Notion offers a lot of value for a free program, but getting a Notion Plus subscription can be a game changer. The subscription ends up paying for itself, and I have plenty of reasons why.

A lot of my workflow in Notion is rather mundane, as I use it to track tasks that keep changing their status. Since the free version doesn't have automations, I had to manually update the task status in my tables and update any related fields. With automations, managing these tasks becomes a breeze, as I can change one drop-down field and everything else updates automatically.

For example, I have a Notion table that tracks the status of all articles I write for MakeUseOf. Once I'm done pitching or writing a piece, I update the status property in a table, and other properties update automatically. There are also scheduled automations for recurring workflows.

Overall, this saves a ton of time and makes tracking my work in Notion much easier than manually updating every property every time I pitch, submit, or rework a task. Before getting a Plus subscription, I was manually updating individual properties in my Notion tables and they got difficult to manage as soon as my workflow became hectic.