Notion vs Zoho

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Notion is the stronger AI pick in Knowledge Management: it has a visibility score of 57.4 versus 2.8 for Zoho, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Notion if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (57.4 vs 2.8)
You need ISO 27001 or ISMAP or BSI C5 or ISO 27017 or ISO 27018 or ISO 27701 or HIPAA or GDPR or CCPA coverage
flexible all-in-one workspace
strong for knowledge management and team wikis

Choose Zoho if…

AI answers describe it more positively (50% vs 40% positive)
You need ISO/IEC 27001 or ISO/IEC 27017 or ISO/IEC 27018 coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (5,000+ employees)
Strong value for money and low cost

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Notion	Zoho
Visibility score	57.4%	2.8%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Knowledge Management	#1	#25
Share of voice	10.9%	0.8%
Mentions this run	58	5
Positive in AI answers	40%	50%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Notion 0pp · Zoho 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Notion leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

61.9%

3.9%

AI Mode

62.6%

Perplexity

47.8%

4.6%

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Head to head in AI answers

2 engine answers name both brands

2Notion ranked higher

0Zoho ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Notion	Zoho
Official website of the top knowledge management tool vendors	ChatGPT	#2	#18
Official website of the top knowledge management tool vendors	Perplexity	#2	#11

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Notion	Zoho
Pricing model	Per seat	—
Entry price	Free; paid from $10 per seat / mo	—
Free plan	Yes	—
Deployment	Cloud-hosted, with web, desktop and mobile apps	Cloud (SaaS)
Compliance	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISMAP, BSI C5, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 27701, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA	ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, SOC 2 Type II
Support	Help button in the app, Priority support, Premium support (custom), Customer success manager (Enterprise)	—
Founded	2016	1996
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, United States	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Employees	501–1,000	5,000+
Funding	Tender offer · $335M raised	Bootstrapped
Best for	Individuals, small teams, growing businesses and enterprises that want docs, databases and AI agents in one workspace	Businesses of all sizes, from startups to enterprises, wanting one suite for sales, support, finance and HR