[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":550},["ShallowReactive",2],{"landing.\u002Fcompare\u002Fnotion":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"cardTitle":36,"comparison":384,"competitor":36,"cta":449,"description":454,"endCta":455,"extension":458,"eyebrow":459,"faq":460,"kind":482,"lastChecked":483,"meta":484,"navigation":485,"path":486,"position":374,"seo":487,"seoTitle":488,"sources":489,"stem":543,"summary":544,"__hash__":549},"pages\u002Fcompare\u002Fnotion.md","Notion gives agents a workspace API. Treehouse gives them a folder.",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":372},"minimark",[9,14,18,84,87,111,114,118,121,160,163,166,174,178,181,184,187,191,194,197,205,216,219,231,235,272,276,314,318,321,369],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"local-files-are-faster-for-agents","Local files are faster for agents",[15,16,17],"p",{},"Agents read a lot: working out what's there, pulling in context, checking their own changes. On local files that's close to instant. Through an API, every page is a request, and those requests are rationed.",[19,20,21,37],"table",{},[22,23,24],"thead",{},[25,26,27,31,34],"tr",{},[28,29,30],"th",{},"Notes",[28,32,33],{},"Treehouse",[28,35,36],{},"Notion",[38,39,40,52,63,74],"tbody",{},[25,41,42,46,49],{},[43,44,45],"td",{},"Read 1,000",[43,47,48],{},"0.02 sec",[43,50,51],{},"1 to 5 min",[25,53,54,57,60],{},[43,55,56],{},"Read 10,000",[43,58,59],{},"0.2 sec",[43,61,62],{},"16 to 55 min",[25,64,65,68,71],{},[43,66,67],{},"Search 1,000",[43,69,70],{},"0.06 sec",[43,72,73],{},"One search call",[25,75,76,79,82],{},[43,77,78],{},"Search 10,000",[43,80,81],{},"0.6 sec",[43,83,73],{},[15,85,86],{},"How we got these numbers, on 30 October 2026:",[88,89,90,106],"ul",{},[91,92,93,96,97,101,102,105],"li",{},[94,95,33],"strong",{}," is measured: ",[98,99,100],"code",{},"cat"," and ",[98,103,104],{},"grep"," over generated Markdown notes of about 6 KB each, on an M1 Pro laptop.",[91,107,108,110],{},[94,109,36],{}," is a calculation, not a test against a workspace. Its docs describe one request a page with no bulk read, and allow 180 requests a minute per connection, or 600 on Business and Enterprise, which gives the two ends of each range. That's a best case: it leaves out time on the network, a separate workspace-wide limit, and follow-up requests for long pages. A search call returns up to 50 results, and each one you then read is another request.",[15,112,113],{},"This compares getting at the work, not the model's thinking time, which is the same either way. It's also about the synced folder: an agent using Treehouse over MCP makes network calls as well. And the gap is largest for work that touches a lot of notes, such as summarising a project, checking a change across a folder or tidying a workspace. If an agent only needs one page, Notion's search can find it in a single call.",[10,115,117],{"id":116},"keeping-the-whole-team-in-step","Keeping the whole team in step",[15,119,120],{},"A folder on one laptop is usually where teamwork stops. A Treehouse folder is shared from the start:",[122,123,124,140,149],"ol",{},[91,125,126,129,130,135,136,139],{},[94,127,128],{},"Connect it once",", with the ",[131,132,134],"a",{"href":133},"\u002Fdocs\u002Fdesktop\u002Finstall-the-desktop-app","desktop app"," or ",[98,137,138],{},"treehouse login ~\u002FAcme",".",[91,141,142,148],{},[94,143,144,139],{},[131,145,147],{"href":146},"\u002Fdocs\u002Fsharing\u002Finvite-people","Invite your team"," Each person gets the same files in their own folder, or just uses the web app.",[91,150,151,154,155,159],{},[94,152,153],{},"Carry on working."," A ",[131,156,158],{"href":157},"\u002Fdocs\u002Fdesktop\u002Fhow-sync-works","background process"," uploads changes and checks for everyone else's about every 2 seconds, so an agent's work reaches the team within seconds. The agent doesn't wait for any of it.",[15,161,162],{},"If two edits collide, both are kept. There's nothing to export, import or convert, because the files are the work.",[15,164,165],{},"Notion is shared by default, so there's nothing to set up. The catch is the other direction: a local copy means a workspace export, which Notion says \"can take up to 30 hours\" and