Chartosaurus and Notion's own charts
Notion draws charts too. Here is what each does, where Notion's are the better choice, and where they stop.
Start free — connect Notion next| Feature | Notion’s own charts | Chartosaurus |
|---|---|---|
| Charts on the free plan | 1 chart | 5 charts |
| Chart types | 5: vertical bar, horizontal bar, line, donut, number | 14, 5 of them on Free — adds KPI tiles, heatmaps, funnels, gauges and calendars |
| Dashboards | Business and Enterprise plans | From the Starter plan |
| Setup | Built in — nothing to connect | Connect Notion once, then paste one embed link per chart |
| Data sources | The Notion database the chart sits on | Notion databases and CSV uploads |
| Export | PNG / SVG | PNG / SVG |
| Where the chart lives | Inside Notion | In your Notion pages, as an embed block |
Notion facts checked on 19 September 2026 against Notion’s chart help page, its dashboard help page and its pricing page. If one has changed since, tell us through Support and we will fix it.
Use Notion’s own charts when
- You are on a paid Notion plan and bar, line, donut and number charts cover what you need.
- You would rather not give any outside service access to a database — a fair reason.
- A chart has to change the instant a row does. Notion’s chart is the database; ours re-reads it on a timer.
Use Chartosaurus when
- You are on Notion’s Free plan and one chart is not enough — you get 5 charts here, with no card and no expiry.
- You need a chart Notion does not draw: a KPI tile, a heatmap, a funnel, a gauge, a calendar, a sankey.
- You want a dashboard without moving your workspace to Notion Business.
- Some of your data lives in a CSV, not in Notion.
Chartosaurus only ever reads the databases you pick, and you can revoke it from Notion at any time. How your data is handled.