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Notis vs Tanka AI: AI Intern for Notion vs AI Cofounder with Org Memory

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Florian (Flo) Pariset

Founder of Mind the Flo

Quick Take

Notis and Tanka AI both promise “an AI teammate,” but they aim at different pain points. Notis is best for people who live in Notion and want to capture work by voice or chat and have it saved and organized automatically. Tanka AI is best for teams that want an AI layer with long-term organizational memory across many communication tools, with an extra emphasis on fundraising workflows.

Product Overviews

Notis

Notis is a chat-first and voice-first assistant that turns messages from WhatsApp, Telegram, iMessage, or email into structured work inside your Notion workspace. It focuses on execution: capturing notes, creating tasks, drafting content, and running automations so your system stays updated without opening another app. Notis is positioned as “your AI intern” and is designed around Notion as the system of record.

Tanka AI

Tanka AI positions itself as an “AI cofounder” that connects to your communication and knowledge tools and builds long-term organizational memory you can query later. Its core promise is reducing organizational amnesia by capturing context over time, then using that memory to drive replies, follow-ups, and outputs like documents. It also highlights startup fundraising support in higher-tier plans.

Head-to-Head Table

Category

Notis

Tanka AI

Voice capture (WhatsApp/Telegram)

Strong focus on voice notes and chat workflows from WhatsApp/Telegram, plus iMessage and email. Source: https://notis.ai/

Supports WhatsApp as a connected source and positions itself around an AI messenger, but voice-first capture is not the primary differentiator on its homepage. Source: https://www.tanka.ai/

Notion integration

Notion-native and designed to write directly into your Notion databases as the main workflow. Source: https://notis.ai/

Lists Notion as one of multiple tools it can connect to for unified memory, but Notion is not the core output surface. Source: https://www.tanka.ai/

Task & reminders

Positioned around turning messages into tasks and follow-ups, including automated workflows. Source: https://notis.ai/

Emphasizes follow-ups and execution support from surfaced context; tasking exists but is framed as part of broader team alignment. Source: https://www.tanka.ai/

Web search & RAG

Marketed with web access and deep research capability; also retrieves from your Notion context. Source: https://notis.ai/

Emphasizes memory-based retrieval across your connected tools; web research is not the main message on the homepage. Source: https://www.tanka.ai/

Automations/follow-up

Explicit “automation made simple” positioning with recurring triggers and webhooks. Source: https://notis.ai/

Emphasizes proactive follow-up prompts and context surfacing during the day; workflow automation exists but is framed via the assistant layer. Source: https://www.tanka.ai/

Pricing

Subscription plans: Pro 29/mo, Pro+ 59/mo, Ultra $149/mo (with annual discounts). Source: https://help.notis.ai/documentation/5pkW8ayiSXYJYmCt4SZPa6/pricing/5pMTXeNujF82SP1yZvkrz4

Per-user plans: Free 0, Plus 29/user/mo, Pro $199/user/mo; team/enterprise options. Source: https://www.tanka.ai/

Security & compliance

GDPR-focused posture, data deletion policy, and “no training on your data” claims in docs. Sources: https://notis.ai/policies/privacy and https://help.notis.ai/documentation/5pkW8ayiSXYJYmCt4SZPa6/privacy--security/5stEVFgyZkjB2Vwhrvwrx2

Highlights ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and SOC 2 Type II compliance on the site. Source: https://www.tanka.ai/

Key Differences Explained

The system of record: Notion-first execution vs tool-agnostic organizational memory

Notis is built around a simple bet: if you already run your work in Notion, the fastest way to stay organized is to let an assistant write into the same databases you already trust. That makes the product feel like a hands-free input layer and an execution layer at the same time, because the output is immediately structured where your projects, tasks, and notes already live.

Tanka AI’s bet is different. It assumes the problem is less about where you store the final artifact and more about the fact that crucial context is scattered across chat threads, emails, and documents, then lost over time. Its emphasis on long-term organizational memory makes it compelling for teams that don’t want to standardize on a single workspace tool or that have heavy communication volume they need to “remember.”

Fundraising specialization vs general operator busywork

Tanka AI makes a very direct claim: in higher tiers it is not only an assistant, but a fundraising cofounder with dedicated features like a fundraising agent and an investor network. If fundraising is a constant, time-sensitive workflow for you, that specialization can matter more than general productivity features.

Notis is broader and more operational: it’s designed for turning raw inputs into structured outputs across day-to-day founder and operator tasks. The value is in the frequency: the hundreds of small captures, updates, summaries, and follow-ups that keep a Notion-based operating system alive.

Automation style: scheduled systems vs conversational orchestration

Notis leans into explicit automation primitives, especially recurring triggers and webhooks, so you can make work happen even when you don’t message it. That is a good fit if you want reliable routines like weekly reporting, recurring reminders, or “when X happens in my tools, write Y into Notion.”

Tanka leans into conversational orchestration: you ask, it remembers, it replies, and it can surface what needs attention based on accumulated context. That can feel more natural for teams who spend the day in chat and email and want an assistant to keep everyone aligned without building many explicit automations.

Which One Should You Choose?

Founders raising capital right now

If you want an AI layer that explicitly speaks the language of fundraising and you value a product that centers that workflow, Tanka AI is the more purpose-built pick, especially if you expect the investor-facing outputs to be a recurring need.

If your bigger pain is day-to-day execution and staying on top of everything you already run in Notion, Notis tends to fit better because it turns quick messages into structured tasks, notes, and updates without needing you to rebuild your system elsewhere.

Executives and operators who run on routines

If your week is driven by recurring check-ins, reports, reminders, and a desire to keep a single operating system accurate with minimal manual work, Notis is typically the cleaner match because it is designed around repeatable automations and Notion-as-source-of-truth.

If your organization’s bottleneck is fragmented communication across many tools and knowledge disappearing across quarters, Tanka AI’s memory-first approach may deliver more value than adding another automation layer.

Consultants and client-facing professionals

If you use Notion as a client workspace and you want meeting notes, action items, and deliverables to land directly into the right databases from your phone, Notis is the more direct workflow.

If you collaborate with clients across many channels and your priority is preserving every thread of context and decision history across tools, Tanka AI is a stronger conceptual fit.

Engineers and product teams

If your work lives in Notion as a lightweight product OS and you want fast capture, structured writing, and consistent follow-ups, Notis is typically easier to operationalize.

If you need a cross-tool organizational memory layer that reduces repeated explanations and helps new team members ramp by inheriting context, Tanka AI is the more aligned direction.

Wrap-Up

Tanka AI and Notis overlap in spirit, but they optimize for different “where does work happen?” realities. Choose Tanka AI if long-term org memory across many tools and fundraising-specific support are the center of gravity. Choose Notis if your workflow is voice-to-Notion execution and you want a reliable assistant that keeps your Notion system up to date from a single message.

If you want to move faster with a Notion-based operating system, try Notis and start delegating updates, follow-ups, and busywork the moment it hits your brain.

Huseyin Emanet
Huseyin Emanet

Flo is the founder of Mind the Flo, an Agentic Studio specialized into messaging and voice agents.

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