which is a snapshot. Notion also says you can't instantly recreate a workspace by re-uploading it.",[15,167,168,169,173],{},"Edits in a synced folder show in Activity as yours, because they sync through your device. To see an agent's work under its own name, and undo it on its own, ",[131,170,172],{"href":171},"\u002Fdocs\u002Fagents\u002Fconnect\u002Fhow-agents-work","connect it over MCP with its own key"," as well. A common setup is the folder for heavy work and MCP for review.",[10,175,177],{"id":176},"files-or-blocks","Files or blocks",[15,179,180],{},"Both products can be used by agents, so the useful question is what the work looks like.",[15,182,183],{},"In Treehouse, a workspace is a set of plain files. An agent in your synced folder uses the same tools it uses on any project: it lists folders, greps for what it needs and edits files in place. Over MCP it reads and writes those same files. What it reads is exactly what's stored, in whatever format it was saved. Treehouse keeps any file type, so a PDF, a CSV and a build of a static site all sit in the same folder.",[15,185,186],{},"In Notion, a page is a tree of blocks, and agents reach it through the MCP server or the API. Notion has worked hard on this. Agents can now read and write pages as Markdown, and on 19 October 2026 Notion relaunched its MCP server as a shared context layer for outside agents. For agents that answer questions from company knowledge or keep Notion pages up to date, that's a good fit. Its Markdown is a conversion, though, and live access is page by page or query by query. You can export a whole workspace to Markdown and CSV, but that's a snapshot rather than a live folder that stays in step with your team.",[10,188,190],{"id":189},"what-happens-when-an-agent-gets-it-wrong","What happens when an agent gets it wrong",[15,192,193],{},"This is the biggest practical difference.",[15,195,196],{},"Notion says every agent run is logged and all changes are reversible, and it's right to. The way back it documents is version history. Page content restores one page at a time, and restoring a database brings back its pages and properties but not the content inside each page. Notion also says version history \"won't capture every single change\", and how far back it goes depends on your plan, from 7 days on Free to 90 on Business, or custom on Enterprise.",[15,198,199,200,204],{},"In Treehouse, every change is recorded against the key that made it, so you can ",[131,201,203],{"href":202},"\u002Fdocs\u002Ffiles\u002Fundo-an-agent","undo what one agent did"," across the whole workspace in one step:",[88,206,207,210,213],{},[91,208,209],{},"You choose the moment, and see a preview of every file before anything changes.",[91,211,212],{},"Edits are reversed, deleted files come back, renames are put back and new files go to the trash.",[91,214,215],{},"Changes by people and other agents stay as they are. A file someone else has since edited is left alone, and the preview tells you so.",[15,217,218],{},"An agent connected over MCP can undo its own work the same way, and nothing else. Undoing another key's work is for people, so an agent can't be talked into it by something it reads.",[15,220,221,222,226,227,139],{},"If a lot has gone wrong at once, you can also ",[131,223,225],{"href":224},"\u002Fdocs\u002Ffiles\u002Frestore-to-an-earlier-time","restore a folder or the whole workspace to an earlier time",", and deleted files can be brought back from the ",[131,228,230],{"href":229},"\u002Fdocs\u002Ffiles\u002Ftrash","trash",[10,232,234],{"id":233},"where-notion-is-the-better-choice","Where Notion is the better choice",[88,236,237,243,254,260,266],{},[91,238,239,242],{},[94,240,241],{},"You run the business on databases."," Treehouse has none, and folders of Markdown with front matter won't replace relations, rollups and formulas.",[91,244,245,248,249,253],{},[94,246,247],{},"People write together."," Notion has live co-editing. Treehouse doesn't: a clash becomes a ",[131,250,252],{"href":251},"\u002Fdocs\u002Ffiles\u002Fconflicted-copies","conflicted copy"," to merge by hand.",[91,255,256,259],{},[94,257,258],{},"You want one tool for everything."," Wikis, projects, meeting notes and sites all live in