{"compare":false,"blog":false,"article":false,"page":{"title":"Notion alternatives for client work: seven options and where PLYNTUM fits","lead":"The main Notion alternatives for running client work are ClickUp, Asana, monday.com, Teamwork.com, Productive, Paymo, Bonsai and PLYNTUM. Notion is a flexible workspace for documents, wikis and databases; Plus is $10 per member a month billed annually. Teams move their projects out of it when they need time tracking, invoices and numbers they do not have to build and maintain themselves.","sections":[{"heading":"Why teams look beyond Notion for projects","html":"<p>Notion builds almost anything from pages and databases, and many teams run their first project tracker in it. Its pricing page lists Plus at $10 per member a month billed annually ($12 monthly) and Business at $20 ($24 monthly). Business adds Notion AI features such as meeting notes and enterprise search, custom database automations and granular database permissions; Plus has button automations only (read 23 September 2026). Teams doing client work usually move projects out for one of these reasons.</p><ul><li><strong>You build and maintain the system.</strong> Statuses, relations, rollups and templates work until the person who built them is busy or leaves.</li><li><strong>No time and no money.</strong> Notion’s pricing page lists no time tracking, invoices or client billing. Hours and invoices live in other tools, and connecting them is manual work.</li><li><strong>Numbers you have to assemble.</strong> A database can hold hours, but cost per person, approval and profit per project are formulas someone has to write and trust.</li><li><strong>The language.</strong> Georgian is not among Notion’s interface languages. PLYNTUM works in Georgian and English.</li></ul><p>Notion stays excellent for documents and wikis. The question is whether it should also run your projects, hours and invoices.</p>"},{"heading":"How to choose a Notion alternative","html":"<ol><li><strong>Keep Notion for documents?</strong> Most tools here sit next to a wiki without trouble. Decide what moves: tasks only, or tasks, time and billing.</li><li><strong>Do you bill for time?</strong> Teamwork.com, Productive, Paymo and PLYNTUM record time and invoice. ClickUp, Asana and monday.com leave invoicing elsewhere.</li><li><strong>Do you need proposals and contracts?</strong> Bonsai sends proposals and contracts with e-signatures; Productive has a sales pipeline. CRM core is released, subject to plan, role and permissions. Proposal drafts, won-deal handoff and manual forecasts have plan limits; inbox and integrations require separate setup. AI and private capture remain in development. <a href=\"{{route:platform/crm}}\">Review CRM access and limits</a>.</li><li><strong>How much do you want to configure?</strong> ClickUp and monday.com are flexible like Notion. Productive, Teamwork.com and PLYNTUM come with a model for client work already built in.</li><li><strong>What language does the team work in?</strong> Check interface languages with each vendor before you commit.</li></ol><p>Prices are the vendors’ own, checked 25 September 2026 unless stated, excluding tax and on annual billing unless stated; 10-person costs are arithmetic, not quotes. Nothing is ranked, and PLYNTUM, which we make, has its own section.</p>"},{"heading":"Seven Notion alternatives","html":"<h3>ClickUp</h3><p>ClickUp is one app for tasks, docs, goals and chat, with many views, and the closest to Notion’s flexibility. There is a Free Forever plan; ClickUp Core is $9 and Business $17 per user a month billed annually, and timesheet approval is on Enterprise, priced on request (checked 24 October 2026). ClickUp states no native client invoicing. <a href=\"{{route:compare/clickup}}\">PLYNTUM vs ClickUp</a> · <a href=\"{{route:alternatives/clickup}}\">ClickUp alternatives</a></p><p><strong>Best for: teams that want docs and tasks in one flexible app.</strong></p><h3>Asana</h3><p>Asana is a work and project management platform with a clear project structure, timelines and workload. Starter is $10.99 and Advanced $24.99 per user a month billed annually; timesheet approval needs the Timesheets &amp; Budgets add-on, sold per user with no published price (checked 24 October 2026). Its pricing page lists no invoices. <a href=\"{{route:compare/asana}}\">PLYNTUM vs Asana</a></p><p><strong>Best for: teams that want structured projects without building them.</strong></p><h3>monday.com</h3><p>monday.com’s Work Management covers projects and tasks on configurable boards. Basic is $9, Standard $12 and Pro $19 per seat a month billed annually, 3-seat minimum; time tracking is a column on Pro, and invoices and expenses are not listed in its plans (checked 25 September 2026). <a href=\"{{route:compare/monday}}\">PLYNTUM vs monday.com</a> · <a href=\"{{route:alternatives/monday}}\">monday.com alternatives</a></p><p><strong>Best for: teams that like building their own boards, with more views and automation.</strong></p><h3>Teamwork.com</h3><p>Teamwork.com is professional services software for client projects, with time tracking, budgets and invoices. There is a free plan for up to 5 users; Accelerate is $24.99 per user a month billed annually (checked 24 October 2026). <a href=\"{{route:compare/teamwork}}\">PLYNTUM vs Teamwork.com</a></p><p><strong>Best for: client-services teams that want a ready-made model for billable projects.</strong></p><h3>Productive</h3><p>Productive is agency software for resources, projects and finances, with a sales pipeline on every plan. Essential is $10 and Professional $25 per user a month billed annually, with a 3-seat minimum; the interface is in English only (checked 24 October 2026). <a href=\"{{route:compare/productive}}\">PLYNTUM vs Productive</a> · <a href=\"{{route:alternatives/productive}}\">Productive alternatives</a></p><p><strong>Best for: agencies that want pipeline, delivery and finance in one tool.</strong></p><h3>Paymo</h3><p>Paymo is work management with time tracking and invoicing for small teams. Plus is $15.90 per user a month at the standard monthly price and includes project profitability; timesheet approval and leave management are on Pro (checked 24 October 2026). <a href=\"{{route:compare/paymo}}\">PLYNTUM vs Paymo</a></p><p><strong>Best for: small teams that want tasks, time and invoices in one inexpensive app.