Productivity & collaboration suites
Google Workspace Marketplace vs Notion Marketplace
Google Workspace Marketplace and Notion Marketplace both compete in productivity & collaboration suites. Here is how they compare on the factors that decide where a developer should build — authentication, complexity, review, monetization, and merchant of record.
| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Google LLC | Notion Labs, Inc. |
| Ecosystem | Productivity & collaboration suites | Productivity & collaboration suites |
| Category | Workspace | Productivity |
| Primary auth | OAuth 2.0 | OAuth 2.0 |
| Also supports | API key | API key |
| Complexity | Advanced (L3) | Simple (L1) |
| Security review | Required | Not required |
| Integration types | Embedded app, Connector, Widget, Bot | Connector, Widget |
| Monetization | Free, Paid app, Usage-based | Free, Paid app |
| Onboarding fee | $0 | $0 |
| Commission | 0% direct; billing handled by developer | 0% |
| Merchant of Record | Developer is MoR | Developer is MoR |
| AI agents / bots | Supported | Supported |
| Example apps | DocuSign for Google Workspace, Lucidchart, Zoom for Google Workspace | Slack, GitHub, Figma |
| API rate limits | Per-project and per-user quotas across Workspace APIs, managed via Google Cloud Console. | Rate limits scale with workspace plan; integration tier available. |
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Which should you choose?
- Lower complexity: Notion Marketplace (level 1/4).
- Security review: Notion Marketplace skips a formal review; Google Workspace Marketplace requires one.
- AI agents: both explicitly support AI agents.