Notion.",[91,261,262,265],{},[94,263,264],{},"You want AI built in."," Notion AI and Custom Agents run inside the product. Treehouse doesn't run agents or call AI models.",[91,267,268,271],{},[94,269,270],{},"You want a change suggested before it lands."," Notion's suggested edits let agents propose changes for review. Treehouse keeps review in comments, and edits land straight away.",[10,273,275],{"id":274},"where-treehouse-is-the-better-choice","Where Treehouse is the better choice",[88,277,278,284,290,296,302,308],{},[91,279,280,283],{},[94,281,282],{},"Agents do the heavy lifting on files."," Research, drafts, reports and client deliverables in plain formats, where an agent can read everything at local speed and use its normal tools.",[91,285,286,289],{},[94,287,288],{},"You want local work to stay shared."," Everything an agent does in the folder reaches the team within seconds, with nothing to export.",[91,291,292,295],{},[94,293,294],{},"You want unattended agents on any plan."," An API key is all an agent needs, including on the free plan.",[91,297,298,301],{},[94,299,300],{},"You need to see and undo agent work."," Each agent's changes are grouped under its key, and one step takes them back.",[91,303,304,307],{},[94,305,306],{},"You share deliverables with clients."," Read-only links can have a password and be pinned to an exact version.",[91,309,310,313],{},[94,311,312],{},"You don't want to convert anything to leave."," Your work is already in a folder on your computer.",[10,315,317],{"id":316},"what-it-costs","What it costs",[15,319,320],{},"Prices for a team of five, on 30 October 2026, in US dollars:",[19,322,323,335],{},[22,324,325],{},[25,326,327,329,332],{},[28,328],{},[28,330,331],{},"Price for five",[28,333,334],{},"Includes",[38,336,337,348,359],{},[25,338,339,342,345],{},[43,340,341],{},"Notion Plus",[43,343,344],{},"$60 a month, or $50 billed yearly",[43,346,347],{},"No Notion AI beyond a limited trial",[25,349,350,353,356],{},[43,351,352],{},"Notion Business",[43,354,355],{},"$120 a month, or $100 billed yearly",[43,357,358],{},"Notion AI, and agent credits",[25,360,361,364,366],{},[43,362,363],{},"Treehouse Grove",[43,365,344],{},[43,367,368],{},"50 GB workspace, agents aren't charged for",[15,370,371],{},"Everyday reads and writes over Notion's MCP don't use AI credits. Notion's new credit system reaches existing customers on 2 November 2026, so check its pricing page for what applies to you.",{"title":373,"searchDepth":374,"depth":375,"links":376},"",2,3,[377,378,379,380,381,382,383],{"id":12,"depth":374,"text":13},{"id":116,"depth":374,"text":117},{"id":176,"depth":374,"text":177},{"id":189,"depth":374,"text":190},{"id":233,"depth":374,"text":234},{"id":274,"depth":374,"text":275},{"id":316,"depth":374,"text":317},[385,389,393,397,401,405,409,413,417,421,425,429,433,437,441,445],{"label":386,"treehouse":387,"them":388},"Reading 1,000 notes","A fraction of a second from a synced folder.","About 5 minutes at the limit, or about a minute on Business and Enterprise.",{"label":390,"treehouse":391,"them":392},"Keeping the team in step","Connect a folder once. Changes reach everyone within seconds, on disk and in the web app.","Shared by default in Notion. A local copy means an export, which can take up to 30 hours.",{"label":394,"treehouse":395,"them":396},"What an agent works with","Files and folders, through a synced folder, MCP or REST.","Pages, blocks and data sources, through a hosted MCP server and REST API.",{"label":398,"treehouse":399,"them":400},"Reading a whole workspace","Sync it to disk and use any tool that reads files, such as grep.","Live access is page by page or by query. A workspace export gives you Markdown, CSV and attachments as a snapshot, not a live folder.",{"label":402,"treehouse":403,"them":404},"Format","The file itself, byte for byte. Markdown stays plain Markdown.","Blocks underneath, with a Markdown layer since February 2026. It adds XML-like tags, and some block types come back as `\u003Cunknown>`.",{"label":406,"treehouse":407,"them":408},"Partial edits","`edit_file` replaces exact text, and a clash with someone else's edit leaves a conflicted copy.","Search-and-replace on page Markdown through the API and