Question 1

Where is Notion available? Where is it blocked?

Accepted Answer

Notion covers ~230 countries and regions; unsupported countries are very limited. ❌ Unsupported: 🇨🇺 Cuba, 🇮🇷 Iran, 🇰🇵 DPRK, 🇸🇾 Syria (OFAC full sanctions), Crimea / Donetsk / Luhansk (OFAC regional sanctions), 🇷🇺 Russia (Notion voluntarily withdrew 2024-09, workspaces deleted), 🇧🇾 Belarus (collateral sanctions in some reports). ⚠️ Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao are NOT company-level blocked by Notion and work normally; mainland China has intermittent DNS pollution. Major supported regions

Question 2

What is the restricted jurisdiction lock? How do I avoid it?

Accepted Answer

Notion's region compliance is enforced at the account level, not just by IP. Support's verbatim reply: "As long as the system flags your accounts as logging in from a restricted jurisdiction you should not be able to access any account you create and we won't be able to override these restrictions on our end." Once flagged, switching back to a compliant VPN does NOT recover the account, and support explicitly refuses manual override. Prevention: ① register via a stable US/EU/JP VPN, ne

Question 3

What is the difference between notion.so and notion.com?

Accepted Answer

Both are official — notion.com is the new primary domain since 2024; notion.so is the historical domain. Both work. ① notion.com — migration started 2024, official links and brand now use this; ② notion.so — historical since 2016, still works and 301s to notion.com; ③ notion.site — public-page subdomain for user-published pages (e.g. xxx.notion.site); ④ api.notion.com — developer API; ⑤ calendar.notion.so / mail.notion.so — sub-products Notion Calendar (acquired Cron 2022) and Notion Mail (acqui

Question 4

What does Notion cost? What can you do on the Free tier?

Accepted Answer

For most individuals, the Free tier is completely sufficient. ① Free — $0, personal use, unlimited pages and blocks, 5 MB per upload, up to 10 collaborators ② Plus — $12/user/mo (annually $10), unlimited upload size, 30-day version history, guest invites

Question 5

How strict is Notion about VPN? What role does Cloudflare WAF play?

Accepted Answer

Notion itself does NOT actively block VPN — rated 1.5★, among the most lenient tier. The real restrictions live in two places: Cloudflare WAF and account-level restricted jurisdiction. Bottom line: you do not need a dedicated IP for Notion. A normal commercial or residential VPN is enough. The real precaution is: never log in to the account from a sanctioned country. AF3 checks the network layer (IP / DNS / WebRTC / IPv6) and Cloudflare reachability, but cannot check account status. A passing ne

Question 6

How can mainland-China users reach Notion reliably?

Accepted Answer

Notion works in mainland China, but DNS pollution is common, especially on China Mobile and campus networks. Recommended approaches (in priority order): ① Switch DNS: change system or router DNS to 1.1.1.1 / 8.8.8.8; enable DoH (Chrome: chrome://settings/security → Use secure DNS → Cloudflare). This alone is usually enough.

Question 7

What are the domestic collaborative-document alternatives?

Accepted Answer

If you'd rather avoid the DNS/VPN hassle or the account-lock risk, domestic productivity tools cover most Notion use cases: All are directly accessible in China with easier compliance. But Notion's block-based databases, public sharing (notion.site), API, and third-party ecosystem (Super, Potion, NotionForms) remain first-choice for overseas workflows.

Question 8

Will the EU AI Act (effective 2026-08) force Notion AI to regional-block?

Accepted Answer

No. Notion AI is classified as Limited Risk — only adds transparency obligations, no regional block. EU AI Act phased timeline: ① 2024-08-01 — came into force (phased enforcement)

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