NotionCron watches your databases and takes action when dates arrive — change statuses, send Slack messages, fire webhooks. No Zapier. No code. $8/month.
Free during beta · No credit card required
| Task | Status | Due | ⏰ Auto-action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finalize API docs | Overdue | Mar 28 | ✓ Status changed |
| Design review | In Progress | Apr 2 | ⏳ Alert in 2d |
| Ship landing page | Overdue | Mar 29 | ✓ Slack DM |
| User interviews | Not Started | Apr 5 | Watching... |
| Sprint retro prep | Escalated | Mar 25 | ✓ Escalated |
The problem
Open database. Scan 40 tasks. Find 6 overdue.
Manually change each status to "Overdue."
Open Slack. Write 3 DMs about missed deadlines.
Realize Sarah's renewal slipped. No alert. No one noticed.
Wasted. Every single morning.
Notion automations trigger on page added and property changed — but not on dates.
What people currently do:
Zapier
$20+/mo
3-step zap for one notificationComplex multi-step zaps
n8n / Make
Free-ish
Needs Docker + a serverRequires a server
Formula hacks
Free
Visual only — no alertsNo alerts or actions
Manual checking
25 min/day
Open, scan, update by handScan & update by hand
How it works
One-click OAuth. NotionCron accesses your databases — nothing else.
Pick a database, choose a date property, define the action.
NotionCron checks every 15 minutes. When dates match, actions fire.
23 tasks auto-updated today
3 Slack DMs · 2 status changes · 1 email · 0 errors
Use cases
Due Date < today → "Overdue"Auto-mark past due
3 days before → DM assigneeDM before deadline
Birthday → create follow-upAuto follow-up tasks
>3 days → escalateAuto-escalate stalled
Payment due → send emailEmail on overdue
Every Monday → create pageAuto-create weekly
When a date condition fires, NotionCron talks to the tools your team lives in.
Why not just use Zapier?
| NotionCron | Zapier | |
|---|---|---|
| Date triggers | Built-in ✓ | 3-step workaround |
| Setup time | 2 min | 20 min |
| Price | $8/mo | $20+/mo |
| Coding? | No | No |
| Notion-specific | 100% | Generic |
| Reliability | Self-healing ✓ | Breaks on changes |
Simple pricing
60% cheaper than Zapier. Built only for Notion.
You're not the only one
Real posts from r/Notion — this pain has been unresolved for 6 years.
Read-only by defaultRead-only
Only writes to properties you explicitly allow. Your content is never read or stored.Content never stored
Built by a Notion userBy a Notion user
I got tired of paying $20/mo for Zapier zaps that broke every time I added a property. So I built this.Built to replace my Zapier zaps
No vendor lock-inNo lock-in
Cancel anytime. Your Notion data stays yours — NotionCron doesn't store any of it.Cancel anytime, data stays yours
Beta opens to the first 100 users this spring.
Free during beta — no credit card required.
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