MCP.",{"label":410,"treehouse":411,"them":412},"Unattended agents","An API key, on every plan.","MCP tokens on Business and Enterprise. On Free and Plus, MCP needs a person to sign in, and unattended agents use the REST API.",{"label":414,"treehouse":415,"them":416},"Who changed what","Every change shows the key's name, and agents are marked as agents.","Version history shows attribution. Internal connections appear as a bot, while OAuth connections and personal tokens act as the person.",{"label":418,"treehouse":419,"them":420},"Undoing an agent","Reverse everything one key changed across the workspace, in one step, keeping everyone else's edits. Preview it first.","Notion says agent changes are reversible, through version history. Page content restores a page at a time. We found no way to undo one agent across a workspace. Retention is 7 to 90 days by plan, or custom on Enterprise.",{"label":422,"treehouse":423,"them":424},"Rate limits","We don't publish a per-minute figure.","180 requests a minute, or 600 on Business and Enterprise.",{"label":426,"treehouse":427,"them":428},"Databases","None. Folders can open as boards and calendars, from front matter, and notes link with wikilinks.","Yes. Relations, rollups, formulas and many views.",{"label":430,"treehouse":431,"them":432},"Live co-editing","No. Edits are version-checked.","Yes.",{"label":434,"treehouse":435,"them":436},"Review","Comments on selected text, which agents can read, answer and resolve.","Comments and suggested edits, which agents can also propose on Business and Enterprise.",{"label":438,"treehouse":439,"them":440},"Sharing outside the team","Read-only links to a file or folder, with an optional password and a pinned version.","Public pages and Sites. No password protection on public pages.",{"label":442,"treehouse":443,"them":444},"Leaving","Your files are already files, in your synced folder.","Markdown and CSV export on every plan.",{"label":446,"treehouse":447,"them":448},"Built-in AI","None. You bring your own agents.","Notion AI on Business and Enterprise, and Custom Agents on credits.",{"heading":450,"body":451,"label":452,"note":453},"Give your agents a local folder your whole team shares","Agents work at disk speed, and everything they change reaches your team within seconds.","Start a workspace","Free for one person, with as many agents as you like. Inviting teammates needs Grove.","Agents work on a Treehouse folder at local speed, and every change reaches your team. Here's how that compares with Notion, and where Notion is better.",{"heading":456,"body":457,"label":452,"note":453},"Keep Notion for your databases. Give your agents files.","You don't have to choose. Start with the folder your agents work in, and see what it changes for you.","md","Notion and AI agents",[461,464,467,470,473,476,479],{"question":462,"answer":463},"Is Treehouse faster than Notion for AI agents?","For work across many notes, yes. In a synced folder the files are on disk, so an agent reads 1,000 notes in well under a second. Notion reads one page a request, so at its published limits the same read takes about 5 minutes, or about a minute on Business and Enterprise. For finding a single page, Notion's search is quick too.",{"question":465,"answer":466},"How does a Treehouse folder stay in sync across a team?","Everyone connects to one workspace with the desktop app or sync CLI. A background process uploads local changes and checks for other people's about every 2 seconds, so edits arrive within seconds. Teammates can skip the folder and use the web app.",{"question":468,"answer":469},"Does Notion have an official MCP server?","Yes. Notion hosts one at mcp.notion.com, on every plan. Its older open-source local server still exists, but Notion says it's no longer actively maintained.",{"question":471,"answer":472},"Can AI agents read Notion as Markdown?","Yes, since February 2026, through the REST API and MCP. It's a conversion from blocks, so it adds XML-like tags, and some block types come back as unknown. For most pages it works well.",{"question":474,"answer":475},"Is Treehouse a Notion alternative?","Only for some of what Notion does. If you need databases, live co-editing or an all-in-one workspace, stay on Notion. Treehouse is for teams whose