Productivity · Head-to-head
Notion AI vs Zoom AI Companion
Notion AI vs Zoom AI Companion: pricing, features, and which to pick in 2026.
The verdict
Pick Notion AI if…
- →overall capability matters more than price (AI Score 9 vs 8.1)
- →you want our editor's pick for this category
- →your primary use case is notion users who want an assistant that already knows their pages, databases, and documents for summaries and answers.
Pick Zoom AI Companion if…
- →you need a genuinely free option
- →budget is the constraint
- →your primary use case is teams already on paid zoom workplace plans who want meeting summaries, smart recordings, and drafted messages without buying a separate meeting-assistant subscription.
- →you need: content-creation
Side-by-side specs
| Spec | Notion AI | Zoom AI Companion |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Productivity | Productivity |
| Pricing model | paid | freemium |
| Headline pricing | From $10/mo | Included with paid Zoom Workplace plans; AI Companion 2.0 add-on from $13/user/mo |
| Free tier | — | Base AI Companion included at no extra cost with Zoom Workplace Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans |
| AI Score | 9/10 | 8.1/10 |
| Best for | Notion users who want an assistant that already knows their pages, databases, and documents for summaries and answers. | Teams already on paid Zoom Workplace plans who want meeting summaries, smart recordings, and drafted messages without buying a separate meeting-assistant subscription. |
| Editor's pick | ✓ Yes | — |
| Use cases | productivity | productivity content-creation |
| Date added | 2025-05-15 | 2026-05-01 |
Pros and cons
Notion AI
Productivity · paid
Pros
- ✓Deep integration with your existing Notion workspace
- ✓Contextual AI that understands your work
- ✓Excellent summarization and Q&A capabilities
- ✓Saves hours of manual knowledge management
Cons
- ×Requires Notion as your workspace (no standalone)
- ×Add-on pricing on top of Notion subscription
- ×AI responses limited to content in your workspace
- ×Can be slow with very large workspaces
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Zoom AI Companion
Productivity · freemium
Pros
- ✓Included free with paid Zoom plans — no additional per-seat cost for base features
- ✓Zero onboarding since it's built into the app your team already uses
- ✓Smart recording chapters make long meetings actually reviewable
- ✓Real-time mid-meeting queries let latecomers catch up without asking others to repeat
Cons
- ×Only works within the Zoom ecosystem — no help if you also use Meet or Teams
- ×Summary quality drops in unstructured brainstorms or heavily cross-talk conversations
- ×Advanced AI Companion 2.0 features require a paid add-on starting at $13/user/month
- ×Free Zoom users get no AI Companion features at all — requires a paid Workplace plan
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Updated 2026-05-01. Spec data sourced from official product pages and tracked in our public directory at /tools.