Airtable has no Notion importer. Export the Notion database as CSV and import it into Airtable as a new table (100MB limit), then rebuild relations as linked-record fields.
Quick verdict: Move to Airtable if your Notion databases have outgrown the page they live in: you need linked records at scale, interfaces other teams use, sync between bases, or viewer-free billing.
Most buyers only budget for the new subscription. This estimates the hidden labor, data-cleanup, and retraining cost of actually making the switch.
Estimate assumes: 1 hour of data-mapping/cleaning labor per 2,000 records, a blended $75/hr ops rate, tiered migration & cleaning tooling fees, and 4 hours of retraining per seat at a $45/hr fully-loaded rate.
Linked records, 50,000 records per base and 25,000 automation runs a month on Team.
Only editors are billed.
Turn a base into an app and sync across bases.
Team costs $20 a seat against Plus at $10; Notion pages, wikis and docs have no Airtable equivalent; SAML SSO starts at Business ($45).
| Step | What you do |
|---|---|
| 1Export from Notion | Open the database page, click the three-dot menu, Export, and choose Markdown and CSV; full-page databases export as CSV with a Markdown file per subpage. |
| 2Set up your Airtable workspace | Create the workspace and add people as editors only if they will change records; viewers and commenters are free. |
| 3Import CSV into Airtable | On the home screen click Import, choose CSV (100MB limit), then check field types in the preview before importing. |
| 4Rebuild links, interfaces and automations | Recreate linked-record fields between tables, then interfaces and automations; check the Team plan’s 50,000-record and 25,000-run limits. |
| 5Reset sharing and permissions | Re-invite your team and set workspace, base or sheet-level permissions; none of this carries over. |
| 6Cancel the old plan | Once your team is working day-to-day in the new tool, cancel the old subscription. |
What this path doesn’t do for you:
Database rows travel by CSV; Notion pages, wikis, subpages and relations do not, so plan to keep long-form documents elsewhere and rebuild relations as linked-record fields.
| Plan | Notion | Airtable |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing basis | Per member | Per editor seat; viewers free |
| Entry price | Plus $10/member/mo (yearly) | Team $20/seat/mo (annual) |
| Free plan | Individuals; team features gated | 5 editors, 1,000 records per base |
| Core strength | Docs, wikis, databases in pages | Relational database, interfaces, automations |
| Importer for the other tool | None (CSV) | Native Smartsheet importer; CSV for Notion |
Prices checked on each vendor’s pricing page on September 24, 2026.
| Capability | Notion | Airtable |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing basis | Per member | Per editor seat |
| Free plan | Individuals | 5 editors |
| Importer | None (CSV) | None (CSV) |
| Price | $10/member/mo | $20/seat/mo |
Going the other direction, or want the full comparison first?
Read the Airtable vs Notion comparison Switching from Airtable to Notion instead?Only by CSV: export the Notion database as CSV (Settings, Export, Markdown and CSV), then Import, CSV on the Airtable home screen.
Per editor, yes: Team is $20/seat/mo against Plus at $10/member/mo. Airtable does not bill viewers, which can flip the result for read-heavy teams.
They do not import into Airtable. Keep long-form documents in a docs tool and move only the structured tables.
Expect to rebuild them. CSV carries rows and columns; links between tables, formulas, automations, views and permissions are recreated in the new tool by hand.
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