agents do real work on files.",{"question":477,"answer":478},"Can I undo what an AI agent did in Notion?","Notion says agent changes are reversible through version history, which restores page content a page at a time. We found no documented way to reverse one agent's work across a workspace in one step, which Treehouse does while keeping other people's edits.",{"question":480,"answer":481},"Can I use Notion and Treehouse together?","Yes. You could keep databases and company docs in Notion and give agents a Treehouse workspace for the files they produce. There's no built-in connection between the two.","comparison","2026-10-30",{},true,"\u002Fcompare\u002Fnotion",{"title":5,"description":454},"Notion vs Treehouse for AI agents: files or a block workspace | Treehouse",[490,493,496,499,502,505,508,511,513,516,519,522,525,528,531,534,537,540],{"label":491,"url":492},"Notion MCP overview","https:\u002F\u002Fdevelopers.notion.com\u002Fguides\u002Fmcp\u002Foverview",{"label":494,"url":495},"Get started with Notion MCP","https:\u002F\u002Fdevelopers.notion.com\u002Fguides\u002Fmcp\u002Fget-started-with-mcp",{"label":497,"url":498},"MCP supported tools","https:\u002F\u002Fdevelopers.notion.com\u002Fguides\u002Fmcp\u002Fmcp-supported-tools",{"label":500,"url":501},"Working with Markdown content","https:\u002F\u002Fdevelopers.notion.com\u002Fguides\u002Fdata-apis\u002Fworking-with-markdown-content",{"label":503,"url":504},"Update page Markdown","https:\u002F\u002Fdevelopers.notion.com\u002Freference\u002Fupdate-page-markdown",{"label":506,"url":507},"Request limits","https:\u002F\u002Fdevelopers.notion.com\u002Freference\u002Frequest-limits",{"label":509,"url":510},"Authentication","https:\u002F\u002Fdevelopers.notion.com\u002Freference\u002Fauthentication",{"label":512,"url":498},"Search and fetch over MCP",{"label":514,"url":515},"Notion pricing","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.notion.com\u002Fpricing",{"label":517,"url":518},"Notion agents","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.notion.com\u002Fproduct\u002Fagents",{"label":520,"url":521},"Notion AI FAQs","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.notion.com\u002Fhelp\u002Fnotion-ai-faqs",{"label":523,"url":524},"Delete and restore content","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.notion.com\u002Fhelp\u002Fduplicate-delete-and-restore-content",{"label":526,"url":527},"Claude agents on a Notion task board","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.notion.com\u002Fhelp\u002Fguides\u002Fhow-to-set-up-claude-agents-on-your-teams-notion-task-board",{"label":529,"url":530},"Export your content","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.notion.com\u002Fhelp\u002Fexport-your-content",{"label":532,"url":533},"Suggested edits","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.notion.com\u002Fhelp\u002Fsuggested-edits",{"label":535,"url":536},"Public pages and web publishing","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.notion.com\u002Fhelp\u002Fpublic-pages-and-web-publishing",{"label":538,"url":539},"Notion AI, more for less","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.notion.com\u002Fblog\u002Fnotion-ai-more-for-less",{"label":541,"url":542},"Notion MCP server repository","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fmakenotion\u002Fnotion-mcp-server","compare\u002Fnotion",[545,546,547,548],"Treehouse is much faster for agents working across a whole workspace. Your work is on local disk, so an agent can read 1,000 notes in a fraction of a second. At Notion's published limits, the same read takes about a minute at best.","You don't lose the team. Every change in the folder syncs to everyone within seconds, and people who never open a terminal use the web app.","Notion is the better all-round workspace, with databases, live co-editing, suggested edits and built-in AI. Treehouse has no databases and isn't a general Notion replacement.","Notion's agent tools are real and improving fast, with an official MCP server and Markdown over its API. The difference is the shape of the work, and how you take it back. Treehouse can undo everything one agent did in one step.","N4n10JSSbooL0jdTIgGBYVBrAg-O-eDIv4ATTvS-5vA",1793370244849]