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Switching from ClickUp to Notion

Notion has no ClickUp importer. Export ClickUp tasks as CSV and import them with Notion’s CSV importer, which creates a database per file; docs, comments and time entries are rebuilt by hand.

Bill Belcamino
Bottom line up frontby Bill Belcamino, founder of HelpCompare
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Bottom line up front: How painful is it to move a team from ClickUp to Notion?

More painful than the reverse trip, because Notion has no ClickUp importer: only task rows travel by CSV, and docs, comments, time entries and automations are rebuilt by hand.

Seats also go up, from $7/user/mo to $10/member/mo billed yearly, and you lose native time tracking, sprints and Gantt. So don't migrate a task database, migrate knowledge. Move the docs and wikis your team actually reads, export one CSV per List only for projects still open, and keep a full ClickUp export on file for the closed work. Since Notion bills every member on paid plans, invite only the people who need to edit, not everyone who once had a ClickUp login. Rebuild relations and views next, and cancel ClickUp once the team is working in Notion day to day.

My read of the verified data on this page, checked against vendor sources on September 24, 2026. Disagree or spot an error? Tell Bill

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Switching Cost & Friction Estimator

Most buyers only budget for the new subscription. This estimates the hidden labor, data-cleanup, and retraining cost of actually making the switch.

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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.

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    Why teams move from ClickUp to Notion

    Docs and wikis

    The stronger writing and knowledge tool.

    AI bundled

    Notion Agent and AI Meeting Notes on Business, no add-on.

    One workspace

    Pages, databases and docs together.

    How the migration actually works

    You lose native time tracking, sprints and Gantt; every member is billed on Notion’s paid plans; the entry price is $3 a seat higher.

    StepWhat you do
    1Export from ClickUpExport your tasks as CSV from Workspace settings, Import / Export; one file per List keeps the mapping simple.
    2Set up your Notion workspaceCreate the workspace, invite members (every member is billed on paid plans) and create a teamspace for the imported databases.
    3Import CSV into NotionSettings, Import, CSV, then upload each file; each becomes a Notion database. Split large files first to reduce mapping errors.
    4Rebuild relations and viewsRecreate relation properties between databases, then the board, calendar and gallery views your team used.
    5Reset sharing and permissionsRe-invite your team and set workspace, base or sheet-level permissions; none of this carries over.
    6Cancel the old planOnce your team is working day-to-day in the new tool, cancel the old subscription.

    What this path doesn’t do for you:

    Only task rows travel by CSV; ClickUp docs, comments, time entries and automations are recreated by hand, and Notion has no equivalent of native time tracking.

    Pricing side by side

    PlanClickUpNotion
    Pricing basisPer userPer member
    Entry priceUnlimited $7/user/mo (yearly)Plus $10/member/mo (yearly)
    Free planFree Forever, unlimited membersIndividuals; team features gated
    Core strengthTasks, time tracking, Gantt, dashboardsDocs, wikis, databases in pages
    Importer for the other toolNative Notion importerNone (CSV)

    Prices checked on each vendor’s pricing page on September 24, 2026.

    Feature parity check

    CapabilityClickUpNotion
    Pricing basisPer userPer member
    Free planUnlimited membersIndividuals
    ImporterNative Notion importerNone (CSV)
    Price$7/user/mo$10/member/mo

    Going the other direction, or want the full comparison first?

    Read the Notion vs ClickUp comparison Switching from Notion to ClickUp instead?
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    Security & access: what changes when you switch

    Security, offline and access rules that differ between ClickUp and Notion. Rows where both tools are the same (7) are left out; the full side-by-side is on each tool’s page: ClickUp, Notion.

    What changesClickUp (today)Notion (after)
    Other certificationsISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, ISO/IEC 27701, ISO/IEC 42001, SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 3sourceISO/IEC 27701, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018source
    Single sign-on (SAML/OIDC)YesEnterprisesourceYesBusinesssource
    Two-factor authenticationYesEnforcement: BusinesssourceYessource
    Data residency choicesUS, EU, Australia, SingaporeEnterprisesourceUS, EU, Japan, South KoreaEnterprisesource
    EncryptionAES-256 at rest; TLS 1.2 in transitsourceAES-256 at rest; TLS 1.2+ in transitsource
    Offline modePartialOn web, desktop and mobile you can create new tasks (and reminders, except on mobile) and view previously opened tasks and notes offline, but cannot edit existing tasks or notes; new items sync on reconnect.sourceWorks offlineIn the desktop and mobile apps you can view, edit and create pages offline once they are downloaded to that device; changes save locally and sync automatically when you reconnect.source
    Desktop appsWindows, macOS, LinuxsourceWindows, macOSsource
    Offline limitsAvailable on all plans; existing tasks and notes can't be edited offline, subtasks can't be created, and reminders can't be created offline in the mobile appAll planssourcePages must be marked Available offline per device; automatic download of recent and favorited pages only on Business and Enterprise; databases download the first 50 rowsBusiness (auto-download)source
    IP allowlistingYesEnterprise (early version; request access via account manager)sourceNot published
    Device & session controlsYesEnterpriseSession duration and idle timeout limits that apply to every account with access to the Workspace.sourceNot published
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    Before you cut over

    • Set up single sign-on in Notion on Business before you invite the team, so accounts are created through your identity provider rather than by hand.
    • If you restrict ClickUp to office or VPN IP addresses today, check how you will enforce the same rule in Notion; we found no IP allowlisting documented.

    Checked September 19, 2026 against each vendor’s own trust center, help docs and app pages. Hover or tap “source” to see the exact wording we relied on. “Not published” means we could not find the vendor saying it on its own site; it doesn’t mean the feature is missing. Plan names are the lowest plan the vendor says includes the feature. Security · Offline · Remote vs office · Download the data

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Does Notion import ClickUp?

    Not natively. Export tasks as CSV and use Settings, Import, CSV in Notion; each file becomes a database.

    Will it cost more?

    At list price, yes: $10/member/mo against $7/user/mo, both yearly, and Notion bills every member.

    Do I lose time tracking?

    Yes. Notion has no native time tracking; use a third-party integration if you need it.

    Do links, formulas and views survive the move?

    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.

    Sources

    Prices on this page were recorded from each vendor’s own pricing page on the date shown at the top of the page. Vendors change pricing often — check the live source before you buy.

    Every figure is also in our open dataset (JSON and CSV, CC BY 4.0), with its source page and verification date. See how we research pricing.

    Cite this page: HelpCompare, “Switching from ClickUp to Notion”, helpcompare.com/clickup-to-notion-migration/ (updated ).

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    Bill Belcamino

    Founder and author, HelpCompare

    Engineer by training, operator by experience, marketer by choice. Bill spent eight and a half years as an engineer at HP, was COO of Auctiva (the number one third-party selling platform on eBay, past 200,000 users) and ran Google’s $70M/year search syndication partnership at Alot.com. Then he spent 13 years building his own web properties with his own money at stake. He has bought, trialled, integrated and cancelled more SaaS tools than he can count, and started HelpCompare because the real cost of switching tools is the part nobody covers.

    “I’ve sat on both sides of the table: the agency recommending the tool and the client paying for it.”

    Researched and fact-checked by the HelpCompare team. Pricing on this page was last verified on September 24, 2026. No paid sponsorships, no affiliate commissions.