Notis vs Poke

Messaging-first assistant for Notion, compared against proactive AI assistant that lives in your messages.

Short answer

Both live in your messaging apps, but they orbit different systems. Poke's centre of gravity is your inbox and calendar, and it is built to be proactive, nudging you before you ask. Notis orbits your Notion workspace and is built for capture and execution against your databases. If email triage is the pain, Poke. If Notion is your system of record, Notis.

Side by side

	Notis	Poke
Centre of gravity	Your Notion workspace	Your email and calendar
Channels	WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, iMessage, email, desktop	Apple Messages, Telegram, WhatsApp, RCS
Interaction style	You ask, it executes	Proactive, nudges you unprompted
Notion database writes	Yes, with fields and relationships	No database-level support
Voice input	Yes, 56 languages	Text-first
Pricing model	Published plans	Personalised, negotiated in chat
Personality	Task-focused	Conversational, deliberately informal
Ownership	Independent	Acquired by Cognition in July 2026

What each one costs

Poke is unusual here: rather than publishing fixed tiers, it has you negotiate a monthly price with an AI persona before subscribing, and reported outcomes have varied widely between users. That is a genuine differentiator, not a gimmick, but it makes budgeting harder if you are expensing the tool. Notis publishes its plans, and IntegrateStack readers can take 10% off with code INTEGRATESTACK.

Pricing verified 2026-08-10. Both products change plans over time, so check Poke and Notis before deciding.

Pick Poke if

→Email and calendar triage is the thing actually eating your day
→You live in iMessage and want an assistant that feels native there
→You want proactive nudges rather than an assistant that waits to be asked
→You like the personality-forward interaction style

Pick Notis if

Notion is where your work actually lives and needs to end up
You capture by voice and need it turned into structured database entries
You want a published price you can put on an expense report
You want the assistant reachable from Slack for team work, not just personal messages

Frequently asked questions

What is the main difference between Notis and Poke?

The system they orbit. Poke is built around your inbox and calendar and pushes proactive suggestions. Notis is built around your Notion workspace and turns messages, voice notes, and forwarded content into structured database entries. Both reach you over messaging apps, but they are solving different halves of a workday.

How much does Poke cost?

There is no published tier list. Poke has you negotiate a monthly price in conversation with an AI persona before you subscribe, and reported prices have ranged widely. If predictable billing matters to you, that is a real consideration.

Does Poke work with Notion?

Not at the database level. Poke connects to email, calendar, and files and acts on them through chat. It does not create entries in specific Notion databases with fields populated, which is the core of what Notis does.

Is Poke still independent after the Cognition acquisition?

Cognition acquired The Interaction Company, Poke's parent, in July 2026, with the stated plan of bringing Poke's conversational style into its Devin coding assistant while running Poke on Cognition's models and infrastructure. Worth factoring in if long-term product direction matters to your choice.

Messaging-first · Built for Notion · No canvas to build