How to Make a Budget in Notion

Quick summary

A Notion budget tracker lets you organize expenses, set budgeted amounts, and compare them against actual spending — all inside a structured table database. This step-by-step guide shows you how to create a budget in Notion from scratch using built-in database properties.

Steps

1. On your Notion page, type /table view and select Table view to insert a new database.
2. Name the database Budget Tracker.
3. Click the Name column header and rename it to Expense, then add budget items such as rent, grocery, and utilities.
4. Click the + icon on the right side of the table to add a new column and select Number as the property type.
5. Rename the new column Budgeted Amount.
6. Click the + icon again, add another Number property, and rename it Actual Amount.
7. Enter your planned budget under Budgeted Amount and your real spending under Actual Amount.
8. Add more rows as needed to track the rest of your expenses.
9. Click the two-headed arrow to Open as full page for an expanded view of your budget tracker.