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Nova vs Notion: where delivery happens
Notion is a connected workspace for documents, databases and sites, with Notion Agent and Custom Agents. Nova is a workspace that delivers outcomes: it picks out what your team agreed with each client, prepares the next step for your approval, runs it in Linear, Gmail, Google Calendar or Nova itself, and keeps it in view until it is delivered. Notion holds what the team knows; Nova starts from what was agreed with a client and delivers it.
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Nova vs Notion, feature by feature
Notion’s column is from its own site. Where a feature is not listed there, we say so rather than guess.
| Feature | Nova | Notion |
|---|---|---|
| Delivery | ||
| Turns what was agreed with a client into next steps | YesWho promised what, to whom and by when | PartlyAI meeting capture on Business |
| Next steps approved, then run in connected tools | YesApproved in Triage, then run in Linear, Gmail, Google Calendar or Nova | PartlyNotion Agent and Custom Agents, using credits |
| Tells the client when the work is done | YesFor Linear work marked for customer follow-up; you confirm the send | Not listed |
| Recurring work from a plain-language instruction | YesRoutines: you review the plan before it runs | YesCustom Agents and database automations |
| Workspace | ||
| Shared documents | YesComments, and export to PDF, Word or Markdown | Yes |
| Projects | PartlyProjects with milestones, updates and a calendar, switched on per workspace | YesDatabases with dependencies and custom properties |
| Clients as guests | PartlyShare a project with view, comment or edit access, per workspace | YesGuest limits by plan |
| Publish a website | No | Yesnotion.site domains; custom domains paid per domain |
| Security | ||
| SAML single sign-on | NoPlanned for Enterprise | PartlyBusiness and Enterprise |
Notion details from notion.com/pricing, checked on 31 October 2026. Nova details from trynova.io/nova.md.
When Notion fits
Notion suits teams that want one flexible place for knowledge, documents and databases they shape themselves, and pages they can publish. If a configurable wiki and documents are the core need, it is built for that.
When Nova fits
Nova suits client-facing teams where the work starts with a promise to a customer and the result is what counts. It picks out who promised what, to whom and by when, checks it against earlier calls and the work already open, and prepares each next step in Triage. Your team approves, edits or dismisses it; approved steps run straight away through that person’s own connection.
Calls, projects, documents and a CRM are all parts of the same workspace, so the work stays connected to the conversation it came from. See how to make sure what was agreed gets delivered.
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For client delivery, it can be. Notion is a blank canvas you shape yourself. Nova comes shaped around client work: calls, projects, documents and a CRM, with each commitment taken through approval to delivery. If you need publishing or a wiki you design from scratch, Notion has those.
Only where your team allows it. Steps Nova prepares from a call wait in Triage for someone to approve, edit or dismiss. Always allow covers the kinds of steps a person trusts, routines follow the rules their owner sets, and emails and calendar invites from Triage always ask first.
Plans start at $29 per user per month at the early price, with AI credits shared across the workspace. Nova is invite only, so request access to join.
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