Complete guide to migrating your Notion website to Gridsome. Leave Notion's not designed as a cms behind and get graphql data layer pulls from any cms or api source. Free migration tool included.
You can migrate from Notion to Gridsome for free using LeaveWP. Enter your site URL, choose Gridsome as the destination, and download your content — posts, pages, and media — in minutes. No API keys, passwords, or CLI tools required. Difficulty: Easy. Estimated time: 10-20 minutes.
All-in-one workspace for notes, docs, and wikis. Teams already using Notion who want to repurpose it as a lightweight CMS, but these limitations push teams toward modern alternatives.
Not designed as a CMS — API has rate limits and no webhooks
This is the most common reason teams migrate away from Notion. Gridsome eliminates this issue entirely.
Page load speeds make it unsuitable for public-facing sites
With Gridsome, graphql data layer pulls from any cms or api source.
No built-in SEO, sitemap, or structured metadata
Modern architectures like Gridsome are designed to avoid this from the ground up.
Content formatting doesn't translate cleanly to web standards
After migrating, you'll no longer need to worry about this — Gridsome takes a fundamentally different approach.
Vue.js-based SSG with GraphQL data layer (unmaintained). Built with JavaScript (Vue.js), it's legacy vue 2 projects — new projects should use nuxt instead.
GraphQL data layer pulls from any CMS or API source
Vue.js framework for those in the Vue ecosystem
File-based routing similar to Next.js/Nuxt
Image optimization and lazy-loading built in
Gridsome is open-source and free to use. You own your code and data with no vendor lock-in. Deploy to any host that supports JavaScript, or use managed platforms like Vercel and Netlify for zero-config deployments.
Side-by-side comparison based on real platform characteristics
| Metric | Notion | Gridsome |
|---|---|---|
| Ease of Use | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Performance | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 |
| Flexibility | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Cost | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 |
| Scalability | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Ecosystem | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 | ⭐ 1/5 |
| Language | Proprietary (API available) | JavaScript (Vue.js) |
| Pricing | Free / $10+/month | Free (open-source) |
| Open Source | No | Yes |
Ratings are based on publicly available data, documentation, and community consensus as of 2026. Individual experience may vary.
A detailed breakdown of how your Notion content maps to Gridsome
What may need manual attention
Custom server-side logic, third-party integrations, and platform-specific plugins will need equivalent solutions in Gridsome. The core content (text, images, metadata) transfers cleanly.
Migrate your content in three simple steps
Enter your Notion site URL — LeaveWP connects automatically.
Select Gridsome as destination and choose content options.
Download your migrated content or preview it in your browser.
Migrating from Notion to Gridsome makes the most sense if you're experiencing not designed as a cms — api has rate limits and no webhooks or outgrowing Notion's architecture. Gridsome is best for legacy vue 2 projects — new projects should use nuxt instead.
You should migrate if: your Notion site is slow, your hosting costs are climbing, you need developer flexibility, or you want to adopt a modern JAMstack architecture.
You might want to stay if: your Notion site benefits from extremely flexible — databases, wikis, docs, and kanban in one tool and you don't have JavaScript developers on your team. Notion is genuinely easy to use, and that simplicity has value.
The migration itself is straightforward with LeaveWP — enter your Notion URL, select Gridsome, and download your content. The more important question is whether Gridsome's architecture fits your team's skills and your project's long-term needs.
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