ValorBrain vs Notion AI
ValorBrain or Notion AI?
The same cells as the comparison page, with only the two columns. Every claim about Notion AI comes from its own documentation, with a link and a date; every claim about ValorBrain comes from our public pages.
Why ValorBrain
What a team gets by using ValorBrain as the memory of its people and agents. Six differentiators, each with its proof next to it.
Memory with a current version and authority
When a fact changes, the new value takes over without erasing the history, and every value says who asserted it. The agent gets the current version, not the one that merely looks most like the question.
Proof↗ Keyed facts win over old prose; authority human > designated > import > agent; the value can be read as of any date (as_of).
Documents and vectors in Brazil, LGPD and on-prem on Enterprise
DPA and subprocessors published, legal basis and data-subject rights in the Privacy Policy. On Enterprise, on-prem inside your perimeter or a dedicated instance, under contract.
Proof↗ Documents, vectors and the database stay in Brazil. Answer generation uses a model provider outside the country, and the encrypted backup lives in the cloud (Google Drive).
Per-source permissions and an access log
Read grants per business domain for a person, role or agent, with validity and reason. Every read records who read it, through which agent and which version.
Proof↗ Controls verified in production on 2026-09-24: per-source ACL (enabled per tenant), read log and an append-only mutation trail with a hash chain.
MCP with real OAuth, and hooks in the main agents
One hosted MCP endpoint: Claude.ai connects through OAuth, with no token to paste. Hooks bring the relevant memory to the agent at session start and on every prompt (where the agent allows it), without it having to remember to search.
Proof↗ OAuth 2.1 with registration_endpoint (DCR) · hooks: Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Kiro, Cursor.
Ranking without an LLM, 0 calls per search
BM25 and vectors fused by RRF and reranked by a cross-encoder. An LLM only expands the query; it never decides what comes back. Predictable, auditable search with no model cost in ranking.
Proof↗ BEAM-100K, end-to-end answers: average 75.5% (binary 80.8%) (run 2026-08-23, reader GLM-5.3 Flash (Ox Alpha), effort=max). Method and limits at /benchmarks.
Flat price per person
Agents don't count as seats and nothing is billed per answer or per document, so the team uses it without watching a meter. Start free, no card.
Proof↗ Solo US$39, Core US$99, Operations US$199 per month; annual = 12 months for the price of 10.
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Updated Oct 11, 2026 · yes = documented and available today · partial = exists with a limit (see detail) · no = the source shows it is absent · not documented = the vendor doesn't say · ↗ = the cell's source
How ValorBrain describes itself
Shared memory that keeps work moving when the person, the agent or the model changes. source↗
How Notion AI describes itself
AI inside Notion: search, generate, analyze and chat in the workspace. source↗
Where ValorBrain stands out
Declared data region
ValorBrain: yes · Notion AI: partial (US, EU, Japan, Korea; Enterprise only, data at rest)
Free plan
ValorBrain: yes · Notion AI: partial (Free plan USD 0; AI as trial only)
Where Notion AI stands out
SOC 2 report
ValorBrain: no · Notion AI: yes (SOC 2 Type 2; ISO 27001; HIPAA (BAA))
Paid plan purchasable online today
ValorBrain: no · Notion AI: yes (Plus/Business online by card)
ValorBrain documents it, Notion AI doesn't
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Both have it
Knowledge shared by the team
ValorBrain: yes · Notion AI: yes (Shared workspace; AI queries team content)
Usable from other AI tools (MCP)
ValorBrain: yes · Notion AI: yes (Remote Notion MCP: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor)
Agents write knowledge back
ValorBrain: yes · Notion AI: yes (MCP reads, creates and updates pages)
Company source connectors
ValorBrain: yes · Notion AI: yes (11 apps: Slack, Drive, GitHub, Jira (beta)…; Business+)
Answers cite the source
ValorBrain: yes · Notion AI: yes (Enterprise Search always cites sources)
Answers respect source permissions
ValorBrain: yes · Notion AI: yes (Honors permissions, incl. connected apps)
Admin console with audit log
ValorBrain: yes · Notion AI: yes (Audit log 365 days + SIEM; Enterprise)
Published price (model and entry)
ValorBrain: yes · Notion AI: yes (per member; Business USD 20/mo (full AI))
Full table
Row by row, with the source of every cell.
Team knowledge
| Criterion | ValorBrain | Notion AI |
|---|---|---|
| Knowledge shared by the team | yessource↗Memory shared by people and agents | yessource↗Shared workspace; AI queries team content |
| Usable from other AI tools (MCP) | yessource↗Hosted MCP with OAuth, plus hooks | yessource↗Remote Notion MCP: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor |
| Agents write knowledge back | yessource↗Agent stores typed memory (memory_store) | yessource↗MCP reads, creates and updates pages |
| Company source connectors | yessource↗Notion, Drive, Slack, GitHub, Linear and more; paid plans | yessource↗11 apps: Slack, Drive, GitHub, Jira (beta)…; Business+ |
| Answers cite the source | yessource↗Source citation in the answer | yessource↗Enterprise Search always cites sources |
Control and compliance
| Criterion | ValorBrain | Notion AI |
|---|---|---|
| Answers respect source permissions | yessource↗Per-source ACL with validity and reason; enabled per tenant | yessource↗Honors permissions, incl. connected apps |
| Admin console with audit log | yessource↗Immutable trail; read log for admins | yessource↗Audit log 365 days + SIEM; Enterprise |
| SOC 2 report to weigh | nosource↗In preparation; LGPD-aligned, DPA published | yessource↗SOC 2 Type 2; ISO 27001; HIPAA (BAA) |
| Declared data region | yessource↗Documents and vectors in Brazil | partialsource↗US, EU, Japan, Korea; Enterprise only, data at rest |
How you buy it
| Criterion | ValorBrain | Notion AI |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | yessource↗One free project | partialsource↗Free plan USD 0; AI as trial only |
| Paid plan purchasable online today to weigh | nosource↗Contracted directly with the team; online subscription soon | yessource↗Plus/Business online by card |
| Published price (model and entry) | yessource↗Fixed monthly by number of people; nothing per answer | yessource↗per member; Business USD 20/mo (full AI) |
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