</strong></p><h3>Bonsai</h3><p>Bonsai is an all-in-one tool for small agencies and independents: proposals, contracts with e-signatures, invoices and projects. Basic is $9, Essentials (with invoicing) $19 and Premium $29 per user a month billed annually; an account holds one company (checked 24 October 2026). <a href=\"{{route:compare/bonsai}}\">PLYNTUM vs Bonsai</a></p><p><strong>Best for: freelancers and very small teams that send proposals and contracts.</strong></p>"},{"heading":"Where PLYNTUM fits, and where it does not","html":"<p>PLYNTUM is business management software for service companies: projects and tasks, clients, people, recorded time, invoices, expenses and receivables in one workspace, with the model for client work already built.</p><ul><li><strong>Nothing to assemble.</strong> A task belongs to a project and the project to a client. Time recorded on the task rolls up to both. See <a href=\"{{route:client-and-project-management}}\">client and project management</a>.</li><li><strong>Hours and approval.</strong> Time is on every plan; from Core, managers approve timesheets, which locks each week, and every logged hour counts as project cost at each person’s loaded rate.</li><li><strong>Invoices and receivables</strong> on every plan, recurring invoices from Core, and a private <a href=\"{{route:platform/client-portal}}\">client portal</a> link from Core.</li><li><strong>Several companies.</strong> Each company is its own workspace with its own plan, under one login.</li></ul><p><strong>Where it does not fit.</strong> PLYNTUM is not a wiki or a document editor, so keep Notion for documents. It has CRM core for eligible users; contracts, client-facing proposal delivery and integrations need separate checks. Core costs $150 a month for up to 10 members, or $120 a month billed annually. See <a href=\"{{route:pricing}}\">pricing</a>.</p>"},{"heading":"When to stay with Notion","html":"<ul><li><strong>Your work is mostly documents.</strong> Wikis, briefs and knowledge bases are what Notion does best.</li><li><strong>The system you built works.</strong> If your tracker is maintained and trusted, a move costs more than it saves.</li><li><strong>You do not bill for time.</strong> Without hours and invoices, a database may be all you need.</li></ul>"},{"heading":"Moving projects out of Notion","html":"<ol><li><strong>Keep Notion for documents</strong> and move only projects, tasks and time. Put the link to the relevant Notion page in each project’s description so nothing gets lost.</li><li><strong>Start with one client.</strong> Create the client and the project in PLYNTUM and rebuild the open tasks. There is no Notion importer.</li><li><strong>Record time from day one</strong> against those tasks, and raise the client’s next invoice from PLYNTUM.</li><li><strong>Compare after a month:</strong> hours, invoice and margin for that client, then decide on the rest.</li></ol><p>Start on Launch’s 7-day trial; timesheet approval, profitability and the client portal need Core. For help planning the move, <a href=\"{{route:contact}}\">write to us</a>.</p>"},{"heading":"Sources","html":"<p>Every price was checked on the vendor’s own pricing page on the date shown next to it. If something has changed, tell us at info@plyntum.com and we will correct it.</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.notion.com/pricing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Notion pricing</a> (checked 25 September 2026)</li><li><a href=\"https://clickup.com/pricing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ClickUp pricing</a> (checked 24 October 2026)</li><li><a href=\"https://asana.com/pricing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Asana pricing</a> (checked 24 October 2026)</li><li><a href=\"https://monday.com/pricing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">monday.com pricing</a> (checked 25 September 2026)</li><li><a href=\"https://www.teamwork.com/pricing/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Teamwork.com pricing</a> (checked 24 October 2026)</li><li><a href=\"https://productive.io/pricing/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Productive pricing</a> (checked 24 October 2026)</li><li><a href=\"https://www.paymoapp.com/pricing/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Paymo pricing</a> (checked 24 October 2026)</li><li><a href=\"https://www.hellobonsai.com/pricing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Bonsai pricing</a> (checked 24 October 2026)</li></ul>"}]},"updated":"2026-10-28","keyFacts":[["Notion pricing","Plus $10 and Business $20 per member a month billed annually ($12 and $24 monthly), checked 25 September 2026."],["What Notion lacks for client work","Its pricing page lists no time tracking, invoices or client billing."],["PLYNTUM for 10 members","PLYNTUM Core costs $150 a month for a workspace of 10 members, or $120 a month billed annually."],["Documents","PLYNTUM is not a wiki or a document editor; keep Notion for documents."]],"faq":[["What is the best alternative to Notion for projects?","It depends on what you need beyond documents. ClickUp is the most flexible, Asana the most structured, Teamwork.com and Productive are built for client projects, Paymo and Bonsai suit small teams, and PLYNTUM puts projects, hours, invoices and profit per client in one workspace with a Georgian interface."],["How much does Notion cost?","Plus is $10 per member a month billed annually ($12 monthly) and Business $20 ($24 monthly), which adds Notion AI features, checked 25 September 2026. There is also a free plan and a custom-priced Enterprise plan."],["Can Notion track time and send invoices?","Notion’s pricing page lists no time tracking or invoicing. You can log hours in a database, but cost, approval and invoices have to be built or handled in other tools."],["Should I keep Notion if I switch?","For documents and wikis, usually yes. Move projects, tasks and time, and link the relevant Notion pages from each project."],["Is Notion available in Georgian?","No. Georgian is not among the interface languages Notion lists. PLYNTUM works in Georgian and English."],["Does PLYNTUM replace Notion?","Not for documents. PLYNTUM is not a wiki or a document editor. It replaces the project tracker you built in Notion with projects, time, invoices and profitability that are already connected."]]}