Updated July 4, 2026~6 min read
Elfsight Alternative for Notion: 47 Free Widgets
Elfsight is a website widget platform. It’s good at social feeds, reviews, forms, and chat, but its free plan caps each widget at 200 views a month and stamps an Elfsight badge on it until you pay. For a widget on a Notion page, that view cap is a lot of friction. Widgets For Notion is built for Notion instead: 47 widgets, free to embed, with no view cap and no account. Both keep a small badge on free embeds, but ours never runs into a view limit or a paywall.
Short answer
Pick Widgets For Notion if your use case is a Notion dashboard and you want clocks, timers, calendars, countdowns, or trackers without a view limit or a monthly bill. Stay with Elfsight if you need website widgets it does well and we don’t touch: Instagram feeds, Google reviews, contact forms, live chat, and maps.
Elfsight vs Widgets For Notion at a glance
Elfsight pricing and limits verified from elfsight.com/pricing on 2026-07-04. Where Elfsight offers something only in a limited or website-first form, we’ve marked it partial rather than yes.
| Feature | Elfsight | Widgets For Notion |
|---|---|---|
| Built for Notion specifically | General website widgets (Wix, WordPress, etc.) | Every widget is designed for a Notion /embed block |
| Free tier view limit | 200 widget views/month on the free plan | No view cap on any widget |
| Branding on the widget | Elfsight badge on free; removed on paid plans | Small 'Widgets for Notion' attribution pill on every embed |
| Account required to embed | Sign-up needed to create a widget | Copy a URL, paste it in Notion, done |
| Clocks (analog, digital, flip, world) | Digital clock app only | Analog, digital, flip, text, and world clocks |
| Pomodoro / focus timer | No | Pomodoro plus three timer variants |
| Habit / water-intake tracker | No | Water Intake Tracker |
| Todo / task widget | No | Sleek Blue Todo List |
| Life calendar (memento mori) | No | Full-grid Life Calendar |
| Countdown widget | Yes | Time Until / Countdown |
| Weather widget | Live weather app, paid past 200 views | Static styled weather, free |
| Social feeds (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube) | A core strength of the platform | No |
| Forms, reviews, chat, popups | Contact forms, review widgets, live chat | No |
| Distinct aesthetic collections | Per-widget theme controls | 4 collections: Sleek Blue, Soft Pink, Retro, Ghibli |
| Custom AI-generated widgets | No | Describe one in plain English |
| Pricing model | Freemium, metered by monthly views | Catalog free to embed; optional paid AI generation |
Different catalogs for different jobs
These two products barely overlap, which is the honest headline. Elfsight ships around 90 apps aimed at websites. Widgets For Notion ships 47 widgets aimed at a Notion page. The overlap is basically clocks, countdowns, and weather. Everything else points in opposite directions.
Elfsight (website apps)
- Instagram & social media feeds
- Reviews (Google, Facebook, Yelp)
- Contact & subscription forms
- Live chat & WhatsApp chat
- Popups & announcement bars
- Google Maps & store locators
- Digital clock & countdown
- Weather forecast
- Image galleries & sliders
- Pricing tables & FAQ accordions
Source: Elfsight pricing
Widgets For Notion (47 widgets)
Sleek Blue (15)
- Sleek Blue Analog Clock
- Sleek Blue Digital Clock
- Sleek Blue Flip Clock
- Sleek Blue Text Clock
- Sleek Blue World Clock
- Sleek Blue Calendar
- Sleek Blue Weather
- Sleek Blue Pomodoro Timer
- Sleek Blue Timer
- Sleek Blue Time Until / Countdown
- Sleek Blue Todo List
- Sleek Blue Water Intake Tracker
- Sleek Blue Life Calendar
- Sleek Blue Counter
- Sleek Blue Calculator
Soft Pink (15)
- Soft Pink Analog Clock
- Soft Pink Digital Clock
- Soft Pink Flip Clock
- Soft Pink Text Clock
- Soft Pink World Clock
- Soft Pink Calendar
- Soft Pink Weather
- Soft Pink Pomodoro Timer
- Soft Pink Timer
- Soft Pink Time Until / Countdown
- Soft Pink Todo List
- Soft Pink Water Intake Tracker
- Soft Pink Life Calendar
- Soft Pink Counter
- Soft Pink Calculator
Retro Pixel-Art (14)
- Retro Style Clock
- Retro Style Analog Clock
- Retro Style Digital Clock
- Retro Style Text Clock
- Retro Style Calendar
- Retro Style Life Calendar
- Retro Style Weather
- Retro Style Pomodoro Timer
- Retro Style Timer
- Retro Style Time Until / Countdown
- Retro Style Todo List
- Retro Style Counter
- Retro Style Calculator
- Retro Style LoFi Radio
Ghibli Watercolor (3)
Pricing: metered views vs free to embed
Elfsight prices by monthly widget views. The free plan stops at 200 views and keeps the Elfsight badge. Widgets For Notion doesn’t meter views at all: the whole ready-made catalog is free to embed, and the only paid feature is the optional AI widget generator.
