Notion AI credits: check what supports your next task

Start with the work you want to keep doing

Choose one Notion AI task that helps you get useful work done. Open its usage settings and check which allowance it uses. If other people rely on the result, ask who funds the task and who notices if it pauses.

November 2 is the changeover date for existing Business and Enterprise workspaces under Notion's new AI credit system. The company announced it on October 19, when it began applying to new workspaces. This is a scheduled change reaching existing customers today.

Read the announcement: Notion: Agents, rebuilt to do more for less.

You have two different included allowances

Notion generally includes 1,500 Standard credits and 500 Select credits per member each month. Credits are units used to count AI work. Your allowance can vary with your plan and purchasing arrangement, so check the amount shown in Settings, under Notion AI and Usage.

Standard credits support work where Notion chooses the AI model through Auto. Select credits support choosing a model yourself and, by default, new Custom Agents, the AI helpers you set up for a particular job.

The allowances are separate, cannot move between people and do not roll over. When one runs out, the affected work can pause until it resets. An administrator can allow eligible work to continue using separately purchased workspace credits.

Check the funding of a shared helper

A new Custom Agent normally uses its owner's Select credits, even when colleagues use it. An administrator can instead give it a workspace-funded budget. Notion says Custom Agents created before November 2 continue using shared workspace credits, so check the actual setting rather than assuming every existing helper has changed.

The administrator's dashboard shows usage and lets the team review spending, pause a helper or adjust its budget. Set a sensible limit, then inspect the work behind the cost. Review actual usage before scheduling the work more frequently.

Keep the dates and features clear

Notion says AI Meeting Notes will start consuming the monthly Standard allowance on December 1. That part does not begin today. Its current feature guide also says ordinary software connections can read or update Notion records without using AI credits. Those connections still have limits on how often they can make requests.

An unrenewed contract does not automatically postpone today's change. Notion's announcement says existing customers move on November 2, with allowances set according to their plan at renewal. Ask your account team about your arrangement if you have one.

Make the next practice session count

Pick a harmless example whose answer you can check yourself. Try it with Auto, review the result and note the usage. That gives you a starting point for choosing an approach based on the job, rather than always selecting a model by name.

1. Write down the result you need from one task.
2. Check its credit source, remaining allowance and reset date.
3. Review one completed run for accuracy and unnecessary repeated work.
4. Agree who adjusts the task if its cost or result needs attention.

Bring the same questions to your own tool

Our perspective is that knowing how a tool keeps running is a useful building skill. If you are learning, practise explaining the allowance and the pause point in ordinary words. If someone is building for you, ask them to include those details in the handover. You can then plan the work with fewer surprises.