private teamspaces need Business.
Notion plus a help desk plus a CRM is three bills. CrowdStack is £28 a user a month for docs, the help desk, the CRM, Stripe revenue, issues and feedback together.
| Feature | CrowdStack | Notion |
|---|---|---|
| Docs | ||
| Rich text editor with headings, lists, code and tables | Included | Included |
| Slash menu for blocks | Included | Included |
| Nested pages of any depth | Included | Included |
| Search across titles and content | Included | Included |
| Page permissions per teammateNotion: private teamspaces need Business | Included | Partly |
| @mentions of tickets, contacts, deals and issues | Included | Not available |
| Backlinks from mentioned recordsNotion: backlinks between pages only | Included | Partly |
| Archive with retention window | Included | Included |
| Databases, relations and formulas | Not available | Included |
| Templates and a template gallery | Not available | Included |
| Public sites with custom domainsNotion: paid plans, per-domain fee | Not available | Partly |
| Real-time collaborative editing | Not available | Included |
| AI writing and Q&A over the workspaceNotion: full AI on Business and above | Not available | Partly |
| Support and CRM | ||
| Shared inbox with saved views | Included | Not available |
| Knowledge base and help centreNotion: a public site, no ticket escalation | Included | Partly |
| Contacts, companies and dealsNotion: build your own in databases | Included | Partly |
| Stripe MRR, ARR, churn and ARPA | Included | Not available |
| Issue tracker with projects and kanbanNotion: build your own in databases | Included | Partly |
| Public feedback board and roadmap | Included | Not available |
| Platform | ||
| Every product on every seatNotion: features unlock by tier | Included | Not available |
| API access on the base price | Included | Included |
| Slack integration | Not available | Included |
| Integrations and marketplace | Not available | Included |
| Free tierCrowdStack: 14-day free trial | Not available | Included |
Based on Notion's published feature lists in August 2026. “Partly” means the feature exists but is limited to a higher tier, an add-on, or a metered credit. Spotted a mistake? Email support@crowdstack.org and we will correct it.
We would rather you pick the right tool than pick us. Stay on Notion if you want databases, relations and formulas, real-time collaborative editing, templates, public sites, AI over the whole workspace, or a free plan for a small team. Notion is a far more capable writing and building tool. CrowdStack Docs is for teams who want a simple wiki in the same place as the inbox, the CRM and the issues, where every page can point at the ticket, the customer or the bug it is about.
For a team wiki, yes. CrowdStack Docs has a rich text editor with a slash menu, nested pages, search, per-teammate permissions, archive, and @mentions that link to tickets, contacts, deals and issues with backlinks both ways, and it comes with the help desk, CRM, Stripe revenue, issues and feedback board. It does not have databases, real-time co-editing, templates, public sites or AI writing.
Five users on CrowdStack cost £140 a month at the full rate, with every product and 2500 pooled AI credits included. Five members on Notion Plus are £42.50 a month on an annual plan, or £82.50 on Business; a help desk and a CRM are two more bills. As a wiki Notion is cheaper; as a stack it is not.
Pages export from Notion as Markdown or HTML and import into Docs with headings, lists, code and tables preserved and the page tree kept. Databases come across as tables. Email us at support@crowdstack.org before you switch and we will walk through it with you.
Databases with relations and formulas, real-time collaborative editing, templates, public sites with custom domains, Notion AI, Notion Calendar and Mail, a Slack integration, a large integrations directory and a free plan. If your team builds its processes in Notion rather than writing them down, Notion is the better fit today.
Every product, 500 AI credits per user, one price. Free for 14 days, no card required.