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Notion — the free-plan and public-link fine print

Detail page for Notion. The highest-staleness claims — what the free plan caps, why viewing-by-link is account-free but commenting isn't, and the enterprise kill switch that greys out publishing — dated and sourced.

Last verified: 2026-06-07 · checked against notion.com/help + notion.com/pricing.

The free plan covers one person sharing pages, tables, and a small database

An individual publishing a wiki, a tracker board, and a small database stays inside the free plan. The limits that bite — block count per page and number of workspace members — hit large teams, not a single person sharing. [unclear] (Notion's pricing page lists the plan tiers but doesn't state the free block/member caps in one clean line; re-check live at notion.com/pricing.)

Viewing a published page needs no account; commenting or editing does

A notion.site link is read-only to anyone signed out — a stranger reads it with no Notion sign-up at all. [confirmed] The moment that visitor wants to comment or edit a page you invited them to, they need a free Notion account (~3 min once). [confirmed]

On an enterprise workspace, an owner can disable public sharing for everyone (Settings → Security), which greys out "Publish to web" across the whole workspace. If the publish option is missing or disabled, that's why — it's a workspace-level admin setting, not something wrong on your page. [confirmed]

Sources

  • Add content to your public page — Notion Help: the notion.site link is read-only to signed-out visitors; no account needed to view.
  • Sharing & permissions — Notion Help: Can view / comment / edit / Full access; commenting and editing require a signed-in account.
  • Pricing — Notion: free vs paid plan tiers (free block/member caps not stated in one line).