A Notion CRM is a database you lovingly built and now spend your evenings maintaining: relations, properties, and templates that drift the moment you get busy. Orbit is a real all-in-one CRM that stays current, with one AI assistant, Hiro, that drafts follow-ups and invoice reminders. Nothing sends until you approve it. Free to start, no credit card.
Notion is a joy to build in. You set up a contacts database, link it to deals, add a few rollups and a kanban view, and for a weekend it feels like you have your own bespoke CRM. The template galleries make it look effortless.
Living with it is the hard part. Notion has no idea what a CRM is, so it does nothing on its own. Activity does not log itself. No one reminds you that a deal went quiet or an invoice is late. The relations break when you rename a property, the templates drift, and the whole thing is only as up to date as your last burst of discipline. You built a CRM, and now you are its unpaid administrator.
People leave when they admit the upkeep is the problem. They do not want a prettier database. They want a CRM that knows what to do and drafts it.
Orbit is the CRM your Notion build was imitating, with one AI assistant, Hiro, that drafts the busywork. Hiro hands you drafts to approve.
Keep Notion when the value is the docs and the knowledge base, not the CRM. Notion is unbeatable for notes, wikis, and project docs, and you can keep all of that. Many people run Notion for documents and Orbit as the CRM, since Orbit even connects to Claude over MCP on the Pro plan so your AI tools can reach it.
Choose Orbit over a Notion CRM when the database you built is specifically meant to manage relationships and deals. A real CRM with an assistant will keep itself current, and you will stop spending your evenings as the database admin you never meant to become.
A Notion CRM is a database you have to maintain. Notion does not know what a CRM is, so activity does not log itself and nothing reminds you of quiet deals or late invoices. Orbit is a purpose-built CRM where the timeline stays current on its own and its assistant Hiro drafts the follow-ups and invoice reminders.
Yes. Export your contacts database from Notion as a CSV file, then import it into Orbit and map your properties to fields and tags. You can drop the rollups and relations you only built to imitate a CRM, and rebuild the pipeline from your status property in minutes.
No. Notion is excellent for docs, notes, and wikis, and you can keep all of that. Most people run Notion for documents and Orbit as the CRM. On the Pro plan, Orbit even connects to Claude over MCP so your AI tools can reach your CRM data.
Yes. Orbit has a free plan with no credit card that includes 250 contacts, one pipeline, unlimited tasks, a calendar, a built-in email inbox with 100 sends a month, and basic Tables. Pro is $14 a month or $112 a year, with an optional 30-day free trial that requires a card. AI is included with free monthly credits.
Orbit is free to start, no credit card. Import your Notion contacts and let Hiro draft the follow-up.
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