Notion to ClickUp

Before exporting anything, make a brutal inventory. Open your Notion sidebar and ask the hard question for each database: is this actually used, or is it a graveyard?

Split what you find into three buckets:

Projects & tasks - things that move between statuses. These go to ClickUp Lists.
Reference docs - SOPs, notes, wikis. These go to ClickUp Docs.
Dead weight - abandoned tracker databases. Archive, don't migrate.

Most Notion workspaces I've audited are 40% dead weight. Don't port the clutter.

Sign up at clickup.com. ClickUp's hierarchy goes: Workspace → Space → Folder → List → Task. Think of Spaces as departments (Marketing, Engineering), Folders as projects, and Lists as individual trackers.

Start with one Space and expand. Don't try to replicate Notion's nested-page structure exactly - it won't map cleanly.

For each active Notion database, sketch the target List on paper first:

Notion properties → ClickUp Custom Fields. Text, Number, Select, Multi-select, Date, Checkbox, URL, and Person all have direct equivalents. Relation and Rollup properties don't - flag these.

If your Notion database has a Relation to another database, decide whether the target ClickUp will use a Relationship field (links tasks across Lists) or just a text reference.

Open a Notion database, click the ••• menu in the top right, and choose Export. Pick Markdown & CSV format. For file-heavy databases, also tick Include subpages and Include files.

You'll get a zip. The CSV is your table data. The markdown files are the page bodies (Notion treats each row as a page with content).

In ClickUp, go to Settings → Import/Export → ClickUp Imports. Pick CSV. Upload one file, and map each CSV column to a Custom Field.

Run a test import with 5-10 rows before importing the full database. CSV imports are hard to undo cleanly - if field mapping is wrong, you'll be deleting tasks by the hundred.

# Sanity check before full import
# 1. Run with first 10 rows only
# 2. Verify dates import correctly (Notion uses ISO 8601)
# 3. Verify Select values create the right dropdown options
# 4. Then run the full import

This is where ClickUp starts earning its keep. For each List, add the views you need:

Board grouped by Status (your Notion Kanban).
Calendar by Due Date.
Gantt - the view Notion doesn't have. Drag to reschedule, see dependencies.
Workload - capacity planning across your team.

Save each view as a shared view so teammates see the same thing you do.

For reference pages (SOPs, meeting notes, knowledge base), use ClickUp's Notion importer: Settings → Import/Export → Notion. Authorize the integration and pick the pages to bring over.

ClickUp Docs preserves headings, lists, toggles, and most embeds. Synced blocks and databases inside pages don't come across cleanly - you'll want to relink those manually.

Notion button automations don't port. Recreate them as ClickUp Automations: trigger → condition → action.

Common patterns: "When Status changes to Done, set completion date" or "When Due Date is tomorrow, assign to reviewer."

Run a two-week parallel period where both tools are live. Don't sunset Notion until you've confirmed the team has actually shifted over. People will cling to what they know.