| Plan | Elfsight | Widgets For Notion |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 1 widget, 200 views/month, Elfsight badge shown | All 47 widgets, no view cap, no account (small attribution pill) |
| Paid plans | From about $5/month up to $64/month for more views and widgets; badge removed on any paid plan | Not needed for ready-made widgets |
| Custom AI-generated widgets | Not offered | Paid credit packs from $0.99 (5 generations) |
When Elfsight is the better tool
We’d point you back to Elfsight in these cases, because we simply don’t build for them:
- You need social proof on a website.Elfsight’s Instagram, TikTok, and review widgets pull live data and are made for landing pages. Our widgets don’t do social feeds.
- You need to collect input.Contact forms, subscription forms, live chat, and popups are Elfsight’s home turf. We have nothing that captures form submissions.
- You’re embedding on Wix, WordPress, or Shopify. Elfsight has native integrations there. Our widgets work anywhere an iframe does, but they’re tuned for Notion.
Using Widgets For Notion instead
If your Elfsight widget was really just a clock, countdown, or weather box on a Notion page, the swap takes about a minute:
Pick the matching widget
Elfsight clock → Sleek Blue Digital Clock. Elfsight countdown → Time Until / Countdown. Elfsight weather → Sleek Blue Weather.
Copy the embed URL
Open the widget page and copy its embed URL. There’s no sign-up step, and the widget’s color and settings live in the URL itself.
Paste it into Notion
In Notion, type /embed, paste the URL, and press enter. If you’re replacing an Elfsight embed, click it, choose the original URL, and swap in the new one.
Good to know
- Every Widgets For Notion widget is a hosted iframe. Paste the URL into Notion’s /embed block, with no code or extension.
- There’s no view counter, so a widget you open a hundred times a day costs the same as one you never open: nothing.
- Every free embed carries a small “Widgets for Notion” pill in the corner that links back to the catalog. It’s semi-transparent and there’s no paid tier to remove it.
- Elfsight limits and pricing verified from elfsight.com/pricing on 2026-07-04. We’ll re-check if Elfsight changes its free tier.
Frequently asked questions
Is Elfsight free?
Elfsight has a free plan, but it's limited. The free tier gives you one widget capped at 200 views per month, and it shows an Elfsight badge on the widget. Once a widget passes 200 views or you want the badge gone, you move to a paid plan. Paid plans start around $5/month and scale up past $60/month based on how many monthly views and widgets you need. Source: elfsight.com/pricing, verified July 2026.
Does Elfsight work with Notion?
Yes, technically. An Elfsight widget is a hosted embed, so you can paste its URL into a Notion /embed block and it will render. The catch is that Elfsight is built for websites, not Notion. On the free plan the 200-view cap is easy to hit on a dashboard you open every day, and the Elfsight badge stays until you pay. For a Notion-only use case, a Notion-native widget avoids both problems.
What's the best Elfsight alternative for Notion widgets?
If you specifically want widgets for a Notion page (clocks, timers, calendars, trackers, countdowns), Widgets For Notion is the closer fit. All 47 widgets are free to embed with no view cap and no account, where Elfsight meters the free tier at 200 views. Both show branding on free embeds: Elfsight's badge until you pay, and a small 'Widgets for Notion' attribution pill on ours. The difference is we don't cap usage or charge to lift it. If instead you need website features like Instagram feeds, review widgets, contact forms, or live chat, Elfsight is the right tool and we don't compete on those.
How do I remove the Elfsight branding?
Elfsight removes its badge on any paid plan (starting around $5/month); there's no way to hide it on the free 200-view plan. To be straight about it, our widgets also carry a small 'Widgets for Notion' attribution pill in the corner, and we don't sell a way to remove it. The trade is that it's semi-transparent, stays out of the widget's way, and comes with no view cap and no fee.
Is there a free alternative to Elfsight?
For Notion widgets, yes. Widgets For Notion's whole 47-widget catalog is free to embed with no view cap (each keeps a small attribution pill in the corner). For general website widgets like social feeds and forms, the closest free-ish options are Common Ninja and Elfsight's own free tier, both of which also cap views and show branding until you upgrade.
What does Widgets For Notion not do that Elfsight does?
Plenty, and it's worth being clear about it. Elfsight covers Instagram and social feeds, Google and Facebook reviews, contact and subscription forms, live chat, popups, maps, and more, all with live data. Our widgets are static and styling-focused: clocks, timers, calendars, countdowns, trackers, and calculators across four visual collections. If your job is website conversion widgets, Elfsight wins. If it's a clean, free Notion dashboard, we do.
Browse the full catalog
All 47 widgets are free to embed, work with Notion’s native /embed block, and need no account to use.