GitHub Projects vs Notion: which one fits your team?
One is the record of what shipped, the other the record of what was decided. Together they cover almost everything except the hours in between.
It turns on whether your bottleneck is tracking the build or capturing the thinking.
Pick GitHub Projects if
every piece of work is an issue, it never leaves the repo, and everybody has a GitHub login. Where it stops: no calendar, and it assumes everyone is on GitHub.
Pick Notion if
the thing you need is a place to write, document and think out loud together. Where it stops: a database of tasks is not a plan, and somebody has to build it first.
What it costs
For a team of 5, billed yearly: GitHub Projects does not publish a per seat price we can put in this sum, Notion is about €570 a year, and UnaTask is €480 plus VAT.
GitHub Projects: Included with GitHub. There is no separate charge for Projects. Notion: Free plan. €9.50 Plus and €19.50 Business per member per month, with AI credits on top.
Where they part company
GitHub Projects does more on 5 of them
- being the place the tasks actually live
- linking pull requests to the work
- being useful before you configure it
- portfolio and agile reporting
- rules that fire on their own
Notion does more on 5 of them
- turning meetings into tasks
- docs and a wiki inside
- having a plan for today
- two way calendar sync
- turning email and chat into tasks
Side by side
| What it does | GitHub Projects | Notion | UnaTask |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time blocking on a calendar | No | No | Core |
| A plan for today and this week | No | Partly | Core |
| Two way calendar sync | No | Partly | Yes |
| It is the task manager itself | Core | Partly. Tasks are a database you build, not a task manager you are given. | Core |
| Dependencies and a timeline | Partly | Partly | Yes. Dependencies with a timeline that shows what is waiting on what. |
| See who has room | Partly | Partly | Core |
| Booking links | No | No | Yes |
| Meetings become tasks | No | Yes | Yes |
| Email and chat become tasks | No | Partly | Yes |
| Pull requests linked to work | Core. Issues and pull requests are the items. Nothing to link. | Partly | Yes |
| Docs and wiki inside | Partly. The repo wiki and markdown in the repo, not a workspace. | Core. This is the thing it is best at, and it is genuinely hard to beat. | Partly. Docs live on a project, they are not a wiki you would run a company from. |
| Portfolio or agile reporting | Yes | Partly | Partly. Team workload and project progress, not portfolios that roll up to a board. |
| Rules that fire on their own | Yes | Partly | Yes |
| AI that does the work, not just the scheduling | Partly | Partly | Yes. AI teammates you assign a task to. The work comes back on the task for review. |
| Useful before you configure it | Yes | No. A blank page is the point, and it is also the work. | Core |
| A free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
What should not decide it
They answer the same on 6: time blocking on a calendar, dependencies and a timeline, showing who has room, booking links, AI that does the work rather than the scheduling and having a free plan.
And where UnaTask sits
UnaTask is the hours in between, and it links back to the build so the plan and the code stay in step.
It does more than both of them on time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today, two way calendar sync, dependencies and a timeline, showing who has room, booking links, turning email and chat into tasks, AI that does the work rather than the scheduling and being useful before you configure it.
Common questions
GitHub Projects vs Notion: which should I pick?
Pick GitHub Projects if every piece of work is an issue, it never leaves the repo, and everybody has a GitHub login. Pick Notion if the thing you need is a place to write, document and think out loud together.
What is the biggest difference between GitHub Projects and Notion?
The clearest gap is being the place the tasks actually live, where GitHub Projects does more than Notion. Underneath that, GitHub Projects is a system of record for software work, built around issues and cycles, and Notion is a place to write things down together, with the work living inside the writing.
Is GitHub Projects or Notion cheaper?
For a team of 5, billed yearly: GitHub Projects does not publish a per seat price we can put in this sum, Notion is about €570 a year, and UnaTask is €480 plus VAT.
What do GitHub Projects and Notion have in common?
They answer the same on 6 of our 16 axes, among them time blocking on a calendar, dependencies and a timeline and showing who has room. Those are the things that should not decide it for you.
Where does UnaTask fit against GitHub Projects and Notion?
UnaTask does more than both on time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today and two way calendar sync. It is free on your own and €10 per seat for a team, with every feature included. Where it does less: it is not an issue tracker with sprints and burndown, and it is not a documentation workspace.
Details checked June 2026 and 2 August 2026.