Stelaah

Stelaah vs Notion

Notion is a flexible canvas of docs and databases you can shape into anything. Stelaah is a ready made workspace for client work. Notion is endlessly moldable; Stelaah comes with the client operations already built.

Choose Notion if

you love to design your own system from blocks and want docs, wikis, and databases in one place.

Choose Stelaah if

you want client work to just work, projects, contracts, invoices, and time, without building each piece.

What each one does for client work.

Capability Stelaah Notion
Docs and wikis – Solid documents ✓ Best in class
Databases – Structured records ✓ Very flexible
Project management ✓ Built in – Build it yourself
Client CRM ✓ Built in – A template you build
Contracts and signing ✓ Built in Not included
Invoicing and payments ✓ Built in Not included
Time tracking ✓ To the invoice Not included
Client portal ✓ Branded – Public pages
Reports and margin ✓ Built in Build it yourself
AI assistant ✓ Aria acts across the work – Notion AI add on
Free tier ✓ Yes ✓ Yes

Checks mark a built in strength. We tried to be fair to both. Notion earns its checks where it leads.

Where Notion is genuinely strong.

Best in class docs

Wikis and notes that teams love.

Flexible databases

Model nearly anything you can imagine.

Inexpensive

A lot of value at a low price.

Huge template library

A starting point for almost any setup.

Where Stelaah fits better.

Client operations built in

Invoicing, contracts, and time, ready to use.

Margin you can see

Real reporting, not a database you assemble.

Portals for clients

A branded home, not a public page.

Aria acts, not just writes

Creates tasks, invoices, and more.

What you will pay.

Stelaah

Free to start. Each paid plan is priced per workspace and includes a set number of full members, with extra members available on the Team and Business plans. Aria is included. See the pricing page for the current plans.

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Notion

a free personal tier, then around $10 to $15 a seat a month (Plus to Business), billed annually, with AI as an add on. Check notion.so.

Pricing changes often, so confirm the current numbers at notion.so

Stelaah vs Notion, answered.

Yes. Notion is wonderful for docs and custom databases, but client operations like invoicing and contracts are not built in. Stelaah comes with them.

Love the docs. Skip the building.

Stelaah comes with client work ready, invoicing, contracts, time, and margin, so you do not build it from blocks. Try it free.